Actually, if you go to IceNetwork and click on the MidWest Regionals, you will see a vastly improved Rohene Ward. I don't know how much she put into him getting that improvement but he looks like a top 5 Worlds finisher.
Wouldn't surprise me all that much. Elene and her parents had to make a very fast decision after training with Vodorezova was no longer an option. I always questioned the choice of Elene's parents to send her to Zmievskaya instead of Kondrashova in Estonia as was agreed upon earlier. Not that the latter is a better coach or anything, but it would have been a smoother transition from Vodorezova; I thought her parents just wanted to send their daughter to the biggest name they could find. Unfortunately, there was no time for them to give it a test run and figure out what did and did not work. I hope whatever move Elene does make will be successful.
That's good to hear (I'm at work, so can't exactly look at videos now). The question is - how will his nerves hold up during Nationals. His skating at practices and warm-ups has long been amazing. I will be very happy, thought, if he does conquer his demons to skate well at Nationals or beyond.
That was last season, but what you say about Nationals which he didn't qualify for was exactly how he skated in Sectionals. Anyway, I think you will enjoy the Regional's skate and see what he could and should be doing.
No, Gedevanishvili was never in Hackensack, NJ last season. I don't know where she is training now and, again, my earlier info is just hearsay.
As I understand it , after Elene had to leave Russia, she became a national hero of sorts. According to Vodorezova, just having her place in top 10 at major competitions was enough for the Georgia. As I see it, her funding comes directly from the Georgian government and/or sponsors, not from the figure skating federation. I don´t think this will dry up any time soon.
