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- Apr 18, 2014
Based on the fact that this is the only team to break out and win their first nationals based on the strength of a remarkable Carmen SD and their own desire to win. You are right that the Russian FED is clueless as to how to groom and train their dancers, but as they say hope dies last. I just can't accept that such talent is going to be wasted in Russia. :noshake:
As clueless as the Russian federation is, if Elena Ilinykh finishes her career without a world medal, she really has no one to blame but herself. Elena and Nikita have gone through a number of specialists together and apart and each stint always ends the same: underachievement and the coach being called incompetent by the fans