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Carolina is a special talent, so she managed to become a top skater despite the lack of funding and adequate coaching in Italy. To be popular I'm afraid you need to be successful and I don't think any of our current junior or senior ladies are going to be medal contenders in big competitions. I feel like Italian skating missed a huge opportunity, not fully using Carolina's decent popularity to increase the interest and involvement in the sport. Look at the impact Yuna has made on Korean figure skating: From basically non existent to a soon-to-be powerhouse in singles! In Italy I feel like nothing has really changed for now, and certainly that's not Carolina's fault. Maybe once she retires she can coach the future stars of Italian figure skating (being VERY optimistic here :big grin
Sarama, your English is outstanding
Congrats to Denis for keeping it together relatively well considering the circumstances. I mean, the crowd was still chanting "Kazakhstan! Kazakhstan!" after his music started. :shocked: But even so, one quad and one combination in his FS? OK, the popped 3A would have been a combo, but still. His BV here was just 70! He's not going to be competitive for a medal at worlds, and maybe not even top 6. Come on Denis, you have so much more in you than having to fight for the last group!
Grishin is hilarious, another one of our skaters, for Sweden ...
Love watching Morozov
Ok , I will go and add even more to this. What are his programs ?!
For the first 1,5 min of FS THERE WAS NOTHING, it was just setup-jump-setup-jump and so on, and there wasn't much more than this in this program, the same goes for short.
He has great posture, but 89 pcs for this was massive overscore.
I read some comments from Dmitriev and he said that it was hard to skate because of the elevation in Almaty. I hadn't thought about that, but it would explain why so many of the men looked completely exhausted. And maybe some of the ladies were affected too.
Well, funny, but a bit over the top to claim Sasha as a Russian skater. I think kudos goes to Luleå konståkningsklubb who hired his parents when they had a hard time living in Russia when Alexander was a year old. Russia has payed nothing for Sasha’s skating. Alexander senior and Irina have done a lot for him, the club and Swedish figure skating. I guess Alexander feels Swedish with a Russian heritage.Grishin is hilarious, another one of our skaters, for Sweden ...
In one of his blog entries on Osbloggen, Alexander wrote about his identity. People constantly ask him who and how he feels; Russian or Swedish?
He wrote that the answer was clear to him. "You are a human being – no matter where you were born. In my opinion where you live or have lived your whole life makes you what you are, in my case it’s Sweden. I am Swedish and a proud Norrbottner (In Sweden people from the North are called a Norrbottner). Obviously, I also like Russia; their style of life, the incredible culture and the personalities. But Sweden has been my home my entire life."
Alexander also shared an interesting story: "About a month ago I got a pretty funny question, someone asked if I knew how to speak Swedish… At times one has to answer funny. I speak Swedish, Russian, English and German for those who wonder "
Well, funny, but a bit over the top to claim Sasha as a Russian skater.
ugh I had multiple facepalms just reading that post that you reply toOh, please don't bring meldonium into the conversation!
The difference between Caro and Liza is the amount of competition they have from home for the international slots.
Back in 2010, Carolina only really had Valetina Marchei as competition. Francesca Rio wasn't quite up to their level, but was a safe number 3 in the team.
Now, I don't think Caro has any competition. Even with Kostner being out of action for a long period of time, Rodegheiro and Russo still aren't quite up to her level.
Liza has about a dozen other girls as competition for the Russian slots. And they are all at a level where they can be safely in the Top 5 at Worlds (if not better).
Liza is younger than Caro was, so in that respect there is plenty of time for her to get her form back. BUT, she does not have the breathing space that Caro has. If she does not get her form back soon, the powers that be will not even look at her as a candidate.
It's not fair on Liza, but that's the way it is in the cut-throad world of Russian Ladies skating.
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