looked like A&E were practicing with S&K and Daniel's Free Style coach (Johnny Johns) is also in Russia. http://youtu.be/y7HFdFX-ayg
S&K look great thanks for the link to interview.
S&K look great thanks for the link to interview.
Some bits from Sinicyna/Katsalapov FD (skip the first minute or so)
Somehow Nikita during the interview looked younger than he used too
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y7HFdFX-ayg
We'll see if in a week Zueva has found a technical coach to fix her numbers. Or if she'll continue her drop in the judges standings as I predict it'll happen to her.
We'll see if in a week Zueva has found a technical coach to fix her numbers. Or if she'll continue her drop in the judges standings as I predict it'll happen to her.
I/K are both the dominant partner in their new pairs. I still am not really aware of what happened for the split, if someone could give a succinct summary, I would be so grateful. It's a real shame, Elena looks as if she is dragging her partner around on the ice in the COC programs.
Not in Russia. She is much loved there.
This is potentially the biggest story of the season. None of her teams have started well, is this because she's given all the attention and politiking to S/K, or because the ice dance world is done with her? She's been on top since 2008, really. I can't think of another coach who has been allowed to maintain their dominance like that - we talk about couples being dropped by the judges when it's decided that their time is up, but does the same thing happen with coaches? It would be nice to see the prefered style of dance evolving again like it did post-2006, and to see some new coaches and schools getting some favour from the judges.
Marina says S/K have a completly new lift that she is calling the Swan Princess.
It's difficult not to notice how stiff and large Vika is, and yes, Nikita does look a lot more obviously "good" than when he was with Elena so I guess it works for him. I wonder how you judge SS when one partner is so much better than the other.
Elena isn't a victim. Just the best female ID skater out there.
who you keep calling, and its a fan perspective she is the best female ID out there.
its not a fact. her partnership with Zhiganshin has highlighted all her flaws and they cant even do difficult and proper lifts
in interview S/K will be doing some innovative lifts and their training pics/video they look promising too
There are 3 lifts in the FD (or 2 if a long lift is used), and one in the SD. Missing one is a big percentage problem in lifts. Plus not getting the level in the FD for an identical lift in the SD is more concerning, because attention may have been called to a basic problem after the SD was over.
Welcome back skyfly
Oh you know, call me a macho but I miss her.
Just watched S/K. Vika is stiff as hell. End of story.
Woe. I just don't want to look at Elena & Nikita dragging round partners that aren't worthy of them for the next four years when they could have been winning everything. It's such a waste of such talented skaters.
There was a quote earlier this week from Gorshkov saying not to expect too much from the new teams, results aren't important at this stage, and as he will have seen them both, I'm taking it to mean that it's most likely we'll see S/B as top Russians here, especially now that they've fixed the twizzles to get the levels.
who you keep calling, and its a fan perspective she is the best female ID out there.
its not a fact. her partnership with Zhiganshin has highlighted all her flaws and they cant even do difficult and proper lifts
in interview S/K will be doing some innovative lifts and their training pics/video they look promising too