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Far more likely to be Russia Cup Stage III.Sima posted a photo in the St. Petersburg airport in her Insta story and tagged her coach in it. I'd be shocked if she was headed to SA after all, but a girl can dream
Far more likely to be Russia Cup Stage III.Sima posted a photo in the St. Petersburg airport in her Insta story and tagged her coach in it. I'd be shocked if she was headed to SA after all, but a girl can dream
Far more likely to be Russia Cup Stage III.
Samodurova's costume for her current sp is too plain, almost like a swimming suit with a skirt. I thought it was a temporary costume.
She also looks very slow in the video
Samodurova skated her Hava Nagila programme at a local competition a couple of days ago. Do you think she has switched back to it?
My guess for Tarakanova is if she is top 9 of the russians in terms of SB she will get GPs next year and then she will move on to seniors. If not she will probably do JGP for one mor year (apart from eteris two new girls the girls coming up next year dont seam that strong) here she will hopefully make the final for a third time which will help her build reputation. Then she might get one of the later CS to make her international senior debute.
I actually think Tarakanova have a better chance of making the JW team his year than last. Rus fed clearly dont want 3 girls from the same school (which is why she never had a chance last year). This year i would consider her the best non Eteri junior and therefore she might get the third spot. Unless 3A bring out the 3A and quads to force rusfeds hands (assuming tarakanova dont have a quad at this point)
Polina Plakhotnaya 3Lutz at the age of 10: https://streamable.com/ghzta
Who knows whether she'll do something crazy in a couple of years...
She's born in 2008. And the point isn't that she can jump a 3Lz, it's that it's so big. Much bigger than those of Samodelkina, Akatieva or Berestovskaya.I don't think that this is something special in Russia. And Plakhotnaya is born in 2007, same as Samodelkina who jumps 3Lz-3Lo, same as Akatieva and Berestovskaya who jump 3Lz-3T. I think a lot of russian girls who were born in 2007 and 2008, can jump 3Lz.
I bet it's going to be Radionova, followed by Panenkova and Samodurova. Radio's jumps are getting worse and worse. I don't blame her because she has grown so much bigger than her junior years, not just height, but body proportion. The other two don't have much height in their current jumps, so very likely they are going to lose them once they grow more. Konstantinova actually is in a much better shape, because I don't see a downward trajectory.
3 new Eteri juniors next season... I doubt they'd want to have 5 Eteri girls in juniors at one time. Cycling 3 at a time makes more sense.
The 3A might not even all be Eteri girls next year. So much can change in a season, never mind a year. I could see Kostornaia being the next to leave if she feels pushed out by the quad queens.
I'm very much new to figure skating (started following post Sochi), but since Tarakanova's debut she gave me the impression of someone who grabs Russia's 3rd spot, like Pogo. Never the top dog, but always present in the major events.
You all know I can be very pessimist. This can come as simply surpersticion (I never allowed myself to hype Tsurskaya because her name's Polina, and Polinas don't seem to be very lucky in Russia) or, I don't know, a feeling. Shcherbakova seems so fragile, despise jumping quads left and right...
For next year, I believe Trusova and Kostornaya are locks, unless Alena continues to make mistakes. Then there's Tarakanova and Shcherbakova. I don't think RusFed will move up all four. I also think the Junior Worlds spots will be disputed by 3 of those.
I'm very much new to figure skating (started following post Sochi)
Also you’re not new at all [emoji23] I started following at the Pyeongchang Olympics! But caught on very quickly
I think Shcherbakova may move up, she is older than Trusova after all - she will be 15 in March
I think Shcherbakova has better chances than Tarakanova, if the choice is between those two.
Look at the scores this season
(highest - lowest)
221.44 221.00 Trusova
205.39 195.56 Shcherbakova
203.50 198.38 Kostornaia
191.84 187.55 Kanysheva
190.69 190.05 Tarakanova
Shcherbakova lowest score this season is still higher than Tarakanova's best.
I don't really see how Shcherbakova can not be a lock
They typically don’t like giving 3 Eteri girls he slots. So it would make sense that they send Tarakanova over 3 Eteri.
They typically don’t like giving 3 Eteri girls he slots. So it would make sense that they send Tarakanova over 3 Eteri.
As much as they won't like sending 3 Eteri girls, I really can't see how they can reasonably hold back any of them if they are far and away ahead of the rest of the field. It would simply be shooting themselves in the foot. Last year, I agree that Tarakanova could've been scored higher, but she was by no means far and away ahead of the #4 junior, whoever you consider that to be. This year, we have 3 Eteri girls who, when clean, can outscore the #4 junior by 15-40 points. That's not a difference that can be easily overcome by politicking.