I hope Nastia shows some Stolbova divaness. I think that all three top Russian pairs team need more character. They do not have that special quality that Sui and Han have. But some of them have a 3S eu 3S - pretty impressive. I am starting to appreciate the technical difficulty and skill of Duhamel and Radford now We don't see any quad throws really or triple lutzes individually but I will give credit to the two russians with the 3S eu 3S that is intense.
Frankly speaking, it took several years for Sui/Han after moving to senior level to gain that special quality everyone admires them for. The Russians still have time ahead of them.
Yes, I recall first two or three years of Sui-Han in seniors. Their basic skating skills were so bad, one could hear scratching in between the elements. Then there was a season when Sui was injured and they missed nearly whole season, came just for the worlds, and skated like a completely changed pair. Not sure if because of the injury they couldn’t concentrate on the elements and so they just worked on basic stroking, but it was like if someone turned Jenna McCorkell into Mao Asada. It was a huge difference. And there was also the program they skated to for three seasons! No one would think at that time that they will turn into anything special in the future.
the thing here is that there is no time - there are younger pairs that will give them too much competitoin
Can't wait for the season. My beloved team out in force with more pairs than ever! It'll be magic...I hope
Yes, there is. The younger teams have to survive up to senior level or to establish themselves there. And as far as too much competition is concerned, three teams already were the ones who pushed older buddies and conquered their place on top and of course they are aware that someone wants to do the same thing regarding to them.
Yes! I would love to see Anastasia wearing that beautiful saturated blue color she wore for a tv interview recently.
Bits and lines to be echoed in Aleksandr's costume, of course.
I think she would also be lovely in that light pink that she wore for the gala, though royal blue or a purple (less messy than the one they wore to test skates that was later worn by Storublevtseva) could work well. Maybe navy blue?Yes! I would love to see Anastasia wearing that beautiful saturated blue color she wore for a tv interview recently.
We haven't seen Osokina/Rud's pair elements. We have no idea how they are going to do
Nice Team Moskvina moments (check the last one):
There will be a documentary made by Channel 1 aired on june 26.
