Maybe it does, we don’t exactly know what she means by “not feeling the rink” and how she feels at that moment.
it could mean she is not in the right headspace. it could also mean fear, i can speak to that myself. hard jumps are not only hard, they're scary. you run a higher risk of injury and for that to be the lowest risk possible, you have to be mentally and physically sharp and concentrated on your technique and every little thing you're going to do going in and up into the jump, and not thinking about whether or not you're going to hurt yourself.
You might be on to something here. If Sasha competes every week, after some time it will just be "same old, same old" to her. This approach could really help with her competition nerves. They should just choose the events wisely. I think as long as Sasha gets beaten by Kami, Liza or Anna, she'll be fine in the eyes of RusFed. Now if she gets beaten by a non-Russian, it'll be a different story....
Eteri's skaters perform well internationally, and never make avoidable mistakes like doing a 1T instead of a 2T in a short program like we saw Karen Chen do that cost her a medal last weekend. We've seen on several occasions, like Alina in the Olympic LP, Eteri skaters be able to make changes on the fly to add unplanned jump elements when previous ones were missed. Anna remained steady after missing her 4F at Worlds, and Evgenia was always very solid while coached by the Russian. Sasha's a little different because her scores are always going to have a big range, given of the amount of risk she takes. In the LP, she only has two jump elements that don't include a quad, so if her timing is really off her score will suffer because she doesn't have any available slots to do easier triples.
I have an idea why. After the Russian event, Russian federation selected the top six to get a second event based on score. Sofia S and Adeliya P. we’re 5th and 6th respectively. So, Muravieva, as 3rd best scorer, probably chose to skate at the later event so she gets more practice time and also to find out what scores Sofia and Adeliya score, to determine what technical layout to go for. Also, right now, Sofia A. and Veronika are scheduled to duel in the next event. There may be some changes in this entry list for the next event, as well.
Pretty sure there’s no such thing where if you score higher, you suddenly choose where you go. It’s more based on availability/shape/visa Situation
What's strategy behind him changing this?
Idk, makes no sense to me. Maybe some health situation, maybe he doesn’t want Zhilina vs Akatieva showdown before JGPF.
My hypothesis would be to keep Akatieva's PCS down (with Muravieva) so Zhilina can go into the JGPF without a PCS deficit but I could be overthinking this lol
Right... sigh. You should look at Plushenko's career table on wiki... Many strategically placed holes in there, and pointless entirely in juniors, but w/e.
I knew it. This is exactly what I predicted when I mentioned that I didn’t expect Veronika to face Sofia Akatieva. I knew Plushenko wouldn’t want Zhilina to face Akatieva until the finals. This is exactly what I expected to happen. Zhilina got her choice as to who she prefers to face. Akatieva or Zinina. Zinina didn’t score as high. So, Zhilina would rather go up against her team mate instead. This is the shuffling that goes on behind closed doors. You’d be surprised with what goes on behind the scenes… trust me….
Possibly to create global entertainment by having Ted Barton attempt to verbally differentiate Zhilina and Zinina.
Are people really entertained...?
I believe he is listed as the main coach for the skaters of the two groups he coaches. But we'll see which coaches Olga Batyrova has listed in the Russian Cup event to check if this extends to all skaters in the groups.
I'm pretty sure it's a logistics thing ?
