Team Unique claimed gold medals on Sunday's senior competition and secured its place in the World Championships as Team Finland 1 with a total score of 221.17. Helsinki Rockettes finished second with 220.75 points and will be named Team Finland 2 in the Senior Worlds in April in Helsinki. Dream Edges won the Junior competition, collecting a total score of 194.85.
The Helsinki ice rink is preparing for the Senior World Championships to be held in just over a month. But before that, two Finnish representatives will be decided there to compete in a very exciting competition this weekend. After the short program on Saturday, the team Helsinki Rockettes is leading the competition.
With an excellent free program, Team Unique kept the lead after Saturday's short program and won the competition. In the Junior category, Team Fintastic claimed the gold medal and Valley Bay Synchronics won the Novice division. The Novice and Junior category teams compete for a place in the Finnish championships, where the 12 best teams for both series are selected. The teams will be announced soon after this competition.
This weekend it is time for the second qualification competition in Finland, Tampere and also time for teams to show how they've improved their programs. On Saturday, Group 2 of Novice teams skated their free programs, and Seniors and Juniors competed with their short programs. Team Unique in Seniors and Team Fintastic are leading the competition after the first day. Starlights won the Novice competition.
With a amazing free program on Sunday, the Helsinki Rockettes secured the gold medal at the first national qualification competition. In Juniors, Dream Edges soared to victory, while Team Starlights narrowly edged out Team Dynamique by just half a point in the Novice category.
The season 2024-25 really started when the first qualification competition took place on Saturday in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. In the Novice competition, team Finettes won, and Helsinki Rockettes and Dream Edges took the lead after short programs.
In the most important competition of the Finnish synchronized skating season, the Helsinki Rockettes succeeded excellently. Their powerful program "Manaus (Incantation)" received 153.38 points, and they earned 230.65 overall scores. This result secured them the gold medals, and they will be Team Finland 1 in the Senior World Championships next April. Team Unique was appointed as Team Finland 2.
On the second day of Mozart Cup 2023, teams in the Advanced Novice, Junior and Senior categories fought hard for the podium top. It was particularly tense for the top Junior and Senior teams who scored closely to each other after the Short Program.
The second 2022-23 Challenger Series Mozart Cup competition kicks off in the winter wonderland of Salzburg, Austria, on 20 Jan 2023. On the first day of the competition, one Basic Novice team, three Elite 12 teams, 13 Junior and 16 Senior teams showcased their programs.
Helsingin Taitoluisteluklubi (HTK) was the most successful skating club in the second national qualifications this weekend in Espoo, Finland. They claimed all the gold medals as Helsinki Rockettes in Seniors, Team Fintastic in Juniors and Finettes in Novice category won their competitions.
This weekend, the second qualification competition of ISU synchronized skating in Finland takes place in Espoo. On Saturday, the first group of Novice teams skated their free programs, Seniors and Juniors competed with their short programs. As in November, Helsinki Rockettes in Seniors and Team Fintastic in Juniors are both leading the competition after the first day.
This weekend is the start of the first national qualifiers for the Advanced Novice, Junior and Senior teams in Finland. Here is what happened on the first day.