I was curious how Graz is and found out it is actually the second largest city in Austria after Vienna!!
Well, the 2020 European champions will be called "King of the potato fields" by rights
So I have no idea who these commentators are, but I switched on the auto-generated subtitles and had them translated to English, and I was amused to hear about Shcherbakova, "Castor" [oil?], and "Coward."
It's just that Trusova gets translated as "coward"--that couldn't be farther from the truth!
I also sometimes see Kostornaia translated as something like "bonfire," but that somehow seems appropriate. "Eyes on fire" and all that.
Speaking of the 3 A's...so last year Aliona won JGPF, Anna won Russian Nationals, and Sasha won their next competition together--Russian Junior Nationals. Since the pattern has remained the same so far, I guess this means it's Sasha's turn to win Euros..?
At Russian Jr Nationals last year, Sasha fell in the SP but skated a perfectly clean FS to win it all, Aliona skated perfectly but it wasn't enough, and Anna fell on the quad that she had managed to land at Russian Sr Nationals.
All of that seems quite possible at Euros...
BUT, now that I'm hearing about these less-than-ideal conditions for Euros, I just hope our super trio stays healthy and injury-free!
Actually the Coward is a member of another popular Russian Trio.
I read somewhere that they booked this rink but then the hockey team moved up to another league & I suppose their schedule has changed.Graz has a rink, it‘s just used for some hockey competition. Don‘t ask me why they didn‘t know this earlier, though, because I have no idea. Not a good look for the Austrian fed at all.
So I have no idea who these commentators are, but I switched on the auto-generated subtitles and had them translated to English, and I was amused to hear about Shcherbakova, "Castor" [oil?], and "Coward."
It's just that Trusova gets translated as "coward"--that couldn't be farther from the truth!
I also sometimes see Kostornaia translated as something like "bonfire," but that somehow seems appropriate. "Eyes on fire" and all that.
Potatoes are great!!
Well, Alyona's school nickname is "kastorka" (castor oil) and 'kostyor' is 'bonfire' in Russian; and 'trus' in Trusova is Russian for 'coward', so GT (though it does go bonkers frequently when translating from Russian) is close enough here
That's great! and has nothing to do with the EC 2020, because the championship will NOT be held in Graz, but in a temporary hangar located in an open potato field 14 km away from the city, with no public transportation available to that place (they promise to have a shuttle bus service during the comp, no info if it will be from one spot or several yet).
In Europe you may have a field surrounded with buildings not related to the agriculture at all.OFF TOPIC - Now I'm curious: What is the difference between an open potato field and a closed one? I'm Austrian and I have never encoutered closed fields here - what's that?
I would expect bad ice on such place. Those are not some problems like when you don't get a room with a view to the beach in a hotel, this can cause truly serious problems. Chilly skaters with insufficient preparation before skate entering bad ice (full of puddles probably), what can be the result? Falls, injuries, cold.
That's not being disrespectful, that's being realistic.
It's just that Trusova gets translated as "coward"--that couldn't be farther from the truth!
OFF TOPIC - Now I'm curious: What is the difference between an open potato field and a closed one? I'm Austrian and I have never encoutered closed fields here - what's that?
Bad conditions at the Europeans will arguably help Kostornaya. I am not sure if Trusova and Scherbakova should try quads at all. They can spare them for the worlds. What a disaster.
Of course, we made a mistake but it is not exactly necessary to remind us, that would be considered aggressive.
Like it or not, this is organizational disaster.
Never mind that Kostornaya has to land 3As as well...
Anyway, I‘ve been watching the stream and the ice looks alright so far. Sure, the situation‘s far from ideal but imo, there’s no reason to panic.
Indeed. Just hope the ice condition would be good and there are no injuries.