2024-25 Russian Grand Prix - Stage 3 - Krasnoyarsk

[AlexBreeze]

Who is in TP. I want to have a look.

 

[yume]

Frolova beats Mura on PCS. I know @Mathematician isn't happy.

 

[Paulipau]

Why not first?

 

[AlexBreeze]

Why not first?

The TP has killed her levels.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Who is in TP. I want to have a look.

Yeah, her TES went down, but that's not what they should (or will) be concerned about - She also got lower PCS than Anna.

 

[yume]

Majestic 2A.

 

[yume]

Ouch the combo.
That will be a wide gap after the SP. Landing on the podium with a clean free will be possible but the win is gone.

 

[Paulipau]

Frolova beats Mura on PCS. I know @Mathematician isn't happy.

Also me, I am very not happy.

Like that girl literally was a black swan, fast, sophisticated a little dangerous...

Anna is very elegant, mature and deserves high PCS.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Yeah, her TES went down, but that's not what they should (or will) be concerned about - She also got lower PCS than Anna.

Now I see. But PCS is PCS. It's more than possible to beat Anna in TES since her BV is never very high.

And generally the TP seems to be very strict. Anyway I only know one person there.

 

[Paulipau]

The TP has killed her levels.

Yea the spins could be worked on.

 

[Mathematician]

I couldnt hold it in. I just woke the whole house up when she fell.

 

[Selivanovp]

Frolova beats Mura on PCS. I know @Mathematician isn't happy.

Why? Mura is totally out of the character. Technically good, but she's not a black swan in the slightest. First part of the program her face projected nothing but being scared, after the music change she tried to smile a couple of times, but the only change is that scare was replaced with concentration.

 

[Paulipau]

Doesn't seem fair to put her in front of clean Kulikova

 

[thatdarncat]

Shame for Sophia , I am happy with the overall standings, makes tomorrow very interesting.

 

[katymay]

On one of those leg lifts, Sofia A seemed to grimace, I think she is still skating with pain.

 

[katymay]

Doesn't seem fair to put her in front of clean Kulikova

I thought Kulikova was low balled. I would have had her at 66 -68 at least.

 

[Mathematician]

Well all of my predictions for this event were categorically wrong in every way except for those on Akateva's grand nervousness. What can you expect for the first skate back after almost 2 years? I really hope she can take it easy on herself this one time...

 

[alix15]

I love Sofia’s (akatieva) program, the beginning is just beautiful and very elegant like her.
Sad about the mistake but third is already very good for a comeback.
She seemed tired at the end, though.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Frolova: SSp rewatched to level 4, the rest as it was
Muravieva: CCoSp3V (nS), StSq3, LSp3
Kulikova: 3Lzq+3T, StSq2, LSp3
Gorbacheva, Akatieva: nothing changed, spins level 4 + StSq3
Agaeva: 3F!, 3Lz+3Tq. CCoSp rewatched to level 4, but LSp to level 3.
Chaplygina: 3Lz!, 3Fq+3Lo

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Now I see. But PCS is PCS. It's more than possible to beat Anna in TES since her BV is never very high.

PCS is (in my experience) very often indicative of political shifts behind the scenes - That's why I personally find it more concerning than TES. This is her tied lowest PCS score after she moved up to Seniors fully, and that includes multiple SPs with falls.

In terms of TES, there isn't really very much separation in the Short - 0.68 more for Mura if they both get level 4s for everything. The Free has bigger gaps (usually).