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March 2nd, 2008
There's a translation of an Ukrainian interview with Galit Chait from January 2008 up on Alina Adams' Figure Skating
Mystery website:
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: GALIT CHAIT
January 11th, 2008
There's a new article by Lois Elfman about Galit's coaching career on the IceNetwork.com site:
Behind the scenes of figure skating - Jan. 10: Galit Chait makes a total commitment to coaching
April 2nd, 2007
Galit and Sergei took part in the "Stars on Ice" show in Tel Aviv (part of Ilia Averbukh's spring tour) on March 31st.
You can read a review of the show by TAHbKA at the following link (thanks again for letting me put up the review here :) ):
Show review
And there's a few photos at the following site (you have to scroll down the page): Link to page with photos
October 26th, 2006
I put up some photos of Galit in the Halloween on Ice show in the Photo section.
October 20th, 2006
I still have no official update on C&S' injury status, but here's a nice general article by Lois Elfman on their career from Lifestyles Magazine:
GALIT CHAIT & SERGEY SAKHNOVSKY - shall we dance?
Also Galit took part in the group numbers of the Disson show "Halloween on Ice" on Oct 8th, 2006.
September 17th, 2006
Galit and Sergei have withdrawn from their two Grand Prix assignments, to my current knowledge because of a severe foot injury from Sergei :-(
As soon as I have further information on the injury or their plans for the rest of the season, I'll post it here.
June 26th, 2006
The Grand Prix assignments for season 2006/2007 have been published on the ISU website. Galit and Sergei have been assigned to compete at Cup of China (Nov 9 - 12) and NHK Trophy (Nov 30 - Dez 3). You can see the full assignments (PDF format) at the following link:
2006/2007 Ice Dance assignments
March 31st, 2006
An article about the 2nd day at Israeli Nationals:
Chait, Sakhnovsky sparkle at nationals
March 30th, 2006
Here are two articles about Israeli Nationals from the Jerusalem Post:
Chait, Sakhnovsky thrill at Nationals
Figure Skating Championships open in Metulla today
March 28th, 2006
Galit and Sergei placed 6th at the Worlds Championships in Calgary last week. This week they are going to compete at Israeli Nationals, the competition takes place in Metulla on March 29th and 30th.
March 23rd, 2006
Here's a link to an article about the CD at Worlds:
Chait, Sakhnovsky sixth at worlds after compulsories
March 21st, 2006
Here's a link to a pre-Worlds article from the Jerusalem Post:
Chait, Sakhnovsky lead Israelis at World Championships
March 19th, 2006
There's another post-Olympic/pre-Worlds article on the website of "Canadian Jewish News":
Israeli ice dancers finish eighth at Turin
February 27th, 2006
Here's another article from ESPN on Galit:
A deeper story to Israeli ice dancer's dream
February 24th, 2006
Here are 2 more new articles about Galit and Sergei.
From "The Jewish Week":
A Trip To Remember
From Haaretz (I think this requires registration):
'Eighth place is not so terrible'
February 21st, 2006
Galit and Sergei finished 8th at the Olympics overall, after finishing 7th in the final Free Dance competition last night. Here's an article in the JPost, that states that they have decided to compete at Worlds. Good luck to them there!
ICE DANCE: Chait, Sakhnovsky disappointed
February 20th, 2006
Galit and Sergei moved up to 9th in the Olympic dance competition, after they placed 6th in the Original Dance.
February 19th, 2006
Here's now also an article in the JPost about the first day of the Olympic ice dancing competition:
Israelis stumble in first program
February 18th, 2006
Galit and Sergei are in 13th place after the Compulsory Dance at the Olympics, after Galit unfortunately fell during their Ravensburger Waltz performance.
Here's some post-competition quotes courtesy of Shimrit Berman (thanks for the permission to post them here!):
Galit: I don't know what happened, it never happened to me before. My foot didn't even catch anything, I don't think so, it just happened.
Sergey: We're still skating, we're ok. I mean, it's bad, but we're ok.
Galit: We've heard the crowd cheering for Roman and Alexandra, that was great.
Sergey: we teach them secrets about steps!
Galit: We'll start a new chapter now. We'll skate our programs like a show, we want to present ourselves well, it's not about the placing. For the original and free the first thing I plan to do is actually stay on my feet...
According to Shimrit, Galit also said that Monday night (the FD) will probably be their last competitive performance.
February 17th, 2006
Here's a preview article in the JPost about the Olympic ice dancing competition, which starts today:
Israeli ice dancers in the spotlight
February 13th, 2006
Here's a JPost article about the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic games and Galit and Sergei's participation:
February 5th, 2006
I've put up all my photos of C&S that I took at Europeans on the Photos section of this website now and I've also put my general report about Europeans 2006 up on my general site, if you are interested in reading it, you can find it here:
Europeans 2006 competition report
February 3rd, 2006
Galit and Sergei are scheduled to take part in a post Olympic figure skating exhibitionin Moscow on March 8th. The show is organized by Ilia Averbukh. The news item (in Russian) about the show is here:
January 31st, 2006
Here's a link to a new article at JTA.org about Galit and Sergei:
Israeli team hopes to skate into history with ice-dancing routines
January 28th, 2006
There's an article at Haaretz.com about Sasha and Roman Zaretzki having been nominated to go to the Olympics for Israel (congrats to them!) alongside Galit and Sergei and since it also has quite some tidbits about C&S, I thought I'd include it here:
Sibling duo from Metulla credits dream come true to parents
Also I've started to put the first of my photos from Europeans into the "Photos" section.
January 24th, 2006
Galit and Sergei placed 5th at the European Championships in Lyon, France last week. They were 5th in the CD, 4th in the OD and 5th in the FD.
I attended Europeans and will share a general report on my homepage later and I'll also upload some photos of Galit & Sergei's performances eventually. I had a lot of fun at Europeans and I really enjoyed their performances, I think the Original Dance was probably the best I've ever seen them skate live and the Free Dance was just beautiful as well!
Meanwhile here's some links to some Jerusalem Post articles about Europeans:
After the competition:
Chait and Sakhnovsky place fifth, Zaretskys likely headed to Turin
Wuzrobbing article after the Compulsory Dance:
Ice dance New Judging System comes under more criticism
After the Compulsory Dance:
Chait, Sakhnovsky in fifth place at Euros
December 18th, 2005
Galit and Sergei placed 4th at the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo this weekend. They were 4th in both OD and FD.
Here's a link to a Jerusalem Post article about the Grand Prix Final:
Chait and Sakhnovsky are medal bridesmaids
December 2nd, 2005
Here's a link to a Jerusalem Post article about Cup of Russia:
Chait and Sakhnovsky heat up for Winter Olympics
November 27th, 2005
Galit and Sergei won the silver medal at Cup of Russia, after finishing 2nd in all three phases of the competition.
November 6th, 2005
Here's a Jerusalem Post article about Cup of China:
Chait, Sakhnovsky win silver in Beijing
November 5th, 2005
Galit and Sergei won the silver medal at Cup of China. They were 2nd in all three phases of the competition. You can find the full results here:
There are a few photos of their Free, Original and Compulsory Dance performances on the following Chinese sites:
Pictures of Cup of China Free Dance
Pictures of Cup of China Original Dance
Pictures of Cup of China Compulsory Dance
October 23rd, 2005
Here's an article from the New York Times about a show of the "Ice Theater of New York", in which Galit and Sergei performed their "Bolero" Free Dance:
September 26th, 2005
The Skate Israel ice dance competition finished yesterday with the following final results:
1. Chait & Sakhnovsky (ISR): 209.50
2. Domnina & Shabalin (RUS): 179.57
3. Grebenkina & Azrojan (ARM): 172.06
4. Zaretzky & Zaretzky (ISR): 155.06
5. Nagy & Elek (HUN): 130.23
You can find some pictures in the Photos section and here's a link to a Jerusalem Post article about the second day of competition:
Chait, Sakhnovsky, Serov shine at Skate Israel
September 25th, 2005
Galit and Sergei are currently competing at Skate Israel. After the Compulsory Dance (Tango Romantica) and the Original Dance, they are leading in front of Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin from Russia and Anastasia Grebenkina & Vazgen Azrojan from Armenia. Here's an article with a summary of the first competition day from the Jerusalem Post:
Skate Israel makes triumphant return
September 17th, 2005
Galit and Sergei are going to compete at Skate Israel next week. The competition takes place from September 23rd to September 25th in Metulla. Here's a link to a preview article in the Jerusalem Post:
Skate Israel returns to Canada Centre after one-year break
August 26th, 2005
Galit and Sergei, together with other figure skaters, performed an exhibition at the Opening Ceremony of the Spartak Hockey Cup in Moscow on August 22nd. You can find some photos in the photo gallery .
July 19th, 2005
Galit and Sergei have been removed from the cast list of the Italian summer skating tour.
July 5th, 2005
In August Galit and Sergei are going to take part in the "Skating Champions" tour in Italy. You can find tour dates and more information here:
Skating Champions Italian Tour
May 20th, 2005
The Grand Prix assignments for season 05/06 are published on the ISU website. Galit and Sergei are assigned to Cup of China and Cup of Russia.
You can find the Grand Prix schedule and the complete assignments here:
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 05/06
April 3rd, 2005
Here are links to 2 rather recent articles about Galit and Sergei:
IFS Magazine article from February 2005:
"Changing with the times"
Canadian Jewish Tribune article from March 2005:
"Israeli team dances the ice fantastic"
March 25th, 2005
Galit & Sergei participated in a show in St. Petersburg a few days after the end of the World Championships 2005.
You can find a couple of photos from the show (among photos of other skaters) at the following external link: Photos from show in St. Petersburg
Also make sure to check out Galit & Sergei's new Official Website at Ice-Dance.com: Official Website
March 20th, 2005
Galit & Sergei finished 6th overall at the World Championships in Moscow last week. They were 7th in the CD, 5th in the OD and 6th in the FD.
Here's an article in the Jerusalem Post about the competition:
"Chait and Sakhnovsky improve at Worlds"
February 13th, 2005
You can find my general report on the European Championships on my general skating website:
European Championships 2005 report
I've also added my photos of C&S from Euros 05 to the Photos section and updated the Results page with the result from Israelian Nationals.
February 3rd, 2005
Galit and Sergei are competing at Israelian Nationals this week.
Here's are two articles about the competition, first a preview:
"Skating titles on the line"
And a summary of Day 1:
"
Chait, Sakhnovsky sizzle at figure skating nationals"
February 1st, 2005
Galit and Sergei placed 4th at the Europeans in Torino, Italy last week. They were 5th after the Compulsory Dance, 3rd after the OD and 4th in the FD and overall.
Here's an article from the Jerusalem Post about the competition:
"Chait, Sakhnovsky iced out of medal"
I will put up more information about Europeans later, there will be a report about the whole event on my general homepage and I'm going to have pictures too.
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