Sinitsina/Katsalapov future prospects
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That remind me last year.We need a reporter to ask ''so rumours are true Elena?''. If she answers like ''we want to concentrate our performance'' we will know it is true.
To be fair, at the time she was asked about the rumor of the I/K split, Elena herself couldn't be sure whether it was true or not ... it wasn't really up to her to confirm/deny that one. She strikes me as a smart girl - after all the progress I/Z have made in just one season - there's no way she'd ditch that momentum and go back to her former talented-but-highly-inconsistent partner (who's dumped her twice already).
Anyways Elena denied the rumors: http://fsrussia.ru/news/700-elena-i...i-o-sotrudnichestve-s-prezhnim-partnerom.html.
Whoever started that rumor must think figure skating fans are a bunch of idiots. Elena did just as well on the GP circuit with Ruslan as she ever did with Nikita. Then she and Ruslan won Russian nationals - something she never accomplishes with Nikita. And now it looks like she will do as well with Ruslan as she has done with Nikita at EC. And that's just in the first year of their partnership. PLus, she seems much more relaxed and has a partner who doesn't blame her anytime he makes a mistake. No logical person would ever think she'd want to go back to Nikita.
This whole split thing is going to follow them for the rest of their career. These rumors will probably always be there along with all the nostalgic talk about what I/K could have been. Poor Ruslan. He'll forever be paranoid and I'm not saying Elena would ever leave him, but when these rumors come up even he must second guess himself.
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He actually seems okay to me....
As for the rest, I was a big I/K fan but I've let it go, and I think as time passes more and more people will let it go. I do think they were something very special, just like I think me and my high school boyfriend were something very special, but he's not the person I'm with now thank goodness, and I feel the same about these two. As to what they could have been, I don't care, and I think as time passes and I/Z and S/K (maybe) attain successes in their own right (which I/Z are already doing) people will naturally and necessarily focus on that instead, since really, in the end, you can't imagine something having turned out another way from how it really did.
As the the rumors continuing after this season, I really don't see it, especially as, if they stay healthy, given another year or so I/Z are going to have 2 euro medals and a worlds medal, mark my words.
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It's quite possible, I think, especially if Monko/Khaliavin don't manage to pull up considerably in the FD.
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You're right. But what if M/K bombs the free and B/S can't compete because of injuries? Will they still send M/K no matter what?
Especially Ruslan, who has improved A LOT. I think there's no chance they would split up now.Anyway the RUS federation needs to send Bobrova/Soloviev to Worlds as long as they are presentable - if not Russia will probably loose their 3 spots for the next ones. Even if I/Z will skate their best they would be 4th. And the rest would be lucky to make top 10.
However Monko/K can skate clean tonight
However Monko/K can skate clean tonight
They can't send S/K because they don't have the minimum scores & are not entered to any competition to obtain it before worlds. I don't think there are any other teams competing senior that have it either, so M/K would keep the spot.
It's true. S/k are not a better bet than m/k. B/S injured skating cautiously is probably next.
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Definitely is possible. The combined placement of the top 2 russian teams has to be 13 or less. If I/Z can get 5th one of the other two has to get 8th. It is doable, but not certain.
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