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She even did a combo!WHAT?! :shocked:
She even did a combo!WHAT?! :shocked:
From 0:53 to 0:59 is such an insane display of skating skills. How often do you see that done so fast at the junior 3 level, while not even losing speed? Without even taking into account she's ... 2 years under the age of when she'd be expected to start skating there. All the steps might not be perfectly clean but if her skating skill PCS mark isn't close to 4.00 I'll be angry.She even did a combo!
On her, I looked into her school and their students. Of notables, there of course are Viktoria Vasilieva and Kamila Valieva. But something I noticed about this coach specifically is that all his skaters seem to get really high PCS and especially skating skill marks and have absolutely tiny jumps. Khabibulina is a pretty extreme example of tiny jumps but this was something recurring for many skaters at almost all the junior levels when I went through the different skaters' protocols - tons of UR/downgrade calls but very high PCS marks.Ksenia Melkumova is really an incredible talent. Pure pleasure to watch her skating.
Never mind. She just skated in BOTH competitions in one day. That's cool.
That's funny, because not knowing the school or anything, considering your awe, I thought: 'in the best case, this girl might become next Vasilieva'.I wonder if it's an intentional choice and that they really have far less focus on jumps than most might? It might also mean that Melkumova has potential for stronger jumps if she in the future were to get a coach that would help her focus on that. Though, it's not like Viktoria Vasilieva is a terrible jumper.
"This girl might end up having as good jumps as Vasilieva" would be more accurate hwell:That's funny, because not knowing the school or anything, considering your awe, I thought: 'in the best case, this girl might become next Vasilieva'.
Nice girls. Zinina has nice axel, little bit messy, but with potential.Maya Koryakova (04.01.2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSUY-EKj3jM
Polina Shcheglova (20.02.2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdSHnsHF3iA
Anastasia Zinina (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmdSRjNHCys
Truly. A little, hmm... meticulous in a way. Like she needs to think about things and it's not entirely natural. But some very nice skills. About the same age as Dzepka.