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Sofia Polishchuk & Alexander Vakhnov

So disappointed for them! I have never understood Russian scoring logic... it seems to avoid my favorites time and again. :gaah: guess there is an inverse relationship between program/skating one truly enjoys and technical winners... I hope they don't get discouraged. What happens for them now? Will we see them next year, I hope? :shocked:
 
Ain't gonna lie, im also disappointed. However there's going to be a few teams moving up to seniors come next season so I definitely think they'll finally get in next year.
 
icedinn said:
Ain't gonna lie, im also disappointed. However there's going to be a few teams moving up to seniors come next season so I definitely think they'll finally get in next year.
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They really should make it next season, even if Ushakova/Nekrasov and Shevchenko/Eremenko would still be ranked ahead of them. Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov and Konkina/Yakushev are also very good teams though and a lot can happen in one year.

In any case, Shevchenko/Eremenko, Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov and Konkina/Yakushev will all have to move to seniors after next season, so, there will be a lot of room on top for Polishchuk/Vakhnov after next season. The only other top team remaining after next season will be Ushakova/Nekrasov. Then again I am kind of hoping that Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy would be one of the top teams by then.
 
So Sofia & Alexander have split.

Alexander is rumored to have teamed up with Ksenia Konkina...

Both Sofia and Grigory are looking online for new partners. To say I'm gutted is an understatement. For me they had IT factor like Ilinykh/Katsalapov.
 
Oh No!!! Well that's that I guess... really really disappointed. Hope Sofia finds her new partner soon and best of luck to Alex.
 
Damn, I hate that they have split up. They were one of my favourites.

I would think it must have been a very difficult decision since they had skated nine seasons together already.
 
OMG 😱😱😱 I’m shocked and disappointed with this news. They were my favourite Russian junior ice dance couple. I loved their Romeo & Juliet last year. I’ve just rewatched their Black Swan from the JGP final, it was amazing. They looked so happy and content in the K&C. They were so balletic and had a real star quality.

Sad news😢 Have they really been together 9 years? That means they paired up at 7&9. He is very easy on the eye. I wish them both the best of luck moving forward.
 
3T3T said:
Have they really been together 9 years? That means they paired up at 7&9. He is very easy on the eye. I wish them both the best of luck moving forward.
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Yes, this season was their 9th season together. Note that the short interview is from Feb 2017.

http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/2832-so...zhem-s-zakrytymi-glazami-katatsya-vmeste.html

By the way, even their international career was a long one since they are the 2010 NRW Trophy champions (basic novice category, obviously).
 
3T3T said:
Sad news😢 Have they really been together 9 years? That means they paired up at 7&9. He is very easy on the eye. I wish them both the best of luck moving forward.
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Yes, they have been together for so long. Here is a video of them from 7 years ago.

It's so frustrating, I was thinking they were going to switch coaches since it seems that their coach has no political power in Russia, but to hear that they have split :noshake:
 
Did Polishchuk and Yakushev teamed up or not? It kind of looks like it didn't happen and if so are there any rumors about their new partners?
 
I don't know if this is true or not but it is rumored that Polishchuk is skating with German Shamraev now. If true I don't know what to think about that.
 
The Finn said:
I don't know if this is true or not but it is rumored that Polishchuk is skating with German Shamraev now. If true I don't know what to think about that.
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This is true. They are listed for the first stage of the Russian Cup in juniors.
 
New video interview of Konkina / Vakhnov where Vakhnov apparently speaks shortly about reasons why he and Polishchuk split up among other things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hn9RSU2Et8

Short summary about what was said.

briefly: how to create a pair - Xenia and Grisha parted as a sports unit by mutual decision, growth became critical, for a while skating alone. The PV situation is different - there, according to Alexander, Sonya had a conflict with Lyapina, she offered to change the coach, Sasha refused, eventually Sonya left, Vakhnov for a while skated alone, then learned that Xenia was free and called her. Tried in both groups - Gorshkova and Lyapina, decided to skate with Lyapina.
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Just wondering if she had a partner, is skating, and will compete this season. If not, I will miss her; she is, to me, a breath of fresh air..
 
elbkup said:
Just wondering if she had a partner, is skating, and will compete this season. If not, I will miss her; she is, to me, a breath of fresh air..
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No clue on that front, sorry. Gorshkov did say she was practicing so at least she is still skating.
 
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