Ladies SP results

01. Elena Sokolova
02. Viktoria Volchkova
03. Tatiana Basova
04. Alima Gershkovich
05. Kristina Oblasova
06. Julia Soldatova
07. Valeria Vorobeva
08. Olga Naidenova
09. Angelina Turenko
10. Yelena Naumova
11. Arina Martynova
12. Yekaterina Vasilyeva
13. Lilia Biktagirova
14. Vera Stoletova
15. Irina Bulusheva
16. Yelena Zhidkova
17. Anna Lopatochkina

Details can be found here.

glad to see elena skating well hope she wins.

Judging by the marks, it seems that both Elena and Vika had decent skates; their marks are quite close. For everyone else, though, looks like a real splat fest

where was

Lyudmila Nelidina?

Julia Soldatova is competing for Russia again? What happened to her representing Belarus?

Soldatova didn't like competing for Belarus very much (from what people say: mostly because she didn't have to fight for her place on the team there - it was certain she'll be on it, since the lack of a real competition; plus she couldn't hang out with her friends at competitions since they were on a different teams), and Piseev decided to take her back.

As it comes to Nelidina, it seems that the rumors about her quitting were true, after all. I've just read an article by Vaitsekhovskaya, where she mentions it. In my (more or less) words: Tchaikovskaya (with whom N. paired up a year ago) believed that under her hand Nelidina would become the main discovery of the season. But it didn't happen. Not only did she fail her every performance, but she also had a nervous breakdown - so big was the difference between her coach's assurances before the season and the actual results. That's why she not only split with her coach, but she also quit the sport.

I think if Vika wants a national title, this could be her chance, but I read that she has been ill in december, and said she was not in her best shape.