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2016-17 State of Russian Ladies skating

I think that's mainly because she's been in photoshoots where they often try to accentuate one's assets. In skating the bigger issue is having broad hips, which Anna does not have. I'm curious to see if Anna can keep the positive momentum she gained at Worlds going through next season. She was a very strong competitor when she was on the JGP and her first year in seniors so I really do think confidence is a big factor and that she does have the mentality to be a good competitor. Hopefully the World medal will help her believe in herself and we will see Pogo at her best leading into 2018.

She seems to have some more stability in her jumps, so lets hope that was not just a happy accident =)
 
I just posted in another thread about how I hate the name "half loop" - why can't that particular jump have its own name altogether?
 
I just posted in another thread about how I hate the name "half loop" - why can't that particular jump have its own name altogether?
It does - it's called Euler jump. It's not commonly used by English speakers though, just like loop jump isn't usually called Rittberger, even though it would make sense considering Lutz and Salchow are similarly derived from the names of those who performed them first. In Russian they're all called by these names.
 
Ah yes I understand now. At first I thought everyone was talking about the mathematician Leonhard Euler... Lol. Apparently I know more about 18th century mathematicians than I do about alternate names for figure skating jumps. :biggrin:
 
I wonder if it is Eteri who is responsible for teaching her bad jump technique, or she simply couldn't jump any other way and her jumps were going to fall apart no matter what.

This is somewhat likely. Was there not the story about Eteri not being interested in her for the longest time but Yulia's mom pushed her onto her and then eventually Yulia learned her triples really fast? Perhaps Eteri saw that she had no real talent and knew that those jumps were not going to last.

She has 3Lo-3Lo, hardly made a fall all season, and has good control of her landings, so I wouldn't quite call her jumping elements very poor. I think most of her jumping problems could be alleviated if she got a bit more height, which should be achievable. She has very impressive edge control, snappy turns, and her spins are to die for, and if there's a good place in the world to address jumping technique, Mishin's group is certainly one. I think that her success this coming season will depend on good choice of programs to showcase her strong sides.

Lozko might have a 3Lo-3Lo, but does he have a .... Toe loop? Why do none of her jump combos have a toe loop? She also loses a ton of base TES with her jump layout so there's no way it can be called good in my opinion.

She also has the ugliest flutz I've ever seen.
 
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Lozko might have a 3Lo-3Lo, but does he have a .... Toe loop? Why do none of her jump combos have a toe loop? She also loses a ton of base TES with her jump layout so there's no way it can be called good in my opinion.

She also has the ugliest flutz I've ever seen.
She did jump 3T in sequence with 2A in every FS last season, so yes she does have toe loop. Not using it in combos likely goes back to my original point - not getting enough height to rotate it through as a second jump, that and 3T+2A+Seq being more valuable than 2A+2T. Overall there is a whole range of assessments that can fit in-between "very poor" and "good", and if Lozko's jumps are somewhere in that range with potential for improvement, I wouldn't say she's in such a bad spot.

Also her Lutz was fine in her last competition.
 
According to me it is quite probable that we'll see Lozko in Junior Grand Prix circuit.
Even though she has a considerable room for improvement I find her quite a lovely skater: she has a wonderful extension (Medvedeva-like) and her spins are crazy fast.

I wound't say that her jumps are that terrible either: she may not have the best toe jumps in the field but her 2A is effortless and she does have a 3L-3L.
 
Last season there weren't enough good skaters for JGP spots, but next season it seems to be too many of them
 
Do you know 2016 Russian U13 champion, Anna Shcherbakova (12yo)? :)

2014/15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVobL27IEFI
2015/16: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3X_n-8ROzQ


Kadyrova has really an impressive technique on the 3 Flip! Russian girls are simply amazing :luv17:
While Shcherbakova has an incredible mastery of the lutz and has a beautiful presence on the ice, and such good upper body movements for a 12 years old! :clap:
 
While Shcherbakova has an incredible mastery of the lutz and has a beautiful presence on the ice, and such good upper body movements for a 12 years old! :clap:
Yes, she is very graceful and adorable, still - so tiny!
 
Team Russia 2016-2017 lists are out. For ladies:
Seniors:
Main team - Julia Lipnitskaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Pogorilaya, Elena Radionova, Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva;
Reserve team - Alena Leonova, Maria Sotskova.

Juniors:
Main team - Stanislava Konstantinova, Alisa Lozko, Sofia Samodurova, Alisa Fedichkina, Polina Tsurskaya;
Reserve team - Anastasia Gubanova, Alina Zagitova, Valeria Mikhailova, Elizaveta Nugumanova.

http://www.minsport.gov.ru/2016/doc/FigurKatanie_sp2016.pdf
 
Team Russia 2016-2017 lists are out. For ladies:
Seniors:
Main team - Julia Lipnitskaya, Evgenia Medvedeva, Anna Pogorilaya, Elena Radionova, Adelina Sotnikova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva;
Reserve team - Alena Leonova, Maria Sotskova.

Juniors:
Main team - Stanislava Konstantinova, Alisa Lozko, Sofia Samodurova, Alisa Fedichkina, Polina Tsurskaya;
Reserve team - Anastasia Gubanova, Alina Zagitova, Valeria Mikhailova, Elizaveta Nugumanova.

http://www.minsport.gov.ru/2016/doc/FigurKatanie_sp2016.pdf

Nugumanova on the reserve? Hmm....
 
Adelina Sotnikova in the Main team? I would put her as reserve and sotskova into the main team really >.>
 
Adelina Sotnikova in the Main team? I would put her as reserve and sotskova into the main team really >.>

That would make more sense to me as well, but they probably did not want to do the to the reigning OGM. I hope good things happen for Sotskova
 
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