2020-21 Russian Pairs' figure skating

[flanker]

When I was in it

Russian national team (seniors):

Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitry Kozlovskii
Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov
Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin
Apollinariia Panfilova/Dmitry Rylov
Alina Pepeleva/Roman Pleshkov
In reserve:
Yasmina Kadyrova/Ivan Balchenko
Dmitry Yalin/-

Russian national team (juniors and novices*):

Ksenia Akhanteva/Valeryi Kolesov
Yulia Artemeva/Mikhail Nazarychev
Diana Mukhametzianova/Ilya Mironov
Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitry Evgeniev
Alina Raskovalova/Artyom Butaev*
In reserve:
Viktoria Vasilieva/Nikita Volodin
Tatiana Kuzmina/Aleksei Khvalko
Ekaterina Petushkova/Evgeniy Malikov

ISU Championships assignments:

Worlds:

TBD

Europeans:

TBD

Jr Worlds:

TBD

Pairs with GP assignments (sorted by competition):

GP Rostelecom Cup (only russian participants)

20-22 November 2020

Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii

Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Gallamov

Apollinariia Panfilova/Dmitry Rylov

Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin

Alina Pepeleva/Roman Pleshkov

TBA

Pairs with JGP assignments (sorted by competition):

JGP cancelled (with very vague possibility of being arranged later). :sad21:

Stages of the Russian Cup - seniors:

1st stage, Syzran (results)	2nd stage, Moscow (results)	3rd stage, Sochi (results)	4th stage, Kazan	5th stage, Moscow
18-22.09.2020	10-13.10.2020	23.-27. 10.2020	08-12.11.2020	05.-08.12.2020
Akopova Karina/Rakhmanin Nikita	Kadyrova Yasmina/Balchenko Ivan	Artemeva Iuliya/Nazarichev Mikhail	Mishina A./Galliamov A.	Boikova A./Kozlovsky D.
Artemeva Yulia/Nazarichev Mikhail	Pavliuchenko Daria/Khodykin Denis	Pavliuchenko Daria/Khodykin Denis		Panfilova A./Rylov D.
Akhanteva Ksenia/Kolesov Valerii		Pepeleva Alina/Pleshkov Roman
Balabanova Anastasia/Svyatchenko Aleksei		Mukhametzianova Diana/Mironov Iliya
		Pavlova Maria/Spiridorova Iliya

Stages of the Russian Cup - juniors:

1st stage, Syzran (results)	2nd stage, Moscow (results)	3rd stage, Sochi (results)	4th stage, Kazan	5th stage, Moscow
18-22.09.2020	10-13.10.2020	23.-27. 10.2020	08-12.11.2020	05.-08.12.2020
Boyarintseva Daria/Shagalov Maksim	Belova Ekaterina/Chigirev Dmitri	Andreyeva Daria/Malyuchenko Daniil
Kobicheva Ekaterina/Kazeev Zakhar	Geinish Ekaterina/Sachkov Andrei	Boyarintseva Daria/Shagalov Maksim
Kuzmina Tatiana/Khvalko Aleksei	Kostiukovich Polina/Briukhanov Aleksei	Kobicheva Ekaterina/Kazeyev Zakhar
Raskovalova Alina/Butayev Artyom	Tarasova Aglaya/Belkov Ivan	Kostiukovich Polina/Bryukhanov Aleksei
Safina Karina/Bachmat Sergei	Finokhina Aleksandra/Antonishev Vladimir	Kuzmina Tatyana/Khvalko Aleksei
Trubacheva Milana/Smirnov Vladislav		Kukhortova Anastasia/Evgeniev Dmitryi
Khabibulina Natalia/Knyazhuk Ilia		Rodionov Aliza/Karpov Aleksei
		Safina Karina/Bakhmat Sergei

Pairs with CS and other remarkable assignments:

TBD

Pairs qualified to Russian Sr Nationals:

TBD

Pairs qualified to Russian Jr Nationals:

TBD

Coming to senior age:

Panfilova/Rylov
Pepeleva/Pleshkov
Vyslobokova/Ivanov (probably)

Coming to junior age:

TBD

Coaching changes:

Mishina/Galliamov: from Velikovs to Moskvina

Splits and new partners:

Splits:
Kostiukovich/Ialin: split up
Efimova/Korovin: split up (Korovin retired, Efimova will represent Germany)
Shcheglova/Kalashnikov: split up
Vislobokova/Briukhanov split up (Vislobokova is looking for a new partner)
Buzaeva/Rakhmanin split up
Osipova/Bushlanov split up
Akopova/Shagalov split up
Selivanova/Simenenko split up
Kudriavtseva/Spiridonov split up (Kudriavceva is looking for a new partner)

New pairs:
Akopova paired with Rakhmanin (will be coached by Klimov)
Boyarintseva paired with Shagalov (unconfirmed yet)
Efimova paired with Ruben Blommaert (will be representing Germany)
Glukhareva paired with Marinskiy
Kostiukovich paired with Briukhanov (instagram post here)
Kostyuk paired with Andrei Rud (training video here)
Pavlova paired with Spiridorov
Ponosova paired with Yalin (didn't hold on, Ponosova looking for a new partner now)
Solovieva paired with Elisei Ivanov
Storublevtseva paired with Gritsaenko
Tumanova paired with Kunitsa
Varentsova paired with Bushlanov (unconfirmed yet)
Vasilieva paired with Volodin (unconfirmed yet)
Vislobokova paired with Shaderkov (probably changed to Ialin).

Retirements:

Ksenia Stolbova
Alexander Korovin

Coming from singles:

Georgiy Kunitsa: from Tutberidze to Moskvina
Viktoria Vasilieva (to Sokolov, Molotov - SZFO)
Anastasia Kostyuk (probably to Nina Mozer)

Main topics:

For now, the main concern is: will the season even start and when?
Will there be JGP and GP series?
How quickly the pairs get back to the form?
Will there be the age eligibility for seniors changed?

Useful links:

FS biographies
World standings
Allskaters.info
Skatingscores
RinkResults
National Team
Russian Cup stages
First stage - entries
First stage of the Russian Cup - entries and results

 

[TeamGubanova]

When I was in it

Russian national team (seniors):

TBD

Russian national team (juniors):

TBD

ISU Championships assignments:

Worlds:

TBD

Europeans:

TBD

Jr Worlds:

TBD

Pairs with GP assignments (sorted by competition):

TBD

Pairs with JGP assignments (sorted by competition):

TBD

Pairs with CS and other remarkable assignments:

TBD

Pairs qualified to Russian Sr Nationals:

TBD

Pairs qualified to Russian Jr Nationals:

TBD

Coming to senior age:

Panfilova/Rylov

Coming to junior age:

TBD

Coaching changes:

Mishina/Galliamov: from Velikovs to Moskvina

Main topics:

For now, the main concern is: will the season even start and when?
Will there be JGP and GP series?
How quickly the pairs get back to the form?
Will there be the age eligibility for seniors changed?

Useful links:

FS biographies
World standings
Allskaters.info
Skatingscores

I'll help fill in the blanks

Russian national team (seniors):

Alexandra Boiikova / Dmitry Kozlovskii
Anastasia Mishina / Alexander Galiamov
Daria Paviluchenko / Denis Khodykin
Apollinaria Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

SUBS

Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko

 

[flanker]

I'll help fill in the blanks

Russian national team (seniors):

Alexandra Boiikova / Dmitry Kozlovskii
Anastasia Mishina / Alexander Galiamov
Daria Paviluchenko / Denis Khodykin
Apollinaria Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov
Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov

SUBS

Yasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko

Thanks for the info. Though it is interesting that Kadyrova is already a member of the senior team after one season in pairs and just competing in the Russian Cup. But I guess her partner cannot compete in juniors anymore.

 

[happycamper2554]

In my dreams k/I get back together but I guess not

 

[Zamin]

Pepeleva/Pleshkov are also moving up from juniors to seniors.

For the splits we also have Efimova/Korovin with Korovin retired iirc.

Any idea about which junior pairs we might expect on the JGP circuit (if there is a JGP circuit that is?)? I'd say Akhantieva/Kolesov, Artemieva/Nazarychev and Mukhametzianova/Mironov seem obvious given their past results. Maybe also Petushkova/Malikov and Mukhortova/Evgeniev ?
Also are there any infos on Shcheglova/Kalashnykov. They had to JGP assignments last season, not exactly successful, and then nothing... They weren't at Junior Nats.

 

[flanker]

Pepeleva/Pleshkov are also moving up from juniors to seniors.

For the splits we also have Efimova/Korovin with Korovin retired iirc.

Any idea about which junior pairs we might expect on the JGP circuit (if there is a JGP circuit that is?)? I'd say Akhantieva/Kolesov, Artemieva/Nazarychev and Mukhametzianova/Mironov seem obvious given their past results. Maybe also Petushkova/Malikov and Mukhortova/Evgeniev ?
Also are there any infos on Shcheglova/Kalashnykov. They had to JGP assignments last season, not exactly successful, and then nothing... They weren't at Junior Nats.

I guess we will see Shcheglova/Kalashnikov again in JGP (if there would be any of course). Though I'm not that oriented in pairs. Last season pairs like Mukhametzianova/Mironov and Artemeva/Nazarychev were completely new to me and left good impression, so I guess there can appear some new ones to me.

I also guess later in the season we would see Kunitsa with his new partner on some local junior competitions. He is still only 17 so for the next two or three seasons he can be in the junior national team.

 

[flanker]

BTW can I ask for the flag icon to the thread title?

 

[Kittosuni]

Thanks for the info. Though it is interesting that Kadyrova is already a member of the senior team after one season in pairs and just competing in the Russian Cup. But I guess her partner cannot compete in juniors anymore.

Kadyrova/Balchenko is so promising.

They have the difficult and big jumps. Triple twist is surprisingly good with great amplitude despite her landing it hard sometimes.

Lifts are not bad but laboured sometimes. Really need to improve that as well as their speed.

They also have that "classic look" for a pair team.

Panfilova/Rylov for me is the biggest question mark. They are beautiful team but without the triple jumps it is hard to get out of Russia.

 

[TeamGubanova]

Pepeleva/Pleshkov are also moving up from juniors to seniors.

For the splits we also have Efimova/Korovin with Korovin retired iirc.

Any idea about which junior pairs we might expect on the JGP circuit (if there is a JGP circuit that is?)? I'd say Akhantieva/Kolesov, Artemieva/Nazarychev and Mukhametzianova/Mironov seem obvious given their past results. Maybe also Petushkova/Malikov and Mukhortova/Evgeniev ?
Also are there any infos on Shcheglova/Kalashnykov. They had to JGP assignments last season, not exactly successful, and then nothing... They weren't at Junior Nats.

Scheglova/Kalashnykov split.

 

[hanca]

Thanks for the info. Though it is interesting that Kadyrova is already a member of the senior team after one season in pairs and just competing in the Russian Cup. But I guess her partner cannot compete in juniors anymore.

They were second on the senior Russian cup final, and this competition has always helped with selection to the national team. After all, they even beat Pepeleva/Pleshkov who is on the main senior team, so I think Kadyrova/Balchenko being in the reserve is well deserved. Yes, they did only one competition, but one could argue that Pepeleva/Pleshkov also didn’t have that strong season, didn’t even managed to get to JGPF, but then they managed well senior nationals and based on this one strong competition they are in the senior team, so why shouldn’t Kadyrova/Balchenko be in reserve team based on one competition?

 

[flanker]

They were second on the senior Russian cup final, and this competition has always helped with selection to the national team. After all, they even beat Pepeleva/Pleshkov who is on the main senior team, so I think Kadyrova/Balchenko being in the reserve is well deserved. Yes, they did only one competition, but one could argue that Pepeleva/Pleshkov also didn’t have that strong season, didn’t even managed to get to JGPF, but then they managed well senior nationals and based on this one strong competition they are in the senior team, so why shouldn’t Kadyrova/Balchenko be in reserve team based on one competition?

I didn't say they don't deserve it, i was just surprised, expecting them at least one season in juniors. As for pepeleva/Pleshkov, they are a makeweight for now.

 

[hanca]

Vislobokova/Briukhanov split up
Buzaeva/Rakhmanin split up
Osipova/Bushlanov split up
Akopova/Shagalov split up
Selivanova/Simenenko split up

Akopova paired up with Rakhmanin

Kostiukovich had tryout with Bushlanov but then she posted on her instagram photo with missing her tooth, so not sure if this will continue. This was before the pandemic, so not sure if the partnership will work out. Another rumour said that she skates with Kunitsa, who just moved from Tutberidze to pairs. We will see...

Ialin was skating with Valeria Ponosova (a pair skater, but was not very good yet last season).

Last season Labazina was on paper paired with Miroshkin but Miroshkin has been injured for the past about 4 years, so she went to skate with US guy T.J.Nyman. They just posted a nice triple twist on his instagram, so this partnership will hopefully continue.

 

[hanca]

I didn't say they don't deserve it, i was just surprised, expecting them at least one season in juniors. As for pepeleva/Pleshkov, they are a makeweight for now.

Pepeleva/Pleskov deserve to be in senior team. If a pair do only one competition great, it needs to be the nationals because that decides about team (and funding) for the next season. However, but they will have to become super consistent otherwise after this season they will disappear to just B competitions.

Re: Kadyrova/Balchenko, he aged out, so there can’t be a few seasons in juniors. They do look really promising, but I am slightly worried about his jumps. Kadyrova was recently a single skater so for her the jumps shouldn’t be a problem, but Balchenko wasn’t super consistent when skating with his previous partner. It’s great that they are doing those hard jumps, but if he can’t land them consistently, it won’t go anywhere.

 

[Dreamer57]

I'd like to wish all the best for the skaters this season, especially Tarasova/Morozov!

I hope that Efimova can find a new partner too.

 

[hanca]

Vyslobokova apparently skates with Ivanov. I think he is not junior eligible anymore, so they will be skating seniors.

 

[Kittosuni]

Re: Kadyrova/Balchenko, he aged out, so there can’t be a few seasons in juniors. They do look really promising, but I am slightly worried about his jumps. Kadyrova was recently a single skater so for her the jumps shouldn’t be a problem, but Balchenko wasn’t super consistent when skating with his previous partner. It’s great that they are doing those hard jumps, but if he can’t land them consistently, it won’t go anywhere.

K/B have limited competition experience since they are new but IFAIK he hasn't missed a jump yet and they already tried triple Toe, loop and salchow successfully.

The only way to get them consistent is to compete more. Since their tech content is very competitive they have a high scoring ceiling.

 

[Skater Boy]

I am wondering if T and M will get it together this year now that she will have had time to heal from her injury. Despite their differences can they work on creating some magic. Key will be health, ,relationship and some good material. They need to create a mood.

 

[dlarry1]

I've been watching a lot of Panfilova and Rylov while sheltered at home. Their short program lift astonishes me from start to finish. When it goes up, at the top he actually pops his grip and moves both his hands. Does anyone else do that? Has anyone else ever done that? It reminds me of Daniel Leyva and his "hop" on high bar.

https://youtu.be/Q0W3RL19hY4?t=89

 

[flanker]

National team is updated above.

Interesting notes:
Vika Vasilieva moved to pairs.
Dmitry Ialin is a memeber of a senior reserve team, but has no partner currently, Polina Kostiukovich is not listed.

 

[surimi]

Interesting info about Vasilieva! I think someone mentioned a while ago that she was among those who could reasonably expect a GP assignment. Or do I misremember?