2023-24 Russian Grand Prix - Stage 4 - Kazan

[elektra blue]

bring on the pairs!

 

[Pairluv]

Now, for my favorite event. No body does pair skating like the Russians.

 

[LadyB]

All I want now is a redemption skate from Klimov Team and a first class lifts display from M/G. Also good luck to M/E, Chik/Yan. Kad/Kol.

 

[Skatelife]

In 2028, sure. Any earlier than that...nope. Russian skating suffered enough not to see justice.

Relax

 

[LadyB]

OMG, what happened to Kamila???

 

[lariko]

Omg, Zonov was a dream in short too, loving him more and more with each skate. That tumble tho....

 

[AlexBreeze]

Karina and Nikita

 

[Mathematician]

OMG, what happened to Kamila???

Kamila Valieva
3Lz+3T*+2A*+SEQ+REP
ChSq1 F
The StSq GOE also became lower.

 

[Pairluv]

OMG, what happened to Kamila???

Let's just call it a rough skate after a hard fall in the warm up.

 

[AlexBreeze]

OMG, what happened to Kamila???

Invalidated combo that doesn't fulfil the rules. And the choreo sliding that was counted as a fall.

 

[elektra blue]

OMG, what happened to Kamila???

too many mistakes, repeted a sequence, stumbled and fell in the ch seq

 

[chooey]

I think the "fall" in choreo seq was a planning slide/fall. She also did that in test skates but it looks inconvenient and better removed

 

[LadyB]

Effing hell! A/R have withdrawn! Karina keeps saying that no doctor can sort her back problems out

 

[niks]

Haha they are doing a full re-analysis of her skate because of how traumatized they are from her placement. They cant believe their eyes.

hahaha I was actually wondering why they were replaying Kamila's skate because normally they would only do that for medallists

 

[lariko]

Relax

I will in January 2024. I had been waiting for 2 years for some accountability for the last 2 years state of competitions and atmosphere in figure skating world, and I can't wait for it. I want clear slate and it's impossible until then.

 

[lariko]

Effing hell! A/R have withdrawn! Karina keeps saying that no doctor can sort her back problems out

Oh, no...

 

[Mathematician]

I think the "fall" in choreo seq was a planning slide/fall. She also did that in test skates but it looks inconvenient and better removed

Nah it was way more controlled in the test skates. We all know what she meant to do but she just lost her balance and her arms gave out it seems like. Either way even if it was intentional it wasnt smooth so she deserved the reduction. But I think it looked good in test skates contrary to what most people think.

 

[Pairluv]

Effing hell! A/R have withdrawn! Karina keeps saying that no doctor can sort her back problems out

Like golfers, I don't know how any figure skater doesn't have a bad back. The stress on the back is incredible. Sadly, their career may be ending if she can't get help.

 

[niks]

I think the "fall" in choreo seq was a planning slide/fall. She also did that in test skates but it looks inconvenient and better removed

I wondered about this as well, I thought it might be choreo but actually it looked very very close to a real fall...

But actually, all choreo and step seq were quite off for Kamila today and as has been mentioned, quite uncharacteristically so

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I think the "fall" in choreo seq was a planning slide/fall. She also did that in test skates but it looks inconvenient and better removed

Slides are "easier" than some other choreographic movements, but they are also very risky. Even a hand down after a small loss of balance has to be counted as a fall per the official rules.

And a choreographed fall has to look controlled, otherwise it's just a fall, even if the end result is the same