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Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin

I'm reviewing Frida from COR 2015 and I can't believe how underscored that program was.

They just need the right choreographers and time to develop. I like their programs this year, but my favourites from them are still Carmen and Frida. I can't understand the scores i'm seeing for certain error filled tangos when their absolutely sparkling Frida at COR was relegated to less than 100 points. I am more than a bit annoyed by what I'm seeing.

Rant over. I hope the kids can recover well for the remainder of the season.
 
I've re-watched IZ's SD at TEF with Russian commentary, and both Grishin and Tarasova thought they'd done very well and were surprised to see them lose levels. Neither of them could explain it. I've also watched SK's FD with them, and they expected SK to lose levels and were surprised when they didn't.
 
They need to post some serious scores in Talin after the scores S/B and S/K posted at CoR, otherwise they will be out of the running in the Hunger games.
Even Z/G in the Warsaw Cup this weekend managed to post higher scores than Ruslena's season's best :(
 
They need to post some serious scores in Talin after the scores S/B and S/K posted at CoR, otherwise they will be out of the running in the Hunger games.
Even Z/G in the Warsaw Cup this weekend managed to post higher scores than Ruslena's season's best :(

Z/G improved their scores from CoR about 16 points. Scoring at Challengers are usually not as strict as on the Grand Prix. I just want two clean skates from Elena and Ruslan.
 
Z/G improved their scores from CoR about 16 points. Scoring at Challengers are usually not as strict as on the Grand Prix. I just want two clean skates from Elena and Ruslan.

Yes as fans we really can't worry about the scores (well, sometimes we do, but it's pointless). We have no control over them at all, and even Ruslena themselves can't do anything to directly control the scores, particularly PCS- they can only do their best to skate clean and with good emotion and energy and trust that the scores will follow. Best to just wish for them to do their best and then what happens with the scores happens.
 
Photos from the press-conference at TEF:
http://www.long-program.com/2016/11/18/trophee-de-france-fotos-off-ice/#jp-carousel-6559
http://www.long-program.com/2016/11/18/trophee-de-france-fotos-off-ice/#jp-carousel-6557
http://www.long-program.com/2016/11/18/trophee-de-france-fotos-off-ice/#jp-carousel-6558
http://www.long-program.com/2016/11/18/trophee-de-france-fotos-off-ice/#jp-carousel-6548

Ruslan in the T-shirt made by fans:
https://vk.com/blackswanei?z=photo-90089133_456239140/wall-69138676_3481

"It's not necessary to stand next to each other to be a team."
https://www.instagram.com/p/BM_W5iJAY36/?taken-by=julbka_

Best of luck to them tomorrow!

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76! The scores overall have been high, but the PCS isn't inflated at all from what they got in France. Guess the judges really do like the SD. Probably a tougher tech panel would have brought down the TES a bit, but there weren't any bobbles. A bit of a loss of synch on the twizzles, but that was the only thing that marred the performance. Most importantly for me, they skated cleanly and with a lot of speed and confidence.
 
Protocols: https://data.tallinntrophy.eu/2016/Tallinn_Trophy/CSEST2016_IceDance_SD_Scores.pdf

All level 4 except of the non-touching step sequence. They got 0,53 points more in GOE and 0,08 points more in PCS compared to Paris, this actually tells us that such a score could be possible for them at the big comps if they hit their levels :)

Oh dear, this looks like the results from the Mordovian cup last season, these marks are too much when you consider no one else this season has got a level 4 on the partial step sequence, not even the French or V/M, but I/Z have here.
 
Oh dear, this looks like the results from the Mordovian cup last season, these marks are too much when you consider no one else this season has got a level 4 on the partial step sequence, not even the French or V/M, but I/Z have here.

In all seriousness are you even a fan of these two? There is a Russian Ice Dance general thread in the Edge that might be better for your general Ruslena commentary...
 
In all seriousness are you even a fan of these two? There is a Russian Ice Dance general thread in the Edge that might be better for your general Ruslena commentary...

It is precisely because I am a fan of them, and overmarking them last season at the Mordovian cup didn't help them at all.
I don't want them to be a laughing stock, they are both really good skaters, so they don't need to be overmarked!
 
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