2022-23 Russian Women's Figure Skating
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She finished the most consistent in ladies for the season. Survived a body transformation over the past 12 months, which Sofia S, Trusova, Shcherbakova have been unable to do.
Her quad toe is the most stable jump in the entire sport. 12 in a row now including the jump comp. Of course, overall she's not as good as last season and will never reach those heights again.
It remains to be seen whether Akatieva or Adelia can survive any kind of growth spurt which they are probably due for over the next 12 months.
I don't think Kamila will grow too much more she would be 165cm right now, it's not like she's going to grow to 175cm.
This is why this sport is so special, humans doing non-human things: gliding, rotating, flying...
Russian female skaters might be the best female athletes on the planet pound for pound.
She didn't care in the first place. Whether she was able or unable to do it we don't know, but I would never bet against Anna Shcherbakova's ability of achieving her goals in sport.
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According to Vladislav Zhukov (RIA), Daria Usacheva is planning to switch to Iсe Dance. Moreover, she had been skating with Dario Cirisano for several weeks but they didn't match each other. Dasha is currently looking for a partner and a coaching team.
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That is good for Usacheva. She has very good basics and musicality.
I/D have longer careers but it is just harder to break into the ranks so she needs to be patient. If i were here, I will go to Zhulin or Krylova group and not Zhuk or Kustarova
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Hmmm, hopefully, if the rumour is true, she will have more success than Kanysheva...
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NCAO. Never count Anna out, even if she volunteers to count herself out. HahaShe didn't care in the first place. Whether she was able or unable to do it we don't know, but I would never bet against Anna Shcherbakova's ability of achieving her goals in sport.
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The sad part about this is that it’s very persuasive evidence that her injury ended up being worse that everyone thought and it ended her single’s career.
Hopefully there is a rainbow at the end of this storm and she has a successful Ice Dance career.
I don’t think we can say at this stage that it will be between Petrosian and Akatieva. Internationally, Akatieva won’t be senior eligible for another 2.5 seasons , and with her there will be other skaters who will become senior eligible (Gorbacheva, Zhilina etc.) It is too early to guess who will get through puberty. Look at Samodelkina - she is the same ISU eligibility group as Muravieva and Petrosian; throughout juniors Samodelkina was always stronger than them, this is the season all three became senior eligible and currently she is lagging behind. Similar with Nugumanova/Gubanova/Samodurova. Nugumanova and Gubanova were the stars and Samodurova was always behind. By the time they got to seniors, it is Samodurova who has a gold medal from Europeans representing Russia, Nugumanova never got to Europeans and Gubanova only managed to be sent after she changed countries. She did eventually manage to get a gold medal from Europeans, but only after Russians were not allowed to compete. (considering her score, it is pretty clear she wouldn’t get the gold medal if top Russian ladies were allowed to compete.)
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So, it seems like my prediction may end up as accurate as the one I made about Samodelkina.
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With the season ending next month, thought it was a good time to see what the national team looked like going into the season:
Kamila Valieva
Sofia Muravieva
Adeliia Petrosian
Aleksandra Trusova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Anna Shcherbakova
Reserves:
Aliona Kostornaia
Daria Usacheva
Maiia Khromykh
It’s immediately apparent that it will look different next season. I think that, at minimum, 2 of the reserves will be different. One is in a different discipline and the other will reportedly be going into a different discipline as well because of injury. Maiia, I don’t know, depends on what her recovery is like.
There might also be an opening or 2 for a spot on the first team.
It is amazing what a difference half a year makes. Time moves quickly and waits for no one in Russia ladies figure skating land.
Kamila Valieva
Sofia Muravieva
Adeliia Petrosian
Aleksandra Trusova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Anna Shcherbakova
Reserves:
Aliona Kostornaia
Daria Usacheva
Maiia Khromykh
It’s immediately apparent that it will look different next season. I think that, at minimum, 2 of the reserves will be different. One is in a different discipline and the other will reportedly be going into a different discipline as well because of injury. Maiia, I don’t know, depends on what her recovery is like.
There might also be an opening or 2 for a spot on the first team.
It is amazing what a difference half a year makes. Time moves quickly and waits for no one in Russia ladies figure skating land.
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Well if I remember correctly Sokolovskaya mentioned in an interview before the season not having any results working with girls in the past, add on top of that her 'star' student Mark has wild jumps, it really doesn't surprise me that Samodelkina has struggled this season. Article
I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 skaters that were on the 'reserve' team this year aren't on the national team at all next year. Kostornaia is a given to be removed given that she appears to be switching to pairs, but for the other 2 - how can they justify putting skaters that were already on the reserve team on the reserve team again when they didn't compete all season? I would imagine Shcherbakova gets bounced from the main team to the reserve team since she didn't compete all season though they may include the gala competition thing in combination with her past results to keep her on the main team. Trusova having only competed at her 2 GP events (not winning either) could also I think get placed on the reserve team. If there is a strong indicator that Russian skaters are going to be allowed to compete internationally in some capacity next year, it wouldn't surprise me though if they both stay on the main team, both of them along with Tuktamysheva will have ability to use the 'comeback rule' for GP assignments
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Gubanova finest years were all squander in domestic events where she was artificially held down by the Russian Fed.
She never jumped ultra-c right? This was probably on the cards whether or not she got injured otherwise she'd probably be at best the 7th or 8th best skater in Russia and that's excluding Shcherbakova and Trusova who are for all intents retired. Plus Zhilina coming into seniors next season. There's little incentive for her to sacrifice for 11 months per year, deny yourself normal pleasures in life when the senior squad is now out of reach. A stable triple axel and at least one stable quad will be the minimum required in Russia from next season to medal in the big domestic competitions.
Of course if she lived in a relatively weak figure skating country with a full quota she could skate internationally for the 5-10 years without pushing herself too hard, never having to develop ultra-c.
Kamila
Adelia
Akatieva
Tuktamysheva
Muravieva
Gorbacheva
Yametova
Zinina
Samodelkina
Trusova participated in 1.5 GPs and was out of shape. A reserve place would be wasted in my opinion. Shcherbakova will probably get a spot in the team, but she has no intention of competing. It would be a shame if she's given a place and inevitably doesn't compete all season. It could make or break a skater like Sofia S right now.
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Elena Kostyleva has just become 2023 Russian Novice Champion with 2 quads landed and all time record novice score of 303.93! 
Silver - Alena Prineva with beautiful, effortless 4Lz:
Bronze - Margarita Bazyliuk with another two quads!
Final group performances bested each other like 2021 Rusnats with Sasha, Kamila and Anna, it was fun to watch!
Silver - Alena Prineva with beautiful, effortless 4Lz:
Bronze - Margarita Bazyliuk with another two quads!
Final group performances bested each other like 2021 Rusnats with Sasha, Kamila and Anna, it was fun to watch!
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Oh please…stop with that nonsense! Surely you don’t blame the skating federation for the fact that Gubanova couldn’t manage to skate one whole competition clean at any nationals she attended. They were prepared to give her the marks, but with having so many skaters who did skate clean, every mistake Gubanova did was pretty costly. Her results from senior nationals were 7th, 6th, 9th, 10th - how could they send her to the Europeans/worlds instead of another skater?
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