A small summary from Russian forums on Short Dance test skate:
- All together there were 3 groups.
1st group - main couples - Shpilevaya/Smirnov, Loboda/Drozd, Polishuk/Vakhnov, Shevchenko/Eremenko, Skoptsova/Aleshin
2nd group - Sokolova/Novozhilov, Lopareva/Korpushov, Ivanenko/Karpov, Ushakova/Nekrasov
3rd group - the rest
- 1st group had loads of positiive feedback
-Loboda/Drozd are the leaders in Juniors. Someone said TAT dedicated a whole training sessioon to them. Loboda, compared to other junior girls, looks like a woman. (TBH L/D could have gone Senior this season. That is so weird that all 3 teams who podiumed at Worlds are staying juniors... L/D could have gotten 2 events since Russia has not yet announced their TBD spot for Cup of Russia, and they are better than any of 2 teams who will most likely get that spot)
- TAT looves Shpilevaya and they impressed many people
- Shevchenko/Eremenko, Skoptsova/Aleshin were good, too
- Some person pointed out that Lopareva/Korpushev and Konkina/Jakushev were lovely
Waiting for some info about FD. I am a bit worried about S/S's, as they have Tarantella(if I remember correctly) and it can be hit or miss after seeing that most teams went lyrical/contemprorary route this season.
I, personally, really like all group 1 teams, which is weird, cause usually I like max 1-2 of Russian junior ice dance teams if any. Though, Skoptsova is very tall right now. my personal favourites are S/S...especially her.
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