2023-24 Russian Grand Prix - Stage 5 - Samara

[AlexBreeze]

Nationals:
Petrosian, Frolova, Gorbacheva, Sadkova, Agaeva, Kulikova, Zakharova, Fursova, Khromykh, Vazhnova, Muravieva, Sinitsyna, Talalaikina, Yametova, Gushchina, Valieva will make it.

The two remaining places depend on who performs in the last stage.

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Just like yesterday honestly.

Can we find somewhere a current standings for grand prix final and Russian nationals?

 

[Skating91]

I wonder what the mentality is where Eteri and Daniel can't be bothered going to a GP stage where there are two of their skaters, and their skater won the junior girls as well.

Kamila is clearly not prepared for next week she was at Medvedeva's party and doing photoshoots during the week, Maya so far away they should have withdrawn her. I think Dudakov does a lot of work with the younger skaters so probably why standards have been maintained with juniors while Eteri is there on a part time basis. Alisa was impressive that's the best I've seen her perform.

 

[yume]

The highlight of Kostornaia's pairs career will be a bronze at a domestic GP. Maybe 2-3 seasons into the future.

Given her reaction to her honorable scores for a debut, she probably aim higher.
Also, i think this season, the ultimate goal of skaters who think it's in their abilities, is to finish on nats podium.
In a normal season, it would be to get GP spots, going to GP final, get selected for euros/worlds. That's what Usacheva and Kostornaya wanted when they were competing. Seeing Sinistyna win a stage doesn't make them regret anything imo, especially on Usacheva's part. Nationals is a different story.

 

[elektra blue]

oh spotted a nominee...thank you russian dance for never disappointing me

 

[AlexBreeze]

Can we find somewhere a current standings for grand prix final and Russian nationals?

2023-24 Russian Grand Prix Series: General Info

Ranking points for stages. Ties are broken based on total scores for two events. Place Score 1 18 2 16 3 14 4 12 5 10 6 8 7 6 8 4 9 2 10 1 18 singles, 15 ice dance couples, 12 pairs qualify to Russian (Junior) Nationals. 12 singles, 10 ice dance couples, 8 pairs...

www.goldenskate.com

 

[AlexBreeze]

oh spotted a nominee...thank you russian dance for never disappointing me

Ermakova/Krylov?

 

[AlexBreeze]

Varya and Timur have great costumes. Excited to see their new FD.

 

[elektra blue]

Ermakova/Krylov?

girls aren't doing enough this year, men are winning over them handsdown

 

[Mariott]

Glad to see Andrei M got his giant purple bear! And also managed to finish 4th.

He should have been on the podium with such a successful skate (even with the disaster in SP), but Samarin skates better than him and also than Hanyu, you know. Even falling twice Samarin with his obvious technical lag can't be shaken. He's the king of components.
It's a bad joke that I'm already tired of laughing and crying at, as are most of the Russian fans

 

[Mathematician]

Gushchina says she only trained 2.5 weeks before the start. She was dealing with injuries incessantly and hasnt fully recovered.

Excited to see what her full form will look like at Nats. She already looks really good.

 

[lariko]

Heh, I am low key staying invested in Lukin...

 

[AlexBreeze]

Katya and Zhenya have strong successors

 

[elektra blue]

Krylov, my dear, you got yourself a nomination, those fake abs deserve it

 

[lariko]

He should have been on the podium with such a successful skate (even with the disaster in SP), but Samarin skates better than him and also than Hanyu, you know. Even falling twice Samarin with his obvious technical lag can't be shaken. He's the king of components.
It's a bad joke that I'm already tired of laughing and crying at, as are most of the Russian fans

Seriously, Mozalev just needs to look to Aymoz and leave 4S out of the short...but eh. He will still have a hard time staying on the National Team this year, unfortunately.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Krylov, my dear, you got yourself a nomination, those fake abs deserve it

I won't be surprised if these costumes are designed by Mironova.

 

[elektra blue]

Black Panther and Wakanda forever are really popular in Russia

 

[AlexBreeze]

I won't be surprised if these costumes are designed by Mironova.

I'm not joking, by the way. Katya makes music cuts and costume designes for her training mates.

 

[Mariott]

Gushchina says she only trained 2.5 weeks before the start. She was dealing with injuries incessantly and hasnt fully recovered.

Excited to see what her full form will look like at Nats. She already looks really good.

The main advantage of Ksyusha Gushchina is calmness and athleticism, stable execution of jumps. That's why I'm a bit surprised that she has q on 2A, as a rule, Ksenia completes her jumps while still in the air. About 15 points were taken away from last season's best sum, but this can be explained by the lightening of the content. Hopefully, she'll come out in good shape for RusNat. Right now she has shown herself very well

 

[AlexBreeze]

Ermakova/Krylov deserve Nationals. But they got were stacked stages...