2019-20 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating

[Edwin]

She is training in Moscow in CSKA. She is with Buyanova now (starting this summer).

Does this mean the girl lives alone in Moscow in some CSKA 'internat' or boarding school for athletes, sports students if she is already that age? Otherwise a family member must have moved to Moscow too, an apartment rented?

 

[BabySloth]

A few interesting things to note.

Elizaveta Osokina(2nd overall, 5th in SP, 2nd in FS) - She trains in Kazan and if she doesn't move she could end up being the first skater in a very long time that doesn't train in Moscow or St Petersberg. It would be nice if figure skating became less centralized in Russia. I recently heard I think that Volosozhar/Trankov want to setup a school in Moscow which I find kind of sad since they used to have a school in Sochi. Tsurskaya(who is from a region in Siberia IIRC) is coaching in Vladivostok right now. https://www.instagram.com/csp_tsurskaya_team/

How did Polina end up coaching in Vladivostok? Is it permanent or just for a short time? I thought she gave up skating to focus on her studies, which I assumed would be in Moscow.

 

[Resa]

I'm so happy for Tarakanova!! I still don't like her proframs this season, but I hope her scores today makes the rusfed consider her for a CS. I really want her to be senior next season

 

[theteez]

She landed them and won

Maya Khromykh's 4S attempt was a downgraded fall, looked painful.
She also fell on a 3L, she finished 3rd.

I like Khromykh, she has the ability but hasn't shown much consistency this season, she struggles in competition despite looking so good in practice

Agree. I watched her skates in the JGPs and she always had falls and mistakes. This inconsistency does not bode well for adding a difficult jump like a quad in a competition. Master your triples and skate them clean and consistent in several comps then add your quad. That way if you fail your quad you have the rest of your jumps to fall back on to still get high scores.

 

[silverfoxes]

Only two sweeps...
Send any three of 4A and here is another.
I see no benefits for TUT girls in participating for EC. Ok, ISU may be completely unhappy, but RusFed should think twice, IMHO.
Let others to try...

Are you out of your mind? No benefit to going to one of the main highlights of the FS season? Why in the hell would they not want to go?

 

[BabySloth]

Uh oh. TSL interviewed Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, it's coming soon, prepare for drama, guys!

 

[SnowWhite]

Based on the junior cup events, is this the list of those who have qualified to junior nationals?

1. Valieva (JGP)
2. Usacheva (JGP)
3. Kromykh (JGP)
4. Sinitsyna (JGP)
5. Frolova (JGP)
6. Tarakanova (JGP)
7. Vasilieva (JGP)
8. Akatieva (1+1)
9. Berestovskaya (1+2)
10. Osokina (2+2)
11. Vaitkus (2+3)
12. Gorbacheva (2+4)
13. Samodelkina (1+6)
14. Petrosyan (3+5)
15. Ryabinina (4+5)
16. Zakharova (4+6)
17. Moroz (4+6)
18. Sultanmagomedova (3+8) *or does Varvara Kisel take the last spot with 5+6?

I think Varvara had the higher combined score, which I've been told is the first tiebreaker rather than highest single placement, so that would mean she'd be in. Not certain though.

 

[Lunalovesskating]

Uh oh. TSL interviewed Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, it's coming soon, prepare for drama, guys!

Please no

 

[Mishaminion]

Uh oh. TSL interviewed Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, it's coming soon, prepare for drama, guys!

I just dont bother with TSL anymore, they have made some very questionable videos and comments, focus way too much on "scandal" and gossip than any actual skating.

 

[Orlov]

Uh oh. TSL interviewed Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, it's coming soon, prepare for drama, guys!

As they say in Russia: "the toad will make love to the viper"

 

[Mishaminion]

As they say in Russia: "the toad will make love to the viper"

That is an awesome phrase! Perfect description I need to start using that

 

[Edwin]

As they say in Russia: "the toad will make love to the viper"

Poisonous toads, the kind that makes even vipers retch ...

 

[Jontor]

Entries to Russian Nationals is up on WIkipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Russian_Figure_Skating_Championships

I am devastated that my girl Talalaykina didn't make it, but very happy for Shulskaya who was fantastic at Stage 5.

 

[DenissVFan]

Talalaikina and Guliakova

 

[Edwin]

And in the juniors Kisel and Moroz are also deserving of the finals.

In the junior men, or boys, the drop-off is a bit steeper, but the competition will be interesting no less.

 

[Mishaminion]

Entries to Russian Nationals is up on WIkipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Russian_Figure_Skating_Championships

I am devastated that my girl Talalaykina didn't make it, but very happy for Shulskaya who was fantastic at Stage 5.

If someone withdraws, which is entirely possible, she will be in.

I have a feeling Sotskova might withdraw

 

[SkateSkates]

This is not the official list, just a list someone published on Wikipedia. We can assume based on COR events results these are the qualifiers but won’t have the final list until the federation publishes it.

 

[Jontor]

If someone withdraws, which is entirely possible, she will be in.

I have a feeling Sotskova might withdraw

Me too.

 

[Mishaminion]

Me too.

Maria is lovely but the way her skating is going is incredibly painful mentally and emotionally. My heart broke for her every time so I can only imagine what it is doing to her.
I wouldn't suggest she retire, unless that's what she wants to do, she has said previously that she wants to continue.

 

[BabySloth]

Wow. Just making the Top 10 at RusNats is going to be an incredible achievement let alone making the Euros and World team. We will witness the greatest ladies' competition in history in about a month. I knew how insane the field would be before, but something about seeing the list with all the names makes it even more fascinating.