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Ermmm spins that travelled a lot getting +5's should be noted? FCCsp
2020-21 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating
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Varvara Kisel qualified for the Junior Russian Nationals last season but she withdrew. Maybe it was because she was changing nationality?
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Yes, and not only his back but his knee was a mess. The knee was operated in 2012 after his last European champion title.
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None of her spins at Worlds 2019 got a +5. Maybe have an actual look at the protocols
I guess you are refering to (there were a lot of videos going around at the time) why Medvedeva's 3T was called under when Mariah Bell's wasn't in the short? There was a lot of people complaining about that. Imo, Bell's 3T was fine, it was just shaky. She was wobbling left and right on her landing which made it look UR, but it was fine (imo that is).
It's the Russian Ladies thread. It's crazy.
I tried to discuss this weekend's girls with a prediction, but no. I guess no one here is interested in the actual skating anymore...
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Agree with top 3 skaters, would swap 1 and 2.
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I don’t know how fair it would be to compare her scores from 15-16 to 19-20, there’s always some natural inflation over the years + Medvedeva’s reputation has grown compared to her debut season to give her a PCS cushion. Not only that, but Rostelecom also happened to happen on home turf, which I think really helped that score.
people saying her scores “dropped” in 18-19 and 19-20 often forget that there were scoring system changes, which her program content was really dependent on. Her SP bv was comparable to others with Lz+F bv, because she backloaded all jumps + did tano on all of them. Same in the free. With that advantage removed in 2018, her competition didn’t have to play catch up in BV anymore, Evgenia and others were artificially held back in their BVs.
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Zhenya has never been my favorite skater. However, I think she is a lovely human being. I also respect her obvious love of figure skating, and that makes her injury all the more tragic. It is difficult to accept when our bodies don't have the same strength as our minds.
I do think my favorite performance of Med was from 2019 Rostelecom. She (Mariah Bell, Satoko Miyahara)brought a performance quality to the ice that was a bit lacking from some of the other skaters there and technically it was her best performance since 2016.
Of course Med was overscored at 2019 Worlds, but so were all the other women who ended up on the podium, and quite a few skaters who didn't end up on the podium also had technical errors overlooked. I am not sure why we need to rehash it now.
I do think my favorite performance of Med was from 2019 Rostelecom. She (Mariah Bell, Satoko Miyahara)brought a performance quality to the ice that was a bit lacking from some of the other skaters there and technically it was her best performance since 2016.
Of course Med was overscored at 2019 Worlds, but so were all the other women who ended up on the podium, and quite a few skaters who didn't end up on the podium also had technical errors overlooked. I am not sure why we need to rehash it now.
Do we know how many she'll go for?
I predict:
1 Trusova
2 Valieva
3 don't know but hoping for Konstantinova
Me too remember liking Talalaykina at first stage.
Anyway it'll be exciting. GO all!
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This basically. The judging in Saitama was really bad and the tech panel for the ladies was awfully lenient. Not fair to single out Zhenya, especially as she actually had some URs called.
I suspect she will go for at least three. But knowing Sasha, she might even go for four.Do we know how many she'll go for?
I predict:
1 Trusova
2 Valieva
3 don't know but hoping for Konstantinova
Me too remember liking Talalaykina at first stage.
Anyway it'll be exciting. GO all!
It will be exciting to see!
Yeah, exciting to follow her road to five!
I hope she just does three - and I'm interested in seeing if she has practiced a 3A.
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She's through to russian nationals no matter what content she does, so she has choices. She could even skate conservatively with just one quad if she wanted and play it safe, or she could go for more and make mistakes and qualify.
On the one hand this is the time to experiment with layouts where it matters a little less for trusova.
On the other hand cup of Russia isn't worth getting injured for
Yes, I also hope she will settle for three. I won't expect a 3A, but I am sure she is working on it!
I would say if she lands all her jumps. There may be a situation where she lands all quads, but falls a couple of times from the triples, then it will be difficult to win. And I wonder how Sasha is doing with triple axel, because a clean 3A in SP can neutralize all Kamila bonuses for spins.
P.S. Am I the only one who thinks that the bonus system for quads and spins should have been canceled this year? This year the Russian Cup is a selection for the Nationals, where there are no bonuses and this system only increases the gap between the strongest skaters and the second-tier skaters
Sound reasoning, I'd say
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