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2021-22 Russian Women's Figure Skating

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streams4dreams said:
Thanks for this opportunity to walk down the memory lane :) For me, the Mecano version is even more Aliona:



(although, if I had to match a skater to the dress in this video, it would have to be Elizaveta!)
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Dang! The video is geoblocked for me…

I like the Monserrat because it is a bit slower, the voice is deep and rich, adds weight to the mature tragic theme but I like both
Sumi Jo the Korean soprano is wonderful too.. never thought this would get comments to be honest but I do think the piece is perfect for Aliona!!
 
Giltedge said:
Whatifery is exactly what this is: "If she doesn’t backload the program, she doesn’t win. It’s that simple."
There's no difference between this and my "analysis" that if Alina had backloaded but had fallen on her first jump in that programme, she wouldn't have won, mutatis mutandis. Or my "analysis" that if Alina had back-loaded and had skated clean in her free, but had fallen on her first jump in her short programme, she wouldn't have won, mutatis mutandis. Or my "analysis" that if Alina had skated exactly as she did do. and so had everyone else from 2nd to 5th (mut. mut.) but Carolina had surprised everyone with a secret quad, Carolina would have won a shock gold.
In your what-if and my what-ifs and an infinite number of other what-ifs, "the margin of victory was so slim that" XYZ "was indeed the difference" that did/did not "take Alina over the top" [XYZ and did/did not according to the particular pointless what-if selected.
Without the mutatis mutandis element, any number and combination of whatiferising ifs and ans is both possible and just white noise. Why would other factors stay the same? and Why wouldn't other factors stay the same?
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This is why I didn’t go to law school. Haha

We can argue semantics all day, but here is not a “what if:” the ISU banned the backloading Zagitova employed.

Tells you how important they found it since they banned it. That was the game changer at the Olympics. That was the difference. No it’s ands or buts.

Nothing either skaters did that day besides that was outlawed. So guess were the spotlight should be shone. To the tactic that the ISU decided to focus on.

Zagitova won the battle of tactics at the Olympics. No shame in that.
 
drivingmissdaisy said:
I'm surprised she even planned an event between her GPs, especially one outside of Russia.
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This is a regular thing for her, take a look at her competitive history she usually does 3 smaller events, probably because it helps keep her up in the points. A better example of this is Starr Andrews, she does a lot of these smaller events as well even though she doesn't place very well she gets points and that's why she's the 22nd ranked skater in the world and gets at least 1 GP assignment.
 
riddle said:
What I tried to say is that these numbers might be interesting with respect to marketability and nice for the fans, but one might not want to take them too seriously if one wants to take the sport seriously?
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Why can’t someone just post something interesting or “nice for fans”? Does everything in this thread need to be serious?

Anyway, thanks for clarifying some follower counts for skaters I didn’t think to look for ;)
 
Daniil G says that Sofia Akatieva will perform at the RusNats despite the fact she isn't age eligible (according to the new rules, she had to be 14 years old by July 1)
 
AlexBreeze said:
Daniil G says that Sofia Akatieva will perform at the RusNats despite the fact she isn't age eligible (according to the new rules, she had to be 14 years old by July 1)
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Rusfed didn’t really specify age eligibility rules for Nationals on whether or not 1 July cutoff rule applies there as well. In the new document it said just 14 and older.

They only specified that about Russian Cup series for seniors, that they have to be born after 1July or be able to take part in the Series.
So if Sofia was not on JGP or didn’t make JGPF, she would have to qualify to senior nationals via Russian Cup for seniors, for which she is not age eligible. But luckily for her, she’s in JGPF, so she can make nationals at 14.
 
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CrazyKittenLady said:
Sofia Samodurova and Nastia Guliakova will go to Winter Universiade.
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Sofia can still take part at Nationals, she qualifies via GP assignment. Those two competitions are very close to one another, I wonder if she’ll prefer to focus on Nationals and someone else might go instead of her.
 
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