2018-2019 Russian Nationals Men FS

[GGFan]

Um, does this mean this is the last time I'm seeing Dima for the season in competition??? :eeking::sad4:

 

[cheerknithanson]

Severe sinusitis. Should be in bed. He looked like he couldn’t breathe or stand up straight after getting off the ice.

Oh my goodness. That's so horrible.

 

[rachno2]

What's wrong with Koyalda?

He got sinusitis in the summer and didn’t properly treat it for five months, so it became a chronic condition and ended up requiring an operation. He left the hospital on Monday and flew to Saransk on Tuesday.

Everybody who has ever said he has no character can choke.

 

[madison]

My baby can barely breathe

He skated smart and tried as hard as he could to go clean. Now put him on the team and let him go home and rest

Will he be ok for the Europeans?
He is so talented... It's frustrating to see such a talented skater struggling and not winning everything.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

What's wrong with Koyalda?

He was in hospital with sinisitus until about 2 or 3 days ago.

There is a thread about it in The Edge - https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?77985

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Tolstoj]

Mishin desperately needs some new talent (someone with more fire than Lazukin-Petrov), you can see he can still create champions in Men figure skating, he just needs a better material to work with.

 

[NoNameFace]

What's wrong with Koyalda?

Sinuses infection. He was in hospital just before Nats and there was no guarantee he will participate.

 

[Danny T]

Oh Misha, he really looked like he couldn't breathe properly. But he's confirmed for Euros now, so rest! Please, I beg

 

[Tutto]

What's wrong with Koyalda?

He was admitted to hospital last Friday, had an operation for an acute sinusitis, discharged on Monday and got here not even being sure he would be able to compete. Bravo Mika!!!!

 

[lauravvv]

Kovtun really had to win this to have a chance at the Worlds team, did not he? Okay, perhaps second would have been enough. But if he was third, perhaps they would give that spot to Aliev even with not so great results.

 

[rachno2]

Kovtun really had to win this to have a chance at the Worlds team, did not he? Okay, perhaps second would have been enough. But if he was third, perhaps they would give that spot to Aliev even with not so great results.

They were always going to give a spot on the team to Kovtun.

I do believe he has put in so much work for this, but the way they are forcing the narrative is kind of funny. After Kovtun's post-skate interview, while Kolyada was waiting for his marks, the commentators said, “do you see how Maxim has changed? How self-critical is he now?” This was planned for a while. Not that he didn’t earn it, don't get me wrong. That was a worthy skate for the national champion, and I am happy for him for coming back after everybody counted him out. I just don't know why they're trying to push Maxim as the full package when the full package is right there Misha has more hardware to show for it, too.

 

[NoNameFace]

The judges backed themselves into a corner with Kovtun’s insane and unjustifiable score. I don’t hate Kovtun the way some do and this was probably one of his best skates but it didn’t deserve that score in the least. Not even close.

This, I am all for Kovtun's resurrection and recognizing the effort and a good skate when it happens, but an appropriate recognition has nothing to do with artificial appropriation of skater's status through scores.

 

[LadyB]

Wow, wow, bloody wow! That was quite something!
Max! So glad, Misha is back on track. Would have wished for a better standing for Kostya, but hey, love you lads! eace:

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Nice highlights package of the Ladies being shown now on Match! Arena.

But, is there a podium ceremony for the Men coming up afterwards?

And just as I write that, the stream's ended. So, I went over to the Channel 1 stream, and there's a resurfacing. So, I guess no podium ceremony now.

Right, off to look for videos of the last few ladies that I missed.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Danny T]

Just for the record, Kolyada's Carmen is by far superior to Kovtun, no judges gonna convince me otherwise. Gonna steal Carol Lane's quote here, but Kolyada doesn't just deserve a PCS cushion over Kovtun, he deserves a whole freakin' duvet.

That said, I am kinda (??) happy that Kovtun managed a comeback like this. Takes a lot of work and effort.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Just took a peek at Andrei, please go back to Rachmaninoff and get your 3As from Liza T.

 

[Tolstoj]

The judges backed themselves into a corner with Kovtun’s insane and unjustifiable score. I don’t hate Kovtun the way some do and this was probably one of his best skates but it didn’t deserve that score in the least. Not even close.

I think we are all in the same boat.

Kovtun probably deserved to win here (i mean the others were a complete mess), but the way Russia (Tarasova & friends) are pushing Maxim, they act like he's the next Plushenko-Yagudin-Kulik-... with insane PCS and PR push like he's a superstar.

Let's be real, he's nowhere near them.

Kolyada is the real talent here.

 

[champagnerain]

The protocols are making me seriously consider the question: what is more hilarious in high-level competition, an 1Eu< or a 1T<? (Dmitriev is responsible for the latter, and also consistently hilarious protocols).

 

[Kutien]

1	Maxim KOVTUN	281.59	1	1 video
2	Mikhail KOLYADA	268.40	2	3 video
3	Alexander SAMARIN	265.49	4	2 video
4	Andrey LAZUKIN	237.66	5​​	6 video
5​​	Dmitry ALIEV	235.48	8	4 video
6	Konstantin MILUKOV	231.68	3	9 video
7	Alexander PETROV	219.94	13	5​​ video
8	EgorMURASHOV	216.99	10	7 video
9	Arthur DMITRIEV	215.81	6	10 video
10	Anton Shulepov	206.96	7	12 video
11	Vladimir SAMOILOV	205.90	15	8 video
12	Roman SAVOSIN	199.90	9	13 video
13	Vladislav KATICHEV	195.54	11	11 video
14	Artem KOVALYOV	187.26	14	15 video
15	Artem LEGEEV	185.44	12	16 video
16	Artem ZOTOV	176.72	16	14 video

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[khtmyzr]

Woah... I now see what people meant when they talk about Nationals inflated PCS