Gala Competition "Russian Challenge" 2023

[alexocfp]

Skating as the queen and king on a chessboard. This event is 2 competitors in and already awesome.

 

[lariko]

Vetlugin commented that he tried to jump 3A with Plushenko’s exact technique

 

[lariko]

Okay, before my time, but go!

 

[LadyB]

Is it a chess themed program?

It's from the 1980's musical Chess.
Mukhametzyanova/Mironov once had a fantastic FS to the music.

 

[LadyB]

Radionova - I always loved her to bits!

 

[alexocfp]

And a Liza Toxic parody. Best event ever.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

I love Elena but other than the beginning , this was very empty program

 

[LadyB]

You still got it, Lena!!

 

[EdgeCall]

Haven't seen Radionova for quite a while but her fire has even grown with age.

 

[Cherub721]

Wow!!! Missed you girl! That was amazing. What energy she has. She needs to be in more shows.

 

[LadyB]

I love Elena but other than the beginning , this was very empty program

I loved it, but I make allowances that she has retired ages ago.

 

[lariko]

I guess, for the fans of mature woman skating—something for everyone!

 

[icewhite]

I don't understand the scores, but well... I guess I shouldn't look at them to enjoy the show.

 

[lariko]

Okay, let’s see Mozalev’s imaginings.

 

[Amei]

I love Elena but other than the beginning , this was very empty program

I think its important to note that some of the competitors here haven't competitively skated in years, Yagudin won the Olympics 21 years ago. A bit of an empty program but she looked like she was having a blast out there.

 

[alexocfp]

Radionova decided to keep it simple. A good old fashioned ice melter.

 

[lariko]

See, see! Spread eagle! Plus, welcome to Andrei’s harem dream.

 

[icewhite]

Honestly, as a woman I am not a fan of this program.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

This performance was very very beautiful and confusing at the same time I liked it but I have no idea what I watched

 

[thatdarncat]

Andrei has all the girls, loved Vetlugin.