Well, this year we have the following seniors who got GPs:
Zagitova
Medvedeva
Tuktamysheva
Konstantinova
Panenkova
Samodurova
Sotskova
Tsurskaya
Radionova
And there are others who did not, but we dont count those
Basically, since Russia pretty much maxed out possible GP spots, 3A turning senior means that 3 of the above mentioned ladies would be out of GP next year, regardless performance (because 3A will be better).
If someone performs poorly, it will just make things easier to rusfed.
Only if all of the ladies get two spots
Tarakanova is showing tons of potential. I think she’s taking on a leadership role there too. If they can keep her tech in order and give her an alternative style to what Eteri’s kids bring it could actually help her to stand out a bit. I hope this relationship lasts for a while. It could be beneficial for both. It would be nice to see her peak during the 2022 season. Just sayin’
She has always been a top contender since novice competitions. I am glad she has been in good hands all along - Panova, Tutberidze, Plushchenko.
Querer is a bit rich and I need some time to get used to the programme, but the Moonlight Sonata is really impressive and suits her so well! I would love to see her having a successful season, go to Junior Worlds (she was really robbed last season in JrNats) and getting GP assignments. Right now she's sitting at #15 season's best and #7 among Russian ladies (excluding our little snow angel Alenka) and I think she needs a higher SB to stay in this position by the end of the season.
Yep, specially since she is in risk of not making the JW team.
Maybe it would be wise for her to do some senior Bs till the end of the season, not sure if yet possible.
She can't do senior Bs because she's not senior-eligible this season. Urgh she could've gotten higher scores in JGP if it weren't for stupid politicking.
Samodurova skated her Hava Nagila programme at a local competition a couple of days ago. Do you think she has switched back to it?
I hope not - I like her programs this year.
So all 3 A girls turn senior next year? Is this confirmed? For some reason I thought only Kostornaya will turn senior. That will be a big battle in Russia to see who makes the world/euro/olympic teams.
Samodurova skated her Hava Nagila programme at a local competition a couple of days ago. Do you think she has switched back to it?
3 new Eteri juniors next season... I doubt they'd want to have 5 Eteri girls in juniors at one time. Cycling 3 at a time makes more sense.So all 3 A girls turn senior next year? Is this confirmed? For some reason I thought only Kostornaya will turn senior. That will be a big battle in Russia to see who makes the world/euro/olympic teams.
There is nothing confirmed for anyone moving to seniors next year but as the 3A have verry high sb already there is no way they are not eligeble for 2 GPs each next year, why would they not mve up?
The only possiblity for me is that if one of them bombs jrnats and misses the JW (or rusfed decides they only want 2 eteri girls) they might want to stay one more year in junior so they can get a JW medal before going senior
Polina Plakhotnaya 3Lutz at the age of 10: https://streamable.com/ghzta
Who knows whether she'll do something crazy in a couple of years...
3 new Eteri juniors next season... I doubt they'd want to have 5 Eteri girls in juniors at one time. Cycling 3 at a time makes more sense.
Khromykh and Usacheva. Khromykh is the one who danced with Valieva in the recent dance video if you've seen it. Clearly the weakest of the three at least before the season but I think we should wait for her season debut. Usacheva you can for instance see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJQeymIlxEQThere are three? I know Kamila, but who are the other two? (I was thinking her other ones were in the 11-12 group). Polina gets great height on that jump.
Serafima Sakhanovich took silver in 2014JGPF and 2015JWC, and was 6th on the SB list of 2014/15 season. That didn't stop RusFed from holding her in juniors for the third season.