2019-20 Russian Pairs' figure skating

[happycamper2554]

Why were Polina & Dima only doing placeholder/single jumps? Unusual mistakes on the throws and I'm annoyed they cut out the beginning of Sarabande Suite lol cause I was looking forward to this FS and the beginning is the best part. They look only about 30% ready. Hopefully by their first JGP (Chelyabinsk) they will be ready

Interview with their coaches says she has grown over the summer and that has caused them issues. Hoping they sort it out before the JGP.

 

[Rosallie]

Something about the new pair - Ksenia Stolbova & Andrei Novoselov:
https://fs-gossips.com/tatiana-tarasova-a-coach-needs-continuously-improve-his-coaching-level/

 

[Rosallie]

From Ksenia&Andrei FanFest, originally posted by gordana:
https://rsport.ria.ru/20190823/1557813633.html - New photos are there!!!

 

[Lachinka]

Where did they lock Kostiukovich/ Yalin? :sad21:

 

[flanker]

JGP Lake Placid is this season's first competition of the russian junior pairs. The pairs are:
Apollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov
Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov (no separate video of their SP yet)
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov

After the short program all three russian pairs are on first three places as expected (in order above), but only Panilova/Rylov were completely clean.

 

[LadyB]

I'm totally happy for Lina and Roman, their run wasn't flawless, but they're still in medal position and their SP is pretty good.

 

[Georgya]

Apollinariia and Dmitry are trully special. Their FP from Lake Placid was amazing, top quality lifts and skating skills. There is work to be done but oh my gosh they are so satisfying to watch.

 

[flanker]

Russian pairs took first three places at Lake Placid as expexted. Another positive thing is that there were much much less errors than at the test skates. Free programs:

Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov - 1st
Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov - 2nd
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov - 3rd

 

[flanker]

JGP Lake Placid victory ceremony with all three russian pairs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0K9nSkCJRU

 

[TheBallerina]

Such a joy to watch Panfilova/Rylov, their interpretation is always top notch (loved the Matrix SP too!), and their pair elements are incredible. Their throws, twists are efortless and they even got 2 level 4 death spirals, element for which many senior teams struggle to get level 4. I know I am saying this continuously since last year, but my biggest wish is too see them jumping triple single elements, everything else is there...

Akhanteva/Kolesov skated better than at test skates, they are on an upward trajectory and can get only better from now on. Eager to watch them at the next assignement :luv17:

Strong 3rd place for Pepeleva/Pleshkov, I hope they will receive a second assignement and the chance to qualify in the JGPF, last season it broke my heart that they did not receive it.

 

[flanker]

Such a joy to watch Panfilova/Rylov, their interpretation is always top notch (loved the Matrix SP too!), and their pair elements are incredible. Their throws, twists are efortless and they even got 2 level 4 death spirals, element for which many senior teams struggle to get level 4. I know I am saying this continuously since last year, but my biggest wish is too see them jumping triple single elements, everything else is there...

Akhanteva/Kolesov skated better than at test skates, they are on an upward trajectory and can get only better from now on. Eager to watch them at the next assignement :luv17:

Strong 3rd place for Pepeleva/Pleshkov, I hope they will receive a second assignement and the chance to qualify in the JGPF, last season it broke my heart that they did not receive it.

Those were particularly Akhanteva/Kolesov, who got the second chance with the bronze medal last season I believe, because of their better score. Need to say they deserved it, on their second entry in Ostrava they even defeated Kostiuchovich/Ialin and made it to the final.

 

[TheBallerina]

Those were particularly Akhanteva/Kolesov, who got the second chance with the bronze medal last season I believe, because of their better score. Need to say they deserved it, on their second entry in ostrava they even defeated Kostiuchovich/Ialin and made it to the final.

I agree with you, Akhanteva/Kolesov totally deserved their 2nd assignement, they had great score and also amazing potential to improve it (I must confess they are one of my favourites Russian pairs , and the injury from the second part of the season broke my heart). No way Pepeleva/Pleshkov would deserve a 2nd assignement before them.

The fact that they did not receive a 2nd assignement was more a matter of luck/different fed strategy, who opted to send 7 teams in JGP, 5 with 2 assignements and 2 with one, and chose to give this experience to as many couples as possible, instead of maximizing the number of couples in the JGPF. Which is not so bad after all, this is a valuable experience for every couple, and especially in a country with so much depth in pairs as Russia.:thumbsup:

 

[zounger]

Bolero looks a perfect choice for T/M, Te Amo we will see.

 

[zounger]

Both T/M and B/K great short programs make you want to go see them live.

 

[flanker]

All pairs test skates from today:
https://www.1tv.ru/sport/predsezonn...trolnye-prokaty-po-figurnomu-kataniyu-2019-20

 

[nussnacker]

B/K were really something today!
So strong and confident! they don't look like scared ex-juniors, the aura today was so calm collected and confident!
Also, the ending was magnificent!

 

[flanker]

B/K were really something today!
So strong and confident! they don't look like scared ex-juniors, the aura today was so calm collected and confident!
Also, the ending was magnificent!

Also Kozlovskii looked like "his own older brother" in comparison with how he looked at worlds

The only unhappy thing is that Zabiiako/Enbert missed test skates due to ilness. Otherwise this was strong "competition", with T/M and B/K in the lead but the rest didn't ashamed themselves as well.

 

[TheBallerina]

All the pairs were at an extremely high level yesterday in the SP!

I absolutely love Bolero for T/M, it fits them perfectly, and they seem to be in a great shape for the next season.

One of the highlights of the day for me was indeed B/K, not only they were very good, but they improved so much during the last months! So many new, difficult entries (see the beautiful death spiral entry), improved speed and flow, the choreo of the program is just beautiful, and it will help them stand out from the rest. They are such a hardworking pair, I totally see them becoming in the future Russia's number 2, and even 1 pair, because they also have the IT factor, the audience becomes engaged in their performances.

P/K have a beautiful program, but they still seem to struggle with consistency. So happy to watch M/G skating so well, one of my highlights from Zagreb, they seem to have kept their consistency and knowing how ambitious and hardworking they are, I feel they will put a great fight in the GP series and to catch the Russian team, even in this senior debut season.

 

[flanker]

All pairs SP on official 1TV channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWOARQ36qs

 

[anonymoose_au]

The depth of Russian pairs is incredible! I enjoyed them all and look forward to seeing them in competition.

T/M were my favourite though, Bolero is so good for them! That lift is still blowing my mind! The throw was huge too!