2020-21 Russian Men's figure skating

[CrazyKittenLady]

He is also a year in after switching coaches,

Hasn't he been with Mishina/Star Ice since at least 2013?

 

[lariko]

Hasn't he been with Mishina/Star Ice since at least 2013?

Last year he was somehow with Tutberidze. Dunno, that’s how I remembered it from junior nationals

 

[AlimaAsh]

Last year he was somehow with Tutberidze. Dunno, that’s how I remembered it from junior nationals

I think you are confusing Zhenya with Egor Rukhin. Zhenya has been trained by Tatiana Mishina since when he’s been doing double jumps

 

[lariko]

I think you are confusing Zhenya with Egor Rukhin. Zhenya has been trained by Tatiana Mishina since when he’s been doing double jumps

Oh, okay! Sorry, Semenenko!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Lol, coach switching drama narrowly avoided. Phew!

 

[NAOTMAA]

What’s the current word on Aliev and Samarin? I assume between the two of them the one who is the most healthy is the one who goes to Nebelhorn

 

[lariko]

What’s the current word on Aliev and Samarin? I assume between the two of them the one who is the most healthy is the one who goes to Nebelhorn

Samarin was in a show iirc, saying he is well. Aliev has been quiet lately?

 

[Weathergal]

What’s the current word on Aliev and Samarin? I assume between the two of them the one who is the most healthy is the one who goes to Nebelhorn

I can certainly understand sending Aliev, but if they're not sending him, I'd send Kondratyuk or Ignatov before Samarin. Or possibly a healthy Danielian or even Gummenik. I know Samarin's tech can be high, but so can most of the other skaters I mentioned, and I think they all have better PCS. More importantly, they deliver at least some of the time; Samarin hasn't been delivering recently.

 

[coldblueeyes]

I’d make a series of competitions solely to decide which is the most consistent to send. We know Russian men

 

[Amei]

I’d make a series of competitions solely to decide which is the most consistent to send. We know Russian men

The only problem with that is that Nebelhorn (unless they are moving it) is at the beginning of the season, usually skaters use it as a warm up competition prior to their GP events. Issues with doing a series of competitions before that, Its going to cause athletes to shorten their off-season to recover or could affect their preparation for the upcoming season and making them have a mini-series of competitions before the season going into a long season they risk tiring out someone by the time the Games roll around

 

[coldblueeyes]

The only problem with that is that Nebelhorn (unless they are moving it) is at the beginning of the season, usually skaters use it as a warm up competition prior to their GP events. Issues with doing a series of competitions before that, Its going to cause athletes to shorten their off-season to recover or could affect their preparation for the upcoming season and making them have a mini-series of competitions before the season going into a long season they risk tiring out someone by the time the Games roll around

Oh, definitely. But I was more thinking on the lines of who to send to the Olympics, but then, we can also assume the season is going to run more smoothly this time?

 

[Amei]

Oh, definitely. But I was more thinking on the lines of who to send to the Olympics, but then, we can also assume the season is going to run more smoothly this time?

oh well in regards to the Olympics, I mean I don't know if a separate series is really necessary. Assume next season goes on as normal - they will have Challenger events, GP events, Nationals, Europeans (for a few of the skaters) and the Russian Cup Final to evaluate their readiness and who is best able to represent Russia in the Olympics. Assume next season is more like last season - I'm sure Russia will do the Cup series that they did this past season and use those to evaluate the skaters. I don't know if its really necessary to have another set of competitions whichever scenario for next season happens, they would run the risk of running them ragged and whichever skaters they do select being exhausted come time for the Olympics.

 

[nussnacker]

Dima spilling some secrets of Russian men on the use of silicone bra thing in men’s skating
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-NY7GJ3PR/
LOL, he learned that trick from Samarin

 

[rollerblade]

Well, the Russia Cup Series has now taken on a new meaning.

 

[Jeanie19]

The only problem with that is that Nebelhorn (unless they are moving it) is at the beginning of the season, usually skaters use it as a warm up competition prior to their GP events. Issues with doing a series of competitions before that, Its going to cause athletes to shorten their off-season to recover or could affect their preparation for the upcoming season and making them have a mini-series of competitions before the season going into a long season they risk tiring out someone by the time the Games roll around

I think test skates is before Nebelhorn, so that might be the deciding factor.

 

[Lana05]

How many skaters can Russia send for Nebelhorn?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

How many skaters can Russia send for Nebelhorn?

One (assuming we are just talking about the guys)

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Btw do we have any new updates on Daniil S?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Sasha S. and Mark K. got some sweaters from "Team of the Firsts" (Zhenya Medvedeva's team at the Channel One Cup) and are now fooling around on the ice in them. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNP71eOpUiS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link



Yay for Sasha's wardrobe, finally a piece of clothing without a scary face on the back of it.

 

[lariko]

I dunno if this was mentioned before, but Murashov and Savosin are trying for youtube skate-offs, with jumping elimination challenges and sort of goofy attitude. It’s called Skating Skills. They had Kovalev, Samoylov, Erokhin and Yablokov. Kindda relaxing vs the competition environment.