Sofia Muravieva
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Sofia MURAVIEVA RUS | WOMEN SHORT PROGRAM | Linz 2021 #JGPFigure
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A privilege to watch her.
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Congratulations on making it to the final 
and good luck with the quad sal. Sofia will be hard to beat once she gets it by anyone who is not Akatieva or Zhilina, and will have a bright future in seniors too.
and good luck with the quad sal. Sofia will be hard to beat once she gets it by anyone who is not Akatieva or Zhilina, and will have a bright future in seniors too.
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Sofia MURAVIEVA RUS | WOMEN FREE SKATING | Linz 2021 #JGPFigure
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Congratulations indeed! It was a beautiful, mesmerising skate.
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According to an interview Sonya gave after winning Linz, her plans now are to do minor competitions to try out her quad sal. In the JGP they had wisely decided not to go there and emphasise clean skating. I know Zinina is planning Stage 4 of the Russian Cup (unlike Sonya she actually needs Russian Cup events to make Nationals and not just for practice). It would probably be unwise for Sonya to do the same competitions as Nastya. I wonder where Sonya will turn up next, looking forward to seeing her.
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Sonya will skate in seniors at Stage 3 of the Russian Cup in Sochi on 25-26 October.
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That 4S was rotated, so congrats! Not even close to landed yet though. I wonder why it's proving so difficult to fix Sonya's posture and bring her shoulders down. They have ballet teachers at AoP and if little Sofa Sarnovskaya gets individual classes I am sure Sonya does too.
Not even close to landed yet though. I wonder why it's proving so difficult to fix Sonya's posture and bring her shoulders down. They have ballet teachers at AoP and if little Sofa Sarnovskaya gets individual classes I am sure Sonya does too.- Joined
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Trusova seems better at toe jumps. But that's not the case with every skater. I doubt they would concentrate on the salchow if another quad (or 3A) was easier for Sonya.
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Yep, and it's nice to see the extended senior version still works musically! Sometimes that's a problem for skaters doing both junior/senior programmes, but not here.
I really like Mikhailov's choreo. It has a nice flow and room to breathe.
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I think one reason they pack a lot is simply to get maximum points. Sonya is not a "swan" like, say, Levito, so slow elegant programs won't work for her, but she can pull off a fast-paced program with jumps out of nowhere. I follow AoP's Instagram and that girl is in fantastic physical shape. AoP's students tend to do well in that department, but Sonya beat literally everyone in a cross-country race except for one boy who finished together with her. The previous summer after just coming to the Academy she had serious trouble keeping up, so a lot of sweat and tears must have gone into it. Sonya also has the skating skills for difficult transitions without them slowing her to a crawl. The idea must be to use her strengths to the max, including interpretation and performance, while taking the attention off certain bugs. The judges apparently like the result. Mikhailov seems to be good at that kind of thing, it will be interesting to see how he develops as a choreographer. (Mikhailov actually has a following of his own as a young aspiring coach. People who can't stand Plushenko but like AoP's work simply concentrate on Mikhailov and insist Plushenko barely has anything to do with training.)
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Yeah, it was interesting to see her and Samodurova skate head-to-head considering Sofia M is ex-Team Davydov, and seeing the difference in skating skills. I'm not sure about the circumstances that led to her moving to AoP, but I don't think she was considered particularly outstanding among Davydov's skaters. That flow and speed she has now - I think it developed over the past year or so.
I'd say Mikhailov does indeed play an important role in packaging/skating skills, I think he learnt a thing or two from training under Zhuk/Svinin and Rubleva/Shefer (their dance teams always have cool programmes!). But I also lurk on AoP's instagram sometimes and you can see Plushenko involved in multiple aspects of training; to me his most obvious area of influence is jumps/off-ice training (those spinny gadgets from Mishin) but also the way the kids hold their heads up and connect with the audience.
Thanks for the explanation. Sofia M. is my favourite female skater. She seems so determined and I love that anger at the end after not hitting her 4S. She is a perfectionist. Her test skate one was similar. It is huge and she rotates it fully, but, isn’t able to land it. At least she rotates it. So, it has potential. My hope is to see her eventually master this jump. When she moves to Seniors, it would be amazing to have this quad jump plus her artistry. So, I’m happy with the result and effort here.
