Nope :noshake:
My feelings initially, now my feelings confirmed. Even at test skates, Tukt was better (didn't watch Lip). Its going to be a long season :hopelessness:
Nope :noshake:
Not a good start to the season for Team Rukavitsin...
I don't think there's any point in pretending this isn't the case, even in a fan thread, and I think fans should be able to come here and talk about it because, as a fan, it's upsetting to me and I'd like to think there's hope for its resolution. But I really can't bring myself to come here and act happy about everything because I'm really not.
Pluschenko, if he returns next season.
This is a bad joke, ey?
I'm sorry, but as a Russian ladies skater, I do not think there is any real hope for her future unless she manages to stabilize her jumps, and I don't think she can stabilize her jumps without completely reworking her technique. It is obvious this is not enough of a priority for her and her team at this time. Her long program is in my opinion also a disaster but that pales in comparison to this jump issue.
I don't think there's any point in pretending this isn't the case, even in a fan thread, and I think fans should be able to come here and talk about it because, as a fan, it's upsetting to me and I'd like to think there's hope for its resolution. But I really can't bring myself to come here and act happy about everything because I'm really not.
No, I heard rumours that he wants the team event...
Serafima is beautiful. Somebody messed up her life and career. :sad21:
I saw Sima in competition at Ice Challenge last year and more than two weeks ago in Oberstdorf. I also went to the practice sessions at both events. I can tell you her 2a indeed improved. Of course she does not have the best 2a technique in the world, but in Oberstdorf she landed her 2a cleanly at a very high percentage rate. For some reason she can’t do that jump in competition, it rather seems psychologically to me. Unfortunately in Germany she had quite some problems on the other jumps, in particular on her 3-3 combos, but then here again to me it seemed like the mistakes were subject to her not going with enough confidence into them. The coach who accompanied her certainly also was not helpful (some Coach of Rukavitsin’s team I’ve not heard so far).I thought last season she was working to correct some of her technique but this season, her 2a is worse, she doesn't even try to pretend that her lutz is on an outside edge, falling/stepping out of rippons/tanos looks stupid, and her 1loop and jumps landings are not good either.
I don’t know about Gorshkov, but Russian Fed didn’t take away SC from Artemieva, it was her initiative not to go there. Russian Fed might be evil, but not in this case.And was I the only one thinking maybe there is a chance Russia will take away Skate America from her like they did with Artemieva and SC, Gorshkov and RC? Rukavitsin is sure having a bad week.