but skating for only a meagre hundred or two/three spectators?
Rather two-three than a hundred.
but skating for only a meagre hundred or two/three spectators?
Why not? It's important to do a challenger before the GPs to set the tone and get a new SBs. Especially if her biggest competitors, Sasha, Alena, Anna, Evgenia, and Rika will already go into GPs with a SBs. Typically (though not always - see the past week), challengers are more lenient in their scoring so it could possibly give way to a higher score. But even if that's not the case, it's still beneficial to have a showing and set the bar for her own scores before the important competitions. And of course to see how she's ranked amongst her compatriots which is very important this year.
My reasoning is around three points: first I think she needs a continuous training time since she lost some during summer because of the shows. The test skates was not bad but still the programs and physical condition are under development. Second she competes non stop at the highest level and shows for three season in row. It will be more clever to reduce the competitions she enters, injures are larking like sharks. Third there is no emergency in her case to establish a season best since she is ranked high and will not have problem to make the last group.
Even JO in the above context is not considered important. But because of Japan and since you are going by invitation plus the profitability makes it difficult refuse. Depending on how she will do there though, I can see an assignment to Minsk later.
"Not bad". You reminded me the scene from the Clavell's novel King Rat, when Peter Marlowe explains to King that for a decent Englishman "not bad" is the highest superlative he can express
Thoroughly upset about Kanysheva's untimely injury. Does this mean she will have to participate in both junior and senior Russian Cup stages if she wants to qualify for junior or senior nationals? And if that is the case, we'd better pray that her injury heals as quickly as possible, as the first event is already starting soon, and she will probably have to participate in all of the following four (unless, the rules were much nicer and allowed you to qualify for jr nationals via senior Russian Cup results). Such a beautiful skater struck with such an unfortunate injury! Hopefully we can see her beautiful programs and enjoy her amazing skating at Junior Worlds.
just gonna throw this out there- slow the speed down to .5 or .25. no UR in sight.
https://youtu.be/iP-SJ3EYJyg?t=115
The time for mocking POTO has expired already, I think. But if you are crediting Alina's highest PCS of the season in SP on the account of the reputation, than I can say that e. g. on worlds everybody from the top had a reputation, like two times world champion, rising star of the land of the rising Sun, "true musical skater" etc. Yet somehow Alina with her - according to you - atrocious choreo got the highest score all the way. No, it wasn't because it was atrocious, but because it allowed Alina to show all her skills.
P. S. You have some reputation as well.
No matter if Mishin wants to accept or not, but Eteri is currently the number 1 coach in Russia for ladies (if not at all), and that's because she's always keeping up with the development of the sport. At least her students always get their high scores with actual achievements. Yes, very often their PCS might be a couple of points too high, but you never get the feeling that this is all about politicking and dirty games. Which was the case, for me personally, last weekend when Anna was down-scored not only on PCS, which yes is arguable, but was also unfairly cut on TES.
Why not? It's important to do a challenger before the GPs to set the tone and get a new SBs. Especially if her biggest competitors, Sasha, Alena, Anna, Evgenia, and Rika will already go into GPs with a SBs. Typically (though not always - see the past week), challengers are more lenient in their scoring so it could possibly give way to a higher score. But even if that's not the case, it's still beneficial to have a showing and set the bar for her own scores before the important competitions. And of course to see how she's ranked amongst her compatriots which is very important this year.
online competition board Russian Cup - Rostelecom 2019-2020, stage 1 https://fsrussia.ru/results/1920/1etap/index.htm
Finally! The full list!
Strong SPB ladies line up in the MS category. Will be interesting to see what shape Sima is in about a month out from her GP assignment.
Of course other skaters benefit reputation (Medvedeva included), have you watched figure skating in the past 10-20 years? You say i have reputation too, but at least i have no bias towards a club or another, when they make mistakes like changing a music but keeping the choreography or recycling programs with the exact same costume they all deserve criticism.
As for the POTO program, i stand by my opinion, it's a bad program. She got the marks because she has the skills, she skated clean, and she is the Olympic Champion, and because judges rarely penalize a bad composition; this season programs are better.
Wow! Gulyakova, Nugumanova, Sakhanovich, Talalaykina all in the same group! And outsiders like Gracheva, Istomina and Tsibinova as well! This will be very interesting.
Umm , wait, what?!?!? Guliakova and Nugumanova and Talalakina?? When is this event happening??? I can’t read Russian. Is this part of the Russian Cup thing?
i am really glad to hear this. making senior competition available as they do the JGP will only help the sport, like gymnastics. i think they should follow down the same road as USA gymnastics on their youtube channel- broadcast official practices and competition live and upload full broadcasts of events, even if they are just domestic or senior B's.
Yes, it's the first stage of the Russian Cup and is occurring this week.