2020-21 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating

[flanker]

Honestly, not a podium sweep anyone should be proud about, on the other hand in such terrible, nervous, spoiled competition under such circumstances the last three ladies standing are the queens.

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Sorry to Tuk, Kamila is coming next season
I really dont think she willl make it again in her 3rd olympic try.

You never know. Liza wasn't expected to be on the team this year, much less earn a WSM.

 

[nussnacker]

Anna really has some nerves of steel. Congrats on a well deserved gold and a world title!

 

[NAOTMAA]

Sorry to Tuk, Kamila is coming next season
I really dont think she willl make it again in her 3rd olympic dry

Well we should know by now no matter the odds not to count Liza out!

She beat the young girls at Rostelcom and then beat Trusova here again! It’s a hard mountain to climb but it’s not over till the fat lady sings

 

[Vandevska]

Honestly, not a podium seep anyone should be proud about, on the other hand in such terrible, nervous, spoiled competition under such circumstances the last three ladies standing are the queens.

At the end of the day they were strong enough to be the best. It obviously sucks that others weren't as good as they can be, but that doesn't mean that our ladies only medaled because of that. At the end of the day they did well enough, and that was the main thing!

 

[Apple1078]

I'm not even a fan of Liza's but what a comeback story!! So delighted for her!!!!! I might have shed a tear or two watching her reaction.

And Anna is just so incredibly charming!

 

[colormyworld240]

So happy for Anna, the world champion was once 13th place at junior nationals .

But wow Liza 6 years missing Worlds and she comes back with a silver, I teared up with her. What a moment. It's like Anna's at nationals.

And Sasha! Bronze after 12th in the short. Hopefully this will help with her confidence and next time she can land her 5 quads.

Is this the first Russian sweep in the ladies' event?

 

[Fluture]

Well, that was quite depressing overall but good for the three that they made it.

1. Anna definitely the deserving champion. She clawed her way to that gold by pure determination. The program was messy and slow but on a day like this, it was the best. Good for her that she seized the opportunity today because she‘s looking very vulnerable and there‘s at least Valieva coming up, if not more youngsters.

2. Liza. I dislike her skating and this was one sloooow program but couldn‘t help and feel emotional after seeing her reaction. What an amazing story!

3. Sasha. I‘m always rooting for her and she fought so hard but that program was...not a program. Feels like I was watching her in her junior days but worse. But after the disaster of the SP, she didn‘t give up so she deserves applause for that.

 

[chasingneverland]

Omg!! I LOVE this podium!!! <3 (Although no one was clean and all looked nervous, exhausted, etc, I'm happy for them!!)

 

[Skatesocs]

I do want @IcyMathStats to give me the probability of that happening

 

[flakyy]

RusNats was way better - but the first 3 got it done - 2 trixels, 4Lz/3toe, that's not too shabby - what Anna did was great after those lackluster trainings.

 

[NastiaGalliamovfan]

Honestly, not a podium seep anyone should be proud about, on the other hand in such terrible, nervous, spoiled competition under such circumstances the last three ladies standing are the queens.

it was indeed a splatfest, Rika came even worst

 

[NastiaGalliamovfan]

the underwhelming event might have something to do with ice and most skaters lack competition this season

 

[bookofcharms]

Sorry to Tuk, Kamila is coming next season
I really dont think she willl make it again in her 3rd olympic try.

Well Medvedeva, Zagitova, Kostornaya, Trusova etc came and yet Tuktamysheva has her World silver.

So anything is possible.

 

[flanker]

RusNats was way better - but the first 3 got it done - 2 trixels, 4Lz/3toe, that's not too shabby - what Anna did was great after those lackluster trainings.

Rusnats stays the best ladies competition of all time for now, but noone can expect such perfect event so soon in these days. I hope that the olympics will look more like the rusnats than this.

 

[Shayuki]

Best possible outcome, really. From Russia's podium sweep to Shcherbakova winning. Even Tuktamysheva beating Trusova I don't really mind, as Trusova will have her chances whereas this might be Tuktamysheva's last opportunity and she had to wait 6 years for it.

 

[silveruskate]

Credit to Liza for doing the optimised layout we've been asking for. Not even a bad attempt. Do all Mishin skaters have the swivel gitters?

 

[silveruskate]

Not only can you not derive, state, or explain the mathematical formula for correlation, but you don't even understand it intuitively. A practice is typically reflective of the athlete's current shape and athletic abilities, so it is reasonable to make a forecast based on that, especially when they show similar outcomes in several consecutive practices. Occasionally some athlete will defy the odds. But that's the exception rather than the rule. Shcherbakova showed in competition exactly what could have been predicted statistically based on her practices: Expected quad success rate: 0%. Expected number of landed quads: 0. Actual landed quads: 0. Like I said, I wish she had skated cleanly and defied the odds once again. Unfortunately, this time she performed exactly in the way that any reasonable statistical model would have predicted.

Ok wait a second. Did you predict Anna still winning? No one was confident about the quads.

Also how is expected success rate 0% when she did land a few in practices this week?

 

[Scott512]

Omg!! I LOVE this podium!!! <3 (Although no one was clean and all looked nervous, exhausted, etc, I'm happy for them!!)

It was a brutally tough year mentally and physically. I want to congratulate all the metellus and all the skaters on surviving and unbelievably difficult season.

 

[Novalis]

Well, that was quite depressing overall but good for the three that they made it.

1. Anna definitely the deserving champion. She clawed her way to that gold by pure determination. The program was messy and slow but on a day like this, it was the best. Good for her that she seized the opportunity today because she‘s looking very vulnerable and there‘s at least Valieva coming up, if not more youngsters.

2. Liza. I dislike her skating and this was one sloooow program but couldn‘t help and feel emotional after seeing her reaction. What an amazing story!

3. Sasha. I‘m always rooting for her and she fought so hard but that program was...not a program. Feels like I was watching her in her junior days but worse. But after the disaster of the SP, she didn‘t give up so she deserves applause for that.

Yeah they all kind of sucked, but so did everyone else. Except maybe Chen, Hendrickx and Mikutina. Congrats anyway, Anya!