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- Jul 11, 2003
FYI, Makarova is the daughter of Oleg Makarov & Larissa Selezneva, the 1984 Olympic bronze medalists in pairs from the Soviet Union -- see: http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=61Novice Ladies:
Ksenia Makarova ('06 North Atlantic Regional Intermediate champ).
Just heard that Emily Hughes is reportedly a last-minute entry in Senior Ladies.
I thought she didn't need to compete in regional events as a national medalist?
Club competitions are important to skaters in the Juvenile, Intermediate, Novice, Junior and Senior levels who preparing to compete in the Regional Championships in October (to qualify for Nationals at these 5 levels) and/or skaters like Emily Hughes, who is preparing for international competitions this fall. There have been periodic discussions here at GS about the results and highlights from various major U.S. club competitions, such as Broadmoor Open in June, Liberty and Skate Detroit in July, and Golden West in Sept.oh, ok. what is it then? Just some random "fluff" regional event or something?
oh, ok. what is it then? Just some random "fluff" regional event or something?
Emily actually competed in Mid As just before her Nats debut. It's a good place to have your practice when you don't get invited to the Cheesefests.Just heard that Emily Hughes may have withdrawn from Mid-Atlantics on Friday. Withdrawals are quite common at club competitions, BTW.
I've heard people refer to events like Campbell's, etc. as "fluff" events. IMO, "cheesefest" is a much more demeaning term than "fluff" (BTW I didn't intend it to be a putdown, it was just a way of saying "non-major") and it's used a heck of a lot more often by figure skating fans.
With the ISU events now on cable/satellite only, the 'cheesefests' allow a TV audience without cable or satellite to see some top international stars of figure skating do their thing.