2022-23 Russian Local Events – Discussion

[Mariiiiskate]

I just realized the competition for the Russian cup stages for junior girls from moscow is going to be brutal next season.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Oh no a random fall Yuliana other than that everything worked out perfectly for her in this competition poor girl. That cost her any chance she had to rise to the podium

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Diana attempted a 4S

Her jumps otherwise are so tiny I wasn't expecting a quad attempt good for her! I think this is enough to hold on to her podium finish?

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Liza is on fire this competition her axels are so big

 

[Mariiiiskate]

No quad attempts from Alena today, her team want that gold. I think that was needed cause those 4lz falls disturbed her whole program.

2nd in the free but 1st overall. I dont think I agree with that, today Liza should have won. While normally I think Alena is better than Liza, today definitely wasn't that day. Lots of Alenas triples were really shaky but got very high GoE. Moscow judges tend to like her the best out of her age group.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Pokes the stream.

Once again is it my laptop? Or is the sound quality for this stream dire? I've turned everything way up and can still barely hear. Boo

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Pokes the stream.

Once again is it my laptop? Or is the sound quality for this stream dire? I've turned everything way up and can still barely hear. Boo

The sound is normal for me? They mute the stream between skaters and during warm ups, maybe thats it?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Wow, Alina Kulak is basically like a two years younger copy of Kamila, from the rippon jumps right down to the tights over the boots.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Mazur landed her 4T 1st time ages 1 pop but otherwise a great skate from her.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Wow, Masha - Without that pop, this would have been by far her best Free of the season so far.

Such a shame she didn't qualify for Jr Nats (unless another skater in addition to Alisa ends up withdrawing) just because her two Cup stages were so stacked.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

This is the best free ive seen from Masha this season Im actually going to cry happy tears now

This is truly her competition, how I wish she could skate like this on the regular.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Vika loosing lots of points on those spin levels

Zhguns skaters have amazing skating skills and are such beautiful skaters but everyone has that awful leg wrap on their jumps

 

[Jumping_Bean]

With Vika, it is so incredibly apparent that her coach is Alena's first major coach - A lot of the same amazing qualities (huge, huge jumps) and a lot of the same difficulties (equally as huge leg wrap).

Alena profited from changing coaches (at least for a while), so maybe that's an option for Vika in the long term. Quads/3A will be necessary but she won't manage to do them with that leg wrap despite having the height for it.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Im so happy Masha has won a gold medal 1st time in ages hopefully this encourages her in her upcoming comps!

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Im so happy Masha has won a gold medal 1st time in ages hopefully this encourages her in her upcoming comps!

And I'm happy the other Masha (Mazur) finally landed a clean 4T in competition (though she'll probably be unhappy she missed the podium) and it hopefully won't be the last. A good day for Mashas, it seems

 

[Mariiiiskate]

With Vika, it is so incredibly apparent that her coach is Alena's first major coach - A lot of the same amazing qualities (huge, huge jumps) and a lot of the same difficulties (equally as huge leg wrap).

Alena profited from changing coaches (at least for a while), so maybe that's an option for Vika in the long term. Quads/3A will be necessary but she won't manage to do them with that leg wrap despite having the height for it.

Yeah I dont know if she will stay with Zhgun especially now that she is showing some results. It such a shame cause Zhgun produces some beautiful skaters but that leg wrap just screws them over so much each and everyone of them has it.

 

[LadyB]

Redemption skate for Kirill!!!

 

[Mariiiiskate]

This is far more like it from Kirill not perfect but good enough to rise up some spots in this field. The last 2 jumping passes got away from him and so did the loop in the beginning but far better than the short and some free skates he has had this season
Its a smart choice to self the 4T for now.

 

[LadyB]

How apt this was! Good on ya, Kirill! Still not quite his usual performance, but a lot more drive in it. Getting into shape for JunNats.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

shame about the pop but this is the best ive seen Melnikov ever skate!