An interview with them (3 weeks old, in Russian and nice to watch even without language skills). Nevertheless maybe can someone make a summary of the interview.
for posting. Interesting interview despite the garbled Google translation.. especially regarding Sophia's FD Swan Lake ballet costume and how much the dance was inspired by the film. They really seemed to enjoy their Lake Placid experience.
Finally they go to the gpf :agree:. I do like the Swan Lake fd but the music cuts are a bit jarring and the judges don't seem to be a fan either. Still, I hope they win a medal!
They made it to the JGP Final but they didn't win JGP Italy which was disappointing. They did score a new PB but it is a disappointing fact that they have the weakest PB among all the teams who have made it to the JGP Final.
So they were at the Open Andorra 2017 this week-end and won the junior competition.
Here is the results page. Levels were not very good especially in the SD, I'm starting to worry about them
There are no video AFAIK but Alex posted a picture of them with their medals on Instagram. Sofia has a new FD costume and it's a vast improvement from the old one IMO.
Here is a video of their SD at Open Andorra 2017.
Definitely not their best performance, a few stumbles by Sofia (before the twizzles, during the step sequence,...). They really need to hit the key points in the pattern to be competitive at the JGPF.
That was an amazing FD performance at JGPF! Forgot they were on skates... thought they should have placed higher really but SO well done. Did they Medal at Andorra?
That was an amazing FD performance at JGPF! Forgot they were on skates... thought they should have placed higher really but SO well done. Did they Medal at Andorra?
Thank you, icedinn!!! So on to Russian Nationals, I guess. They are here to stay; cannot wait to see what their future holds... lovely lovely youngsters!!
Honestly, I have no words, 4th again and (probably) no Junior Worlds...
After beating all of the Russian teams but Skoptsova/Aleshin at the GPF they get ditched again!!! What do they have to do to medal at nationals? I bet if Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov skated well they would have been in front too. Plus Shpilevaya/Smirnov were I injured. So Russia thinks of them as only their 7th best team