Could this be Kavaguti/Smirnov's last competition? If so, I hope it'll be a magnificent one for them
And, even if I'm not a big fan, I hope Elena and Ruslan will be finally able to skate their FD well in a major competition after the diasters at Euros and Worlds :yes:
Interesting how Russia never medalled at WTT (yet some people say their team gold was predestined no matter what happened? ).
Hopefully they can go straight to gold this year.
True. At the Olympics, Russia was able to keep one consistent skater for the singles events, and switch out pairs/dance instead. They also had a much stronger team than they ever fielded at WTTs (Yulia, Plushy, on-form I/K and B/S, 2014 form S/K), and everyone delivered. Their teams at WTTs were not only weaker, but people also didn't deliver (e.g. Liza in 2013). I was only pointing out that the "didn't deliver" part could've happened at the Olympics too, though thank goodness it didn't.But that's because wtt is so skewed to singles. 2009 for example Russia had no men or ladies! Zero. Well maybe leonova. It only had pairs and dance which matter less than at Olympics. Even 2011 no men really.
Go Lena, Liza, Maxim, Sergei, Yuko and Sasha, and of course Other Lena and Ruslan!!!! ...