as promised I have asked my son about Slutskaya. He said that both her programs have very hig level elements, except on step sequence of level 1. She skated very well and she is already in excellent condition. The problrem to me is that now the fact that you have high level elements, which give you a lot of marks, does not coincide with good skating. To me now skating is turning from a beautiful sport to a difficult sport, which is a totally different story. I must say I am really concerned from what I hear. All the programs look more or less the same, with the same spins and the same positions. I am not so sure that a very complicated camel spin, or lay back spin, is better than a simple, fast, well centered spin, in a wonderful postion, without too many restrictions as to the number of turns in each position, seconds of durations etc. All is very depressing for me. I would like to see our spòort to progress in beauty and art, and not the opposite.
All the best Sonia
All the best Sonia