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eliana

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I read Plush's interview on the Olympic Channel and I was impressed by the ambition and strength with which he wants to build the skating academy. It is very difficult but I am convinced that it will succeed. At the moment, I admit that Tutberidze has the most talented girls, she still has the power to choose the best. Sasha and Alena did not leave her in vain. Something happened there ... But I don't think Tutberidze regrets it much. Evgheni may or may not succeed in something with Sasha and Aliona. Sasha is a genius but she lacks confidence in herself, and Aliona seems to have lost her ambition, her goal ... as if the competitors' achievements are blocking her, I don't know what to say. Evgheni has a fantastic confidence, desire and power and I hope to transmit the same feelings to the girls ... Good luck Plushy!

 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well the Nationals has concluded and in the end Sasha claimed bronze, Stanislava 16th and Artem K 8th.

So what do we all think? How is the Russian Figure Skating Fed going to react to Plushy's comments re: judging. Do you think he should put up and shut up? Keep going?

I mentioned in my previous post that Plushy had a lot of support for calling out the judges, but then I made the mistake of going into the Russian Ladies Thread. Now obviously, I'm not saying everyone has to worship Plushy, but people get so personal and mean over there! Someone actually wrote Plushy had no loyalty or values. WTF? I kinda lost my mind over that. Awkwaaard.

Also I have a concern... apparently Plushy decided to withdraw Aliona from the competition on doctor's advice, rather than Aliona doing so herself. In light of Anna S's win do you think Aliona will be angry? After all if Anna could compete - and win! why couldn't she? (I worry that Anna's situation will have a domino effect! What ladies skater will ever want to withdraw now unless their leg is literally falling off? :( )

On the plus side, Plushy was back to his normal clapping along self while watching Sasha. Heh he should express himself while watching his skaters more, I think it might cut back on the KnC outbursts. He seemed annoyed in the KnC with Sasha's score even though it put her in first, I wonder did he see the big scores for Anna S and Kamila coming? Or did he just think Sasha should have got higher? Word is on Twitter that the judges were super stingy on GOE, but would Plushy even know that in the moment?

Lastly, I feel super petty but when people were going nuts over Anna S's possible (and now occurred) 3-peat without qualifing as it being in ladies, I was thinking "Y'know Plushy won Nats ten times" Although admittedly not in a row and not against such competition. But hey, it ain't Plushy's fault he was that awesome ;)

Next on the calendar is the Swan Lake show, which means Plushy skating! :cheer:

I have to run but I can't leave this post with no links!

Coachshenko content:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQiYgqqes5- At yesterday's training session with Sasha and Dima M. SRS BSNS here. :biggrin:

Sasha P Sheningans:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQZMRrIQV7 - Probably best not to joke about sneezing, but I guess if you don't laugh you'll cry 😜

Yana stuff:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQUhvOKeEh - Yana at a Dior party, please note that while it's great a COVID-19 negative test was required to get in this is still terrible mask etiquette 😝

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJRDh7bKqxv - In video this time!

Right I better get moving I have to go food shopping and then to my parents place.

Until next time, stay healthy!
 
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Sweet Dream

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Couch potatoes have more value than Plushy, yeah, that's for sure! :LOL:

Trusova's wonderful performances here have secured her one place on the Worlds team, which is a big success for her as well as for her whole team! (y) Their persistent hard work finally paid off. It is not an easy job for Plushy considering Trusova's lingering injury. Even though she could not win the National title, it will be an absolutely different story when it comes to the possible Worlds with international judges around. I have enough confidence in her abilities. :) Now recovering fully from the injury and staying healthy against the spreading viruses are the most important things for her.

In the case of Kostornaya, I think she still has a good chance to fight for the last slot later on. They just don't need to rush. She is a very talented skater, and I believe that her beautiful skating will surely once again light up the world stage! :love2:

About the Russian judging, Plushy is not complaining but protesting to the Federation against the invisible manual manipulation. He is a highly professional man, and he knows very well what he is challenging and how the corrupted Russian Judging system is working against his skater. We, as impartial bystanders, should fully trust him.
 

Philippa8187

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well the Nationals has concluded and in the end Sasha claimed bronze, Stanislava 16th and Artem K 8th.

So what do we all think? How is the Russian Figure Skating Fed going to react to Plushy's comments re: judging. Do you think he should put up and shut up? Keep going?

I mentioned in my previous post that Plushy had a lot of support for calling out the judges, but then I made the mistake of going into the Russian Ladies Thread. Now obviously, I'm not saying everyone has to worship Plushy, but people get so personal and mean over there! Someone actually wrote Plushy had no loyalty or values. WTF? I kinda lost my mind over that. Awkwaaard.

Also I have a concern... apparently Plushy decided to withdraw Aliona from the competition on doctor's advice, rather than Aliona doing so herself. In light of Anna S's win do you think Aliona will be angry? After all if Anna could compete - and win! why couldn't she? (I worry that Anna's situation will have a domino effect! What ladies skater will ever want to withdraw now unless their leg is literally falling off? :( )

On the plus side, Plushy was back to his normal clapping along self while watching Sasha. Heh he should express himself while watching his skaters more, I think it might cut back on the KnC outbursts. He seemed annoyed in the KnC with Sasha's score even though it put her in first, I wonder did he see the big scores for Anna S and Kamila coming? Or did he just think Sasha should have got higher? Word is on Twitter that the judges were super stingy on GOE, but would Plushy even know that in the moment?

Lastly, I feel super petty but when people were going nuts over Anna S's possible (and now occurred) 3-peat without qualifing as it being in ladies, I was thinking "Y'know Plushy won Nats ten times" Although admittedly not in a row and not against such competition. But hey, it ain't Plushy's fault he was that awesome ;)

Next on the calendar is the Swan Lake show, which means Plushy skating! :cheer:

I have to run but I can't leave this post with no links!

Coachshenko content:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQiYgqqes5- At yesterday's training session with Sasha and Dima M. SRS BSNS here. :biggrin:

Sasha P Sheningans:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQZMRrIQV7 - Probably best not to joke about sneezing, but I guess if you don't laugh you'll cry 😜

Yana stuff:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQUhvOKeEh - Yana at a Dior party, please note that while it's great a COVID-19 negative test was required to get in this is still terrible mask etiquette 😝

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJRDh7bKqxv - In video this time!

Right I better get moving I have to go food shopping and then to my parents place.

Until next time, stay healthy!
I don’t think Aliona will be angry with Plushy and if she is, she’ll come to terms with the fact that he was acting on the best medical advice available and in my view, he made the right decision that was in her best interests. Take heart, Plushy is in this for the long haul. I wish him all the best.

As for the Russian ladies thread, you do wonder sometimes how quickly things get derailed there. I’d ignore a lot of what goes on.
 

Philippa8187

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I read Plush's interview on the Olympic Channel and I was impressed by the ambition and strength with which he wants to build the skating academy. It is very difficult but I am convinced that it will succeed. At the moment, I admit that Tutberidze has the most talented girls, she still has the power to choose the best. Sasha and Alena did not leave her in vain. Something happened there ... But I don't think Tutberidze regrets it much. Evgheni may or may not succeed in something with Sasha and Aliona. Sasha is a genius but she lacks confidence in herself, and Aliona seems to have lost her ambition, her goal ... as if the competitors' achievements are blocking her, I don't know what to say. Evgheni has a fantastic confidence, desire and power and I hope to transmit the same feelings to the girls ... Good luck Plushy!

I think Plushy can help Aliona regain her form and come back stronger. She had three periods off the ice: the extended break due to COVID-19 earlier in the year, changing of coaches, and then getting Covid herself. That’s not easy to deal with, and nor is the hate mail on social media. Some people behaviour like feral animals towards Plushy and her. That takes its toll. And on top of that, Aliona has gone through puberty and her body shape is now more that of a woman’s shape. The good thing is that she has gone through this now. So let’s keep the faith in her and in Plushy, and see what the next year brings. Take care.
 

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One thing I forgot to mention: The GOE for Trusova's 4Lz3T in the FS given by Judge No. 6 is ZERO!!! :jaw: Just look at how they handed out those generous candies to the other two skaters! :sick: Just so furious...
Shakes head.

Plushy won't have enough thumbs to 👎 at that! Hope someone brings that up at the judges meeting because what the -?!
 

CrazyKittenLady

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One thing I forgot to mention: The GOE for Trusova's 4Lz3T in the FS given by Judge No. 6 is ZERO!!! :jaw: Just look at how they handed out those generous candies to the other two skaters! :sick: Just so furious...
I guess the order of judges stays the same between SP and FS? Judge no. 6 also made the most questionable GOE calls in the SP if you go back to the protocols...
 

Sweet Dream

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There are so many things I cannot figure out right now. No matter how they are turning all things into a farce, Trusova has won herself a Worlds spot, fair and square! However, I will never understand how the Federation could allow a skater to skate with fever at the Nationals! They should have put other skaters' health above everything! Just think about that: Plushy was once hospitalized in the ICU this spring!!! 😨

There are other suspicions I cannot talk about here, just so horrible!
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well, it's been a busy day on the forums! The wash-up from the Nats has kept the Russian Ladies Thread abuzz.

I keep swinging back and forth on what to think of competitive sports. Like recreational wise sports are great for the mind and body, but once it gets competitive it seems to do the complete opposite 🤔 Plushy himself is a poster boy for this! He's less than 2 years older than me and has had countless surgeries and competed through all sorts of pain. I'm having a bit of a crisis on whether this is something I should even support? Am I just projecting my own view onto things, I'm a huge wuss so to me no pain = no gain is something I'm happy to live with :laugh:

I guess I just don't like the thought that Plushy or any other skater for that matter would only measure their worth in gold medals :(

Anyway, Plushy posted this video of Sasha T's free skate with a supportive message: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJTGyxZDmq8

I Google Translated some of the comments, a lot of them were nasty, telling Plushy he hasn't done anything for Sasha at all and Eteri is responsible for all her technique. Funnily enough these people didn't blame Eteri for the disaster at Rostelecom. Typical, yeah? If Sasha does well it's all because of Eteri, if she does poorly apparently it's Plushy's fault.

I for one have noticed that Sasha's jumps are a lot better looking, she used to bend a lot when landing, now she doesn't. It looks nicer.

I gotta be honest, I'm somewhat disappointed that he's thanking Tatiana Tarasova. Apparently she deigned to make a positive comment about Team Angels, like big deal? The amount of bile she's spewed over the years really should make her a person non grata, but nope. Some people can get away with anything! 🙄

In more cheerful news the Swan Lake preparations continue!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJSvWadHdMz - The Junior and Senior Synchro teams - Crystal Ice - practicing.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJS4ShFAsfM - Sasha P practicing and assuring us that masks and gloves will be required to attend the show (I sure hope so! 😷)

Blast from the past:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJTkgbGAvTM - From Opera on Ice last year, apparently an Italian channel replayed it. I love it when Plushy and Sasha skate together, it's so cute! 🥰

Random stuff:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJTls-0FBa5 - Yana and an intriguing fireplace, they look like real flames, but they aren't! She's hoping to install one in the Academy, persumely not on the rink :laugh:

Anywho, I better head off I'm doing some laundry and need to hang it out!

Until next time, stay healthy all!
 

anonymoose_au

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Sofia Sarnovskaya 2012 year of birth... superbbb!!

Wow nicely done, Sofia S!

I wonder what her patyrnomic is...will she be referred with its initial like Anastasia V Gubanova (although I'm completely unfamiliar with the first one!) to differentiate her from the other Sofia Sarnovskaya?

Anyway hello fellow Plushy fans! Hope you're all well!

So! I've decided on a new method of interaction with the Russian Ladies Thread! I shall keep a rubber band on me when I go in there and whenever I have an urge to reply I'll flick it to remind me not to! I have a high hopes it'll work. :biggrin:

I will say one thing, it's unfair of me, but I'm annoyed that while skaters with various illnesses are praised for showing up at Nats, Plushy is the poster child for irresponsibility for not wearing his mask correctly. Like other coaches have got flak, but Plushy is of course the worst 🙄 like everyone would suddenly wear their masks properly if he did. Although the fact now he's doing so, while others still aren't clearly shows that's BS. Detractors seem to be confused as to whether Plushy is a person non-grata and irrelevant or a Mafia type influence with the Russian Figure Skating world in his thrall.

*Snaps elastic band*

In on-topic news:


This was posted in Sasha T's fan fest, it's an interview with Dmitri Mikhailov. He discusses working with Sasha T and how ended up at the Academy. He has nice things to say about Plushy too, which I think aren't entirely because he's Dima's boss :laugh:

Swan Lake Show preparations:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJWOSERKl7A - Plushy rehearsing, what a boss :) I love to watch him skate! 🥰

Coachshenko content:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJWvg6ZK60T - Coachshenko and Dima M at the boards as Sasha T competes. Intense!

Sasha P Sheningans:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYzqR2A6OB - Stretching! Wow that's some flexibility!

Blast from the past:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZRij3pTzT - The finale at Cluj-Napoca last year. 🥰

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJY549xK9wn - Yana posted this ad for Cinderella, which was the big show last year :) Glorious dresses galore!

Yana stuff:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJVUm4VFAt2 - Apparently Yana's on the cover of the December Grazia Russia magazine. I like the 2nd cover more since I do love a fab dress ;)

Well I should clean my apartment it's getting messy again so I shall be off!

Until next time, stay healthy all!
 

anonymoose_au

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Happy New Year from 2021 fellow Plushy fans! 🎇🎆

Hope you're all feeling well! I am... I was feeling pretty rotten yesterday, but my mother came over and helped me clean up my apartment and then I went over to my parents place to celebrate New Year's Eve, good stuff.

Speaking of good stuff...the Family Plush wishes you Happy New Year!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeiXcPD6cZ - How adorable is Arseniy in his Christmas hat? :laugh: And Sasha P's rocking that horse ;)

Also! Swan Lake has begun and as it was last time, it's an absolutely gorgeous production:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJdHjdMKmEJ -From little Prince to the Tsar!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdwVy8KD1p - This is so cool! 😎 That's Coach Dima M jumping a 3S with Sofia Muravieva. That's some epic unison!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdpXa2ounJ - Ballerinas and the Junior and Senior Synchro Crystal Ice teams :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdY5TiB71D - Some beautiful photos from Svetlana (she takes the best ones 🤗)

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJdKMbgo56l - Sasha P and Sofia Sarnovskaya playing the younger Prince and Swan Princess, so cute!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdLEFNKurq - Veronika Zhilina just 4T-ing like it's no big deal 🤯

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJdIDqkHwS9 - Over 11 minutes of moments from this amazing show! Not the best camera work, but dang this person had a good seat! Also A+ mask wearing. 👍

And many more fantastic videos and photos under the hashtag #лебединоеозероплющенко (I endeavoured to type that hashtag out, but nah copy and paste is the way to go! ;)

For fun, see if you can spot all the Angels in the cast :)

Right! On that note I shall be off. I completely failed my GoodReads 2020 goal and I feel I must remedy that ;)

Until next time, say healthy!
 
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anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Hope you're all doing well!

I'm so relieved! They've finally got a mask mandate where I live. It's only taken them 3 weeks to do it!

Moving back onto topic:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJf7P2Qqyi5 - More New Year's wishes from the Family Plush

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJeiXcPD6cZ - Plushy and Baby Arseniy, well if that isn't gosh darn adorable! 🤗

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgR9qRqmRf - Sasha enjoying the rocking horse - I'm oddly amused by Meagan Duhamel's comment of being in awe of the Christmas tree. :laugh:

Swan Lake continues its beautiful shows!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgLKFQpnlq - Sofia Titova and the brothers Sarnovsky are in the show as dwarves.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJf7wGYJkM3 - The Zhilina sisters (Veronika and Alena) are in the show too! :laugh: This is cute.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgNABqpfLE - Plushy ruling the ice like a boss 😎

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgcZR8gfXN - Rehearsals of the show :)

Fan art:

https://twitter.com/gin_mekking/status/1344530202399920128?s=19 - Love this!

Right I've actually been working on this post for quite some time (kept getting distracted!) so on that note I shall be off!

Until next time stay healthy!
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

2nd January is Yana's birthday and they celebrated this at the Swan Lake show:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJjfJ-9qP8a and https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjPyVyKTYD
- After the show :)

Birthday wishes

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjJFHgjRGv - From Plushy

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjMbGZgtOG - From Sasha P

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjp-HMp9Rq - From Emmanuel Sandhu

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlFM9OnWiS - Yana's thank you post :)

Just general awesomeness from the show:


https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjKFLPKYh6 - Nikita Sarnovsky doing a 3A-3T :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlD3KZBmSn - Videos from today's show :)

Right there's probably more, but work is back on for me tomorrow so I need to hit the hay!

Until next time, stay healthy!
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

I've been hard at work uploading links to Plushy's media, but I today was the final day of Swan Lake and I bring links!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJo6W4Lg9lm - A post by Sergei Filin, with some videos of Plushy's performances in the show. I'm so jealous of everyone who got to goooo 🥺 Also Sofia T and the Sarnovsky brothers being the little gnomes are so cute! 🥰

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJoflo0KUnj -Sasha as the Little Prince.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJp1eRQqGF- Everything about this show is beautiful!

https://twitter.com/Norah_min/status/1346401861377564673?s=19 - I didn't expect to see Coachshenko, but here's a sighting! :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlWZDRppXF - Sofia T practing before the show a 3F and a cantilever!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrDMQ9KKbw - The final bows of the last show

https://www.instagram.com/p/CJoEIoLlv8Z - Yana in the yard of Casa Plush, looks like a fairytale land :biggrin:

Right I better be off now, I need to get to work!

I'll be back later as today is Sasha P's 8th birthday so there's sure to be more links to be shared.

Until then, stay healthy!
 

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