2019-20 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating
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Sakamoto is hardly the first name I would think of when I think of when I hear elegance, musicality and interpretation. But here we are the Russian girls are supposed to look up to her. I suppose Shcherbakova should stop being an idol of Asada and start idolizing Sakamoto. Not that I recommend copying famous or legendary skater. IMO I find it unnatural and just plain weird. Skating style has to evolve naturally. Going back Sakamoto, I wonder where people manage to pull that one out. When I hear of those words now I think of Sinitsyna personally ever since I saw her. She's surpassed Kostornaya or Shcherbakova in my list.
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I've always wondered, why does the ISU allow costume changes in competition? It seems to me that they should be considered a prop. (Asking this here because Anna's costume change has received so much popularity, but I'm aware that many other skaters have used them as well).
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I was referring to the post above that spuriously claim that Kostornaya is the only Russian worth watching and she and Sakamoto share the same talent. I highly doubt that is the case or that Japanese and Canadian skaters are the only ones who are pleasing to watch. I really don't know where to start with this claim honestly. It's so wrong on many levels especially inserting Canadian skaters
. Who are these people? I must be hiding under a rock.
So the RusFed didn't play usual games and decided to follow the pronciples of sport. Some money related thoughts here: to send one team is cheaper than two or three.
Good to see Sasha in the game again.
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Wow, no offense, but I literally forgot she existed.
I totally misread that as Satoko, which I can sort of understand (even if I totally disagree)...
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looking at the best scorers, the 3A are no more than 16, Alina is 17, Rika is is 17, Zenya when topping the list was about 18.
When we think of Yuzuru or Fernandez we look at performances of people well in their 20s with more maturity and experience.
There is some uge artistic potential in the women above, but is still evolving.
Alyona, like Carolina, seems to cast a spell over the ice when she skate: is something difficult to explain and more than simple tempo and grace (Anna have plenty of that for example), but Alyona and Carolina are mesmerizing .
I'm going to see Alyona in Bolzano for the gala and i'm very curious to see the her live to confirm or not this sensation.
Is that why I am so sad to see skaters like Alina or Zenya pushed out of international events.
They still have so much to give.
I will miss Zenya's Lyric performance and just this years Alina was showing an artistic growth above my expectations.
Just imagine the emotions Alyona and Anna could summon skating at 24 if they continue to work on it.
To bad this is likely not going to happen.
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it's like there is some magic wind pushing them or they floathing a pair of cm above the ice.
Technique and posture totally masquerade the effort they put on the ice.
Carolina was the same
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Me too.
Impression is she's still skating like a junior (I can do that and it will be great), while her "sisters" already made the mental jump to senior (what I have I will deliver).
Tarasova in her latest interview blamed the climatic extremies of Siberian capital Krasnoyarsk (translated as Red-Forest-city) for the abudance of skaters' errors.
Yeah, having -30C and below did nothing good for Moscow and S/P skaters who were 95% of participants.
Apparenty it didn't influence Anna's performance.
Yeah, having -30C and below did nothing good for Moscow and S/P skaters who were 95% of participants.
Apparenty it didn't influence Anna's performance.
Sasha competes againt the Wikipedia. Others compete between themselves.
Anna is a RusNats specialist.
Alyona is good for GPFs.
Sasha leads the match agains the Wiki 3-1 and wants to improve to 4-1 (may be even 5-1, who knows how much this Daredevil's ready to sucrifice herself)
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Anna is Snegurochka, so no influence there.
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These three are on the road to repeat exactly what happened last year: Aliona gets gpf, Anna rusnats, Sasha worlds/euros?
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If Trusova and her trainers find the right balance, a triksel and just the right number of quads, Aleksandra skating clean will be the right up there with the others capable of 250 plus.
She and the team probably have gotten the message by now. Euros is in a little less than a month, probably too little time for Alyona's quad and Anna and Aleksandra's triksels to be included I reckon, unless there new elements are at 80-90% readiness now?
But who know what can be achieved in the three months before Worlds? It will be very hard for any of the other candidates like Rika Kihira to match this level. Kihira first needs to get back to full health, and of course none of the Russian girls should get injured.
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I think you meant Satoko, and not Sakamoto, right?
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Kaori (Sakamoto) has some of the best SS in the ladies' field right now. Lilahozi was just talking about that. I feel like there shouldn't be a lot of controversy surrounding that. Whether or not she's artistic might be more controversial, but for me, she's also one of the most artistic ladies in the field, with a sincerity and passion that's second to none 
There's no reason to be all shocked and be like "you can't have meant Sakamoto" when we're talking artistry.
There's no reason to be all shocked and be like "you can't have meant Sakamoto" when we're talking artistry.
