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- Feb 27, 2014
I had no problem with her getting senior worlds due to her placement at senior nationals, but her spot at junior worlds. They underscored gubanova at Jr nationals that season - she skated clean and ended up 4th, while Stasya messed up the SP but came back in the LP with the highest PCS to overtake Nastya for 3rd.
While I adore Anastasia and Stanislava there's no question who should have been sent to Junior worlds 2017. Nastya. Also senior worlds 2018 when Zhenya withdrew Nastya was tremendous at Junior Grand Prix final. Great skating skills to go along with all her artistry and musicality. Maybe the Russian Federation didn't see her skate in that event. No way should Stanislava have finished ahead of a clean Anastasia at Junior Russian Nationals that year. But she did. TAT influence?
These two girls used to be good friends and I hope they still are. But Nastya getting jobbed twice for Stasya may have created an issue between them. Now with 3A becoming seniors it will be hard for both girls to make their marks this season.
And the way Nastya has been scored in domestic competitions has been consistently unfairly low. It's sad. Now she's behind so many girls and the fed has never supported this beautiful skater with great skating skills. It's odd. It's really an uphill climb for Nastya now to say the least. My hope for her is to be healthy this season and be more consistent so we can enjoy her wonderful skating whether she moves up the ranks or not.