Valentina always goes with Misha. Poor Stasya must feel abandoned at times when she's left without a coach, especially if it's for more than a few days. But of course Misha is special for Valentina quite apart from being her best student, I remember her saying that he is virtually like another son to her (she has two but they don't skate).
Yes, the girl says "my older brother always helps me". The video is the kids talking about the role of figure skating in their lives.Thank you very much for that! Mika has really nice voice :luv17: The only thing I understood from whole video was a girl saying "starszy brat" (that's how we write it in Polish)
Yes I think so too but I was hoping that those 2 weeks they spent with Mozer group in NY and whole Boston experience would help a lot. I remember some footage of Valentina having a lively conversation with Rafael Arutunian at Worlds too. But I guess Rome was not built in a day...
Mika will be skating 4th in the last group straight after Maxim. Maxim's starting number is 13th - hope he is not superstitious - I am ha ha
Good luck Mika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I believe that number 13 and black cats brings luck
Yes, good luck!Mika will be skating 4th in the last group straight after Maxim. Maxim's starting number is 13th - hope he is not superstitious - I am ha ha
Good luck Mika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The SP tomorrow shouldn't present too much of a problem (knock on wood), it's his FS I am worried about. I hope he finally does the 4S because my nerves will not survive another wave of doomsday pronouncements. 
I wish that meant that jumps came with a bird's ease to him but alas it isn't so. He can certainly make them look that way, but after a lot of work and trial and error. It took him at least two seasons to get his 3A right, and his 3Lo still starts causing problems the moment he takes his attention off it (happened last season too, but they fixed it afterwards). And I am pretty certain his 4T didn't get so much better over the mid-season by magic.
Somebody on FSO, I think, gave a timely reminder that before we complain about the things Misha and his team don't do, we have to pause and think what they can afford financially and what the Fed is prepared to pay for. Nobody on that team is rich and I seriously doubt the Fed gave Misha a blank cheque. They probably have to limit themselves to the budget end of things for now. Which, for instance, means no big-name choreographers from abroad. They could probably have gone with someone like Misha Ge, who was in SPb anyway in the mid-season. And we'll have to see how the situation changes by next season.
The one upside of this competition - this colour looks great on Misha.
some Chinese fans have just found their way to Misha's VK group and are suggesting new jump layouts, people on FSO are offering to pay for a new FS costume, someone on Facebook offered to talk to Averbukh on his behalf, and someone is even prepared to help him look for a sponsor. 
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