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Far more likely to be Russia Cup Stage III.
2018-19 Russian Ladies' figure skating
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Yes, she's in the entry list.
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Samodurova's costume for her current sp is too plain, almost like a swimming suit with a skirt. I thought it was a temporary costume.
She also looks very slow in the video
She also looks very slow in the video
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Yeah, I agree she should change the SP costume. Her FS dress is super lit though
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I think she skated it for the exhibition, although I hope she will switch back to it cause I love it so much
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I think it will be Alena Kanysheva in JWC tbh. Tarakanova or Kanysheva
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I don't think that this is something special in Russia. And Plakhotnaya is born in 2007, same as Samodelkina who jumps 3Lz-3Lo, same as Akatieva and Berestovskaya who jump 3Lz-3T. I think a lot of russian girls who were born in 2007 and 2008, can jump 3Lz.
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She's born in 2008. And the point isn't that she can jump a 3Lz, it's that it's so big. Much bigger than those of Samodelkina, Akatieva or Berestovskaya.
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I don’t hunk it would be Samodurova. Despite her jumps being small they are quite tidy and consistent. I think Tsurskaya could be out instead - she seems to be struggling lately and often has problems with landing and rotating her jumps as they are so big but slow rotating and uncontrollable :/
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I'm very much new to figure skating (started following post Sochi), but since Tarakanova's debut she gave me the impression of someone who grabs Russia's 3rd spot, like Pogo. Never the top dog, but always present in the major events.
You all know I can be very pessimist. This can come as simply surpersticion (I never allowed myself to hype Tsurskaya because her name's Polina, and Polinas don't seem to be very lucky in Russia) or, I don't know, a feeling. Shcherbakova seems so fragile, despise jumping quads left and right...
For next year, I believe Trusova and Kostornaya are locks, unless Alena continues to make mistakes. Then there's Tarakanova and Shcherbakova. I don't think RusFed will move up all four. I also think the Junior Worlds spots will be disputed by 3 of those.
You all know I can be very pessimist. This can come as simply surpersticion (I never allowed myself to hype Tsurskaya because her name's Polina, and Polinas don't seem to be very lucky in Russia) or, I don't know, a feeling. Shcherbakova seems so fragile, despise jumping quads left and right...
For next year, I believe Trusova and Kostornaya are locks, unless Alena continues to make mistakes. Then there's Tarakanova and Shcherbakova. I don't think RusFed will move up all four. I also think the Junior Worlds spots will be disputed by 3 of those.
The 3A might not even all be Eteri girls next year. So much can change in a season, never mind a year. I could see Kostornaia being the next to leave if she feels pushed out by the quad queens.
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I think Shcherbakova may move up, she is older than Trusova after all - she will be 15 in March
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I think Shcherbakova has better chances than Tarakanova, if the choice is between those two.
Look at the scores this season
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221.44 221.00 Trusova
205.39 195.56 Shcherbakova
203.50 198.38 Kostornaia
191.84 187.55 Kanysheva
190.69 190.05 Tarakanova
Shcherbakova lowest score this season is still higher than Tarakanova's best.
I don't really see how Shcherbakova can not be a lock
They typically don’t like giving 3 Eteri girls he slots. So it would make sense that they send Tarakanova over 3 Eteri.
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I would think it would be Kanysheva, not Tarakanova, if both are clean though. And if the 3A all bring the quads/3As and are clean, then they're going.
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Unlike previous years, where Gubanova was pushed out for Konstantinova, the girls' TES will be too high for politicking imo, if they're clean. Trusova is a lock I think even if she isn't clean at nationals, and Shchebakova if she's clean, I don't think they can push anyone to overcome her TES advantage. I also can't see them pushing someone over Kostornaia if she's clean as she already has many titles, including medals on junior and senior nats. If Shchberkova and/or Kostornaia make a few mistakes, then they can push one of the other girls if they're clean. However, the non-Eteri girls this time around aren't overwhelmingly favoured by TAT, which is also another factor.
As much as they won't like sending 3 Eteri girls, I really can't see how they can reasonably hold back any of them if they are far and away ahead of the rest of the field. It would simply be shooting themselves in the foot. Last year, I agree that Tarakanova could've been scored higher, but she was by no means far and away ahead of the #4 junior, whoever you consider that to be. This year, we have 3 Eteri girls who, when clean, can outscore the #4 junior by 15-40 points. That's not a difference that can be easily overcome by politicking.
Are you sure, they sent Konstantinova last year and I’m pretty sure that was 100% politicking.
