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I really hope they don't change the age minimum upwards. It is especially devastating for those who barely miss the cut-off.
2018-19 Russian Ladies' figure skating
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2020 is tricky, but in 2022 I'm pretty sure at least 3/4 of what you wrote won't happen.
The thing is... There easily will be 6+ girls with 3Lz+3Lo and Quads and 3As at RusNats 2022.
And well, one can turn senior at 15 so...
TAT is not getting younger either, and her influence is not growing either.
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I really don't get this. Alysa Liu is the potential 2020 olympic medalist. Someone like USA lose a lot more than Russia with that rule.
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Sima is doing a Ice show in Italy?
https://instagram.com/p/Bim5zXGBQ-9/
I love seeing her nailing triples in the off season but that half loop reminds me of a bird with a broken wing hobbling about. Come on girl...put some “I meant to do that” to it. Still...considering the low points she’s had it’s really a good feeling to see her keep fighting.
I hope she continues on her journey for many years to come. She’s got heart!
I hope we see video
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https://instagram.com/p/Bim5zXGBQ-9/
I love seeing her nailing triples in the off season but that half loop reminds me of a bird with a broken wing hobbling about. Come on girl...put some “I meant to do that” to it. Still...considering the low points she’s had it’s really a good feeling to see her keep fighting.
I hope she continues on her journey for many years to come. She’s got heart!
I hope we see video
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I love the way she uses her spins and finds ways to make them very impressive as a not so very flexible person. The way she gains speed is unbelievable. Very sweet reaction too in the KnC
Sima stole Polish audience (and journalists) hearts at Warsaw Cup last year. There was a feature during Olympics suggesting that she might switch to Poland and this would let her to compete on international level. Mostly a jurnalist's idea, nothing serious, but tells how she can impress people.
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Seeing that program again, I found a fancam of it from SkAm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1Yr7Bvu1M
She may not have the jump quality or the transitions of the top Russian ladies, but she skates big, with speed and great ice coverage and plenty of charm. And she really knows how to use musical highlights; in her FS, there was a magnificently timed ina bauer that I really enjoyed seeing. It wasn't the deepest layback, I don't think it was particularly fast or held for very long either, but it was so well timed that it wowed me anyway! I hope with Turenko she gets better choreography, as this year's was a tad empty, and keeps at it
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Actually smoking is fairly common in Russia, so actually many of the people who are not actively competing may smoke.
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The state of Russian women's skating. Now that is the topic. There is much talk of talent - more jumping but some artistry. But no real great hope as for long term = or rather proven long term. Perhaps Evgenia is the best hope but Trusova and Zagitova and the other juniors are still huge ginormaous question marks as to surviving puberty. We have no idea if Anna Pogo will regain her form an ditto for Liza T and Elena R. On the other hand you compare them to the Japanese and for whatever reason you have more confidence that their ladies will be more consistent and lasting. It will be interesting to see if Russia can have some lady take the crown and hold on to it for a while. Otherwise it is almost like playing hot potato who will be the next Russia world threat.
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Debut like Alina maybe.
Auxier wants the age limit to be 17 or 18 huh? That means Sasha will be in juniors for 4 or 5 years. Lol! What about Alina? Do they have the nads to raise the age to 17 leaving the soon to be 16 year old olympic champion in no womans land? I cant believe that would happen. But I guess its possible.
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You just don't know all rules. There is right to present urgent proposals to ISU Congress in June after ISU Communike (i.e. this year's list of official proposals) was released in the beginning of May - if it's done no closer than two weeks until Congress will take place.
I wouldn't be this optimistic. I mean they can agree to this proposal but change "little details" like year 2020-2021 to a more close date. Or they can't change details of approved proposals at all?
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Well this has been said for many years. We’ve reached a point where the Russian with the crown needs to make errors to even open the door for the competition. The biggest crown of the year was won by the top Russian skater as most would have predicted. The depth is there in Russia that if they suddenly lower their standards to everyone else they have plenty of depth to compete still.
The only reason this narrative even exists in the first place is because several of the top 20 athletes who could compete for the top spots in the major championships aren’t even allowed to compete due to the way spots are given out. So the musical chairs and uncertainty (hot potato) is a byproduct and not something Russian ladies can do much about. I’m sure someone will rise to the top of the Russian field and have a bad day again. It’s bound to happen
Is there even a senior lady out there who had a statistically better season than Gubanova? I’m not talking about PCS. I’m talking landing the jumps and elements. She didn’t even get to go to JWC. That’s depth.
In Canada and USA the national champion is a crown that has been shared from season to season. What’s the big deal?
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Yeah. Konstantinova went to JWC and WC
She just doesn’t always show her potential otherwise she is a great talent. Gubanova’s errors at her first JGP proved to be fatal for her season. Kind of interesting that Tat is now doing Anastasia’s choreo
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She just doesn’t always show her potential otherwise she is a great talent. Gubanova’s errors at her first JGP proved to be fatal for her season. Kind of interesting that Tat is now doing Anastasia’s choreo
You're speaking as if Konstantinova had ever been superb in JGP series
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Yeah. Konstantinova went to JWC and WC
Let's say, the reason why Stasya went to WC and (especially) JWC has nothing to do with an actual depth of the competition.
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Senior as in... senior in 2018-2019 like Gubanova? Anna Tarusina had only clean skates. 8 competitions are listed on fskate.ru but it's possible she also participated in some smaller competitions that aren't on there. I believe Tarusina had every skate clean, no element negative GOE.
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