2025-26 Russian Junior Grand Prix - Stage 3 - Krasnoyarsk

[AlexBreeze]

Dmitri Pustovalov and German Lenkov WD

 

[Mathematician]

I think Arnet/Chernyaev look good together. They need more practice. The first half of the program was better than the second. It seems like he got tired towards the end or lost energy/focus for some reason.

 

[Mathematician]

The level is slowly increasing now with Finokhina/Ivanov

 

[Mathematician]

Ivanova/Likhachev with a rough finish but overall I thought the program and skating were both beautiful and I'm happy I came early to see it

 

[Mathematician]

the scores still arent very high but I'm actually enjoying all of this anyways

 

[Mathematician]

Sandra struggling today... also this is an uncommon name for Russia.

 

[Mathematician]

Ok, this was an awesome opening to the last warmup group.

 

[flanker]

Ok, this was an awesome opening to the last warmup group.

Beautiful dance indeed.

 

[Mathematician]

Another great program. Surprised at how much I've enjoyed this junior ID.

P.S. Why are ice dancers so beautiful? Seriously. There is a strong correlation.

 

[flanker]

Completely different dance than the previous one by BIlibina/Kashaev, but also good.

 

[flanker]

Another great program. Surprised at how much I've enjoyed this junior ID.

P.S. Why are ice dancers so beautiful? Seriously. There is a strong correlation.

Yep, girl dancers are probably the most beautiful skaters.

 

[flanker]

Survivor is "warhorsed" a little already, but still nice to watch in PIlipenko/Mikhailov's performance.

 

[flanker]

Sheptalina/Pekin - interesting that like the previous pair they lost to more dancers before them but kept their position.

 

[flanker]

Maleina/Samokhin - well, not sure about girl's costume to be honest...

Mistake in steps, now the questions is whether it will cost them gold medal.

 

[Mathematician]

I dont know why its just dawning on me how difficult ID is with the proximity in footwork one maintains throughout the duration of the program.

I still think throws probably make pairs harder for the woman at least. I mean if you imagine the 4S throw for example.

 

[flanker]

No, they won with margin.

 

[Mathematician]

Maleina/Samokhin - well, not sure about girl's costume to be honest...

I like Samokhin's look. My favourite ID girl looks are just a basic soft-monotone dress with a longer skirt. Like Kaganovskaya in their FS and one of the last few ladies had something very similar today. I've seen Stepanova wear this too and probably Leontieva.

 

[AlexBreeze]

I dont know why its just dawning on me how difficult ID is with the proximity in footwork one maintains throughout the duration of the program.

Yes, it requires insane stamina actually.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Maleina/Samokhin - well, not sure about girl's costume to be honest...

Mistake in steps, now the questions is whether it will cost them gold medal.

I was sure that was a training one. Strange there's no new costume for the stages. Well, they changed their costumes multiple times last season. Probably this is going to be the case again.

 

[flanker]

Not a good skate for Gorbunova/Pavlovskyi