Viktoria Safonova

[Azikin]

She's switched countries. She should be getting many more opportunities skating for Belarus in the future.

Wow, didn't know that.. good for her!

 

[Bluediamonds09]

When is her next competition? Nationals?

 

[DenissVFan]

Volvo Open and CS Warsaw Cup.

 

[Azikin]

So Vika is 2nd after SP but she should have no problems winning this.
The music choice is a bit strange, it seems to be... kind of off for her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz-I4DqTGA8

 

[Dreamer57]

Viktoria won the Volvo Open Cup! She also earned the minimums to enter both Euros and Worlds, which is great news

Good luck to her in Warsaw!

 

[Azikin]

Viktoria won the Volvo Open Cup! She also earned the minimums to enter both Euros and Worlds, which is great news

Good luck to her in Warsaw!

Great news indeed, I hope to see her there! To win Warsaw will be a little bit more difficult but podium is certainly not unreachable..

 

[Azikin]

55.37??? :scratch:

 

[Azikin]

So let me sum up this Warsaw Cup. 54 PCS in the free program, 171.43 pts overall for two clean performances. Am I the only one who's enraged by this?

 

[flanker]

The scoring on the whole competition was little weird overally...

 

[Bluediamonds09]

So let me sum up this Warsaw Cup. 54 PCS in the free program, 171.43 pts overall for two clean performances. Am I the only one who's enraged by this?

I’m upset too. How can her scores be so low????? When I first saw her scores I just assumed she had made multiple mistakes.

 

[Azikin]

I didn't have time to watch Zagreb but thankfully Vika did really well and was 2nd only after Tuktamysheva with 192.49 pts! And beat for example Samodurova or Ryabova. Now that's the result she needed, good job!

 

[Edwin]

Viktoriya's EX from Zagreb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN3DELoJc9M

Fast, fluid and energetic, she is special.

And switching federations put her in the picture just in time before going senior.

She was skating with a bandaged knee though, hopefully nothing serious.

 

[Edwin]

Viktoriya just posted a top score of 60.42 for her short program in the BLR National Championships, which serve as qualification to European and World Championships.

 

[Azikin]

Viktoriya just posted a top score of 60.42 for her short program in the BLR National Championships, which serve as qualification to European and World Championships.

Well I don't suppose there would be anyone capable of beating her.. still quite a low score for her, though..

 

[Edwin]

No, she was beaten by the best young Belarussian, and Viktoriya had a few hickups in her short program.

Check the protocols. We'll see tomorrow, I think Safonova's experience and determination will pull her trough and put her in the international team, but she has a bandaged knee.

Also, according to the chat, I am not yet sure if she can compete in Euros and Worlds for BLR. There seems to be a certain term regarding duration before one can compete for a different federation.

 

[Azikin]

Victory with 180.94 pts.

Short https://youtu.be/4grI6i6mIp8
Free https://youtu.be/8mJ4omEC1WU

 

[Azikin]

Also, according to the chat, I am not yet sure if she can compete in Euros and Worlds for BLR. There seems to be a certain term regarding duration before one can compete for a different federation.

Sh's on a list of participants for Euros. :agree:
Although, truth to be said, I'm not very fond of her programs this season, I think they don't suit her.. unlike her previous programs..

 

[flanker]

Viktoria has her wiki page now, I believe there is not link here yet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktoriia_Safonova

 

[Azikin]

I still haven't seen Vika's SP but is she now really more than 20pts worse than Trusova? It's hard to believe she and Kurakova were judged fairly...

 

[DenissVFan]

I haven't watched her skate yet but judging by the protocols, she had an invalid spin, one UR, two level 2s and one level 3, and low PCS.