2022-23 Cup of Russia - Stage 1 - Moscow

[CrazyKittenLady]

Come on Timofey! You can still challenge them with your PCS and your level 4s!

 

[LadyB]

Davai, Timofey!!!

 

[Mariiiiskate]

What a beautiful clean skate from Timofey!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Nikita and Timofey visually look quite similar from far away (tall and lanky, almost platinum blonde hair), but their skating is basically completely opposite.

Timofey has wonderful skating skills, spins and presentation, but lacks technical difficulty, while Nikita has technical difficulty but still has a lot of work to do on the non-jumping aspects of skating (though he has already improved some in that area).

 

[LadyB]

Lovely skater - lovely skate!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Oh my god, he was so good!!! What will happen when Vika inevitably teaches him a 4Lo?

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Oh my, Semion skated two almost clean programs in the same competition. I'd almost given up hope I would see this day.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Some mistakes yes but this is legitemetly the best we have ever seen him do, omg im so happy for him!

 

[AlexBreeze]

SEMION!! His shape in early September was very good, but then he had two bad competitions. I questioned whether the decision to perform in the first stage was wise. It was! His triples look easy.

Gachinski in K&C says that Semion relaxed too early.

 

[LadyB]

The wee fella is doing good!

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Another great skate from Makar!

 

[LadyB]

Love the mascot!

 

[LadyB]

Davai, Ugozhaev!!!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Davai Kolya!!!

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Shame about the quad pop but other than that it was perfect!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Ugozhaev has really matured nicely. He wouldn't look out of place in seniors. Solid skate with some room for improvement.

 

[LadyB]

He expresses the tango so well, really good work!

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Omg Arseny! I was so nervous for him cause the warm up wasn't looking great for him but he once more proved me wrong. All my 3 boys lived im so happy!

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Well, this was a really great competition to start the junior CoR series. I'm still over the moon - Timofey S. exceeded my wildest expectations here.
I'll skip the rest of this stage but can't wait for Sochi next week. See you around!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

What even is there more to say than "Wow"?

Hopefully, he'll be able to keep his form throughout the season, and not face the same issues as so many Russian men (particularly from Team Tut) once he enters puberty.