From Elena's posts she seems to be friends with Anthony Ponomarenko or how she calls him "Pom Pom"
Yeah that nickname is so cute! (And carry on cultivating this friendship so they can get tech controller dad on side and choreography from mum~~
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Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin
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Yeah that nickname is so cute! (And carry on cultivating this friendship so they can get tech controller dad on side and choreography from mum~~
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BDemKreqBiQ/?taken-by=blackswanei Elena watches Sailor Moon! And I thought I cannot love her more 
I think their problem this season were their mistakes not the lack of polish.
Though I agree that Russian Fed didn't help them with the guidance in the right direction.
Yeah, they got dumped for the mistake at CoR, and then even though they skated 2 flawless versions of Frida at CoR & Nats the federation just weren't going with them at all - the PCS at Nats compared to S/B tells you it was decided before the event who was getting on the Euro team, despite S/B's best efforts to screw up their tech in the FD. The fed had seen the programs all summer & said they were really happy with it all - there was a sport-express article with Piseev saying they would challenge the leaders, but then it all went wrong in the autumn with the shaky FD at CoC & SD at CoR & Kustarova doesn't have the clout or doesn't play the political game like Marina or S&Z do with their skaters to make up of any deficiencies.
Meanwhile, in Novi: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDlfDXJPLPb/ 100% more entertaining than any SD you'll watch today!
ETA: in the SD, neither S/B or S/K have covered themselves in glory. Getting back above S/B next season is perfectly possible.
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Latin for next season?
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What did she mean by that?Anyway, it`s not the first time the Russian Fed let their teams go into the season with bad programs. We only have to remember that this is the same Fed who let Domnina/Shabalin, the reigning World Champion, do an Aboriginal OD in the Olympic season or the kind of programs Morozov forced on I/K (with the exception of the Olympic year).
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Muñeca brava!!! Flashbacks from my childhood are coming to me 
Lyrics "I change pain for freedom. I change the wounds for a dream that helps me to go on" (I hope my rough translation make it sense )
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Worlds is not the same without Elena and Ruslan. The audience would have loved their Queen SD. Speaking of SDs, I think these songs by Beth Hart and Jon Bonamassa like "I 'll Take Care of You" http://youtu.be/aLR_bSzPTiY and "I'll Love You More than You Will ever Know" http://youtu.be/UdNKR3GaOtc and "I'd Rather Go Blind" http://youtu.be/sBZEo2uIizk would make for a good blues SD. I appreciate the video and pictures Elena has posted of her and Ruslan ; it definitely helps my RusLena withdrawal that I have had since Russian Nationals.
If I'm reading Lena's twitter right, she said to her friend Anna (who did the Carmen costume) that they have chosen music for one of their programs (can't remember if PT is SD or FD!) and Anna needs to start getting costume ideas! Double yay because I loved the Carmen dress and it's great that they are progressing with next season so quickly.
Awesome! I think PT is the FD and CT the SD,but I'm not 100% sure.
Whatever costumes Elena's friend is going to make, I hope she will integrate a scarf for Ruslan
If only P/B hadn't already done Le Petit Prince, it would have been the perfect scarf wearing opportunity!
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I think it is the FD. Sometime immediately after worlds they tend to give some final instructions or clarifications regarding the SD sometimes ?, so choosing the SD music can sometimes take a bit more time. Good for them. This is no short term venture.
Yeah, they are 100% solid technicians, which might sound weird with the big mistakes they've had, but what I mean is that they have silly slips but they never let it rattle them or affect their ability to get the marks for everything else - Euros last year is the prime example, following that freak accident moment on the lift with a level 3 step sequence and a flawless final lift. First team to get level 2 on both patterns last season, the step sequences are consistently level 3, when they had issues on the spin last year it was gone by nationals. The other two keep leaving points on the table because they aren't strong enough skaters to be consistently clean on their turns - if you can't do that you can't get high levels for steps - and they have the same issues following them throughout the season. I said after SA to a friend that S/K would never manage their rotational lift in the FD without a time deduction, and guess what, it's happened at every event!
I/Z have to fix their mindset, not get tense which let the CoR & Nats mistake happen. But it's easier to do that than reworking basic parts of your skating like the others need, and next year the pressure will be off a bit because they will be chasing not being chased.
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