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- Feb 17, 2010
I think it's too early to say who will be in the mix for Russian ladies in 2018. You never know with injuries, puberty monster, switching representations, motivation or lack thereof, personal or psychological issues (related to skating/competing or otherwise) when you are talking about a time 5 years into the future. It will be interesting to watch, but it's hard to say who will be in the mix for Pyeongchang and who will not. However, I do think this is a good move for Shelepen, she is too talented to have her international career be essentially over at the age of 17. Hopefully the coaching situation will prove to work better now that she is healthy again and not facing such stiff competition.
Agreed. They might have a superstar in the making who is just 11 years old right now and will just be age eligible in 2018. I think Adelina and Liza are going to be factors because they have a lot of good senior results already and factor into the medals at every event except Worlds.