3rd stage of Russian Cup
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp9vbUvLZLE
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lyQPQREXRU
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp9vbUvLZLE
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lyQPQREXRU
Alina Ustimkina & Nikita Volodin
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Their names has been added to the entry list of Tallinn trophy. Tallinn trophy will be their senior debut.
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028794.htm
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028794.htm
They did great at Tallinn today and they also got a great new PB of 65.64.
No video yet but at this moment one can watch their SP here at -26 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eWtb-NF5c
No video yet but at this moment one can watch their SP here at -26 mins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98eWtb-NF5c
They did pretty good and scored their best junior score but a 4th place was a disappointing outcome nonetheless, especially since bronze was so close. I thought they were underscored in SP but this is not the first time I have seen that happening to them. For some reason they don't get much GOE or PCS even when they skate pretty clean.
Short interview. They confirmed that they are planning to skate at the senior championships.
http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/2664-alina-ustimkina-nikita-volodin-segodnya-prokat-ne-poluchilsya.html
http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/2664-alina-ustimkina-nikita-volodin-segodnya-prokat-ne-poluchilsya.html
They are only 5th after SP despite pretty good SP. However they are only about one point behind the team who is 3rd after SP. FS will be really interesting now that there are total of six teams who scored above 61 point.
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taWjUOI7wAc
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taWjUOI7wAc
Despite Alina's URs and the mistake at the death spiral they did pretty good and I am happy that they got their 1st junior national medal. At the moment it is difficult to say if they will go to the Junior Worlds or not because Mishina/Mirzoev didn't skate here but they might be sent to the Junior Worlds anyway.
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GodgrxtUw-Q
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GodgrxtUw-Q
Now this is a good sized teddy bear. It would be so funny if a soft toy of this size would be thrown to the ice for them, or any other skater.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQfabgkgu7A/
Alina & Polina
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQpgYkth6JD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQfabgkgu7A/
Alina & Polina
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQpgYkth6JD/
I wonder if they will skate together next season because even though they made it to the JGPF and Junior Worlds their season haven't been very good. There is also the fact that Alina is rather tall and it would make sense for him to look for smaller partner. Especially since she isn't that great jumper either.
Well, splitting up did not work that well for Ivanova, Khakimov, Bobrov, Melnikova, Kuznetsov. They all do much worse with their new partners. On the other hand it worked pretty well for Kudriavtseva/Simenenko. We will see how well it will work for Mishina/Galliamov.
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Maybe the problem is with your guesswork about who is the top team? I mean, how do you know that Mishina/Galliamov are a top team if you have never seen them skate together? My guess is that they were not fully ready at the test skates. Same as Kvartalova/Sviatchenko, very likely, otherwise they wouldn't lose their spot that they already had allocated. Regarding Ustimkina/Volodin, Ustimkina had some health problems according to someone's Ask account, so that's why they were not at the test skates. And Zhuk/Britkov, he has been always very inconsistent, so it is possible that he was his usual himself at the test skates.
It was on Katia Borisova's askfm that someone asked why U/V are not at the test skates and Katia wrote that Alina has health problems. On Amina's askfm someone asked whether everything is alright with U/V because the poster heard that Alina finished her skating career. Amina responded that no, everything is alright. That does not mean that Alina didn't have health problems and as a results missed the test skates, it means that they are not splitting up and she didn't finish skating career. (Saying that, the health problems could have been just something very common, such as the flu. It doesn't necessarily be anything serious.)
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