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I thought he was excellent. Great speed, big jumps, nice spins... Very talented. And I've loved watching Aliev's skates on the JGP. They will definitely give Pitkeev/Kovtun a run for his money come 2018.
2015-2016 Russian Nationals Mens FS
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I thought he was excellent. Great speed, big jumps, nice spins... Very talented. And I've loved watching Aliev's skates on the JGP. They will definitely give Pitkeev/Kovtun a run for his money come 2018.
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Kovtun's PCS was ridiculous but st least he delivered a clean skate and three quads. The worst inflation award ever goes to Plu's 2014 Nationals FS with a worse program, tons of errors, less difficulty... And 95 PCS.
Gotta love Russian Nats. 
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The problem is, that I don't see any strategy in Maxim layout. It's like let's put 3 quads and let's see what will happen
Well, it's Russian jump layouts 101 - hardest elements at the start and then hit those and sell the rest of the program in the 2nd half (of the 2nd half
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I think there is definitely an upturn in the Russian Mens field, some exciting new juniors coming on to the scene. Congrats to Kovtun on winning his 3rd straight national title, even if I think he was overmarked and probably should have been second.
I was surprised to see him beat on TES by Kolyada after landing 3 quads but he didn't great GOE on his elements, he gained 6 marks over his BV while Kolyada gained 11 marks. On the PCS side no way did he deserve a 93, I would have had him behind not Kolyada but also Petrov and Gorshkov, who both delivered two very strong performances.
Hopefully Gorshkov gets some GP invites next year, I like his style it's a bit different from the rest of the field while he may not have the big jumps everything is clean and well done. Petrov is definitely on the up and under Mishin a Quad can't be that far off, potentially a future Russian National Champion I think.
Other performances I enjoyed was Shulepov, although he didn't perform his best here. I also enjoyed Bushlanov & Legheev. I was disappointed for Dmitriev, from watching his early season skates, I though the would win the title or be on the podium at the very least but he was a long way of that form here. Also disappointed for Pitkeev, I wonder will he give world Juniors a shot?
Good luck to all 3 in the Europeans
I was surprised to see him beat on TES by Kolyada after landing 3 quads but he didn't great GOE on his elements, he gained 6 marks over his BV while Kolyada gained 11 marks. On the PCS side no way did he deserve a 93, I would have had him behind not Kolyada but also Petrov and Gorshkov, who both delivered two very strong performances.
Hopefully Gorshkov gets some GP invites next year, I like his style it's a bit different from the rest of the field while he may not have the big jumps everything is clean and well done. Petrov is definitely on the up and under Mishin a Quad can't be that far off, potentially a future Russian National Champion I think.
Other performances I enjoyed was Shulepov, although he didn't perform his best here. I also enjoyed Bushlanov & Legheev. I was disappointed for Dmitriev, from watching his early season skates, I though the would win the title or be on the podium at the very least but he was a long way of that form here. Also disappointed for Pitkeev, I wonder will he give world Juniors a shot?
Good luck to all 3 in the Europeans
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