2020-21 Russian Nationals: Ladies' Free Skate

[norwegianfairytale]

Such a beautiful and emotional skate from Frolova Well done!

 

[Novalis]

Her name is pronounced Fralova?
How can I tell which 'o' is pronounced as 'a'? Is there a cheat sheet?

No, it's quite random

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Lovely redemption skate from Anna! I'm generally not a big fan of overly lyrical programs, but Anna F. makes it work for me.

 

[LiamForeman]

Beautiful from Anna Frolova! I love her presentation. Tarakanova, take note.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Frolova’s the first girl so far that didn’t completely skate over her music.

 

[elektra blue]

Her name is pronounced Fralova?
How can I tell which 'o' is pronounced as 'a'? Is there a cheat sheet?

when the accent doesn't fall on the O

 

[Jontor]

Frolova is nice and talented but she just does nothing to me.

Yeah, I have grandma feelings about her...don't know why

 

[TripleAxelQueens3]

Redemption! I really love this program for her! It’s delicate and detailed and she’s so elegant.

 

[Novalis]

when the accent doesn't fall on the O

Yes, but where the accent is, is quite without rules.

 

[Fluture]

Among the sea of busy transitions and hectic programs, Frolova has a very calming presence to her skating. I used to find it boring but it‘s growing on me. She also has a nice way of covering up slightly off landings with quick transitions. And she was clean! Very nice.

It won‘t be enough to beat the big guns because she’d need something extra special for that but she did what she could.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Her name is pronounced Fralova?
How can I tell which 'o' is pronounced as 'a'? Is there a cheat sheet?

Didn't we just have this discussion in the pair's FS thread?

 

[Anni234]

Her name is pronounced Fralova?
How can I tell which 'o' is pronounced as 'a'? Is there a cheat sheet?

Yeah, the rule is that O turns into A when there is no emphasis on the O. But where the emphasis falls you can only really understand fully if you are a born Russian speaker. I still struggle with it a lot and I've spoken Russian for years. The same goes for when E is actually E with dots (Ё) and thus pronounced "yo". They do not tend to write that letter out like ever.

 

[elektra blue]

Yeah, I have grandma feelings about her...don't know why

the fact is she doesn't have a distinct personality. she is the smooth russian skater easy to watch, but nothing more than that

 

[Jontor]

Go Konstantinova!

Please, a clean skate...

 

[Fluture]

Stasya.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

What will Stasya do... Good luck!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Come on Stasya! You have such a great FP this season, please do it justice!

 

[elektra blue]

Yes, but where the accent is, is quite without rules.

they should write it down, but they rarely do, like the umlaut on the E when it's pronounced yo instead of ye

 

[Paulipau]

I very much like Stasyas packaging. Wish she would be more consistent tho.

 

[Anni234]

Lots of pops