2021-22 Russian Nationals: Men's SP

[CrazyKittenLady]

And now Andrei, the last and possibly darkest of my dark horses. Davai, davai!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

"You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men!"What is going on with this program?

Sorry, I had to!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Tyranid]

"You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men!"
What is going on with this program?

It is Charlie Chaplins "greatest speech" from The Dictator IIRC.

Great job Makar!!! Remember that he made history for Russia for being the first man to land 4 quads in the LP!

 

[cathlen]

Wow, those were some huge jumps from Makar!

I wonder, has the new blood arrived? Maybe they'll be no repeat Olympians for the Russian men.

But there's the FS still.

There is definitely new blood. Frankly, I'd rather Rus Fed sent the strongest skaters than reputation skaters, I don't want reputation skaters to deal with haters if they fail at Olympics.

 

[Jontor]

Poor Andrei. Not his day. Hopefully he can redeem himself tomorrow.

 

[kmw227]

Poor thing seemed really nervous, those first two jumps were so off Hope he does better tomorrow!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Oh, don't start me on jewellery. That is something I feel really strongly about.

Eyebrow piercings really shouldn't be allowed. Imagine how dangerous it could be if you fell face first on the ice. You could lose your sight in that eye.

Vladislav - wise up! Take it out when you are skating.

CaroLiza_fan

I actually didn´t even think about the danger about skating with it. That´s a good point, it could actually be very dangerous and it shouldn´t be allowed to wear it during skating.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Poor Andrei. Not his day. Hopefully he can redeem himself tomorrow.

I believe he can do it. There'll be no pressure, nothing to lose tomorrow. It's all a learning experience.

 

[Jontor]

OK. This was surprisingly a very clean-ish event!!

But anything can happen tomorrow. All Top 15 within 15 points. A LOT of reshuffling might happen...

 

[AlexBreeze]

Yay Zhenya S! The crowd really loved that!

Ted enjoyed it too.

Good to see him skate the lights out.

I saw and heard Ted. He really liked it

 

[Novalis]

Evgeny "the controlled chaos" Semenenko interview

 

[Jontor]

Oh Evgeni interview!. He looks so young and puppy-ish.

 

[Tyranid]

6 falls and 6 popped jumps after 18 programs, not bad for a Russian mens' competition.

What's really impressive is that we have around 10 men competing for the Olympic spots. This is unlike the years past where we had at most 3 contenders like Voronov/Kovtun/Kolyada or Kolyada/Aliev/Samarin. This makes for a crazy exciting long!

And thank god Aliev made the second group. He might have a chance...

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

OK. This was surprisingly a very clean-ish event!!

But anything can happen tomorrow. All Top 15 within 15 points. A LOT of reshuffling might happen...

Oh dear, stop it please, I'm already getting nervous again.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Someone better gif that Mishin reaction...

 

[Jontor]

6 falls and 6 popped jumps after 18 programs, not bad for a Russian mens' competition.

What's really impressive is that we have around 10 men competing for the Olympic spots. This is unlike the years past where we had at most 3 contenders like Voronov/Kovtun/Kolyada or Kolyada/Aliev/Samarin. This makes for a crazy exciting long!

And thank god Aliev made the second group. He might have a chance...

Yes. Only two bad skates really. Rukhin and Anisimov. All the rest have theoretically the chance for a top 3-5 finish. That's crazy!!

 

[florin]

ой, б#######дь! oh, f########k!!

Everyone in the ring read it on his lips, it was so obvious

 

[auser]

I wonder, has the new blood arrived?

I was thinking/admiring that new blood has arrived in some of the earlier skates. This does not mean that I think that they displace current highly ranked, talented skaters. I think of them as additive to the depth of the Russian team. The rest will unfold.

 

[Paulipau]

Sorry, I had to!

CaroLiza_fan

OMG I always thought that he was saying " "kettle", but yes cattle makes much more sense. Hahaha

 

[yume]

she should be proud of it i know i would

Anyway, i don't miss the many bombos that i'm sure happened during this event
I think the inconsistency of Russian men was consistent.