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very funny joke)
but it's not a joke. there's is people who actually count all crossovers that skaters do in a program. i can't find a link now with the statistics for junior ladies, but i remember for sure that alena does more
2017-18 State of Russian Ladies skating
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but it's not a joke. there's is people who actually count all crossovers that skaters do in a program. i can't find a link now with the statistics for junior ladies, but i remember for sure that alena does more
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nvm
Results after the short program:
1. Liza Berestovskaya
2. Sofia Akatieva
3. Sofia Samodelkina
4. Maria Dmitrieva
5. Daria Loboda
6. Maria Zakharova
8. Anastasia Zinina
1. Liza Berestovskaya
2. Sofia Akatieva
3. Sofia Samodelkina
4. Maria Dmitrieva
5. Daria Loboda
6. Maria Zakharova
8. Anastasia Zinina
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Poor girls, beware of puking bears! Horses for courses, indeed...
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Akatieva got ! on her flip
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Omg, thanks to you I've unintentionally imagined Trusova dashing to the ice rink through the pack of puking bears
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Also only Berestovskaya and Gorbacheva reached lvl 3 in the stsq.
I thought Berestovskaya's step sequence looked surprisingly good. It seems like she changed something with the loops.
I just love the part from here to about 2:27 and how it goes with the music. Always my favorite thing in the SP, along with the layback spin.
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That isn't something unique to Russia. Have you seen children's beauty pageants or competitive dance competitions in the US?
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I personally don't see a problem of 8 year old girls wearing full on make up for a PERFORMANCE
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Now back to Kostornaya vs Gubanova SS.
Please go on ladies and gentlemen
Does Gubanova ever get level 3’s on her StSeq :dev3:
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From my notes: "Something I noticed is that Gubanova doesn't really have any outside rockers or counters for connecting footwork. Those are considered more difficult than inside ones, I believe. "
Well, you can check if my notes are incorrect.
The transitions for Gubanova are also much more simple with worse flow.
You know, I don't think that lvl 3 vs 4 step sequence consistency is that important at this point in time, especially when you consider the type of steps that Kostornaia misses it on. I usually don't really even care about whether the steps themselves are perfectly accurate because that's something the skaters will be able to fix in time. But a skater's just not going to learn Kostornaia's flip entry out of nowhere.
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Sure, look at latest RuNats ladies SP protocols (lvl 3 with nice GOE)
http://www.fsrussia.ru/results/1718/rusnat1718_ENG/index.htm
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Ok...Nastya got 8.32 for SS while Alena got 8.29. Does this answer our dilemma?
Alright.....I was just being funny anyway but ya get the point I’m sure. They are completely different skaters and have different strengths and weaknesses but pretty level on SS. It’s more of a preference between the two than anything statistical or quantifiable. . People tend to focus on Gubanova’s weaknesses and ignore all of Alena’s. That’s just how it is in this thread.
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Ah, no, I was hoping Akatieva would win. I suppose she still can, but I'd hoped she'd have a lead to build off on.
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Ok...Nastya got 8.32 for SS while Alena got 8.29. Does this answer our dilemma?
Alright.....I was just being funny anyway but ya get the point I’m sure. They are completely different skaters and have different strengths and weaknesses but pretty level on SS. It’s more of a preference between the two than anything statistical or quantifiable. . People tend to focus on Gubanova’s weaknesses and ignore all of Alena’s. That’s just how it is in this thread.
Ok, and what particular weaknesses you see in Alena's SS?
Btw, what do you think about their presentation skills?
