Team Russia - Promising Young Skaters

[Alba]

Veronika Zhilina, born 2008, Arkhangelsk.

Trained by mother, started skating at 1 year 8 months. Competing against 6-7yo girls, in the future mom thinks about sending her to Sankt Petersburg and pairs skating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xHzQezCVAE

At 5 she had axel in combination and was able to make 5 consecutive jumps:
http://vk.com/video1628004_167136471 at 2:55 full split in spiral like Julia, just without using hands
http://vk.com/video-71479541_169851858
At 6:
http://vk.com/video-71479541_170121900

That's great. It's nice that somebody is thinking about Pairs since at early age. :yes:

She's so cuuuute and the ending of the program in the first videos is so funny. She is dorable.

 

[witcher]

Nikol Vaytkus, 9yo (born Feb 2006), St Petersburg, double axel
http://vk.com/id741422?z=video1182799_170941136/videos741422

 

[witcher]

Diana Davis, Polina Tsurskaya,
Anna Scherbakova, Evgenia Medvedeva

https://pp.vk.me/c624628/v624628213/38338/i-MIPq2SLUM.jpg

 

[Sophie-Anna]

Diana Davis, Polina Tsurskaya,
Anna Scherbakova, Evgenia Medvedeva

https://pp.vk.me/c624628/v624628213/38338/i-MIPq2SLUM.jpg

Diana looks so so much like Eteri, it's unbelievable

 

[witcher]

Diana looks so so much like Eteri, it's unbelievable

Yes, I noticed that too!:yes:

 

[Forpost]

Oh, no.
http://s015.radikal.ru/i332/1507/cf/0a5a002c7a6d.jpg
http://s020.radikal.ru/i703/1507/55/ac47928fba54.jpg

 

[Roman09]

you know who
http://cs629203.vk.me/v629203846/5cd0/T1zVXuvlubM.jpg

 

[silverfoxes]

13-year-old Petr Gummenik's 7-triple loop combo

https://www.facebook.com/skating.ritmica/videos/10153002508693450/

 

[Roman09]

Davis: http://vk.com/wall-64888695_21867

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

Davis: http://vk.com/wall-64888695_21867

I really like the music!!!! What is it?

 

[witcher]

I really like the music!!!! What is it?

Yes. Light, lively and intriguing.

 

[stryke]

I really like the music!!!! What is it?

Maria Sotskova used it in her 13-14 FS. It's listed as Pina on her wikipedia page.

https://youtu.be/VPRAbYQJoHc?t=67

 

[ines42575]

Polina Tsurkaya has been confirmed to be at the JGP in Bratislava, Alexander SAMARIN and Vladislav TARASENKO (in junior men) too i´m really excited!!

 

[ines42575]

and Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN and Alla LOBODA / Pavel DROZD in Ice Dance

 

[breathesgelatin]

I'm curious about Fedichkina, Mikhailova, Mitrofanova, and Solovyeva, who are potentially debuting on the JGP but are less hyped than someone like Tsurskaya, who I've already watched many times. Obviously I can see where most of them placed at Russian Nationals last year versus skaters I know more about (although it doesn't look like Solovyeva was at Nationals last year??). Can anyone comment more about them? Links to favorite/best programs etc? Thanks!

 

[AlexRus]

Tsurskaya is "someone like Radionova", who was well-known before international debut because her high results (at 2011/12 season Radionova was 5th at Senior Nationals and 3rd at Junior Nationals).

2014/2015 Season Best of newcomers (at Russian competitions).
Polina Tsurskaya (11 Jul 2001) 198.41
Alisa Fedichkina (14 Feb 2002) 175.13 SP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PcypjxcPbI FS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22fIE7eLfG4
Ekaterina Mitrofanova (05 May 2002) 168.57 SP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXiWrrimz_0 FS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_EbN0CtM7c
Alina Solovieva (11 Feb 2002) 168.07 SP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQzVSLHX2Q FS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMyHHZ-T1sU
Stanislava Konstantinova (14 Jul 2000) 165.72 SP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKPzcQYrijE FS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFinZg_i0rc
Valeria Mikhailova (14 Feb 2002) 161.13 SP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7QzA4xMic FS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKfepwXHjdo

These scores can not be directly compared with international, but are usable to compare skaters.

 

[ines42575]

Alisa FEDICHKINA and Alina SOLOVYEVA will be the russian junior ladies in JGP Riga Cup
Junior Men: Dmitri ALIEV and Petr GUMENNIK
Junior Pairs: Ekaterina BORISOVA / Dmitry SOPOT, Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Stepan KOROTKOV and Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODIN
Junior Ice Dance: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO and Sofia SHEVCHENKOVA / Igor EREMENKO

 

[breathesgelatin]

Thank you so AlexRus for the links! Will check those out.

 

[witcher]

Ok, so this girl, Anastasia Tarakanova is two years younger (b. 2004!) than Gubanova and Nugumanova...
Launching triples at 10 like it's nothing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7D1myGtuBk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eiX_ATrXvo

 

[ines42575]

amazing!!