2019-20 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating
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Absolute dominance. What to expect from leading Russian skaters in the upcoming season
At the first stage of the Grand Prix, which starts on the night of October 19 in Las Vegas, the attention of fans will traditionally be riveted to the highest gross earning discipline - single women's skating, which has become the territory of undivided leadership of Russian athletes
In recent years, competition in women's single skating has been incredible, but from the new season it will increase even more. Becaue the famous juniors from the group of Eteri Tutberidze, Aleksandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova and Alyona Kostornaya, have reached senior age. The young skaters are ready to compete with the leaders (Alina Zagitova, Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva, Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara), but what is there to “compete”? To come to the ice and take the highest places in all international tournaments. Each of them can do it.
Let's start with the second in the history of the Junior World Championships double champion Aleksandra Trusova. Perhaps as many “trump cards” this 15-year-old girl has in her sleeve, no one in all of today's women's single skating ever had before. Technical - for sure. It is Trusova who is the first skater in the world who performed the quadruple Toeloop, as well as the most difficult of all the currently recognised quadruple jumps - the Lutz. She also holds the record for the number of quadruple jumps performed in one skating run: four. Also, Aleksandra is the first and so far the only one who managed to complete a quad jump in the second part of her program, and even in the cascade (with a triple Salchow through an Euler).
The last two achievements were submitted by her at the Japan Open team pre-season commercial tournament in Sapporo, which took place on October 5. Together with Trusova, the European team was composed of Olympic champion Alina Zagitova, as well as the legendary Spaniard Javier Fernandez and Latvian Denis Vasil'yev, who recently completed their careers. Traditionally, men in figure skating gain more points than women. Still, the programs are more complicated, and their emphasis on technology is a little larger. But not this time. Trusova received 160.53 points for her free program at those competitions, beating both Vasil'yev (146.65) and Fernandez (153.14).
And two weeks later, Aleksandra officially made her debut in senior competitions under the auspices of the International Skating Union (ISU) - at the Ondrei Nepela memorial in Bratislava. Excitement from the first start in his career by masters, it seems, absolutely did not affect this young lady. In her free program, she scored 163.78 points, in the sum of two appearances - 238.69. And thus broke two world records that previously belonged to Zagitova. What to expect from Trusova further? Probably only a quintuple jump. Everything else Aleksandra does with such ease you soon get accustomed to it.
This is all, of course, joking. Do you know how they joked last season? For example, letting Trusova go to the senior world championship for men, and she will be in the top five, because Aleksandra is technically so good. Now let's see: at last year's world championship in Japan, American Vincent Zhou, who finished third in the men's free program, scored 99.71 points for elements. Trusova in Bratislava - 98.34, but there she still had “only” three quadruple jumps. But on the other hand, the fourth Japanese Japanese Shoma Uno (89.90) Aleksandra would overrule without visible effort. And if the components of female single skaters were calculated according to the same formula as for single male skaters ...
Of course, Trusova has weaknesses. And one of them lies in the same place as her strength - in her technique. The skater's programs are simply too complicated to skate them out at the same high level all season. Therefore, it is likely that there will be errors. In addition, so far she has not been able to increase the level of skating and presentation of programs. However, if Alexandra minimizes the number of shortcomings, it will be very difficult to deal with her. Fans will be able to see Trusova at the Grand Prix stages in Canadian Kelowna (October 25–27) and in Moscow (November 15–17), as well as in the series finale, which will be held in Italian Turin from December 5 to 8. Of course, she remains to be selected, but there is no doubt that Aleksandra can do this.
Anna Shcherbakova is one of those who can compete with Trusova without reservations in the style of "Now, if she makes a mistake, then ...". At the junior level, she spent only one season, during which she managed to win two stages of the junior Grand Prix series. In addition, last year Shcherbakova, Trusova and Kostornaya made their debut in the senior Championships of Russia. And at this tournament Anna won a gold medal, beating not only her friends in the group, but also Zagitova, Medvyedeva, as well as future European champion Sof'ya Samodurova.
Like Trusova, Anna has a quadruple jump in her arsenal - the Lutz. Despite this, Shcherbakova is technically inferior to Trusova, but at the same time she has her own significant advantages. We can say that Shcherbakova is probably the most balanced skater of the Tutberidze group from yesterday's juniors. Her components are still quite high, but with the advent of the first significant results, they will definitely grow further. Musicality and grace, coupled with a powerful technical base, is an ideal combination, so that if she doesn't try to win all the competitions at once, then at least she'll be in the top three on each of them. The only thing that Shcherbakova really lacks is stability. However, with experience this will come.
Anna also began her first season with a victory. At a preseason tournament in Italy called “Lombardy Trophy” (September 12–16), the 15-year-old skater won gold, beating Tuktamysheva in a bitter struggle. When allocating Grand Prix starts, Shcherbakova got stages at which competition will be significant. In Las Vegas (October 18–20), she will again meet with Tuktamysheva, another Russian Stanislava Konstantinova, an American Brady Tennell, as well as Japanese Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto. At the competitions in Chinese Chongqing (November 8-10), her rivals will again be Tuktamysheva, and Samodurova and experienced Japanese women Satoko Miyahara and Marine Honda.
Speaking about the most balanced skater from the Tutberidze group, one cannot fail to mention Alyona Kostornaya. Just a week ago, this 16-year-old athlete was not a contender for leadership in the eyes of fans. Yes, Kostornaya is skating at the level of Italian Carolina Costner, and maybe even higher. Yes, each skating run is a masterpiece by default, even if something goes wrong during it. Yes, the judges already love her and give her the "senior" components. But in her arsenal there were no elements of increased complexity (ultra-si), and without them it is very difficult to compete with Trusova and Shcherbakova.
And now these have appeared. And two at once even. At the tournament "Finland Trophy", which was held from October 11 to 13, in her free program Kostornaya jumped two triple Axels. One of them turned out to be under rotated but this did not stop her from gaining brilliant points for elements (85.91) and getting around Tuktamysheva in the fight for first place, who also had two triksels in her free program, both of which were clean. The total score for Kostornaya for both programs was 234.84, for Tuktamysheva, who became second, - 212.53. And this means that discounting Alyona is at least unreasonable.
She got the stages in French Grenoble (November 1–3) and Japanese Sapporo (November 22–24). Zagitova received exactly the same distribution. Also in France, Kostornaya will have to fight with Sakamoto and Higuchi, and in Japan - with the leader of the national team of the Land of the Rising Sun, Rika Kihira.
Zagitova vs Medvyedeva. Still relevant?
This confrontation has taken interest in figure skating to a new level. Now these two wonderful skaters have completely different tasks. Zagitova now is a synonym for success in women's single skating. Last season, she nevertheless attained a cherished goal - Gold in the World Championships, and now she has all asset from every international tournaments that exist in nature. The only skater who has achieved the same results is the incomparable Kim Yong-ah from South Korea.
Now Alina can afford to skate with pleasure and not having to chase after prize places. Her new programs aren't full of technical innovations - in fact, they aren't there at all. "Arbitrariness" fell by one point of base value compared to last season. Moreover, earlier the 17-year-old skater said that she does not plan to complicate her content this season.
However, she doesn't need it now. Alina already appeared in good physical shape at the September Open Test Skates and seemed to become even better by Japan Open. In Japan, she received 154.41 points for her programs - quite a bit less than for her winning free program from last year's World Championship. Judges adore her, and her programs, despite all the basics stuff, remain one of the most difficult in the world. So the highest marks are provided to her anyway.
It is unlikely that Zagitova will have problems with reaching the Grand Prix finals. The rest of the time, she can compete with a light heart, enjoying the work of a lifetime and basking in the love of fans. Alina is probably having the happiest time of her career.
For Medvyedeva, things are a little more complicated. After a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and leaving Tutberidze for Canadian coach Brian Orser, the skater was faced with pressure from the fans against a backdrop of deteriorating results. Last season, she couldn't make it to the Grand Prix finals, and in the Russian national team for the World Championships she had to qualify through the final of the Russian Cup. At the World Championship in Sapporo, she won a bronze medal in an incredible competition, but the figure-skating community did not calm down over this.
The 19-year-old Medvyedeva had a difficult entry to this season. At the "Autumn Classic" tournament in Canadian Oakville, she became second while showing good points (217.43), but already at the next competition "Shanghai Trophy" (October 3-5), her result significantly deteriorated. In China, she was not at all well skating her free program, which resulted in extremely low scores for the level of two-time world and European champion (191.78). And although she won this tournament, this did not add optimism.
Obviously, at the moment, Medvyedeva has not yet managed to get back in shape. At the beginning of the season this is absolutely normal, over time, everything can change. But to compete for the highest places, any figure skater needs to complicate her programs. For example, earlier Medvyedeva announced that she was working on a quadruple Salchow, but in actual skating we are unlikely to see it soon. Reaching the Grand Prix finals under such conditions seems to be a very difficult task, especially considering that at both stages of the series Medvyedeva will compete with Trusova. It remains only to believe that Yevgeniya will be able to cope with all the problems that have befallen her.
Tuktamysheva will be amongst the leaders?
Last season, the athlete again broke into the elite of world figure skating. The pupil of Alexey Mishin restored her triple axel, which once helped her win the World and European Championships, and went hunting with it for Tutberidze's figure skaters. And from the rest of the world, too.
The hunt was glorious. Gold and Bronze of the Grand Prix stages, third place in the series finale and great prospects at the main starts of the season - European and World Championships. But then a something bad happened. Before the start of the December Championship of Russia in Saransk, Tuktamysheva was hospitalised with pneumonia. As a result - the skater did not get to Europe or the world.
But Yelizaveta did not despair. In the new season, the 22-year-old skater enters with an even more “difficult” technical base. In her free program, there are now two triple Axels, and one of them is in a cascade with a double Toeloop. The decision to complicate the program was brewing, especially considering that for getting into the final of the Grand Prix Tuktamysheva now has to fight not only with strong Japanese women, but also with Zagitova and Medvyedeva, but also with yesterday's juniors from the group of Tutberidze, who already beat her twice in the preseason. Of course, Yelizaveta will have a hard time, but if health problems pass her by, everything should work out. Especially if the judges do not underestimate her grades for the components.
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From: https://tass.ru/sport/7010371
At the first stage of the Grand Prix, which starts on the night of October 19 in Las Vegas, the attention of fans will traditionally be riveted to the highest gross earning discipline - single women's skating, which has become the territory of undivided leadership of Russian athletes
In recent years, competition in women's single skating has been incredible, but from the new season it will increase even more. Becaue the famous juniors from the group of Eteri Tutberidze, Aleksandra Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova and Alyona Kostornaya, have reached senior age. The young skaters are ready to compete with the leaders (Alina Zagitova, Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Yelizaveta Tuktamysheva, Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara), but what is there to “compete”? To come to the ice and take the highest places in all international tournaments. Each of them can do it.
Let's start with the second in the history of the Junior World Championships double champion Aleksandra Trusova. Perhaps as many “trump cards” this 15-year-old girl has in her sleeve, no one in all of today's women's single skating ever had before. Technical - for sure. It is Trusova who is the first skater in the world who performed the quadruple Toeloop, as well as the most difficult of all the currently recognised quadruple jumps - the Lutz. She also holds the record for the number of quadruple jumps performed in one skating run: four. Also, Aleksandra is the first and so far the only one who managed to complete a quad jump in the second part of her program, and even in the cascade (with a triple Salchow through an Euler).
The last two achievements were submitted by her at the Japan Open team pre-season commercial tournament in Sapporo, which took place on October 5. Together with Trusova, the European team was composed of Olympic champion Alina Zagitova, as well as the legendary Spaniard Javier Fernandez and Latvian Denis Vasil'yev, who recently completed their careers. Traditionally, men in figure skating gain more points than women. Still, the programs are more complicated, and their emphasis on technology is a little larger. But not this time. Trusova received 160.53 points for her free program at those competitions, beating both Vasil'yev (146.65) and Fernandez (153.14).
And two weeks later, Aleksandra officially made her debut in senior competitions under the auspices of the International Skating Union (ISU) - at the Ondrei Nepela memorial in Bratislava. Excitement from the first start in his career by masters, it seems, absolutely did not affect this young lady. In her free program, she scored 163.78 points, in the sum of two appearances - 238.69. And thus broke two world records that previously belonged to Zagitova. What to expect from Trusova further? Probably only a quintuple jump. Everything else Aleksandra does with such ease you soon get accustomed to it.
This is all, of course, joking. Do you know how they joked last season? For example, letting Trusova go to the senior world championship for men, and she will be in the top five, because Aleksandra is technically so good. Now let's see: at last year's world championship in Japan, American Vincent Zhou, who finished third in the men's free program, scored 99.71 points for elements. Trusova in Bratislava - 98.34, but there she still had “only” three quadruple jumps. But on the other hand, the fourth Japanese Japanese Shoma Uno (89.90) Aleksandra would overrule without visible effort. And if the components of female single skaters were calculated according to the same formula as for single male skaters ...
Of course, Trusova has weaknesses. And one of them lies in the same place as her strength - in her technique. The skater's programs are simply too complicated to skate them out at the same high level all season. Therefore, it is likely that there will be errors. In addition, so far she has not been able to increase the level of skating and presentation of programs. However, if Alexandra minimizes the number of shortcomings, it will be very difficult to deal with her. Fans will be able to see Trusova at the Grand Prix stages in Canadian Kelowna (October 25–27) and in Moscow (November 15–17), as well as in the series finale, which will be held in Italian Turin from December 5 to 8. Of course, she remains to be selected, but there is no doubt that Aleksandra can do this.
Anna Shcherbakova is one of those who can compete with Trusova without reservations in the style of "Now, if she makes a mistake, then ...". At the junior level, she spent only one season, during which she managed to win two stages of the junior Grand Prix series. In addition, last year Shcherbakova, Trusova and Kostornaya made their debut in the senior Championships of Russia. And at this tournament Anna won a gold medal, beating not only her friends in the group, but also Zagitova, Medvyedeva, as well as future European champion Sof'ya Samodurova.
Like Trusova, Anna has a quadruple jump in her arsenal - the Lutz. Despite this, Shcherbakova is technically inferior to Trusova, but at the same time she has her own significant advantages. We can say that Shcherbakova is probably the most balanced skater of the Tutberidze group from yesterday's juniors. Her components are still quite high, but with the advent of the first significant results, they will definitely grow further. Musicality and grace, coupled with a powerful technical base, is an ideal combination, so that if she doesn't try to win all the competitions at once, then at least she'll be in the top three on each of them. The only thing that Shcherbakova really lacks is stability. However, with experience this will come.
Anna also began her first season with a victory. At a preseason tournament in Italy called “Lombardy Trophy” (September 12–16), the 15-year-old skater won gold, beating Tuktamysheva in a bitter struggle. When allocating Grand Prix starts, Shcherbakova got stages at which competition will be significant. In Las Vegas (October 18–20), she will again meet with Tuktamysheva, another Russian Stanislava Konstantinova, an American Brady Tennell, as well as Japanese Wakaba Higuchi and Kaori Sakamoto. At the competitions in Chinese Chongqing (November 8-10), her rivals will again be Tuktamysheva, and Samodurova and experienced Japanese women Satoko Miyahara and Marine Honda.
Speaking about the most balanced skater from the Tutberidze group, one cannot fail to mention Alyona Kostornaya. Just a week ago, this 16-year-old athlete was not a contender for leadership in the eyes of fans. Yes, Kostornaya is skating at the level of Italian Carolina Costner, and maybe even higher. Yes, each skating run is a masterpiece by default, even if something goes wrong during it. Yes, the judges already love her and give her the "senior" components. But in her arsenal there were no elements of increased complexity (ultra-si), and without them it is very difficult to compete with Trusova and Shcherbakova.
And now these have appeared. And two at once even. At the tournament "Finland Trophy", which was held from October 11 to 13, in her free program Kostornaya jumped two triple Axels. One of them turned out to be under rotated but this did not stop her from gaining brilliant points for elements (85.91) and getting around Tuktamysheva in the fight for first place, who also had two triksels in her free program, both of which were clean. The total score for Kostornaya for both programs was 234.84, for Tuktamysheva, who became second, - 212.53. And this means that discounting Alyona is at least unreasonable.
She got the stages in French Grenoble (November 1–3) and Japanese Sapporo (November 22–24). Zagitova received exactly the same distribution. Also in France, Kostornaya will have to fight with Sakamoto and Higuchi, and in Japan - with the leader of the national team of the Land of the Rising Sun, Rika Kihira.
Zagitova vs Medvyedeva. Still relevant?
This confrontation has taken interest in figure skating to a new level. Now these two wonderful skaters have completely different tasks. Zagitova now is a synonym for success in women's single skating. Last season, she nevertheless attained a cherished goal - Gold in the World Championships, and now she has all asset from every international tournaments that exist in nature. The only skater who has achieved the same results is the incomparable Kim Yong-ah from South Korea.
Now Alina can afford to skate with pleasure and not having to chase after prize places. Her new programs aren't full of technical innovations - in fact, they aren't there at all. "Arbitrariness" fell by one point of base value compared to last season. Moreover, earlier the 17-year-old skater said that she does not plan to complicate her content this season.
However, she doesn't need it now. Alina already appeared in good physical shape at the September Open Test Skates and seemed to become even better by Japan Open. In Japan, she received 154.41 points for her programs - quite a bit less than for her winning free program from last year's World Championship. Judges adore her, and her programs, despite all the basics stuff, remain one of the most difficult in the world. So the highest marks are provided to her anyway.
It is unlikely that Zagitova will have problems with reaching the Grand Prix finals. The rest of the time, she can compete with a light heart, enjoying the work of a lifetime and basking in the love of fans. Alina is probably having the happiest time of her career.
For Medvyedeva, things are a little more complicated. After a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang and leaving Tutberidze for Canadian coach Brian Orser, the skater was faced with pressure from the fans against a backdrop of deteriorating results. Last season, she couldn't make it to the Grand Prix finals, and in the Russian national team for the World Championships she had to qualify through the final of the Russian Cup. At the World Championship in Sapporo, she won a bronze medal in an incredible competition, but the figure-skating community did not calm down over this.
The 19-year-old Medvyedeva had a difficult entry to this season. At the "Autumn Classic" tournament in Canadian Oakville, she became second while showing good points (217.43), but already at the next competition "Shanghai Trophy" (October 3-5), her result significantly deteriorated. In China, she was not at all well skating her free program, which resulted in extremely low scores for the level of two-time world and European champion (191.78). And although she won this tournament, this did not add optimism.
Obviously, at the moment, Medvyedeva has not yet managed to get back in shape. At the beginning of the season this is absolutely normal, over time, everything can change. But to compete for the highest places, any figure skater needs to complicate her programs. For example, earlier Medvyedeva announced that she was working on a quadruple Salchow, but in actual skating we are unlikely to see it soon. Reaching the Grand Prix finals under such conditions seems to be a very difficult task, especially considering that at both stages of the series Medvyedeva will compete with Trusova. It remains only to believe that Yevgeniya will be able to cope with all the problems that have befallen her.
Tuktamysheva will be amongst the leaders?
Last season, the athlete again broke into the elite of world figure skating. The pupil of Alexey Mishin restored her triple axel, which once helped her win the World and European Championships, and went hunting with it for Tutberidze's figure skaters. And from the rest of the world, too.
The hunt was glorious. Gold and Bronze of the Grand Prix stages, third place in the series finale and great prospects at the main starts of the season - European and World Championships. But then a something bad happened. Before the start of the December Championship of Russia in Saransk, Tuktamysheva was hospitalised with pneumonia. As a result - the skater did not get to Europe or the world.
But Yelizaveta did not despair. In the new season, the 22-year-old skater enters with an even more “difficult” technical base. In her free program, there are now two triple Axels, and one of them is in a cascade with a double Toeloop. The decision to complicate the program was brewing, especially considering that for getting into the final of the Grand Prix Tuktamysheva now has to fight not only with strong Japanese women, but also with Zagitova and Medvyedeva, but also with yesterday's juniors from the group of Tutberidze, who already beat her twice in the preseason. Of course, Yelizaveta will have a hard time, but if health problems pass her by, everything should work out. Especially if the judges do not underestimate her grades for the components.
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From: https://tass.ru/sport/7010371
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Which is still a massive improvement over her Lombardia SP score which was almost 10 points less.
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Hey, I have the same problem as you today. When I logged out, I saw everything, but when I was logged in, everything I saw was the upper barn and the rest was grey no matter the tab I was in. I have firefox, google chrome and IE and it happened in all of them, thanks to you I tried opera and it works. So I suppose I will have fourth browser for GS exclusively
(well, I hope it's some kind of temporary bug and the other browesr will work again, I tried to contact admin and describe the troubles)
Sorry for OT, but some other users may have the same troubles, so let there is a chance for them to read it here.topic:
Yes, as of now only Opera works. Long live Opera! We went to Don Carlos in Bolshoi yesterday. May be it was a sign.
topic:Hey, I have the same problem as you today. When I logged out, I saw everything, but when I was logged in, everything I saw was the upper barn and the rest was grey no matter the tab I was in. I have firefox, google chrome and IE and it happened in all of them, thanks to you I tried opera and it works. So I suppose I will have fourth browser for GS exclusively
(well, I hope it's some kind of temporary bug and the other browesr will work again, I tried to contact admin and describe the troubles)
Sorry for OT, but some other users may have the same troubles, so let there is a chance for them to read it here.
Have you tried clearing your cookies for GS?Yes, as of now only Opera works. Long live Opera! We went to Don Carlos in Bolshoi yesterday. May be it was a sign.
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Anna already flying over the ice in practices? That slight figure with strong strokes can only be her ...
Yes, it has to be Anna, Eteri Georgiyevna is in the lower right corner, though the picture is blurry.
Anna's next to skate? The speaker has some problems pronouncing the "Shch"
A few breaks in her SP run through, but the spectators already applauding appreciative.
Yes, it has to be Anna, Eteri Georgiyevna is in the lower right corner, though the picture is blurry.
Anna's next to skate? The speaker has some problems pronouncing the "Shch"
A few breaks in her SP run through, but the spectators already applauding appreciative.
I did. Didn't work. It even doesn't work in IE, which I'm not using at all (so no cookies for GS there). But according to mods they were working with code, so I hope it's just temporal.
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Does anybody have a live stream link for the men’s sp? It’s geoblocked in my country
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Test your Figurka: how well do you know Zagitova, Trusova, Kostornaya and Shcherbakova?
4 Aces from the Tutberidze group will win everything in the new season.
The new season of female figure skating is dominated by the group of Eteri Tutberidze. Next to Alina Zagitova are Alyona Kostornaya, Anna Shcherbakova and Aleksandra Trusova who left the junior ranks. All together they are called 4A - by the first letters of the names, 4 Aces
It is (n't) hard to imagine what this " 4A Company " will bring to the main tournaments of the season: the Grand Prix, the Championships of Russia, Europe and the World.
Even if you do not follow figure skating, you still know that these girls are magnificent on the ice. What else do you know about them? Whose mascot is a unicorn? Whom did Tutberidze drive out of the group? Who dreams of meeting Selena Gomez? Who likes horse riding? To whom did Artyom Dziuba give an autograph?
Direct link to the quizz: https://www.playbuzz.com/thesportest10/10-17-2019-3-23-27-pm
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From: https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/the_sportest/2607669.html
4 Aces from the Tutberidze group will win everything in the new season.
The new season of female figure skating is dominated by the group of Eteri Tutberidze. Next to Alina Zagitova are Alyona Kostornaya, Anna Shcherbakova and Aleksandra Trusova who left the junior ranks. All together they are called 4A - by the first letters of the names, 4 Aces
It is (n't) hard to imagine what this " 4A Company " will bring to the main tournaments of the season: the Grand Prix, the Championships of Russia, Europe and the World.
Even if you do not follow figure skating, you still know that these girls are magnificent on the ice. What else do you know about them? Whose mascot is a unicorn? Whom did Tutberidze drive out of the group? Who dreams of meeting Selena Gomez? Who likes horse riding? To whom did Artyom Dziuba give an autograph?
Direct link to the quizz: https://www.playbuzz.com/thesportest10/10-17-2019-3-23-27-pm
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From: https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/the_sportest/2607669.html
Yes, as of now only Opera works. Long live Opera! We went to Don Carlos in Bolshoi yesterday. May be it was a sign.
OK, after some exchange of mails with admins I can thank them for they fixed the problem. Everything works fine now in firefox.
A little late reply to this, I'm just catching up on posts. I'm on the email list to get notified for tickets and haven't seen that they are selling single event tickets yet? I could be very wrong on that though. From what I saw they are selling day tickets now, giving access to the whole day of competition, so you would be seeing more than one event. Anyways, I would like to go too, could you tell me where to go to purchase tickets for just the ladies so I can decide if it's worth the price?
Its a cursed name along with Polina, Daria and Diana
thats still pretty from her last season, she must have gotten hit with UR or low levels
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News video on First Channel about our ladies at the Grand Prix stage in Las Vegas
Briefly (no time):
About Las Vegas: the Statue of Liberty but it's not New York, the Eiffel Tower, but it's not Paris, the Walk of Fame, but it's not Hollywood. Maximalists Americans collect the best from everywhere in Las Vegas. This also applies to the stars of figure skating who came here.
Anya Shcherbakova will perform in her first senior GP. She is the champion of Russia, jumped 4Lz at competitions in Italy. Q: "If something is harder than 4Lz?" "Yes, for example 3A"(smile)"Although, on principle, I understand how to do it and it’s not so complicated if everything is done correctly"
Further, that Eteri team transfers quads from what seems impossible to normal. About Sasha and four quads.
The following briefly talks about those girls of the national team who are not here: about Alena's gold in Finland, that Alina has the image of Cleopatra, that Zhenya has the image of a geisha, that she is trying to learn a quad on a "fishing pole".
Also in Las Vegas will be Liza Tuktamysheva who lost to Anya very few points (score) in Lombardy, and Konstantinova with her new program with music from the movie Moulin Rouge.
Further, the correspondent says that the arena is small, but it is served in positive colors (not "small", but “chamber”, and that everyone will see clearly)
About Tuktamysheva: Maybe her rivals have more sophisticated, fancy programs, but her answer to this is experience, her personality, natural grace and a disarming smile. Liza: "I just want to enjoy my programs and that everyone else would enjoy it"
Further about the Las Vegas casino, that Mishin could not resist the temptation and visited them. Funny (very funny
) Mishin: "I was in a casino - there is roulette spinning, I came to the rink - there girls spinning. I hope that our - Russian roulette - will win"
Journalist: "Well, Professor (Mishin), got a point - everything that was in Vegas remains in Vegas, and only medals can be taken home."
Briefly (no time):
About Las Vegas: the Statue of Liberty but it's not New York, the Eiffel Tower, but it's not Paris, the Walk of Fame, but it's not Hollywood. Maximalists Americans collect the best from everywhere in Las Vegas. This also applies to the stars of figure skating who came here.
Anya Shcherbakova will perform in her first senior GP. She is the champion of Russia, jumped 4Lz at competitions in Italy. Q: "If something is harder than 4Lz?" "Yes, for example 3A"(smile)"Although, on principle, I understand how to do it and it’s not so complicated if everything is done correctly"
Further, that Eteri team transfers quads from what seems impossible to normal. About Sasha and four quads.
The following briefly talks about those girls of the national team who are not here: about Alena's gold in Finland, that Alina has the image of Cleopatra, that Zhenya has the image of a geisha, that she is trying to learn a quad on a "fishing pole".
Also in Las Vegas will be Liza Tuktamysheva who lost to Anya very few points (score) in Lombardy, and Konstantinova with her new program with music from the movie Moulin Rouge.
Further, the correspondent says that the arena is small, but it is served in positive colors (not "small", but “chamber”, and that everyone will see clearly)
About Tuktamysheva: Maybe her rivals have more sophisticated, fancy programs, but her answer to this is experience, her personality, natural grace and a disarming smile. Liza: "I just want to enjoy my programs and that everyone else would enjoy it"
Further about the Las Vegas casino, that Mishin could not resist the temptation and visited them. Funny (very funny
) Mishin: "I was in a casino - there is roulette spinning, I came to the rink - there girls spinning. I hope that our - Russian roulette - will win"Journalist: "Well, Professor (Mishin), got a point - everything that was in Vegas remains in Vegas, and only medals can be taken home."
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Thanks, Orlov.
So the Russian skater train and compete at very odd hours for them. But Liza Tuktamysheva explained it in her interview, to get completely adapted to the time difference takes more time, and flying in and out before the 5th day saves the athletes from the worst effects of jet lag.
Still, lets hope the older contestants help young Anna to cope with this new experience for her and that all Russians support each other and the other contestants. First start of the season, meeting old acquaintances, making new friends.
Hopefully some time for sight seeing remains in that strange place that is Las Vegas
Best of luck to all contestants, clean skating and fair judging.
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I moved the video to my channel to avoid geoblocking
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This is the direct link to the Figurka quizz: https://www.playbuzz.com/thesportest10/10-17-2019-3-23-27-pm
LOL, I scored only 11/22 off the top of my head, and I call myself a Khrustal'yan??:noshake:
All the answers are to be found in the various articles and blog postings I interpreted over the last months.
LOL, I scored only 11/22 off the top of my head, and I call myself a Khrustal'yan??:noshake:
All the answers are to be found in the various articles and blog postings I interpreted over the last months.
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