2025-26 Russian Local Events – Discussion

[flanker]

Shesheleva/Karnaukhov quad twist, 3F+3T+2A, 3Lz...
3FTh, 3LoTh step-out, the only mistake.

If they last till seniors like this they will be unbeatable.

Edit: There was some TES drop, but this is only the beginning of the season.

 

[flanker]

Kovyazina/Mokhov were also very impressive technically.

 

[AlexBreeze]

I said during test skates that PCS could prevent Sarnovskiy from being competitive at top events. Thought I didn't expect it being this low (61.34).

 

[Mathematician]

Diana Milto 4S+2T seemed clean. Second 4S two foot landing.

q, but not two-footed.

 

[Mathematician]

But the program is a downgrade from last season's Pink Floyd.

Am I the only one feeling the senior programs so far are dire?

Maria Z absolutely killed it, her choreo is incredibly effective and the tech is absolutely confident, but like, are we really in need of another Moulin Rouge program? So many... every.... single... season...

So far we've seen Gushchina, Yametova, Vazhnova, Sinitsyna, Zakharova, Kulikova... are you particularly impressed by any of these programs in themselves at all?

 

[Mathematician]

Trofimova is a colossally talented dancer. Very few skaters can move like she can.

1:40 - we see skaters attempt this gunshot gimmick all the time, and I think she has executed it at the highest level. Best I've seen likely.



But, to be honest I think she sort of gets overwhelmed and loses it when the music gets big and orchestral.

Korcha's FS music is sort of junior level, the SP is must better, but she is still unfathomably impressive for being 12. Genuinely: does anyone remember a single skater who could present like she can at 11/12? A single one? I can't. I think Kamila only really really got started by 13?

Korcha is lowkey my favourite skater now, aside only perhaps from Adeliia, and we'll see how some others do at test skates.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Junior Men in SPb

Lenkov - very strong and confident skate. Nice to see it as he was absolutely not in shape at test skates.

Khamzin - clean but elements weren't too good. Anyway, nice to see him back, at least.

Kamoev - I see has switched to SPb after all. He looked much stronger than before! If he keeps his cool programs and Mishin fixes his jumps, he'll be a great well-rounded skater. Probably deserved a little higher PCS.

Ramzenkov - I barely recognized him, he grew a lot. He lost his ultra-c jumps. The triples were solid, especially the combo, though. The spins were very bad for some reason. The program was very good, definitely deserved a higher PCS.

 

[flanker]

Grinkov's memorial starts in Moscow tomorrow:

2025 Memorial of the Olympic Champion S. Grinkov
23-25 September 2025, Moscow

General info
Schedule
Online scoring
Stream: Day 1, Day 2

Notable participants:
KMS girls: Maria Gordeeva, Sofia Dzepka, Varvara Kravchina, Daria Lebedeva, Valeria Litvincheva, Arina Parsegova, Viktoria Streltsova
KMS boys: Mark Lukin, Lev Lazarev
MS women: Maria Zakharova, Elizaveta Kulikova, Maria Mazur, Veronika Yametova
MS men: Artyom Kovalev, Egor Rukhin, Roman Savosin

 

[flanker]

Grinkov: Stream was lagging a lot, fortunately after ice resurfacing it seems they fixed it finally. But scoring is weird again.

 

[flanker]

Vika today:



Arina Parsegova:

 

[flanker]

Sofia Dzepka:



Daria Lebedeva:

 

[flanker]

Good start of MS women by Lyashenko.

 

[AlexBreeze]

How and Why is Veronika here?

She was in Novogorsk at the pre Test Skates training camp.

 

[flanker]

Yametik finished. I liked her more than the last time. Jumps still look little heavy but all seemed fully rotated and she paid attention to performance.

 

[flanker]

How and Why is Veronika here?

She was in Novogorsk at the pre Test Skates training camp.

She went to CSKA so I presume they want her here.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Masha

 

[flanker]

Little known Maria Elisova just landed 3A in her SP. Everything looked clean so her score should be high.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Little known Maria Elisova just landed 3A in her SP. Everything looked clean so her score should be high.

OMG she has switched to Tula. I hope this doesn't affect amount of Anisimova's stages.

 

[flanker]

Solid skate by Kulikova finishes the program for today.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Stunning Liza.

Great event, I had much less expectations. Looking forward to the free.