Team Russia - Promising Young Skaters

Alba · May 10, 2014

snowflakebeautiful said:
Yes, agreed!! She's really great and has a quality that just pulls your interest in. She's pretty young to have those qualities.

I hope that she's able to continue without too many bumps along the way (injury, puberty, etc.)...

The more videos I see of up and coming Russian ladies, the more I think it will be interesting to see the competition amongst them just at a national level!

If she continues like this she will be fantastic, and it's such a pity when you think that she is not eligible for 2018.

Rhodium · May 10, 2014

She is too young to compete in Pyeongchang :bang:

volk · May 10, 2014

Rhodium said:
She is too young to compete in Pyeongchang

Good. There are already too many Russians competing for only 3 spots.

YLFan · May 10, 2014

Hopefully they change the age restriction before then. My fantasy is Yulia, Proklova, and Gubanova as the three girls.

AliceInWonderland · May 10, 2014

Sam-Skwantch · May 10, 2014

AliceInWonderland said:
What about Radionova?

I fully expect if we do see a Russian sweep at GPF or Worlds its going to be Adelina, Elena, and Yulia.

I think the growing "Anna is going to dominate"need only look at this years GPF and Russian Nationals for a reality check. I like her a lot and will continue to root her on. It just seems people keep asking for other skaters to prove themselves before gaining hype so why not her too. She has strong skating skills but really lacks consistency it would seem. Not to overly harp on the hype but she also had three months off going into worlds. I can name a few skaters at worlds who would have benefitted from that rest period. She did put on quite a show at Worlds. :yes: That is not up for debate

Good luck to all these girls involved in this bloodbath on ice. It's going to be messy. I certainly have a favorite but who is going to be my second and third could become a game of musical chairs. :popcorn:

snowflakebeautiful · May 10, 2014

Sam-Skwantch said:
Good luck to all these girls involved in this bloodbath on ice. It's going to be messy. I certainly have a favorite but who is going to be my second and third could become a game of musical chairs.

So agreed, Sam! It will definitely be interesting to watch the ladies field in Russia! :popcorn:

I predict there will be a certain amount of drama and definite flip-flopping on the podium amongst them...
Let's just hope we don't have any Tonya/Nancy-inspired drama, ay yi yi! (I don't think there will be, but I do think the stakes will be high amongst the ladies.)

papa · May 10, 2014

Please, tell me Ladies Russian Championship will be broadcast internationally... :popcorn:

Sam-Skwantch · May 10, 2014

I watched it live on my iPhone last year

that made for some serious hand cramping!

The cool thing is you can come to GS and find a live feed and post with all your GS friends here no matter what.

Sam-Skwantch · May 11, 2014

It is amazing to see how much one of these Russian babies can grow over the course of two years. This one put on quite a show in 2012 JWC. She is only about as tall as the dasher boards in this video and it would seem she is similar in height to the little flower girls.

http://youtu.be/sHNx9IemzY8

Alba · May 11, 2014

snowflakebeautiful said:
So agreed, Sam! It will definitely be interesting to watch the ladies field in Russia! I predict there will be a certain amount of drama and definite flip-flopping on the podium amongst them...
Let's just hope we don't have any Tonya/Nancy-inspired drama, ay yi yi! (I don't think there will be, but I do think the stakes will be high amongst the ladies.)

I just hope that politics will not interfere with the placing, but I doubt that. :rolleye:

plushyfan · May 11, 2014

papa said:
Two weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOfJ8OVbHg

WOW!!!!! Thank you! I like her so much!!! She is sooooo good!

plushyfan · May 11, 2014

Sam-Skwantch said:
Anna may list at 5.3 but here at worlds she clearly has about 3 inches over Yulia who lists as 5.2. Yulia stopped growing in terms of height before Finlandia. I don't expect any more height from Yulia. I think Anna may still gain a couple of inches.

http://instagram.com/p/mKN_rrELfe/

Probably. This is the reason why Anna will be more elegant and ladylike on ice. I think she will be a real diva on ice as Butyrskaya.

plushyfan · May 11, 2014

Alba said:
I just "discovered" Anastasia Gubanova. She is amazing and just 11 yrs old.

Here she was 10 yrs old I think.
Novice Girls SP Warsaw CUP 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wCtguV_Zjc
Novice Girls FS Warsaw CUP 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq3gPPUpVQ

Russian Juniors 2014 SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04RX5heUbhM
and her LP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_0kL8e3eM0

I have no words...

YLFan · May 11, 2014

Does anyone know the young CSKA girl heavily featured on the Japan skating special. Closeup of her at like 6:25 I think the coach calls her Polina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwTBEfuqS8 Also at the end of the video is a piece on Proklova being a fan of Mao.

Alba · May 11, 2014

YLFan said:
Does anyone know the young CSKA girl heavily featured on the Japan skating special. Closeup of her at like 6:25 I think the coach calls her Polina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LwTBEfuqS8 Also at the end of the video is a piece on Proklova being a fan of Mao.

I want to know who's that coach, and the japanese girl? :rock:

Imagine · May 11, 2014

^She must be good, because they also selected her to promote Frozen in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrlHyEDatik

yuki · May 11, 2014

Alba said:
I want to know who's that coach, and the japanese girl?

The Japanese girl is Miyu Honda and she is 9 years old.
Her sisters Marin and Sara and her brother Taichi are also figure skaters (Sara is the younger girl in the Frozen promo video).
ETA: Cute video of the Honda siblings (including Taichi's FS from the 2012 Junior nats).

Alba · May 11, 2014

yuki said:
The Japanese girl is Miyu Honda and she is 9 years old.
Her sisters Marin and Sara and her brother Taichi are also figure skaters (Sara is the younger girl in the Frozen promo video).
ETA: Cute video of the Honda siblings (including Taichi's FS from the 2012 Junior nats).

Oh she is really good. Am I looking to another japanese girl doing a 3A very soon? I think so. :clap:

Is she the same girl here with Plushenko? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhGEeEEQyBY

She is so cute.

snowflakebeautiful · May 11, 2014

Alba said:
I just hope that politics will not interfere with the placing, but I doubt that.

I know... :disapp: Unfortunately politics get in the way of everything anymore.

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