2016 Tallinn Trophy Sr Ladies SP

3Lo-3Lo! Who is Natalia OGORELTSEVA? I've never heard of her name.

Though her second half of the program was a bit lackluster as if she had been out of her steam.

Natalia Ogoreltseva? Will you Russians please stop sending all those girls, I have trouble remembering all those names!!

16 years, new PB for her after the old one was from 2013? Long injury?

Tolstoj said:

I thought Hunched Swan was related to the program.

The posture i don't know, maybe she will fix it over time: Adelina's posture at juniors was terrible too.

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If the choreographer aimed "Hunched Swan" for his/her artistic purpose, I would've gotten your point already. However, I don't see that. Sotnikova's postures to her jumps are still bad. Stanislava resembles a lot of Stolbova just appearance-wise (which is an intriguing factor for me), so that's why I decided to stay watching this competition after the Group 3.

Natalia is coached by Mishin/Mishina in SPB, possibly injured, she wasn't even that bad few years ago (silver at JGP Mexico in 2013)

What a fun routine from Ivett Toth. I'm already looking forward to the European championships.

1 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA RUS 63.85 video
2 Serafima SAKHANOVICH RUS 60.78 video
3 Natalia OGORELTSEVA RUS 59.93 video
4 Ivett TOTH HUN 56.64 video
5 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT 56.35 video
6 Mariah BELL USA 55.92 video
7 Viveca LINDFORS FIN 55.61 video
8 Bradie TENNELL USA 54.44 video
9 Helery HALVIN EST 53.36 video
10 Kerstin FRANK ] AUT 52.35 video
11 Yu Jin CHOI KOR 50.51 video
12 Lutricia BOCK GER 50.34 video
13 Maria-Katharina HERCEG GER 50.04 video
14 Elizaveta UKOLOVA CZE 48.89 video
15 Gerli LIINAMAE EST 46.62 video
16 Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA EST 44.18 video
17 Julia BATORI HUN 41.45 video
18 Elzbieta GABRYSZAK POL 40.23 video
19 Johanna ALLIK EST 38.49 video
20 Inga JANULEVICIUTE LTU 37.16 video
21 Juni Marie BENJAMINSEN NOR 37.00 video
22 Jelizaveta LEONOVA EST 36.01 video
23 Karoliina LUHTONEN FIN 34.47 video
24 Alina SUPONENKO BLR 32.31 video
25 Vilte RADZILAVICIUTE LTU 26.45 video

The scores are pretty close. I could see some major shifting of placements in the FS.

May be the Russian podium sweep. I liked Stasya. She has Anna P's qualities. Hope she will get her confidence and becomes consistent.

EdgeCall said:

Natalia Ogoreltseva? Will you Russians please stop sending all those girls, I have trouble remembering all those names!!

16 years, new PB for her after the old one was from 2013? Long injury?

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Natalia was pretty promising as a junior back when she was ~ 14 years old. Then she lagged behind the rest for a while, it was presumed on GS due to puberty. Glad to see her back!

Crossover said:

Wasn't Bradie Tennell initially assigned to a GP event, IIRC?

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No. You may be thinking of Tyler Pierce.