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Pair finish eighth at World Championships with PB score

24/3/2023

 
Australian figure skating pair Hektor Giotopoulos Moore and Anastasia Golubeva have recorded an incredible eighth place at their first ever senior World Championship event in Saitama, Japan.

After finishing in the silver medal position at the past two Junior World Championships, the pair showed they are ready to compete against the very best in the world, to record Australia's best World Championship result since Anthony Liu finished seventh in 2002.

The pair started off in the short program scoring 61.85 points to be ranked in 11th place, with just one mistake holding them back from a higher score.

In the free skating final event, the pair had an unbelievable performance to score a personal best 127.52 points, the fifth highest of the round, moving them up into eighth place with a total score of 189.47, also a career best.

In first place was Miura Riku and Kihara Ryuichi of Japan with 222.16, with Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of the USA in scoring 217.48 in second, and Italy's Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii in third with 208.08.

Also representing Australia at the World Championships was Holly Harris and Jason Chan in the ice dance.

The couple reached the top-20 free dance final skate with a 16th place performance in the short program scoring 64.80.

In the free dance, the couple improved to have the 15th best performance of the round, scoring a career best 104.67 points, giving them a final ranking of 16th overall with a total score of 169.47.
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Figure Skating pair claim silver at Junior World Championships

5/3/2023

 
Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have become just the second Australian pair to win a medal at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior World Championships, after finishing second in Calgary, Canada.

The first pair to medal at the Junior World Championships for Australia were Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor, who were victorious back in March, 2017.

The short program saw the pair ranked third, 7.77 points behind first place after scoring 59.18.

In the final free program skate, the pair put in another good performance with the second highest skate of the round with 111.18 points.

Their final combined score for both programs was 170.36, putting them 13.11 points behind event winners Sophia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev of the USA with a total score of 1183.47, with Ukrainians Violetta Sierova and Ivan Khobta in third scoring 159.39.

Vlada Vasiliev also made her World Championship debut for Australia in the women's single events, placing 42nd after scoring 36.93 in the short program.
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Figure Skating pair win Gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final

12/12/2022

 
Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have continued their strong junior performances, claiming victory at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix final in Torino, Italy.

The pair are now the second Australians to win gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final, joining Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor who won the prestigious event in 2017.

The end of year ISU Grand Prix Final brings together the six best juniors and six best senior skaters in each discipline to determine the best of the best.

The short program saw the pair ranked second, 3.13 points behind first place after scoring 60.19 points.

In the final free program skate, the pair put in a dominant showing with the highest score of the round with 121.18 points, moving into the gold medal position with a combined total score of 181.37.

Rounding out the podium was Sophia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev of the USA with a total score of 176.78 and fellow Americans Cayla Smith and Andy Deng in third with 150.51.
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