2025-26 Russian Grand Prix - Stage 3 - Kazan

[flanker]

Kamilla Nelyubova delivered 3A, not clean but solid anyway.

 

[Mathematician]

@AlexBreeze What do you think of her twizzles? They look great to me.

 

[Jontor]

Great stuff Nelyubova! She has really improved this year!

That 3A looks ur though...

 

[EdgeCall]

Great skate with a decent 3A.

I'm not quite happy with the style of music. She has a beautiful flow in her movements, but hard rhythms do not mix very well with it.

TES drop.

 

[flanker]

65.06 is low, they try to downgrade their own skaters.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Kinda low score for Lyuba.

She lost 5+ points for the popped Flips (she got nothing for that jumping pass). A clean 3F with moderate positive GOE (+2) would have added 6.89 points to her score and I think 62 is fair for a clean skate by Lyuba with this program.

 

[AlexBreeze]

@AlexBreeze What do you think of her twizzles? They look great to me.

Very decent for a single skater. Especially in the end of the program when there's no much energy.

 

[Mathematician]

Zakharova has aura. It's undeniable.

 

[flanker]

Maria unfortunately made a mistake in her combo and steps were only level 2.

 

[Jontor]

Yay Maria! Love her power!

Great save on the combo.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Masha tends to make small SP mistakes, I don't like it. At least, the steps are not level 1 this one.

 

[Jontor]

Masha tends to make small SP mistakes, I don't like it. At least, the steps are not level 1 this one.

Maybe I'm biased as I really like Maria. Steps looked level 10 to me!!

 

[flanker]

BTW seeing Masha does anyone know what's with Sofia Zakharova?

 

[AlexBreeze]

BTW seeing Masha does anyone know what's with Sofia Zakharova?

She missed stages previous season due to injury. Now she competes at small events but she hasn't restored all of her triples yet.

 

[Mathematician]

I need to get a service dog or something to help the outrageous anxiety these sorts of warmup groups give me

 

[flanker]

She missed stages previous season due to injury. Now she competes at small events but she hasn't restored all of her triples yet.

Thank you.

 

[AlexBreeze]

SOFIA

Such an unusual costume for her.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Liza!

 

[Jontor]

I expect at least 5 skaters from this group in the top 5...

 

[Mathematician]