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2022 Russian Nationals
23-26 December 2021
Yubileyny Sports Palace Venue site (Russian language)
Saint Petersburg, RUS
Upcoming Russian Nationals are not only the qualifying event for the Olympics. For me they are the test of the grandeur of Eteri driven system. Yulia was a phenomenon, a wonder. So was Zhenja at her prime. At the same time, the mechanism was working - the clock was ticking. I expect that this year we shall finally have a constellation of mega talent - the best athletes this sport has ever seen at their prime.
Anna Scherbakova - the reigning WC, a 3 time National champion
Kamila Valieva - the reigning JWC, the only skater who could beat clean Anna with quads
Alexandra Trusova - "Russian rocket" - the only skater who tried 5 quads in one program, the skater who has potentially astronomical BV
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - 2015 WC and the reigning WSM. She is rumored to work on 4T. If she manages to add it to her 3 3As, her BV will be high enough to be competitive with almost everyone.
Maja Khromykh - the third chain in "VUK" link. She was lagging behind "V" and "U" until she finally showed that she can land clean quads. And it has changed everything...
These skaters are the core. But there will be many other wonderful skaters.
I won't comment much on other events. It does not mean that they are not interesting. On the oppoosite. In men we finally have 3 spots. Misha's place looks firm. But what about 2 other spots? Evgenij Semenenko made a wonder during the last worlds having shown outstanding reliability under stress. But, I am sure, he will have to fight with Aliev, Samarin, Ignatov, Kondratyuk, Mozalev, Gumenik, and Danielyan.
In pairs it looks like 2 spots are taken: M/G and B/K. Who would think? Does it mean that the third spot will automatically go to T/M? I am not sure - there definitely will be some drama.
I don't follow dance. It seemed that as usual we knew everything before it even started. S/K, S/B, and Z/G. However, there is a twist with the meteoric rise of D/S whom many call "the daughter" as if there is no partner in the team.
Tickets went on sale today at 10 a.m. At 10-10 I started to click on the seats on the map - but they had been already gone. At 10-20 it was completely empty. I refreshed the site several times to be on the safe side. And finally 2 nice all day tickets showed up! So that I bought 2 center seats at the 5th row for the official price of $250 per seat. And now I can watch whatever I want! And I want to see everything!
23-26 December 2021
Yubileyny Sports Palace Venue site (Russian language)
Saint Petersburg, RUS
23 December 2021, Thursday
Beginning time in different cities
13.15 - 15.45 Men, SP
16.05 - 18.00 Dance, Rhythm dance
18.20 - 18.50 Opening ceremony
19.05 - 21.00 Pairs, SP
24 December 2021, Friday
Beginning time in different cities
12.45 - 14.55 Dance, FP
15.15 - 18.00 Men, FP
18.20 - 20.50 Women, SP
25 December 2021, Saturday
Beginning time in different cities
15.30 - 17.40 Pairs, FP
18.00 - 20.50 Women, FP
26 December 2021, Sunday
Beginning time in different cities
13.00 - 13.45 Award ceremony
14.00 - 16.30 Gala
Beginning time in different cities
13.15 - 15.45 Men, SP
16.05 - 18.00 Dance, Rhythm dance
18.20 - 18.50 Opening ceremony
19.05 - 21.00 Pairs, SP
24 December 2021, Friday
Beginning time in different cities
12.45 - 14.55 Dance, FP
15.15 - 18.00 Men, FP
18.20 - 20.50 Women, SP
25 December 2021, Saturday
Beginning time in different cities
15.30 - 17.40 Pairs, FP
18.00 - 20.50 Women, FP
26 December 2021, Sunday
Beginning time in different cities
13.00 - 13.45 Award ceremony
14.00 - 16.30 Gala
Women
Men
Pairs
Dance
| Kamila Valieva | Moscow |
| Anastasia Gulyakova | St. Petersburg |
| Ksenia Guschina | Perm |
| Anastasia Zinina | Moscow |
| Anastasia Morozova | Moscow |
| Sofia Muravieva | Moscow |
| Veronika Peterimova | Moscow |
| Adelia Petrosyan | Moscow |
| Sofia Samodelkina | Moscow |
| Sofia Samodurova | St. Petersburg |
| Polina Sviridenko | St. Petersburg |
| Ksenia Sinitsina | Moscow |
| Alexandra Trusova | Moscow |
| Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | St. Petersburg |
| Maia Khromykh | Moscow |
| Valeria Schulskaia | Orenburg |
| Anna Scherbakova | Moscow |
| Veronika Yakhmetova | Ekaterinburg |
Men
| Dmitry Aliev | St. Petersburg |
| Andrei Anisimov | Moscow |
| Petr Gumenik | St. Petersburg |
| Artur Danielyan | Moscow |
| Vladislav Dikidji | St. Petersburg |
| Alexei Erokhov | Moscow |
| Makar Ignatov | St. Petersburg |
| Artem Kovalev | Moscow |
| Mikhail Kolyada | St. Petersburg |
| Mark Kondratyuk | Moscow |
| Gleb Lutfullin | St. Petersburg |
| Evgenij Semenenko | St. Petersburg |
| Andrej Mozalev | St. Petersburg |
| Egor Rukhin | Moscow |
| Roman Savosin | Moscow |
| Alexander Samarin | Moscow |
| Kirill Sarnovskij | Moscow |
| Ilya Yablokov | Moscow |
Pairs
| Karina Akopova - Nikita Rakhmanin | Krasnodar/Chelyabinsk |
| Yulia Artemieva - Mikhail Nazarychev | Perm |
| Alexandra Boikova - Dmitry Kozlovskij | St. Petersburg |
| Ekaterina Gejnish - Ilya Mironov | Moscow |
| Yasmina Kadyrova - Ivan Balchenko | St. Petersburg |
| Anastasia Mishina - Alexander Galyamov | St. Petersburg |
| Anastasia Mukhortova - Dmitry Evgenyev | Moscow |
| Daria Pavluchenko - Denis Khodykin | Moscow |
| Ekaterina Petushkova - Evgeny Malikov | St. Petersburg |
| Evgenia Tarasova - Vladimir Morozov | Moscow |
| Natlia Khabibulina - Ilya Knyazhuk | Moscow |
| Ekaterina Chikmareva - Matvei Yanchenkov | Perm |
Dance
| Diana Davis - Gleb Smolkin | Moscow |
| Ksenia Ermakova - Vladislav Panteleev | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Tiffani Zagorsky - Jonathan Guereirro | Moscow |
| Angelina Lazareva - Maxim Prokofiev | Samara |
| Ekaterina Mironova - Evgeny Ustenko | St. Petersburg |
| Annabel Morozov - Andrey Bagin | Perm |
| Victoria Sinitsina - Nikita Katsalapov | Moscow |
| Anastasia Skoptsova - Kirill Alyoshin | Moscow |
| Alexandra Stepanova - Ivan Bukin | Moscow |
| Vlada Pavlenina - Alexander Aleksanyan | Moscow/Ekaterinburg |
| Elizaveta Pasechnik - Dmitry Blinov | Moscow |
| Arina Ushakova - Maxim Nekrasov | Moscow |
| Elizaveta Khudajberdieva - Egor Bazin | Moscow/Samara |
| Elizaveta Shanaeva - David Narizhny | Moscow |
Upcoming Russian Nationals are not only the qualifying event for the Olympics. For me they are the test of the grandeur of Eteri driven system. Yulia was a phenomenon, a wonder. So was Zhenja at her prime. At the same time, the mechanism was working - the clock was ticking. I expect that this year we shall finally have a constellation of mega talent - the best athletes this sport has ever seen at their prime.
Anna Scherbakova - the reigning WC, a 3 time National champion
Kamila Valieva - the reigning JWC, the only skater who could beat clean Anna with quads
Alexandra Trusova - "Russian rocket" - the only skater who tried 5 quads in one program, the skater who has potentially astronomical BV
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - 2015 WC and the reigning WSM. She is rumored to work on 4T. If she manages to add it to her 3 3As, her BV will be high enough to be competitive with almost everyone.
Maja Khromykh - the third chain in "VUK" link. She was lagging behind "V" and "U" until she finally showed that she can land clean quads. And it has changed everything...
These skaters are the core. But there will be many other wonderful skaters.
I won't comment much on other events. It does not mean that they are not interesting. On the oppoosite. In men we finally have 3 spots. Misha's place looks firm. But what about 2 other spots? Evgenij Semenenko made a wonder during the last worlds having shown outstanding reliability under stress. But, I am sure, he will have to fight with Aliev, Samarin, Ignatov, Kondratyuk, Mozalev, Gumenik, and Danielyan.
In pairs it looks like 2 spots are taken: M/G and B/K. Who would think? Does it mean that the third spot will automatically go to T/M? I am not sure - there definitely will be some drama.
I don't follow dance. It seemed that as usual we knew everything before it even started. S/K, S/B, and Z/G. However, there is a twist with the meteoric rise of D/S whom many call "the daughter" as if there is no partner in the team.
Tickets went on sale today at 10 a.m. At 10-10 I started to click on the seats on the map - but they had been already gone. At 10-20 it was completely empty. I refreshed the site several times to be on the safe side. And finally 2 nice all day tickets showed up! So that I bought 2 center seats at the 5th row for the official price of $250 per seat. And now I can watch whatever I want! And I want to see everything!
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