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Courtney HICKS
Born December 15, 1995 (age 16)
Placentia, California
Residence Chino Hills, California
Coach Ken Congemi, John Nicks
Choreographer Phillip Mills
Skating club All Year Figure Skating Club
Current training locations El Segundo, California
Aliso Viejo, California
Began skating 2001
Hicks began skating at age 5. She placed 5th in the novice event at the 2010 U.S. Championships.
Hicks won the 2011 U.S. Junior title. She was selected to compete at the 2011 World Junior Championships, where she placed sixth in her international debut.
In the 2011–2012 season, she debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series, winning a gold medal at her first event in Brisbane, Australia. On October 8, 2011 at her second event, in Milan, Italy, she suffered a season-ending injury on the opening jump in the long program – a piece of bone detached from the tibia in her right leg. She underwent surgery on October 12. Hicks returned to the ice in December 2011 and resumed jumping in February 2012. She was coached mainly by John Nicks in Aliso Viejo, California until April 2012 when her primary coach become Ken Congemi at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, California. She continues to be coached by Nicks once a week.
Hicks is the eldest of three girls. She is of Russian descent through her mother who has three Russian grandparents.
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E' di discendenza russa.
Si dice che atterri il quadruplo toe-loop.
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.CITAZIONEJust one month after her 15th birthday, California native Courtney Hicks captured the 2011 U.S. junior ladies title in Greensboro, N.C., in stunning fashion. With the highest score ever recorded at the U.S. Championships in her division, Hicks wowed the audience with her super-sized jumps that are a site to behold.
“I remember standing on the podium and realizing that I had finally accomplished what I had been working so hard for,” the gold medalist recalled. “It was the best feeling.”
Since winning the title, Hicks has started to understand the responsibility of being a champion, and is embracing her new job as role model for the young kids who train at her rink.
“I have received more attention from other skaters and I love it,” she shared. “I know that skaters—especially the younger ones, are watching what I do just like I did when I was younger. So when I am having a bad day, I know that it is important to remain positive.”
A year before her gold medal win in Greensboro, Hicks competed on the novice level at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash. She finished in 5th place, and vowed to become a better skater.
“After the competition, I was really disappointed with how I skated. I decided that I never want to settle for just ‘okay’ again,” she admitted. “I worked harder last season, with the goal of making every part of my skating better. I also decided that I wanted to be the best, not just one of the best. So the work is never done.”
Hicks enlisted the help of famed 82-year-old John Nicks, coach of one of Hicks’ predecessors—Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, to help with her transition into a champion. She also hired Phillip Mills, who studied at the American Ballet Theater, to choreograph her programs.
“Training with Mr. Nicks and Phillip Mills is a lot of fun,” she said. “They both are very calm, and they are both entertaining. They are funny in different ways though. Mr. Nicks is brutally honest, but makes it easier to take the criticism because of how he says it. Phillip is very light and he jokes about a lot of things, but he still says what he thinks. I am grateful and privileged to be able to work with both of them.”
The win in Greensboro presented Hicks with the opportunity to wear a Team USA jacket for the first time as a competitor at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.
“It was so much fun to compete against skaters from other countries,” Hicks explained. “It was also a little stressful because of the pressure I put on myself to skate well. I wanted to do my very best.”
She finished in a respectable sixth place.
“I feel like I skated well although I know that I could have done better on some elements,” she said of her performances in South Korea. “There are little details that could have been done to improve it. World Juniors taught me how important little details are, but overall I was thrilled with how it went.”
Since her international debut, Hicks has developed a hunger to be the best, and is planning to make quite a splash in competitions this season.
“I am approaching this season with a goal to be at the top,” she announced. “I learned two years ago that lower expectations yield disappointing results, and I want to avoid that disappointment. In this sport, there is always pressure to be at or near the top. I like the pressure—it pushes me to try to do better.”
Hicks and her support team decided that the most advantageous path for success this season is to compete on the junior level internationally.
“Mr. Nicks, my mom and I decided that I should skate on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit this season to gain international competition experience,” she explained. “I learned at Junior Worlds that it is definitely different competing internationally, and I think I can gain favorable recognition and experience this way.”
She makes her debut next week in Brisbane, Australia, competing against American Vanessa Lam, who won a JGP event last season in the Czech Republic.
“I don’t plan for a specific competitor,” she said. “I usually take each competition at a time and do what works best for me at that time, building from the last competition. If I do what I know how to do, that is all I can do.”
Hicks is, however, aware of the emerging superpower that is the Russian bumper crop of impressive junior ladies.
“There is a lot of hype about the Russian ladies,” she said. “They are good, but there are a lot of talented ladies from all over the world. My goal is to do what I do best and keep focused on my job.”
Keeping with her theme of shooting for the top, Hicks has set some lofty goals for herself for the 2011-12 figure skating season.
“I want to make the JGP Final, and keep improving throughout the season,” she said. “I like winning—if I am prepared and do my best, I can’t do any better than that.”
On the national front, Hicks has tested up to the senior level, and hopes to qualify for the U.S. Championships in San Jose, Calif.
“I am looking forward to seeing how my skating compares with the best skaters in the United States,” she said.
Last month, Hicks competed at the Glacier Falls Summer Classic in Anaheim, Calif., and showed her new triple flip-triple loop combination in the short program. She planned a quadruple Salchow in the free skate, but the jump did not materialize. She finished in third place overall—ahead of Olympian Mirai Nagasu.
“At Glacier Falls, I wanted to put my quad Salchow and new triple flip triple loop combination in the program,” she explained. “While the program wasn’t perfect, I was happy with it. I new there was risk going into the competition with what I was putting in, but I thrive on taking calculated risks. It is a way I build and learn from.”
Her short program is set to Vanessa Mae’s Raga’s Dance, which compliments Hicks’ exotic looks and newfound maturity. Coach Nicks has enlisted the help of former student 1979 World Champion Randy Gardner to help the process along.
“Being expressive has never come naturally for me,” Hicks admitted. “I really have to work on it. Randy has helped me out a lot, and I just try to have fun with it.”
The free skate is to Russian Sailors Dance (The Red Poppy) and Adagio by Reinhold Gliere, performed by Andre Anichinov and the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra. The program is somewhat of homage to her mother’s ancestral heritage.
“My mother’s side of the family is Russian,” she explained. “Both of her parents are Russian, but were born in the United States. Three of my mother’s grandparents are from Russia.”
A high school sophomore at Connections Academy, Hicks is the eldest of three girls. Sister Kylie, 11, is a 6th grader who enjoys horses and swimming, while 9-year-old Kelsey likes shopping and making people laugh.
“I also have a cousin who is like a brother to me,” Hicks said. “His name is Kevin, and he is also in 10th grade. He plays football, and is my self-appointed skate carrier at competitions.”
When she isn’t training or competing, Hicks likes to hike and has an interest in photography.
“I especially like taking pictures of birds and butterflies,” she stated. “I also do a lot of reading.”
Hicks would like to one day become a professional photographer.
“I would really like to be a nature photographer,” she admitted. “I also like writing stories, so I would like to be involved in writing in some way.”
Over the summer, Hicks has had the opportunity to do a bit of traveling for business and pleasure.
“I went to Lake Tahoe with my family including my grandmother Esther, Uncle Paul and Aunt Natasha, and Kevin,” she said. “We went hiking, and I was able to take a lot of pictures. I was able to go to Sun Valley, Idaho, and San Diego as well. It was really fun.”
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ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Brisbane/AUS, 2011
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Era tra le favorite al JGP di Milano, ma si è infortunata ad una gamba durante il riscaldamento del programma libero, provando un salto.
Speriamo che si rimetta presto.
International Figure SkatingCITAZIONEWord is that American Courtney Hicks broke her leg at the Italian JGP last weekend while executing a jump during the warm up for the free skate. Not confirmed by USFS as yet.
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Stagione finita per Courtney Hicks
diamo una notizia che corregge quanto da noi erroneamente riportato nel precedente articolo sul JGP di Milano. Courtney Hicks, la pattinatrice americana data tra le favorite per la vittoria e che si è invece ritirata dopo il corto, non si è infortunata nel riscaldamento. Iniziato il libero, è caduta dopo pochi secondi. Era nella preparazione del primo salto, un triplo flip, e la caduta è stata assai dolorosa. Pietro Vinti, un volontario che ci ha mandato la notizia e la sua testimonianza e che ringraziamo, riferisce che la si è sentita piangere da più di 50 metri di distanza, nonostante la musica in sottofondo. Quando l'hanno portata via aveva il ginocchio molto gonfio e la diagnosi definitiva è stata che si è fratturata la tibia destra proprio sotto il ginocchio.
Ieri sera sono arrivate le prime notizie ufficiali dagli USA. Courtney è stata operata mercoledì in patria e l'attendono quattro mesi almeno di cure e riabilitazione. Stagione finita, quindi, per lei. L'infortunio, che ha portato al distacco di un frammento triangolare d'osso tibiale, è piuttosto inusuale, la pattinatrice non aveva mai avuto problemi alla gamba. La madre dell'atleta, che ha parlato con Pietro, l'ha attribuita sul momento al fatto che la ragazza abbia dei quadricipiti molto sviluppati e che sia anocra in crescita. In bocca al lupo da parte nostra alla sfortunata Courtney, che aspettiamo di nuovo sul ghiaccio il prossimo anno.
fonte: www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/10631
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Io l'ho adorata sin dalla prima volta che l'ho vista pattinare... non pensavo fosse una cosa così grave, contavo di vederla ai Mondiali... dispiace incredibilmente sapere che non gareggerà più per questa stagione, e speriamo che non abbia complicazioni per il futuro...
In bocca al lupo, Courtney!
La notizia in inglese:
Hicks to miss rest of season with leg injury
U.S. junior champ underwent surgery Wednesday, sidelined four months
By Amy Rosewater, special to icenetwork.com
CITAZIONE(10/12/2011) - Courtney Hicks, the 2011 U.S. junior champion and a promising senior-level competitor at this year's U.S. championships, underwent leg surgery Wed., Oct. 12, which will be sideline her for four months and prevent her from competing this season, her coach, John Nicks, said in a telephone interview with icenetwork.com.
Hicks, 15, who won her season-opening Junior Grand Prix event in Australia, fell on her opening triple flip in her free skate at the JGP event last week in Milan and suffered a bone injury just below her knee, Nicks said. U.S. Figure Skating officials could not confirm details of the injury because of Health Information Privacy laws, commonly known as HIPAA.
"I am not a medical man, but you could see on the X-ray that there was a triangular bone below her knee, and there was a separation under the skin," Nicks said.
Diagnosis aside, the disappointment will be felt for a while.
"Her season came to an abrupt halt," Nicks said. "As soon as she took off on her first jump, I could see she was doing something she had never done before. Her strength is in her jumping, but she was out of position. The next thing, she was taken off in the stretcher."
Although X-rays were taken in Italy, Hicks, who trains with Nicks in Aliso Viejo, Calif., decided to return to her home state to undergo surgery closer to home.
"(Courtney) is now resting comfortably," Hicks' mother, Nelisa, said. "She will begin rehabilitation and return to the ice as soon as she's able."
Nicks said he had no indication prior to the competition that his skater had any problems with her leg.
In addition to winning the U.S. junior title last season, Hicks placed sixth at the 2011 world junior championships.
"We just have to be patient now and hopefully, by February or March, she'll be back on the ice," Nicks said.
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Pare che Courtney stia guarendo bene!!! =D
Prenderà parte alla prossima stagione.
Le auguriamo tutto il meglio possibile =)
Healed Hicks gets fresh start with new coach
2011 U.S. junior champ to be coached primarily by Congemi, eyes return to prominence
By Amy Rosewater, special to icenetwork.com
(04/12/2012) - Courtney Hicks has a message to the skating world: She's back and ready to go.
The only difference is now she will skate with a new coach: Ken Congemi.
Hicks, the 2011 U.S. junior champion, saw her season come to an abrupt halt in early October when she injured her right leg during her second Junior Grand Prix event, in Milan. Hicks, who said she fractured her tibia and suffered a growth plate injury, was not expected to return to the ice until March. Instead, she beat those expectations by skating again in December and has been jumping for the past two months.
"I was really happy to get back on the ice, but it was a little odd at first because my balance was a little off," Hicks, 16, said. "I was all over the place. I was a little surprised with how quickly I came back, but my physical therapist had me get on the ice right away. I started skating right after I started walking again.
"Now," she added, "I just want to get my jumps more consistent."
She also hopes to regain her winning ways. In addition to claiming the U.S. junior crown in 2011, she also won a Junior Grand Prix event in Australia and was sixth at the 2011 World Junior Championships.
In her absence, other skaters have swooped into the spotlight, namely Ashley Wagner, with whom Hicks trained until this past week and who won the 2012 U.S. senior title, and Gracie Gold, who earned the 2012 U.S. junior crown and appears to be a promising talent.
Hicks made the move last week to train with Congemi at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, Calif., not far from where she used to train primarily at Aliso Viejo with John Nicks. Hicks said she will continue to work with choreographer Phillip Mills and will take lessons from Nicks once a week, but Congemi will be her primary coach.
Among the most prominent skaters with whom Congemi has worked are Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, Bebe Liang and Jennifer Kirk.
"I had known Ken for a while, and he seemed like a good choice for me," Hicks said. "He's known nationally and internationally, and I think change is good."
Congemi said he was surprised when he got the call that Hicks was interested in training with him and said he contacted Nicks before she had a lesson in El Segundo last week.
Congemi said Nicks gave him his blessing.
"It was hard to leave Mr. Nicks," Hicks said. "It's not as bad because I'm going to still be working with him, but I'm pretty much going to be [in El Segundo] every day."
Although Congemi has barely had a week of work with Hicks, he said is excited about their new partnership.
"She wants to do this, and she has a great work ethic," Congemi said. "I have coached a lot over the years and the work ethic is really a big part of it."
Already, people have been asking Congemi all sorts of questions: How is her leg? How well can she jump? Where will she compete? What will her programs look like?
He said his response is to handle everything in a methodical way.
After all, it's only been a week.
"I really just want to go one step at a time," he said. "I don't want to rush things."
One thing they won't have to rush is preparing programs for the upcoming season. That's because while Hicks was sidelined, she used her time off wisely and worked with Mills on selecting music and planning out a short program and a free skate.
Although she won't reveal her music selections just yet, she will say she would like to have a triple-triple in her repertoire. She even went so far as to say she would like to have a triple Axel and perhaps a quad in her arsenal.
Right now, however, Congemi is thrilled to see she has her triples in good shape. She reeled off triple Salchows, toes, flips and Lutzes in her first lessons.
"She looks good, and her jumps were beautiful," Congemi said. "I was really happy to see that."
Most important, Congemi said, she is in no pain at all.
Hicks said she actually did not feel much pain when she first suffered the injury in Italy.
"I think that's because I took the pain pills quickly," she said, able to laugh a little months later.
The hard part was being sidelined. After winning the junior title at the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C., plenty of expectations were placed on Hicks. She had hoped to compete in her first nationals at the senior level in San Jose, Calif., in January, but instead went to the competition as a spectator.
"It started out pretty difficult," she said of being in San Jose. "But then I came to peace with it, and I thought, 'Well, there's always next year.' "
For Hicks, next year cannot start soon enough.
Traduzione:SPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Courtney Hicks ha un messaggio per il mondo di pattinaggio: E 'tornato ed è pronto ad andare.
L'unica differenza ora è lei pattinare con un nuovo coach: Ken Congemi.
Hicks, gli Stati Uniti campionessa juniores 2011, ha visto la sua stagione di giungere a un brusco arresto agli inizi di ottobre quando ha ferito la gamba destra durante il suo secondo evento Junior Grand Prix, a Milano. Hicks, che ha detto che il suo fratturata tibia e ha subito una ferita cartilagine di accrescimento, non ci si aspettava per tornare al ghiaccio fino a marzo. Invece, ha battuto le aspettative di pattinaggio ancora una volta nel mese di dicembre ed è stata saltare negli ultimi due mesi.
"Sono stato molto contento di tornare sul ghiaccio, ma era un po 'strano in un primo momento perché il mio equilibrio era un po' fuori," Hicks, 16, ha detto. "Ero in tutto il luogo. Ero un po 'sorpreso dalla velocità con cui sono tornato, ma il mio fisioterapista mi ha fatto salire sul ghiaccio subito. Ho iniziato a pattinare subito dopo ho cominciato a camminare.
«Ora», ha aggiunto, "Voglio solo per ottenere i miei salti più costante".
Si spera anche di recuperare i suoi modi vincenti. Oltre a rivendicare la corona US Junior nel 2011, ha vinto anche uno Junior Grand Prix in Australia e un sesto posto al Campionato del Mondo 2011 Junior.
In sua assenza, altri pattinatori hanno piombò sotto i riflettori, vale a dire Ashley Wagner, con la quale Hicks allenato fino a questa settimana passato e che ha vinto il titolo 2012 anziano degli Stati Uniti, e Gracie Gold, che si è guadagnata negli Stati Uniti 2012 juniores corona e sembra essere un promettente talento.
Hicks ha fatto la mossa la scorsa settimana ad allenarsi con Congemi al Toyota Sports Center di El Segundo, in California, non lontano da dove aveva l'abitudine di allenarsi in primo luogo a Aliso Viejo, con John Nicks. Hicks ha detto che continuerà a lavorare con il coreografo Phillip Mills e prendere lezioni da Nicks una volta alla settimana, ma Congemi sarà il suo allenatore primaria.
Tra gli atleti più importanti con i quali ha lavorato sono Congemi oro olimpico Evan Lysacek, Bebe Liang e Jennifer Kirk.
"Avevo conosciuto Ken per un po ', e lui sembrava una buona scelta per me," ha detto Hicks. "E 'conosciuto a livello nazionale e internazionale, e penso che il cambiamento è buono".
Congemi si è detto sorpreso quando ha ricevuto la telefonata che Hicks era interessato in formazione con lui e ha detto che Nicks contattato prima che lei avesse una lezione di El Segundo scorsa settimana.
Congemi detto Nicks gli diede la sua benedizione.
"E 'stato difficile lasciare Nicks Mr.", ha detto Hicks. "Non è così male, perché ho intenzione di lavorare ancora con lui, ma io sono più o meno sarà [in El Segundo] ogni giorno".
Anche se Congemi ha appena avuto una settimana di lavoro con Hicks, ha detto è eccitato circa la loro nuova partnership.
"Vuole fare questo, e lei ha una grande etica del lavoro", ha detto Congemi. "Ho allenato molto nel corso degli anni e l'etica del lavoro è in realtà una grande parte di esso."
Già, le persone sono state chiedendo Congemi tutti i tipi di domande: Come è la sua gamba? Come ben si può saltare? Dove lei competere? Quali saranno i suoi programmi di simile?
Ha detto la sua risposta è quella di gestire tutto in modo metodico.
Dopo tutto, è solo stata una settimana.
"Ho davvero voglia di fare un passo alla volta", ha detto. "Io non voglio affrettare le cose."
Una cosa che non hanno fretta sta preparando i programmi per la prossima stagione. Questo perché, mentre Hicks è stato messo da parte, ha usato il suo tempo libero con saggezza e lavorato con Mills sulla selezione musicale e la pianificazione di un programma corto e un pattino libero.
Anche se lei non rivelerà le sue selezioni musicali appena ancora, dirà che vorrebbe avere una tripla-tripla nel suo repertorio. Si arrivò perfino a dire che vorrebbe avere un triplo axel e forse un quad nel suo arsenale.
Al momento, tuttavia, Congemi è entusiasta di vedere che ha le sue triple in buona forma. Ha snocciolato Salchows triple, piedi, salti mortali e Lutzes nelle sue prime lezioni.
"Lei sembra buono, ed i suoi salti erano belle", ha detto Congemi. "Sono stato davvero felice di vedere che."
La cosa più importante, Congemi detto, lei non è in alcun dolore.
Hicks ha detto che in realtà non si sentiva molto dolore quando ha prima subito il danno in Italia.
"Penso che sia perché ho preso le pillole del dolore rapidamente", ha detto, in grado di ridere un paio di mesi più tardi.
La parte più difficile è stata rimanere esclusa. Dopo aver vinto il titolo junior negli Stati Uniti 2011 Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, NC, molte delle aspettative sono stati immessi sul Hicks. Aveva sperato di competere nei suoi primi cittadini a livello senior in San Jose, in California, nel mese di gennaio, ma invece è andato al concorso come spettatore.
"E 'iniziato abbastanza difficile", ha detto di essere a San Jose. "Ma poi sono venuto alla pace con esso, e ho pensato: 'Beh, c'è sempre il prossimo anno.' "
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art on ice ha tradotto la notizia sopra in italiano
Courtney Hicks torna ad allenarsi
Per lei, promettente giovane pattinatrice, campionessa nazionale junior americana 2011, questa stagione era finita a ottobre, durante il Grand Prix Junior di Milano. Una brutta caduta, una frattura alla tibia destra sotto al ginocchio, prospettive di ritorno sul ghiaccio non prima di marzo. Invece la forte e grintosa atleta ci è riuscita molto prima: a dicembre i primi passi e negli ultimi due mesi è già stata capace di riprovare i salti.
La sedicenne Courtney ha detto in proposito: "Ero tanto felice di tornare sul ghiaccio, ma all'inizio ho provato una sensazione strana, mi mancava un po' l'equilibrio, non mi raccapezzavo più. Mi sono sorpresa di quanto in fretta io sia tornata in pista, ma il mio fisioterapista mi ha mandata sul ghiaccio subito. Ho ricominciato a pattinare subito dopo aver iniziato a camminare di nuovo. Ma adesso, voglio rendere sicuri i miei salti."
Il suo ritorno all'attività sportiva ha coinciso con un cambio di allenatore: la scorsa settimana Courtney Hicks ha lasciato John Nicks per passare sotto la guida di Ken Congemi presso il Toyota Sports Center di El Segundo, California, non lontano dalla pista dove si allenava prima. Congemi sarà il suo allenatore principale, ma una volta alla settimana, ha detto la pattinatrice, prenderà ancora lezioni da Nicks, che attualmente allena la campionessa americana Ashley Wagner. Non cambierà coreografo, sarà sempre Phillip Mills a lavorare con lei.
Congemi si è detto felice di averla come allieva e si è stupito di vederla così in forma sui salti: già alla prima lezione ha eseguito triplo salchow, toe, loop, flip e lutz. "I suoi salti sono magnifici", ha detto, rivelando anche, cosa più importante, che Courtney non risente di alcun dolore alla gamba.. -
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assì... secondo posto alla sua prima tappa GP
Grandissima!!! Quando si dice determinazione!
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La amo per la musica che sceglie *_* Korobusha!
Grande... e grandissima per essersi ripresa dopo l'infortunio... guardate l'altezza dei salti nonchè la biellmann! Certo, i programmi non sono puliti come protrebbero, ma considerato che lei ha ripreso gli allenamenti da zero, dopo un ginocchio completamente sfasciato, è ammirevole!
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Hicks arrives in Milan armed with new triple-triple
Aldridge, Eaton look to improve on last year's bronze-medal showing
By Lynn Rutherford and Klaus-Reinhold Kany, special to icenetwork.com
(02/26/2013) - Courtney Hicks does not have fond memories of Milan's Agora-Stadio del Ghiaccio: She broke her leg at the rink while competing at a Junior Grand Prix in the fall of 2011, which forced her to sit out the remainder of that season.
This week, as Milan hosts the 2013 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the 17-year-old from Southern California expects a far happier outcome.
"[The injury] happened after I landed my first jump in the competition, but I'm not thinking about it now," said Hicks, who placed sixth at the 2011 World Junior Championships. "I'm here to do better this time."
The athletic Hicks used her blazing speed and big jumps, including a triple flip-triple toe combination, to finish fourth in seniors at the 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships last month. Alex Chang, who trains Hicks at Paramount Iceland, expects more of the same in Milan, with one big addition: a triple Lutz-triple toe combination in her short program.
She will include a triple flip-triple toe in her free skate.
"In juniors, a solo triple flip out of steps is required in the short, so she can't do the triple flip-triple toe she did at nationals," said Chang, who coaches Hicks with Jere Michael. "We decided to think big, and figure out the pattern and timing needed for a triple Lutz combination."
Although Hicks has worked with Chang and Michael for some time, they didn't become her primary coaches until just before the 2013 U.S. Championships. The decision to include the Lutz combination was made as a team.
"In the last few months, she has made significant advances technically in the launch of the jump," Chang said, adding that training for junior worlds, held a month after the U.S. championships, had its challenges.
"It's a balancing act; you have to not let things get too far 'out of the box' from nationals but still allow for a little down time," he said. "It's always difficult from one competition to the next, when there is a short turnaround. You have to allow the skater to come down a bit and build back up, to hold on to that [prior] experience but generate new energy."
In Milan, Hicks heads a strong U.S. ladies team that also includes Boston's Yasmin Siraj, sixth at the 2013 U.S. Championships, and New Yorker Samantha Cesario, who placed eighth in Omaha. Both of these stylish skaters are making their first appearances at junior worlds.
The favorites in Milan, though, are two Russians: Elena Radionova, the 14-year-old winner of the Junior Grand Prix Final in December, and 2012 world junior champion Julia Lipnitskaia. Lipnitskaia won silver and bronze medals in the senior Grand Prix last fall but suffered a concussion after a bad fall in practice in December and had to withdraw from the Grand Prix Final.
Two-time U.S. junior ice dance champions Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton, who won both of their fall Junior Grand Prix events and placed third at the JGP Final, seek to better their bronze-medal finish at the last season's junior worlds.
They hope their uplifting free dance to Fiddler on the Roof is just the ticket.
"The program had the toe-tapping that we loved, but there was also such a deep connection between the characters," Aldridge, 18, said. "We thought that would be a good challenge for us, to play up the love story."
Aldridge and Eaton, who train at the Detroit Skating Club under a team of coaches including Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova and Massimo Scali, are joined by training partners Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, winners of the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships, and U.S. junior bronze medalists Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter, who train at the Wheaton Skating Academy in Maryland.
World junior silver medalists Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin of Russia won all of their fall competitions, including the Junior Grand Prix Final in Sochi, by comfortable margins and are the favorites to win the ice dance crown in Milan. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France, who train in Muriel Zazoui's school in Lyon, placed second to the Russians in Sochi and will also contend for the podium.
Other couples that may figure into the mix include Valeria Zenkova and Valerie Sinitsin of Russia, and Shari Koch and Christian Nüchtern of Germany.SPOILER (clicca per visualizzare)Hicks arriva a Milano armato con il nuovo triplo-triplo
Aldridge, Eaton cercare di migliorare il bronzo dello scorso anno-medaglia che mostra
Con Lynn Rutherford e Klaus-Reinhold Kany, speciale per icenetwork.com
(2013/02/26) - Courtney Hicks non ha bei ricordi di Milano Agorà-Stadio del Ghiaccio: Ha rotto una gamba presso la pista, mentre in competizione in un Grand Prix Junior, nell'autunno del 2011, che la costrinse a saltare la resto di quella stagione.
Questa settimana, come Milano ospita il Mondo 2013 Junior Figure Skating Championships, il 17-year-old da Southern California si attende un esito molto più felice.
"[L'infortunio] è accaduto dopo che ho atterrato il mio primo salto nel concorso, ma io non sto pensando adesso", ha detto Hicks, che ha piazzato sesto posto al Mondiale 2011 Campionati Junior. "Sono qui per fare meglio questa volta."
L'atletica Hicks usato la sua strepitosa velocità e grandi salti, tra cui un triplo flip-triplo toe combinazione, per finire quarto anziani a Stati Uniti 2013 Figure Skating Championships il mese scorso. Alex Chang, che si allena Hicks alla Paramount Islanda, si aspetta più la stessa di Milano, con una grande aggiunta: un triplo Lutz-triplo toe combinazione nel suo programma corto.
Lei comprenderà un triplo flip-triplo toe nel suo pattino libero.
"In junior, un assolo triplo flip out di passi è necessaria nel breve, in modo che non può fare il triplo flip-triplo toe ha fatto ai cittadini", ha detto Chang, che allena con Jere Michael Hicks. "Abbiamo deciso di pensare in grande, e capire il modello ed i tempi necessari per una combinazione triplo Lutz."
Anche se Hicks ha lavorato con Michael Chang e per qualche tempo, non sono diventati i suoi allenatori primarie fino a poco prima del 2013 Campionati degli Stati Uniti. La decisione di includere la combinazione Lutz è stato fatto come una squadra.
"Negli ultimi mesi, ha fatto notevoli progressi tecnico nel lancio del salto," Chang ha detto, aggiungendo che la formazione per i mondi junior, ha tenuto un mese dopo i campionati degli Stati Uniti, ha avuto le sue sfide.
"E 'un atto di equilibrio, è necessario non lasciare che le cose si fanno troppo' out of the box 'tra i cittadini, ma consentono ancora per un po' di tempo verso il basso", ha detto. "E 'sempre difficile da un concorso all'altro, quando vi è un inversione di tendenza a breve. Dovete permettere al pattinatore di scendere un po' e costruire il backup, per mantenere il che [prima] esperienza, ma di generare nuova energia."
A Milano, a capo di un Hicks forte squadra femminile degli Stati Uniti, che comprende anche Boston Yasmin Siraj, sesta del 2013 Campionati degli Stati Uniti, e il New Yorker Samantha Cesario, che ha piazzato ottavo in Omaha. Entrambi questi eleganti pattinatori stanno facendo la loro prima apparizione ai Mondiali junior.
I favoriti di Milano, però, sono due russi: Elena Radionova, di 14 anni, vincitore del Grand Prix Junior Finale nel mese di dicembre, e nel 2012 campione del mondo junior Julia Lipnitskaia. Lipnitskaia ha vinto medaglie d'argento e di bronzo nel Grand Prix Senior autunno scorso, ma ha subito una commozione cerebrale dopo una brutta caduta, in pratica, nel mese di dicembre e ha dovuto ritirarsi dal Gran Premio finale.
Il due volte US Junior danza sul ghiaccio campioni Alexandra Aldridge e Daniel Eaton, che ha vinto entrambi i loro caduta Junior Grand Prix e il terzo posto alla finale JGP, cercano di migliorare la loro medaglia di bronzo finisce al mondo juniores della scorsa stagione.
Essi sperano che la loro danza edificante libero di Fiddler on the Roof è solo il biglietto.
"Il programma ha avuto la punta intercettazioni che noi abbiamo amato, ma c'era anche un legame profondo tra i personaggi", Aldridge, 18, ha detto. "Abbiamo pensato che sarebbe stata una bella sfida per noi, per giocare la storia d'amore."
Aldridge e Eaton, che si allenano presso il Detroit Skating Club nell'ambito di un team di allenatori tra cui Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova e Massimo Scali, sono uniti da una formazione partner Kaitlin Hawayek e Jean-Luc Baker, vincitori della medaglia d'argento junior del 2013 Campionati degli Stati Uniti , e degli Stati Uniti medaglia di bronzo juniores Lorena McNamara e Quinn Carpenter, che si allenano presso il Wheaton Pattinaggio Academy nel Maryland.
Mondo Junior medaglia d'argento Alexandra Stepanova e Ivan Bukin della Russia ha vinto tutte le loro gare caduta, tra cui il Grand Prix Junior Finale a Sochi, con ampi margini e sono i favoriti per vincere la corona danza su ghiaccio a Milano. Gabriella Papadakis e Guillaume Cizeron di Francia, che si allenano nella scuola Muriel Zazoui di Lione, secondo posto per i russi a Sochi e sarà anche lottare per il podio.
Altre coppie che possono figurare nel mix sono Valeria Zenkova e Valerie Sinitsin della Russia, e Shari Koch e Christian Nüchtern della Germania.. -
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Five favorite things with Courtney Hicks
Former U.S. junior champ talks about her love of photography, affinity for a certain tropical fruit
By Sarah S. Brannen, special to icenetwork.com
(05/13/2013) - The career of Courtney Hicks, the 2011 U.S. junior champion, hit a snag when she fractured her tibia and growth plate in her leg at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix event in Italy. She had surgery and missed some months of training, as well as the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Back in form the next season, she finished third in the free skate and fourth in senior ladies at the 2013 U.S. Championships. She finished her season with a fifth-place finish at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, in the same rink where she had broken her leg less than two years earlier.
Hicks says she loves birds and would like to become a nature photographer when she's done with skating. She also likes to paint and draw.
Icenetwork.com: What's your favorite kind of bird?
Hicks: I really like woodland birds, like little finches. I like songbirds a lot. I take a lot of pictures whenever we go anywhere: flowers, birds, butterflies and a lot of landscapes. My camera is with me at all times. It's a Sony HX1. I love it. It's the first really nice camera I've had.
Icenetwork.com: What's your favorite artist's medium?
Hicks: I usually like colored pencils. I mix between colored pencils and markers.
Icenetwork.com: What's your favorite way to distract yourself before competing?
Hicks: I just talk a lot, and I'll bounce around a lot. I'll talk with whoever is around. I don't do much of the 'focusing,' because I get too nervous about what I'm going to do.
Icenetwork.com: You always eat pineapple before you compete. How did that start?
Hicks: Pineapple is my favorite fruit. It started in juvenile when I ate some pineapple and then I skated really well, so it became a tradition.
Icenetwork.com: What's your favorite competition?
Hicks: Nationals, in general, is my favorite competition because there's so much positive energy, the crowd is really excited, and there are so many great skaters there.. -
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I SUOI NUOVI PROTRAMMI
Short program: the Soul Surfer soundtrack by Marco Beltrami - coreografo Alex Chang
Free Skate: dal musical Evita - coreografo Jonathan Cassar
i suoi allenatori saranno: Jere Michael and Alex Chang
e ovviamente il suo obbiettivo è far parte del team olimpico
fonte: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp...6&vkey=ice_news
Sullo short:CITAZIONE"My short program is the Soul Surfer soundtrack by Marco Beltrami," Hicks said. "It's based on a true story, and it kind of pertains to my whole story with the injury and everything."
The 2011 film is based on the true story of 13-year-old surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm in a shark attack but returned to surfing. Hicks suffered a painful and public injury in the fall of 2011, when she fractured her tibia and growth plate during the free skate at a Junior Grand Prix event in Milan.
"She was determined not to let the injury get in the way of what she wanted to do," Hicks said about Hamilton. "I think it's really neat how she overcame it and got to do everything she wanted with her sport and with her life. She was able to get back into the water."
Sul free:CITAZIONEThe recently retired Jonathan Cassar has choreographed Hicks' new free skate, to Evita. The program will tell part of the story of Eva Perón's life, as depicted in the movie based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
"I think it's a good challenge for me to interpret a mature character and work on my performance skills," Hicks said. "She was very powerful, but she was still feminine and a good, strong character without giving up everything that made her who she was. At the beginning, I'm looking back over my life, as I'm dying, and it goes through my whole life, and at the end it's her last triumph."
Earlier this summer, Cassar choreographed a show program for Hicks, to "Hope Will Lead Us On" by BarlowGirl, and she decided to turn to him for her new free program as well.
"I would see him at Alisa Viejo during the week, and he's such a good performer; his choreography is so good," Hicks said. "He knows how to help people express the music and do the movements the best they can.".