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Podium Picks?

Slowdive

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12/24/2011-12/29/2011

Men:
Ivan Bariev
Artem Borodulin
Zhan Bush
Artur Dmitriev
Fedosy Efremenko
Artur Gachinksi
Artem Grigoriev
Sergei Voronov
Stanislav Kovalev
Maxim Kovtun
Konstantin Menshov
Nikita Mikhailov
Evgeni Plushenko
Stanislav Samokhin
Vladislav Sezganov
Mark Shakhmatov
Ivan Tretyakov

Ladies:
Polina Agafonova
Maria Artemyeva
Darya Afanaseiva
Sofia Biryukova
Alexandra Deeva
Evgenia Gerasimova
Polina Korobeinikova
Alena Leonova
Julia Lipnitskaya
Ksenia Makarova
Sofia Mishina
Anna Ovcharova
Elena Radionova
Adelina Sotnikova
Maria Stavitskaia
Polina Shelepen
Anna Shershak
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Pairs:
Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov
Marya Vygalova/Egor Zakroev
Katarina Gerboldt/Alexander Enbert
Vasilisa Davankova/Andrei Deputat
Lyubov Iluschechkina/Nodari Maisuradze
Anastasia Martyusheva/Alexei Rogonov
Tatiana Novik/Andrei Novoselov
Ekaterina Petaykina/Maxim Kurdyukov
Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergey Lisiev

Dance:
Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev
Kristina Gorshkova/Vitaly Butikov
Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov
Anastasia Kabanova/Nikolai Babin
Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin
Anna Polikarpova/Maxim Kirillov
Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro
Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko
Valeria Starygina/Ivan Volobuev
Evgenia Shakhatrina/Denis Kozlov


Who would you pick as medal contenders?
 
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sky_fly20

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Nov 20, 2011
what happened to Rosa Sheveleva ? :no:
but arent V/T not competing and Yuko and Sasha will also cancel the National because of an injury ? :confused:

Men:

Evgeni Pluschenko
Artur Gachinski
Maxim Kovtun/Artur Dimitriev Jr.

Ladies:

Julia Lipnitskaya
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Alena Leonova/Adelina Sotnikova

Pairs:

Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov
Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov
Katarina Gerboldt/Alexander Enbert or Lyubov Iluschechkina/Nodari Maisuradze

Ice Dance:

Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov
Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin
Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev

Good Luck All :)
 

katia

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Feb 20, 2006
In Pairs I will go with you, but only if Kavaguchi/Smirnov will not compete.
In Ladies I think I will put Alena Leonova second. She is very competitive, a fighter.
In Men --- I am not sure about Plushchenko. There is a lot of hype over his getting back. Also, he was supposed to compete earlier and did not.

And in Ice Dance -- I would put Riazanova/Tkachenko in third place. I know that Khalavin was ill, so that's why they did not compete for some time. If they will be healthy they may skate better then R/T but I would put them in third place, I/K in second and B/S in first.
 

sky_fly20

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^

I know Leonova even has a chance of winning but I dont want her to win at all, :no: so silver would be ok
Im still hoping Adelina can fix all her Lutz jumps and defend the title if not Julia Lipnitskaya will win the Ladies

maybe hype? but not all, part of me is I'm excited of Pluschenko's return if he skates clean
highly lilkely he can win over Gachinski, and a clean Gachinski is very rare. LOL
on the other hand, I really like Maxim Kovtun, very promising 16 year old and he did a good performance at JGP
he just needs to step it up further ! :)

Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev have been very sloppy and messy lately
so it will be interesting if they can defend their title, M/K I doubt they can win ,this will be their first competition
after injury but 2nd place I'm still hoping :)
 
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katia

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@ sky fly
In Russian Cup, Kazan, Rosa Sheveleva was 17. It means that she did not qualify for Russian Nationals
****
I LIKE Leonova. And I want her to be second.:) [first would be my dream]
 
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sky_fly20

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^

I thought she was like 15/16 ? :confused:
sad, she had potentials but she hasn't been exposed much at international competitions lately too

I dont know what is it with Leonova
but for some reason the more I wish she will not medal, she medals
so maybe I should predict Gold for Leonova so she will not win, :laugh:

I agree, I respect though that Leonova is a fighter even with all the young russian skaters she is fighting to be on top
so far Julia Lipnitskaya is the whole package, seems the International audience loves her too ( standing ovation in quebec * )

Julia I see in her a Mix of Yuna Kim, Tara Lipinski and Sasha Cohen :)
 
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katia

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He is competing,and he will probably win, but I don't like him. It is, I guess, something subjective. :biggrin:
(it is like Leonova with you, something makes you wish she did not win. Same with me and Plushchenko)
 
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sky_fly20

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Btw, why is Elena Radionova gets to compete, I know she medal on a podium in the Russian Cup event stages
but didnt Natalia Ogoreltseva also won those stages or was she just competing at all juniors levels :confused:
isnt Ogoreltseva just like 1 year younger than Radionova who is now 12 ?

her LP, I like her and she trains with Mishin right ? she has the same jumping air lift style like Elizaveta, LOL
I think she won on a Russian Cup event stage , but maybe just in junior category , so is that the reason she didn't make the russian senior nationals ?

Natalia Ogoreltseva LP:
love her musicality, great jumper and her spins are fast :)
I think I just found another new favorite skater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv8j_6TzTsc&feature=related

her SP sample is nice too: :biggrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lWtSMjGq3I

did Natalia Ogoreltseva medal at last Russian Junior Championships ???
 
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katia

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Don't you think that 11 years old is a little bit too young to be a senior? Ogorelceva can compete on national stage but can not compete as senior on international stage, yet. And Russians are focused on Sochi. I think that she will be too young to compete in Sochi.
 

bestskate8

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Aug 31, 2003
Ladies: Lipniskaya, Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova or Shelepen
Pairs: Bazarova/Larionov, Iluschechkina/ Maisuradze, Gerboldt/ Enbert
Ice Dance: Bobrova/Soloviev, Ilinykh/Katsalapov, Ryazanova/Tkachenko
Men: Plushenko(can't believe he still compete), Gachinski, Menshov
 

tulosai

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Dec 21, 2011
I like Leonova and am sorry to see her being passed, but I don't think this is her year. Barring any major mistakes the ladies podium will be Lipniskaya, Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova. Sotnikova hasn't been the most consistent this year and if that continues Leonova may edge in for the bronze- or Shelepen may grab it.
 

sky_fly20

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Don't you think that 11 years old is a little bit too young to be a senior? Ogorelceva can compete on national stage but can not compete as senior on international stage, yet. And Russians are focused on Sochi. I think that she will be too young to compete in Sochi.

well I hope to see her compete at junior nationals then.
really impressed by the flood of young russian ladies talents :)
 

kalle

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I like Leonova and am sorry to see her being passed, but I don't think this is her year. Barring any major mistakes the ladies podium will be Lipniskaya, Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova. Sotnikova hasn't been the most consistent this year and if that continues Leonova may edge in for the bronze- or Shelepen may grab it.

It is interesting because I think this is definitely Leonovas year!

She has gone from strenght to strenght since her 4th place at Worlds last year and had a very good GP season this year. I would even consider her to be strong podium contender at this Worlds, she has the fighting spirit that some of the more talented girls seems to be missing..

Nationals are goinig to be a fantastic competition but I think she has to do 2 clean programs to win otherwise Tuk or a semi clean Sotnikova/Lipnitskaya will be put infront of her.We shall see!
 

sky_fly20

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Leonova has a chance of winning Gold but she needs a clean skate for both her SP and FP , other that if Elizaveta butchers her combo programs but she has been pretty solid this season and any mistakes she can bounce back, I agree a semi clean Julia Lipnitskaya will still beat Leonova. I think this season
at International and Nationals, Lipnitskaya has so far has the highest scores.

Adelina has only 1 option, skate clean. her season has not been that stellar so far and her scores have been not that great
compared to her season's best last year, ( but given she has now able to adjust to her growth spurt ) she can still defend her position at nationals
 
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ciocio

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Sep 27, 2010
It´s so hard to pick someone.
Liza or Alena? :confused: Maybe Julia...:laugh:
Plushy or Artur? If Plushy doesn´t have quads and Artur skates clean is he able to beat him or not????:scratch::think::confused:
 
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let`s talk

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Plushy or Artur? If Plushy doesn´t have quads and Artur skates clean is he able to beat him or not????:scratch::think::confused:
People who visited Plush's training in Yubik said he landed quads as well as combos 4T-3T. Whether he will jump them in Saransk or not, he and Mishin are the only ones who know. In fact he is not supposed to train/perform such difficult things due to doctor's orders, whom he never listens to. He has a cyst in his knee and needs one more operation. Currently he plans to do that after Euros. He didn't want to miss RN and at least one international start this season.

RN can watch here, whatever link works better for you:

НТВ+ Спорт Онлайн / NTV+ Sport Online:

http://tvali.ge/gadget.php?channel=70954
http://tv-tube.ru/onlinetv/channel-view.php?id=112
http://jointv.ru/onlinetv/channel/ntvsplusport-online
http://www.eurosmi.ru/tv/132/
http://onlinetvi.com/en/ntv-plus-sport-online-online/

НТВ+ Спорт / NTV+ Sport:

http://tvali.ge/gadget.php?channel=70955
http://tv-tube.ru/onlinetv/channel-view.php?id=116
http://jointv.ru/onlinetv/channel/ntvsport-online-online
http://www.eurosmi.ru/tv/133/
http://onlinetvi.com/en/ntv-plus-sport-online/

Or a pay online channel. The quality is good, at least here:
http://rutelevision.com
 
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