2023-24 Russian Women's Figure Skating

[Mariott]

Ksenia Gushchina is actively preparing for the new season. The figure skater from Kirill Davydenko's group will present her new programs very soon. This summer was not easy for Kseniya, because in addition to constant training on the ice, she had to spend a lot of time studying. In June, the athlete successfully passed the final exams for the 9th grade.

" Ksenia's preparation for the season is going very well. Because she passed her exams, she had to miss our first training camp in Sochi. But in Orenburg Ksenia was with us and actively involved in the preparation of new programs. Now our whole group has returned to St. Petersburg, where we continue training at the Figure Skating Academy", - said the coach of Kirill Davydenko's group Aleksandrina Degtyareva.

"Very soon" is sooner than September? Oh, that's very intriguing. Speaking of the suddenly strengthened ties between Moskvina's group and Davydenko's group, perhaps they will announce Ksenia to one of Tamara Moskvina's master classes?

 

[AlexBreeze]

Anna Frolova's SP music is likely "I am not there" (Там нет меня / Tam net menya). Choreo by Valentin Molotov

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Anna Frolova's SP music is likely "I am not there" (Там нет меня / Tam net menya). Choreo by Valentin Molotov

Please, I love this song, but can we stop using it? At least for a little while?

I feel like I've heard it too often too recently in too many different versions (Titova's SP 2021/22, Kostornaia's gala 2022, Sinitsina/Katsalapov gala 2019/20, and it's used quite a bit on the novice and junior circuit anyways)

 

[AlexBreeze]

"Very soon" is sooner than September? Oh, that's very intriguing. Speaking of the suddenly strengthened ties between Moskvina's group and Davydenko's group, perhaps they will announce Ksenia to one of Tamara Moskvina's master classes?

A journalist I follow announced that Kirill Davydenko's team will be there today.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Ksenia Gushchina - new SP

 

[Mariott]

Ksenia Gushchina - new SP

Music: «The Bookhouse Boys» by Angelo Badalamenti ; Laura Palmer's Theme.
Hello, Laura Palmer and the Russian cult TV series "Twin Peaks"! (Yes, in our country we love this serial very much).

 

[3T3T]

That’s a lovely piece of music for Ksenia. The second piece is Laura Palmers Theme. It really suits her style of skating really well. I hope she has a successful season.

30 years or more since Twin Peaks aired and I still listen to the soundtrack.

 

[Mariott]

That’s a lovely piece of music for Ksenia. The second piece is Laura Palmers Theme. It really suits her style of skating really well. I hope she has a successful season.

30 years or more since Twin Peaks aired and I still listen to the soundtrack.

This series is incredibly popular in Russia, I still remember the times when it was shown on TV. In some sense, it has become part of our cultural space.
This is what the coaches meant when they said that we would see Ksyusha in unusual images. Well, I think the experiment was a success. It is really good that they are not going to go the usual way and are playing up the athlete's artistry. This program looks "expensive", "elitist", I think.

 

[brakes]

Anna Frolova's SP music is likely "I am not there" (Там нет меня / Tam net menya). Choreo by Valentin Molotov

Beautiful song.


It's official - Anna Shcherbakova landed quad before Sasha Trusova:

Бывшая ученица Тутберидзе Диана Гусева: «Первой четверной прыгнула Щербакова. А на другой день Трусова»

— Помнишь, как началась история с четверными прыжками в вашей группе? — Это я хорошо помню, это было при мне. Первой прыгнула Аня Щербакова — четверной тулуп.

www.sports.ru

 

[Paulipau]

Beautiful song.


It's official - Anna Shcherbakova landed quad before Sasha Trusova:

Бывшая ученица Тутберидзе Диана Гусева: «Первой четверной прыгнула Щербакова. А на другой день Трусова»

— Помнишь, как началась история с четверными прыжками в вашей группе? — Это я хорошо помню, это было при мне. Первой прыгнула Аня Щербакова — четверной тулуп.

www.sports.ru

I think that one girl saying that is not enough to make it official.
Fact is Sasha jumped it first in competition...

Nevertheless both girls are great athletes, Anna is a World and Olympic Champion and Sasha is a quad revolution icon.
No need to keep putting them against each other all the time.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Do we know when junior test skates will be held this year?

 

[yume]

Instaquad doesn't matter much otherwise Tuktik would also be in the quad squad and Trusova among those who successfully landed 3A.
But imo being the first to successfully land the quad doesn't necessarily mean being the one who made the revolution. Knowing that if Shcherbakova hadn't got injured she could have been the first, depending of the order of the JGP assignements, makes this debate fruitless for me. Trusova wasn't the only one practicing quads and landing them in practice. If she had not landed them the first, quad revolution still would have happened imo. Dudakov is the one who should get credit for it.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Do we know when junior test skates will be held this year?

There're no junior test skates on calendar. But there's a schedule of judging seminars. And it says that the seminar on 24-25 August will be held during junior test skates.

 

[Amei]

Instaquad doesn't matter much otherwise Tuktik would also be in the quad squad and Trusova among those who successfully landed 3A.
But imo being the first to successfully land the quad doesn't necessarily mean being the one who made the revolution. Knowing that if Shcherbakova hadn't got injured she could have been the first, depending of the order of the JGP assignements, makes this debate fruitless for me. Trusova wasn't the only one practicing quads and landing them in practice. If she had not landed them the first, quad revolution still would have happened imo. Dudakov is the one who should get credit for it.

Yep, fans can get a bit toxic at the "who started it" debate, in reality they both did it because they both knew the other was around and practicing them at the same time, would they have still worked on them if the other wasn't around, we'll never know. In the history books they both have records for quad firsts. Not sure what there is to gain by getting some absolute of who was the very first in practice to do it

 

[Skatelife]

Yep, fans can get a bit toxic at the "who started it" debate, in reality they both did it because they both knew the other was around and practicing them at the same time, would they have still worked on them if the other wasn't around, we'll never know. In the history books they both have records for quad firsts. Not sure what there is to gain by getting some absolute of who was the very first in practice to do it

Exactly and both succeed, Olympic Champion and second place landing quads.
I remember all the hate comments when Sasha landed successfully the toe and salkow in the junior final after trying all the season, she was destroying the figure skating

 

[uwoawuwoa]

On telegram Aliona posted a hint regarding the music for her free program https://t.me/AlionaKostornaiaTG/175

Many in the comment think it's related to the Hunger games

What do you guys think it could be?

 

[uwoawuwoa]

Ksenia Sinitsyna said in an interview with match tv that she is still working on quads (quad toe and quad sal I believe), and also a 3A for this season. It seems she may be planning to incorporate one of them in the upcoming season. Hopefully it works out!

 

[streams4dreams]

On telegram Aliona posted a hint regarding the music for her free program https://t.me/AlionaKostornaiaTG/175

Many in the comment think it's related to the Hunger games

What do you guys think it could be?

If it is Hunger Games, I'd love it if it featured The Hanging Tree

 

[uwoawuwoa]

If it is Hunger Games, I'd love it if it featured The Hanging Tree

I hope so! I really it

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Exactly and both succeed, Olympic Champion and second place landing quads.
I remember all the hate comments when Sasha landed successfully the toe and salkow in the junior final after trying all the season, she was destroying the figure skating

Naysayers will always have only hateful things to say.
This is no destroying figure skating, this is figure skating evolution and we had the pleasure to see these Russian amazing ladies doing it.