2023-24 Federation Cup Final
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Technique is not country-dependent but coach-dependent and skater-dependent - Ikura Kushida and Rion Sumiyoshi are both Japanese, but their Axel technique is terrible.
And technique alone is not enough to get any multi-rotational jump - There are few skaters with Axels like Kaori, but she's not getting a 3A ever.
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will she switch to seniors next season?
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No, she won't be senior-eligible for one more season.
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She might have Petrosian potential, will be interesting to see how she does with senior programs.
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This program is way better than her SP, it sort of sells me on her as more than a technician.
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Adult skating is also huge here and same as you @Arwen17 I am so happy to hear it's growing in Russia. Bring it on! I'd love to compete with a Russian adult skater who makes me crazy by her insane skills and makes me practice even harder.
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Even skaters who only ever attempted quads (Sasha Cohen, Miki Ando, Surya Bonaly) and did not train the 3A didn't manage the quad as adults (or honestly as teens either).
Retired male skaters of different generations are also often able to keep their 3As long into their 30s, while they often stop attempting quads (with the exception of skaters who never managed to be friendly with the 3A in the first place, like Lambiel).
It will be easier for her unless Akatieva and Zhilina return and recapture their old form.
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That will be interesting to watch. Adelia Petrasian is my current favorite skater who is active in competitions (Kami is eternally my over all favorite skater) and seeing great competitors makes the competitions even more exciting to watch.
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Sasha and Surya were landing them as senior skaters. They just didn't work out in competition because of consistency issues. But they did them in practice many times. Similar to how Trusova did 3A in practice many times, but never successfully landed it in competition.
Didn't plushenko still do 4T for a long time? I have a vague memory of him doing quads instead of 3A as an older adult.
You're looking at skaters who come from a time when quads were still a struggle. We've entered a new era. Yuzu is still doing quads and he's retired.
That was so satisfying to watch. Great event. This is all I want to watch, not jump tournament, Channel 1 Cup, show tournament which ends up being 4 hours with half of it nonsense.
The season really is over now. I'll watch the world championships and hope Kaori takes it out.
The season really is over now. I'll watch the world championships and hope Kaori takes it out.
Still the Novice championships? lol. I loved the jumping tournament this year, but a big meh to the show tournament.
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It was such an impressive event. Again, the quality and beauty that were shown are absent even in the most prestigious senior competitions outside of Russia. It's a whole different level, like watching a film in 1080 and then watching a film in 4K.
The world championships are in a time zone that makes the schedule for me in the middle of my sleeping time so I will indeed not disturb my sleep to wake up and watch.
I will seek later online videos of my country's skater, who I hope has a great skate, and of the 3 Japanese ladies, who I also hope do great. Unless Kaori has a bad day/bad skate and makes devastating mistakes, does she even have any competitor at all to win another title. Answer is no, in my humble opinion.
See you all later <3
