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We also need to consider that Zhenya's been injured and Lil Bet hasn't been
2018-19 Russian Ladies' figure skating
- Thread starter Spirals for Miles
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this season is going to be interesting
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Maybe this season there won't be a clear leading lady. So far both Evgenia and Alina showed their vulnerability.
yep, Osmond is taking a break too.
Alina, we honestly dont know so far, lets see her compete.
Several other girls look strong, but not sure how that will work.
The Med - Zagitova wars will make Kim - Asada wars look like child's play.
I'm here for it.
Lil Bet did not take a several month hiatus from training. So, we are comparing apples and oranges at this point (as the English idiom goes).
That said, Lil Bet is clearly confident and has programs that work for her. She really suits a classical program better than many that the TCC team tried with her.
But I also see the lovely skating skills, clean jumps and tight, well centred spins she got at TCC.
Just as the TCC is building on the foundations built with Eteri, Eteri is building on foundations built by TCC.
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... can Masha be the top Russian this season? 
I mean she has her fiercy Santana and her elegant and beautifully summertime...
I mean she has her fiercy Santana and her elegant and beautifully summertime...
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I don't think you can compare Lil' Bet and Zhenya's situations. Bet used to train with Eteri, the amount of changes she had is no way comparable to Zhenya
Also important point is that she ended up going to Brian because she was essentially forced to because Russian coaches weren't allowed to coach non-Russians during the Olympic year. It's kinda odd it took this long for her to return to Eteri, but it's not like she left her on terrible terms previously.
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Isn't there a famous Chinese curse: May you lead an interesting life.
Sorry.. I looked it up: May you live in interesting times...
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No word on Nugumanova? Or any of the B list ladies? I feel that Nugumanova has problems with toe jumps and that’s holding her back.
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I think she’s always had problems with toe jumps (especially the lutz), but I think URs are really holding her down.
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So far, Evgenia's both programs look very generic, and actually terrible in Evgenia's standard. There is not much choreography going on to start with, and her "interpretation" does not look good, especially in the LP. The sp has a more distinct theme, but her movement could be much sharper, if I compare her sp with Mariah Bell's Chicago. I never thought the latter's program was that superb, but at least the movements were more jazzy. I really wish Evgenia worked with Shae-Lynn Bourne, who did wonders for Wakaba and Young You.
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No because she's a UR machine.... can Masha be the top Russian this season?
I mean she has her fiercy Santana and her elegant and beautifully summertime...
It'll probably be Tuktamysheva. 2010-2011, 2014-2015, 2018-2019. The Tuktamysheva quad.
Otherwise, perhaps Panenkova. Depends on how fast her jumps detoriate.
She just can't perform it at all. It's actually mind blowing how much I dislike the LP. I see there's a very good reason Eteri didn't let her do a Tango even though she wanted to.
It's kind of mind-blowing how many people are declaring Zhenya's career to be completely dead because of ONE CS competition. Like, please calm down people.
When Yuzu had not so great showings in his first TCC season, it obviously goes to show that that was not the end of his career. Of course it's a bit different with Zhenya but some of y'all are just overreacting. I'm not the biggest fan of these programs - I actually loved the ones created for her during her time with Eteri. But I think we have to remember that Borser, Zhenya, and his team are not stupid. They obviously know about super juniors, Eteri, all that. Until it's been at least a whole season or even two, we've gotta stop jumping to conclusions that someone is over. It's not helpful nor is it very supportive towards anyone?
When Yuzu had not so great showings in his first TCC season, it obviously goes to show that that was not the end of his career. Of course it's a bit different with Zhenya but some of y'all are just overreacting. I'm not the biggest fan of these programs - I actually loved the ones created for her during her time with Eteri. But I think we have to remember that Borser, Zhenya, and his team are not stupid. They obviously know about super juniors, Eteri, all that. Until it's been at least a whole season or even two, we've gotta stop jumping to conclusions that someone is over. It's not helpful nor is it very supportive towards anyone?
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I think Evgenia will continue to be a gold medal contender in every event, but I'm not sure if she'll be super consistent like she was two seasons ago. She set an impossibly high standard of consistency that I don't know we'll see again in a long time; in 2015-16 she only lost one event, and in 2016-17 she didn't even lose a single SP or LP of the 15 she skated (Japan Open was only a LP).
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Lil Bet has been injured last season too. and even more serious than Evgenia.
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Evgenia’s body has changed much more significantly than Lilibet’s has. Plus, Eteri is great at packaging junior ladies to seem mature without being out of their range - that is not to say that Lilibet is a junior, but she has been tricky to package because she has been senior for a few years but still has the appearance of a junior / has experienced very little body change.
