I never liked such simplification. It's not one quad. It's one quad minus Alena's triple cost with good GOE i.e. +4/+5 points of difference at best. With two typical Trusova's quads (with +1/+2 average GOE) minus two typical Alena's triples with high GOEs she would get +8/+10 points back - and she still will be behind her considering Alena's higher PCS and GOEs on all her elements. More realistic scenario though is that she will fall on atleast one quad (with UR). So even 3rd place she can't take for granted.
True "monster" that Eteri raised is not Sasha or Anna. It's Alena. She is getting 9s in PCS even at junior level. She is getting +4/+5 GOEs for everything. She is short, has high jumps, fast rotation and unlikely to have growth spurt anymore. She is stable and consistent beyond belief. She has one of the best skating skills among all skaters (both junior and senior). And she is training with Eteri and has great reputation boost. What do you think will happen when she moves up to seniors? Noone will be able to beat her - even those with quads and 3As would lose to her on average since these jumps can't be consistent enough. Karolina, Satoko, Medvedeva? All of them would pale in comparison. She will become next unbeatable PCS queen but without their flaws. Difficult jumps? She just don't need them
Wrong. While Sasha without doubt is the best jumper of 3Lz+3Lo combination - she is never had 100% success rate with it. All dedicated Trusova fans who watched all her trainings videos would know that there were quite a bit of issues with this combo even for her. Therefore it was destined to happen sooner or later in her SP. I think this combo is not worth the risk to put it in SP for mere half a point of difference - for Anna's SP they already realized it.
They came from someone mentioned it at stream's chat. Supposedly the guy was one of skaters or spectators in the rink in Perm who probably overhear something from people around Sasha/Eteri. They say about minor injury (something like callus, most likely). Also Sasha yet again is wearing new boots (they were brown before and now they are white). Considering all of the above she may or may not be on podium tomorrow. Honestly I don't know but I wouldn't be surprised to see either result.
Will they? RusFed shouldn't be worried about JWC quotas at all - in any case they will send strong enough team to secure it. And I can't remember any single case when JrNats results were overruled by RusFed/couching council decision (they reserved that right only for seniors RusNat). Also Sasha already has season's best to guarantee her GP events next season. Also they just love to give spots to skaters from influential couch camps - the more couches - the better. So, considering CSKA influence - I am almost expecting to see Vasilieva/Tarusina scores inflation tomorrow
What an awesome video. Touching. Even madison would like it! 
. Rather than causing skaters to tremble and retire because of perceived superior technical content, as some claimed earlier in the season, Trusova appears to be yet another skater that has been overhyped. Her quads (and 3Lz+3Lo, when landed cleanly) may be impressive but in terms of skating skills and musicality (she seemed be skating through the music even more so today), there's a lot to be desired. With that said, I do hope she can podium tomorrow and earn the chance to defend her title next month.
