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- Dec 29, 2013
Please stop! This thread is intended to discuss the test skates. Evgenia had two great skates. The fact is Sotskova just released an interview where she said SHE was the one having growth issues via catch foot positions and maybe jumps due to a several cm spurt since JGPF which appear to have affected her jumps at the test skates. Hopefully it's due to her groin strain more than anything else and she can bounce back but as far as test skates go it would seem Evgenia is leading the way.^ It's not her posture as much as her basics that makes me think she is weaker. At one of the early JGPs last season where I saw her and Sotskova go head to head for the first time, it was immediately obviously to me that Maria was the stronger basic skater from the blade down. Sakhanovich and Proklova both have very strong basics, and Proklova and Sotskova both have much stronger jump technique, whereas Medeeveda's jumps make me wonder whether they'll survive puberty.

I just don't want this topic to turn into a battle of this skater is better than so and so because of such and such before the videos start to appear in a months time. I guess that's just the inevitable nature of these things. I was hoping to lure knowledgable posters like AlexRus who can offer insight. I suspect some news reports and interviews may appear in the meantime 
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Thank you very much