-nya is a diminutive used in Russian names:
Oh, thanks! Yes, that makes more sense, looking at names like "Anya" for "Anna". I thought the suffix was -ya, but it's actually -nya.
How RusFed will decide senior GP spots for next year will be interesting. I have a feeling that they will go with the results from RusNats. Which means that's why they will probably give a bye to Medvedeva and Sinitsyna to RusNats so they have a chance to prove themselves.
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Maybe it's not thread to talk about it, but I'm really not getting wtf the RusFed thinks it's doing...
Probably the doctor allowed to skate. She can start training a week before the competition.So poor Nika got sick with Coronavirus before competition, quarantined (I assume), but still went on to compete here? what?
Jesus Christ, I hope they made sure it's safe, because there were many other kids too close to one another.
Вероника Жилина. КР. Казань. 2020
I dont think anyone is denying that Sofia A and Sofia S (and also Liza B) is more naturally talented performers and Sofia x2 have way better SS. But what makes Veronika stand out at this age is the jumps and the spinns that are fantasic for that age. But I think you are a bit unfair. Firstly she is a ful year younger than the other three and at that age it makes a lot of difference.
Whaaaaat? That means not Sofia when shes14 and no Kamila who is 14? Is this done because all the top girls as in novices and juniors train in Moscow? Is this political? Hmmmm.
I don't know, though I don't remember anyone from SPB who would express any concern when Liza Tuktamysheva or Sofia Samodurova entered senior level. But let's wait what they will truly propose, what the age limit should be etc. I just think if there can be 15 y.o. tennis players playing as seniors, I see no problem in figure skaters of the same age skating as seniors (note: the numer of tournaments 15 y.o. tennis players can attend is limited, but in the tennis they - among others Roger Federer for instance - actually call for lifting the restriction, so it's confusing how some people in figure skating go the other way) .
I'm fairly neutral on this issue myself but appreciate that the St Petersburg Fed seems to have a different stance from Moscow. I don't think it's just a simple matter of rivalry with Moscow - SPB skaters in general seem to take their time to mature and have longer careers (although I may be generalising just based on Rukavicin, Mishin and Chebotareva's skaters). Or it could be a chicken-egg thing where they can afford to take more time because the competition is less intense. Whatever the case, this patient approach brought lot of success with men (where SPB is equal with Moscow or even slightly stronger) but less so with the women.
While he's right for the majority of girls, some women (in the minority) naturally have a fairly linear/compact build or high strength-to-weight ratio at maturity. Kim Yuna, Midori Ito, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, some pairs girls like Savchenko or Duhamel never really went through major growth changes. So if a senior age limit of 17-18 were imposed, an interesting side effect might be that women with these body types will dominate. Instead of the senior ladies field regressing into easy triple-jump territory, a select few senior skaters with stable 3A/quads may consistently dominate for e.g. 4-5 years (while the junior bracket would look like how senior ladies looks now, with champions lasting ~2-3 years), because 1. adult women physically capable of quads are statistically fewer and 2. adults may be less likely to lose the jumps. It may also incentivise coaches to further optimise their jump techniques for mature physiques, resulting in more adult women learning quads/3A.
The ladies field might begin to look a bit like men or pairs (e.g. Hanyu/Fernandez/Chen duking it out with multiple quads for 1.5 Olympic cycles).
