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Honestly, I feel like they will be a huge threat very soon.
She, especially, has the vibe of a future champion.
She, especially, has the vibe of a future champion.
Alina Ustimkina & Nikita Volodin
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Some pics from the test skate event.
http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/2276-kontrolnye-prokaty-yuniorov-parnoe-katanie.html
Does anyone know how they did?
http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/2276-kontrolnye-prokaty-yuniorov-parnoe-katanie.html
Does anyone know how they did?
Interview of Alexei Sokolov.
http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/2282-al...e-kruche-i-talantlivee-to-tolku-ne-budet.html
http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/2282-al...e-kruche-i-talantlivee-to-tolku-ne-budet.html
Alina & Nikita will start their season next week in Saint Petersburg. Mishina/Mirzoev will be there also.
For some reason Russian Fed haven't assigned them to any JGP event yet. I think that was a major mistake by the Fed because now They will have to compete at the last two pairs' events which will be crowded with TOP pairs. If they had been assigned to earlier events they would have had a lot better chances to make it to the final.
For some reason Russian Fed haven't assigned them to any JGP event yet. I think that was a major mistake by the Fed because now They will have to compete at the last two pairs' events which will be crowded with TOP pairs. If they had been assigned to earlier events they would have had a lot better chances to make it to the final.
If they are any good, they will get to the final anyway. If they improved, why couldn't they beat the Pair from Ukraine or Czech Republic? Or either of the Russian pairs. If they can't beat them, maybe they don't deserve to be in the final yet.
So, based on your logic it would have been totally fine if Russia would have fielded Mishina/Mirzoev, Atakhanova/Spiridonov, Borisova/Sopot, Alina Z, Polina T and Nastia G for JGP Russia?
Better yet, Russian Fed should have put Polina to JGP France because if she can't make it to the final in any event then she doesn't deserve to be there, right.
Well, my logic tells me that no matter how lucky they may be to avoid too good competitors at JGP, they will have to fight them at nationals and at junior worlds anyway, so maybe coming face-to-face with hard competitors is not such a bad thing as you are making it. The Russian junior ladies are so great not because they can choose the easiest competitors they want to compete against, but because they have to fight against each other and learn to deliver under pressure. That's my logic.
And to second part of your question, I don't really care where Russian federation puts Polina. If she is as great as she was last year, she will win no matter where she competes, if she is not as great, she will have to try harder.
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The aim is to make it to the final. That is why it is very rare that any federation would put their best skaters to the same event and that is also why it is pretty rare that one JGP event would have many TOP skaters. Once the entries are known the federations usually switch their skaters if it looks like there are too many TOP skaters at the event. They do it because they know that there will be other JGP event where their skaters have better shot at making it to the final.
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That's where you are wrong. The aim should not be only to get to JGPF. The aim should be to be better than all the competitors, so that one doesn't have to worry against whom they are going to compete. Not getting to JGPF didn't hurt Mishina/Mirzoev last season. They went home, worked hard, entered every internal competition they could to get some more competitive experience and at the end of the season they got world medal. If a pair will be striving to get to JGPF through luck and easier events, that doesn't bode well for their success in the long term, because sooner or later they will have to face those competitors that they luckily managed to avoid.
I am definitely not wrong. For example Roman Savosin is a good example of good strategy and because of that he might very well make it to the final. He was assigned to the two of the earliest events which usually are a bit weaker events than the rest. Now he has a great opportunity to gain international experience and also to gain some reputation especially if he does make it to the final. Most definitely well played by him if it was his desire to skate at the 1st and 2nd JGP event.
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What is the "music" for the SP? Does anyone know?
The Lp is "Aria" by the Balanescu quartet, I think.
The Lp is "Aria" by the Balanescu quartet, I think.
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2nd stage of St. Petersburg Cup.
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlqND5yxqY
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_91tRj5nZc
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlqND5yxqY
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_91tRj5nZc
They did good today. The score could have been a bit better though.
JGP Estonia
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4BjTXcmXcI
JGP Estonia
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4BjTXcmXcI
They did very well, too bad that she made one mistake which cost them the victory. In any case this was a very good outcome and they have an excellent chance to make it to the final now.
JGP Estonia
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12R-MAvdpw
JGP Estonia
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12R-MAvdpw
Yes, they have made it to the final now. Their FS could have been better obviously but their SP was great.
JGP Germany
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBkwOaaZ8M
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmZvRXP2FQ
Can't wait for the JGP Final.
JGP Germany
SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYBkwOaaZ8M
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bmZvRXP2FQ
Can't wait for the JGP Final.
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