Channel One Cup: Jump Fest

[yume]

Usacheva should get that 3A.

 

[Jontor]

Lovely Daria!

Zagitova's girls will be one two and three.

 

[Bonnie F]

Great job Daria!

 

[Skatesocs]

Best performers of the night were Kondratyuk and Valieva for me.

 

[chasingneverland]

Kostornaia with the same content almost scored the same internationally, and not in a competition inflated such as this. If she can get her jumps back, she's definitely a contender.

Up until a year ago, people thought she was unbeatable, when in fact, none of the ladies has ever been. No one managed to even equate Evgenia since she's won her titles a few seasons ago. Ladies' skating is just evolving exponentially.

Yeah but even if Aliona gets her 3As back (and I very much hope she does) Sasha and Kami (and maybe Liza) have quads on top of that. And Anna and Kami don't lose as much to her in PCS. Anna had almost caught her there last year.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Flutz

 

[Skatefan15]

I will be if it does

Same! But it happened at nationals too, so...

 

[Seven Sisters]

That’s all folks! May I say that, in addition to the skates of my favorites, what I’ve really enjoyed are, the expressive antics of Diva Khudaiberdieva in the KnC, and the wonderful translations provided on the spot by all of the Russian-speakers here. Thank you!

 

[Magill]

Still there was no surprise in SP Daniil blabbed about. I expected a 3A attempt from Anna or Daria....

 

[lariko]

Yagudin asks Usacheva not to fly away anywhere
Alina or Tutberidze says that they will fly away into quads
Tutberidze says: one day...
Tutberidze says since it’s a team competition, they will only be happy when there is no failures in the entire team. It is also a check of the psychological fitness before the Olympics

 

[Blades of Passion]

I don't think anybody hates Kamila. The only negative is change-edge on combo's and lean on jumps (which she uses rippon variation to correct). I think everybody loves her skating (and skating skills - at least I did since the first JGP).

When she has a good program, yeah.

 

[Bonnie F]

Kamila Valieva was the highlight for me!

 

[snowflake]

I like Zagitova's seriously watching the performances.... considering every move

Really impressed with Daria!

Reds in the lead but who cares

 

[coldblueeyes]

Yeah but even if Aliona gets her 3As back (and I very much hope she does) Sasha and Kami (and maybe Liza) have quads on top of that. And Anna and Kami don't lose as much to her in PCS. Anna had almost caught her there last year.

It's hard to compare PCS when not all the girls are there. I would expect Kamila to actually overtake Anna anytime soon when she graduates to senior, simply because of her jump content alone. And Kostornaia definitely needs to show more than her 3As to guarantee a podium with so many girls and her quads, but the jumps were always going to be an issue for her anyways.

It's hard to imagine that a couple of seasons ago a girl with three 3As in her programs would be in danger of not even making the team.

 

[Skatefan15]

Flutz

Yup!! It probably wasn’t called though... I don’t think anyone’s edges were called (I mean they probably called Sasha’s and Liza’s because...reasons)

 

[chasingneverland]

It's hard to compare PCS when not all the girls are there. I would expect Kamila to actually overtake Anna anytime soon when she graduates to senior, simply because of her jump content alone. And Kostornaia definitely needs to show more than her 3As to guarantee a podium with so many girls and her quads, but the jumps were always going to be an issue for her anyways.

It's hard to imagine that a couple of seasons ago a girl with three 3As in her programs would be in danger of not even making the team.

I'm not sure Kamila will necessarily overtake Anna - although she might - remember Anna will be going in as a third year senior and 3 time RusNat champion. Kamila will be a first year senior. And Anna's jump content is still higher.

And well no. Liza's had 3A's and is always in danger of not even making the team.

 

[TripleAxelQueens3]

I was most impressed with Daria of the ladies to be completely honest. She looks the most mature, has the most elegant arms, really emotes and performs to the music and she has good spins, good jumps (besides the flutz) and good skating skills as well.

 

[TripleAxelQueens3]

Maiia and Kamila were second most impressive for me. Kamila because of that gorgeous 3A (I still don't like the rippon with ultra-c's though) and Maiia because despite a fluke fall she pulled herself together extremely fast and did a gorgeous program.

 

[Mawwerg]

I'm afraid that Anna just got dethronized, hard.

Also, Alyona has nothing to come back for anymore. Her spot has been restaffed.

Anna never was SP Queen.

 

[Vlad Karigov]

Kostornaia with the same content almost scored the same internationally, and not in a competition inflated such as this. If she can get her jumps back, she's definitely a contender.

Up until a year ago, people thought she was unbeatable, when in fact, none of the ladies has ever been. No one managed to even equate Evgenia since she's won her titles a few seasons ago. Ladies' skating is just evolving exponentially.

Kostornaia at the senior level with 16 years vs Valieva at the junior level with 14 years... yes of course, it is a great comparison...

Valieva at age 16 will make at least 100 points in the short program.