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I'd say Osokina beats her in skating skills, but yes she has really good interpretation in my opinion. But she did fall 2 times and she had a rough 2A so I can't say the PCS were a complete surprise.
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Just wondering if you happen to know whether or not Tarakanova competed or not. If she did, hopefully, she is in 4th place in the standings
No she did not. They probably only planned that event in case she would not have qualified for RN.Just wondering if you happen to know whether or not Tarakanova competed or not. If she did, hopefully, she is in 4th place in the standings
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That's not a good sign for senior worlds and Senior Europeans.
It's time to talk to the waste of time at the ISU and talk about doing competitions virtually and Talent judges watching live and In Living Color. Yeah I know most people will say they will hate that they don't want that but it's better than nothing and it's better than not having world's two years in a row which is where we're heading unless they build a bubble around the arena in Stockholm.
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I find Akatieva superior at both.
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Besides my earlier enquiry (any info on this, anyone in the know?), I have a similar question about Urmanov: are there any big names in other schools who have been through his hands at least some of the time on their way up? Tx
I'm still wondering about Osokina - at test skates she was with Buyanova, but Buyanova hasn't been at either cup events with her.
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Buyanova was not with her at Test Skates.
Umm, she appears to have been based on this picture off what I believe is Osokina's Instagram or this was at least the instagram tagged on her test skates performance:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHfm8RJpAp/
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Yana "relaxing" a la mode Nastya Tarakanova
Btw, Yana turned 14 a week ago. Happy Birthday!
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I was very fortunate to have seen the Moiseev Dancers appear in the U.S. twice, one in Los Angeles and once in Washington, D.C. The night I saw them in Washington, D.C., they had to hold up the performance while they played President Nixon's resignation speech over the public address system at the Kennedy Center. I loved their dances especially where they glide across the stage in long coats (so you can't see their feet) as if they are skating.Just in case people might get confused with the multiple London-based ballet companies, Natalia Osipova dances with the Royal Ballet. Ramil Mekhdiev is from the Igor Moiseev Ballet, which is actually a folk dance group (they're pretty cool, look them up on Youtube!). Ramil still performs but is diversifying into choreography for skaters (he's been seen at competitions with Sokolovskaya singles skaters and Zhovnirsky pairs teams - handsome man, can't miss him)
So I did look them up on YouTube. Sadly, I do not speak nor read Russian but I assume this link is to sort of a memorial for Igor Moiseev followed by the presentation of several of the group dances if anyone should be interested : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLoJ04F2ad0. It is over an hour long but well worth watching if one has the time.
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Maiia tried rippon 4T! although quite unsuccessfully, it's interesting to see she has learned 2 types of quads now.
Ma gurl can do anything!
Happy for her, and hoping she'll have a clean program with her quads one day.
Aside from that, this wasn't that bad at all (although it's hard to tell judging from the scores): one more fall on 3F, and a minor mistake on 3Lz-eu-3Sal landing. All other jumps looked pretty good, and she didn't fall on hydroblade, so I call this a progress
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I really liked Maiia's moves, incl. her hands, she is elegant and her moves look soft and light. She just somehow loses concentration with jumps from time to time during the program. I'm starting to think its not the problem of technique and she could use some training in focusing or something like that.Maiia tried rippon 4T! although quite unsuccessfully, it's interesting to see she has learned 2 types of quads now.
Ma gurl can do anything!
Happy for her, and hoping she'll have a clean program with her quads one day.
Aside from that, this wasn't that bad at all (although it's hard to tell judging from the scores): one more fall on 3F, and a minor mistake on 3Lz-eu-3Sal landing. All other jumps looked pretty good, and she didn't fall on hydroblade, so I call this a progress
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SPb Championship also took place, alongside Moscow Championship.
For those who were missing Gubanova, she won the SP.
1. Gubanova - 70.59
2. Samodurova - 70.44
3. Sviridenko - 68.68
Tuktik, Stasia and Liza N. didn't compete.
For those who were missing Gubanova, she won the SP.
1. Gubanova - 70.59
2. Samodurova - 70.44
3. Sviridenko - 68.68
Tuktik, Stasia and Liza N. didn't compete.
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Interesting.. but "learned" may still be a too strong word here...Maiia tried rippon 4T! although quite unsuccessfully, it's interesting to see she has learned 2 types of quads now.
BTW Gubanchik was quite exquisite today!
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Yeah, I thought so too. Her FS improved a lot in presentation compared to the beginning of the season.
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