Diana's performances

Diana's performances

Diana receiving her marks at the 1999 Europeans (long program).
Photo (c) Kelly Behning

1999 Canadian Open - free program

Unfortunately Diana didn't move up in the rankings after her free program:

1. Josée Chouinard (CAN)
2. Jennifer Robinson (CAN)
3. Angela Nikodinov (USA)
4. Karen Preston (CAN)
5. Surya Bonaly (FRA)
6. Elizabeth Manley (CAN)
7. Diana Poth (HUN)

1999 Canadian Open - short program

Bad performance for Diana- she fell on her triple toe loop (which was to be her combination) and on her solo jump. She landed the double axel cleanly. Her marks were from 4.4 to 4.8 for technical and from 5.0 to 5.3 for presentation, and she placed 7th:

1. Angela Nikodinov (USA)
2. Jennifer Robinson (CAN)
3. Josee Chouinard (CAN)
4. Surya Bonaly (FRA)
5. Elizabeth Manley (CAN)
6. Karen Preston (CAN)
7. Diana Poth (HUN)

1999 Cup of Russia - Free program

Here is Andrei's review of the event (thanks Andrei!):

Unfortunately I haven't seen the short program. Diana was 6th after the short program and obviously she lost it to Lucinda Ruh, who was 5th,only because of the second mark.
But in the free program there was a big difference between the two of them. Diana didn't fall and didn't have any singles and Lucinda fell 3 times and had only one or two triple jumps. So Diana came 5th, 4th was Angela Nikodinov from the USA, I'd say that maybe she deserved 3rd place. Elena Sokolova finished 3rd and only one judge vote decided it. Yulia Soldatova came in 2nd, she fell on the triple toe loop / triple toe combination, then singled the lutz but then she did everything else. Irina Slutskaya was the winner, she was nearly excellent. Irina did only one mistake - she singled the flip (or toe loop, I didn't see it well).
Now some of my thoughts about Diana's skating :-) The music she skated to and her costume were the same as you described in the Trophee Lalique review. I think that it's a great costume, I mean it fits her style, but in my opinion the dress for the latin music performance should be a little bit different, maybe the same style but with more bright colors, something like that. But she looked great anyway :-) During the warm up she did all the jumps too :-) , most of the time she was practicing the axel. Then her performance came. She started with a nice triple toe loop, then she did triple lutz. She doubled the loop and then she did triple toe loop. Then she doubled the flip, did the double salchow and did the double axel / double toe combination. Her spins and steps were fine but I think there could be more spins in this program. Spectators liked her performance (as I did too :-) , I'd say she's got more applauds than any other non-russian skater. And her marks were:

Technical merit

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.2

5.0

Artistic impression

5.2

4.9

5.1

4.9

5.0

5.2

5.1

I think Diana's technical elements (jumps, etc.) are great, but she needs to improve artistically. I'm sure she has a lot of potential and she'll be among the leaders very soon.

Thanks again to Andrei for this great review!:-)
Diana finally placed 5th:
1. Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
2. Julia Soldatova (RUS)
3. Elena Sokolova (RUS)
4. Angela Nikodinov (USA)
5. Diana Poth (HUN)
6. Lucinda Ruh (SUI)
7. Nadine Gosselin (CAN)
8. Yuka Kazanawa (JPN)
9. Silvia Fontana (ITA)

1999 Cup of Russia - short program

Diana placed 6th in the short program and got quite low marks (I don't know how she skated):

Technical merit

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.5

4.7

4.9

4.2

Artistic impression

5.3

5.2

5.1

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.6

1. Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
2. Julia Soldatova (RUS)
3. Angela Nikodinov (USA)
4. Elena Sokolova (RUS)
5. Lucinda Ruh (SUI)
6. Diana Poth (HUN)
7. Silvia Fontana (ITA)
8. Yuka Kanazawa (JPN)
9. Nadine Gosselin (CAN)

1999 Trophee Lalique - Free program

Here is my review of Diana's program (you can read my review of the whole event here):

She didn't skate well at all.:-( She was wearing a dress that I didn't really like, although it suited her well- she looked very sexy, maybe too sexy. The costume was beige, and from the back it looked like a two-piece swin-suit. Her skirt was not a real skirt, actually it was just black fringes on her hips. But she was beautiful with it! She skated to spanish music by the Gipsy Kings and Santa Esmeralda. If some of you can remember the music Marie-Pierre Leray used for her 94/95 short program, it was exactly the same pieces of music (but longer obviously!). She started with a triple toe loop/double toe combination, and I'm quite sure she was going for triple/triple. She singled the lutz.:-(( Then she doubled the loop, fell on the toe loop (or flip, I didn't see it well) and then fell again on the flip. She did the triple salchow and double axel. She ends with a great step sequence and a scratch spin. She does a lot of hand and arms movements. I loved the program, but there it was not a good performance.

Technical merit

4.6

4.5

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.5

4.7

Artistic impression

4.9

5.0

5.1

4.8

5.1

4.9

5.0

She placed 6th:
1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Victoria Volchkova (RUS)
3. Sarah Hughes (USA)
4. Jennifer Robinson (CAN)
5. Sanna-Maija Wiksten (FIN)
6. Diana Poth (HUN)
7. Fumie Suguri (JPN)
8. Brittney McConn (USA)
9. Stephanie Von der Thusen (GER)
10. Yulia Vorobieva (AZE)

1999 Trophee Lalique - Short program

Diana was 6th after the short program:
1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Victoria Volchkova (RUS)
3. Sarah Hughes (USA)
4. Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
5. Fumie Suguri (JPN)
6. Diana Poth (HUN)
7. Julia Lautowa (AUT)
8. Sanna-Maija Wiksten (FIN)
9. Jennifer Robinson (CAN)
10. Brittney McConn (USA)
11. Yulia Vorobieva (AZE)
12. Stephanie Von der Thusen (GER)

1999 Finlandia Trophy - Free program

Diana finally placed 7th-which isn't that good. I don't know how she skated so I can only give you the results!
1. Elena Sokolova (RUS)
2. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
3. Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
4. Alisa Drei (FIN)
5. Brittney McConn (USA)
6. Elina Kettunen (FIN)
7. Diana Poth (HUN)
8. Anna Lundstrom (SWE)
9. Sanna Maija Wiksten (FIN)
10. Jekaterina Golovatenko (EST)
11.Marion Krijgsman (NED)

1999 Finlandia Trophy - Short program

Diana placed 5th in her first competition of the season:

1. Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
2. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
3. Elena Sokolova (RUS)
4.Alisa Drei (FIN)
5. Diana Poth (HUN)
6.Brittney McConn (USA)
7.Elina Kettunen (FIN)
8.Jekaterina Golovatenko (EST)
9.Anna Lundström (SWE)
10.Sanna Maija Wiksten (FIN)
11.Marion Krijgsman (NED)

1999 World championships - Long program

The pressure was great, and Diana couldn't quite handle it. She started well with her triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination, but made only a double lutz after that. Then she came back well with the triple loop, but fell on the triple flip. She tried the jump again and did a single. She managed to land the triple salchow. Unfortunately, she ended with a single axel. She shook her head after that, and was really disappointed. Her marks were low:

ITA
RUS
SUI
CHN
HUN
SVK
AUT
FIN
JPN

4.9
5.2
5.0
4.7
4.8
5.1
4.9
4.6
5.2

4.9
5.3
5.3
5.0
5.4
5.0
5.2
5.0
5.2

She dropped from 8th to 11th overall:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Michelle Kwan (USA)
3. Julia Soldatova (RUS)
4. Tatiana Malinina (UZB)
5. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
6. Anna Rechnio (POL)
7. Sarah Hughes (USA)
8. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
9. Yulia Lavrenchuck (UKR)
10. Viktoria Volchkova (RUS)
11. Diana Poth (HUN)
12. Angela Nikodinov (USA)
13. Lucinda Ruh (SUI)
14. Alisa Drei (FIN)
15. Julia Lautowa (AUT)

1999 World championships - Short program

Diana skated a great short program! She landed her triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination, her triple salchow and double axel. She gave absolutely everything and her program was full of personnality, sensuality, and was totally in connection with her music Black Velvet. She really seemed to have fun and to enjoy her music and her program. All her elements were good: the spins were fast, and she made a great step sequence from end to end of the rink. Her marks were good, considering she didn't make the most difficult jumps (lutz or flip).

ITA
RUS
SUI
CHN
HUN
SVK
AUT
FIN
JPN

5.6
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.5
5.0
4.9

5.5
5.4
5.5
5.4
5.6
5.6
5.3
5.1
5.1

She was 8th going into the free:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Julia Soldatova (RUS)
3. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
4. Michelle Kwan (USA)
5. Tatiana Malinina (UZB)
6. Anna Rechnio (POL)
7. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
8. Diana Poth (HUN)
9. Sarah Hughes (USA)
10. Victoria Volchkova (RUS)

1999 World championships - Qualifications

The 1999 Worlds started well for Diana, as she produced a beautiful performance (landing 5 triple jumps) and placed 6th in group A:

1. Michelle Kwan (USA)
2. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
3. Viktoria Volchkova (RUS)
4. Sarah Hughes (USA)
5. Anna Rechnio (POL)
6. Diana Poth (HUN)
7. Eva-Maria Fitze (GER)
8. Yulia Lavrenchuck (UKR)
9. Lucinda Ruh (SUI)
10. Marta Andrade (SPN)

1999 European championships - Long program

Diana skated really well there: she started with an impressive triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination, and a beautiful triple lutz. Then she seemed to lose her timing, making a double loop and a double flip, both instead of triples. But she tried the flip again and landed it succesfully, and then she landed the triple salchow. She ended with a great double axel. Her spins were fast and she showed great charisma. She was really happy at the end of the program. Her marks:

JPN
CAN
SUI
ITA
HUN
NED
POL
AUS
FIN

5.5
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.4
5.6
5.4
5.4
5.6

5.5
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.7
5.4
5.4
5.2
5.4

She placed 4th overall:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Julia Soldatova (RUS)
3. Viktoria Volchkova (RUS)
4. Diana Poth (HUN)
5. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
6. Julia Sebestyen (HUN)
7. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
8. Yulia Lavrenchuk (UKR)
9. Alisa Drei (FIN)
10. Sabina Wojtala (POL)

1999 European championships - Short program

Photo (c) Kelly Behning

Diana succesfully landed her triple toe loop/triple toe loop combination and her double axel, but unfortunately she fell on her triple salchow. Her marks were:

JPN
CAN
SUI
ITA
HUN
NED
POL
AUS
FIN

5.1
4.9
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.0
4.4
5.2
4.9

5.5
5.3
5.5
5.5
5.6
5.1
4.9
5.0
5.5

She placed 6th:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Viktoria Volchkova (RUS)
3.Julia Soldatova (RUS)
4. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
5. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
6.Diana Poth (HUN)
7. Yulia Lavrenchuck (UKR)
8. Julia Lautowa (AUT)
9. Eva-Maria Fitze (GER)
10. Sabina Wojtala (POL)

1999 European championships - Qualifications

Diana skated good and placed 3rd in group A:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Viktoria Volchkova (RUS)
3. Diana Poth (HUN)
4. Julia Lautowa (AUT)
5. Yulia Lavrenchuck (UKR)
6. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
7. Julia Sebestyen (HUN)
8. Alisa Drei (FIN)
9. Zusana Paurova (SVK)
10. Veronyka Dytrtova (GER)

1998 Lalique Trophy - long program

Diana wasn't on form that night and missed most of her jumps. But her presentation on her new long program Gone with the wind was lovely. Her marks:

SLO
GER
RUS
FRA
UKR
USA
HUN

4.5
4.8
5.0
4.6
4.4
4.9
4.7

4.6
5.0
5.1
4.9
4.6
4.8
5.2

She placed 6th:

1. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
2. Nicole Bobek (USA)
3. Vanessa Gusmeroli (FRA)
4. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
5. Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
6. Diana Poth (HUN)
7.Mojca Kopac (SLO)
8. Andrea Diewald (GER)
9. Tara Ferguson (CAN)

1998 World championships - long program

Diana skated one of the best performances of her life. She landed all her jumps, and was really good at interpreting her Arabian music throughout the program. She was 15th going into the long and skated in the second group of skaters (out of 4), so the judges had to leave room for better marks for the skaters to come, but her marks made her really excited!

HUN
UKR
SWE
JPN
ITA
AUT
SUI
CAN
CZE

5.0
4.9
4.9
5.2
5.3
5.0
5.3
5.3
4.9

5.1
5.1
4.6
5.2
5.3
5.2
5.2
5.3
5.0

She made the top ten!

1. Michelle Kwan (USA)
2. Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
3. Marya Butyrskaya (RUS)
4. Laetitia Hubert (FRA)
5. Anna Rechnio (POL)
6. Tonya Kwiatowski (USA)
7. Elena Liashenko (UKR)
8. Elena Sokolova (RUS)
9. Tanja Szewcenko (GER)
10. Diana Poth (HUN)
11. Yulia Vorobieva (AZE)
12. Yulia Lavrenchuck (UKR)
13. Joanne Carter (AUS)
14. Tatiana Malinina (UZB)
15. Lenka Kulovana (CZE)

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