Russia’s Popova and Mozgov are ‘on the right track’

gsk8 · May 28, 2019

While Russian ice dancers Betina Popova and Sergey Mozgov say that they are “terrible athletes” and very difficult to work with, they ended their season with a highlight by striking gold at the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in March. Now they are fully motivated for the upcoming 2019-20 season while working with coach Anjelika Krylova for the second year.

More / Video (Russian with English subtitles)

New RD to "Cabaret" and FD to "Bohemian Rhapsody." :rock:

What are you looking forward most to seeing from this team? Expectations?

Lamente Ariane · May 28, 2019

Love them and looking forward to that RD in particular :yahoo:

WeakAnkles · May 28, 2019

Oh dear.

Cabaret? BohoRhap?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Wanting to be a copy of Pap/Ciz rather than develop their own style?

The word that comes to mind is "Misguided."

Like said, Oh dear.

Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.

Tatjana · May 28, 2019

WeakAnkles said:
Oh dear.

Cabaret? BohoRhap?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Wanting to be a copy of Pap/Ciz rather than develop their own style?
The word that comes to mind is "Misguided."
Like said, Oh dear.
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.

Their "Cabaret" looked fun in practice.

Actually they said they don't want to copy anyone, they want to do their own thing. However, they feel they need to follow the current trends in ice dance in order to have success. I'm sure they'll come up with something different and I'm curious about that crazy lift they plan. Hopefully they can do it (and don't get injured).

chameleon · May 28, 2019

Wanting to emulate P/C's softness and flow over the ice isn't copying them, it's only sensible to learn from the best aspects of the top teams. Popova/Mozgov are possibly the last team you would have to worry about being P/C clones.

gsk8 · May 29, 2019

WeakAnkles said:
Oh dear.

Cabaret? BohoRhap?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Wanting to be a copy of Pap/Ciz rather than develop their own style?

The word that comes to mind is "Misguided."

Like said, Oh dear.

Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.

Not sure you read the article, so will copy/past snippet here

“Our skating was more jerky, and now it becomes step by step softer and more fluid,” observed Mozgov. “We’re trying to move into the ideal direction, in the direction of [Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume] Cizeron,” Mozgov noted.

However, the Universiade Champions don’t want to copy others, as Popova is quick to point out. “We don’t want to copy, but just to take some positive parts of others. We understand that this is required now and we’re trying to realize that with our feet plus to show our individuality and our ideas.”

I think many skaters want to emulate and learn from the best when it comes to certain traits. In this case, they want to be more fluid and were using P/G as an example.