Right? I almost think that Kamila moving into the favorite position makes Anna even more likely to pull out another "underdog" victory. It would if this were a movie at leastEvery year has supposedly been game over for Anna Shcherbakova and somehow she keeps hacking that game.
Her real competition is not out there though, it's right there in Russia and the fact that she stayed at the top there means a lot and it's a huge achievement that shouldn't be diminished.
How is this relevant?
Rika is 18 and can still jump these jumps, Valieva is 14. Learning something early/quicker doesn't make you better and is not a guarantee for a long and succesful career
Killa Kamila!
But you are diminishing other skaters, as if they are not worth to be in the same competition as her.
Nobody cares about national champions. Being on top in your own country doesn't mean much. You have to win stuff on the international stage to be somebody.But not a fact))))))
But you are diminishing other skaters, as if they are not worth to be in the same competition as her.
That sure was an interesting K&C moment. Was this competition really so important
She did pretty good though in the free. Nice to see
How is this relevant?
You rather fall trying than pop combos in Tutberidze's group.
I like this little firecracker, but have we witnessed a clean skate by Daria yet?
First thing for info, Sadkova won the whole competition at the end (online scores), thanks to elements. One fall but the girl who won both SP and FS fell as well. I presume the channel that has shown the SP and elements will publish the free skate soon.The SP in Russian Cup stage 4 Kazan was clean
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), which I don't think benefits her consistency at the age of 12. I hope she will be listed in Moscow for the next season already. Recently we have seen some girls gaining consistency at Khrustalnyi, some Daria and some Maiia. Daria, who at the start of the last season was hardly able to skate back to back two clean programs is now one of the most consistent skaters in Russia. Maiia still has some consistency issues, but mostly it's related to her quad attempts and she's still much better than she was like a year and half ago,, so I think we can keep some hope. 
are we really going to rehash this again? outside of Rika, the Russian ladies only competition is each other. that is a literal fact. winning Russian nationals THREE TIMES IN A ROW in the greatest era of Russian ladies skating is a huge huge deal. Anna is skating against her greatest competition in the entire world and winning, three years over. and correction- YOU don't care about national champions.But you are diminishing other skaters, as if they are not worth to be in the same competition as her.
For her it was obviously an important competition to boost her self-confidence. But other than that I think it's in fact qualification for the novice championships and from those regions only the winner qualifies (at least that's how I remember the table with the qualification rules that was published in the thread about russian domestic competitions).That sure was an interesting K&C moment. Was this competition really so important
She did pretty good though in the free. Nice to see
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Sorry but this just is an extremely misguided post. It doesn't mean much to be on top, in Russian ladies' field? Nothing could be further from the truth, in fact the Russian national and top domestic competitions tend to be of far higher calibre than the Olympics or World Championships.But you are diminishing other skaters, as if they are not worth to be in the same competition as her.
Unfair?? I know many people feel that quads should be allowed in the short program for the women as well, but all skaters were competing under the same rules. Any skater could've taken advantage of the system by putting in a triple axel in the short program. It's not right to call it an "unfair advantage" when everyone is skating under the same rules. You can call it unfair if the rules only somehow allowed Aliona to jump a triple axel in the short program.
Fair enough if you think quads should be allowed
