I'm really hoping Masha can stay in second. That would be a huge victory for her!
Zagitova was fantastic. Her strongest SP performance by now. When she is clean no one can touch her among juniors Polina included. It's sad a bit - will Polina have motivation to go on?
Nugumanova looked quite devastated in the JGP as well. It's always heartbreaking when they skate so nicely but a mistake ruins their score ...
Gutted for Gubanova. Wondering if she will make it to JW this season or not...
It was interesting to hear, right after Zagitova's skate, TAT stating that in the past 100 years the woman who won the world championship before the Olympics never gone to win the Olympics gold. And Trankov replied asking if TAT is suggesting Evgenia skips Helsinki this year. LOL.
This is the best Evgenia skated all season. I am getting the programme now and they made some nice changes to choreo which also improved it.
Alina's tech content is INSANE and I hope she keeps it up.
It was interesting to hear, right after Zagitova's skate, TAT stating that in the past 100 years the woman who won the world championship before the Olympics never gone to win the Olympics gold. And Trankov replied asking if TAT is suggesting Evgenia skips Helsinki this year. LOL.
Perhaps also notable is that many of the new skaters at this competition aren't originally from Moscow or SPB. Skating scene is becoming more regionally diverse which is always good for discovering new talent. An interesting fact: of all the skaters here 3 are originally from Izhevsk - Zagitova, Lozko, Ogoreltseva. All 3 of them started out with the same coach - Natalia Antipina.Maybe not the biggest surprise, but I was looking at the SP results page and noticed that all top 5 skaters are Moscow, while #6 thru #11 are St. Petersburg skaters.
Mikhailova at #12 is the only Moscow skater outside of the top 5, and nearly all the remaining skaters are St. Petersburg. Lots of SPB representation, just not at the top!
Both Oksana Bauil and Tara Lipinski won the world title before OGM!
IF Anna does well enough for the 4th spot, she will be in European and WC team. Zagitova is too young for this season.
Is it later yet??
PC Tuktamysheva 35,42
PC Konstantinova 32,38
Is this OK?