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Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin

OMG! You love Tori Amos? I'm in love with you, then, it's official. :laugh: I'm a masive fan of Tori Amos, as well as Elizabeth Fraser and Kate Bush. :love:
Alba lets go to World in Boston. I will buy your tickets! You are my skating spirit animal.
 
Alba lets go to World in Boston. I will buy your tickets! You are my skating spirit animal.

:laugh: Who knows, maybe it's time to visit USA and my sister, finally. :yes:
If I come we should definitely see the worlds together. :dance: :hb:
 
I know but I was not speaking about this year. Althought I think MK'Winter is dying to see this year's nationals, I know. :biggrin:

I am! Sochi looks gorgeous in pictures. Visiting Russia and watching a figure skating competition is on my bucket list.
 
From Italy is not a difficult place to reach. I think we can go through Turkey.
 
It takes 2 days for us from Moscow by car and 4 days from Ural. My son and nephew have vacation here every year with their grandma.
But I'm going by plane. It takes less than 2 hours from Moscow. I hate planes, but this year Nationals are going to be very interesting :)
 
The main skating facility - the Ice Palace "Iceberg" - is fully dedicated to intensive training sessions for kids from all over Russia. Each session lasts two weeks. THe kids work with the best coaches, choreographers, fitness coaches and high-rank skaters there. For example, right now Tamara Moskvina (who coached 4 Olympic champions) is there together with Tatiana Volosozhar-Maxim Trankov.

The faciity works all year round, and provides kids with everything, including school classes. All the costs are shared between the Figur Skating Federation and Sochi Municipality.
 
These are terrific! Thanks you for sharing! So how does everyone think our team is going to do?

Great. :cheer:
I still think they are in the "we need to prove it" mode, so I really do think they are going to do great.
Plus, they really are happy about skating to Carmen in Barcelona. I also do hope the crowd will help them. :cheer2:
 
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