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- Feb 24, 2012
Poor Russia. Still they remain somewhat competitive. Losing Ksenia and world bronze medallists Z and E. Seeing T and M struggle. Yet they still are fighting for medal.Other than maybe China they still look very good.
With Tarasova/Morozov, Boikova/Kozlovskii, Pavliuchenko/Khodykin, Mishina/Galliamov, Panfilova/Rylov, Pepeleva/Pleshkov, Akhanteva/Kolesov, Kostiukovich/Ialin, Artemeva/Nazarychev, Mukhametzianova/Mironov, etc., I'd say that Russian pairs are looking pretty strong, even without Zabiiako/Enbert, Efimova/Korovin, and Stolbova/Novoselov
Poor Russia. Still they remain somewhat competitive. Losing Ksenia and world bronze medallists Z and E. Seeing T and M struggle. Yet they still are fighting for medal.Other than maybe China they still look very good.
Alina Solovyeva apparently debuted as a pair recently at the Championships of St Petersburg: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KACb_JKMA/
Is there any video of this somewhere?
I'm baffled by the changes we have seen in the pairs discipline in Russia. The intense competition we are seeing now, I think, never happened before. I'm wondering how is the Russian federation handling that. Pairs number 1, 2 and 3 used to be pretty well established... It seems now these 3 first pairs can be different each year or to change within the same year... That level of uncertainty must be so hard to handle for the pair skaters. And being over 25 did not use to be crippling at all just 2 seasons ago...
I'm baffled by the changes we have seen in the pairs discipline in Russia. The intense competition we are seeing now, I think, never happened before. I'm wondering how is the Russian federation handling that. Pairs number 1, 2 and 3 used to be pretty well established... It seems now these 3 first pairs can be different each year or to change within the same year... That level of uncertainty must be so hard to handle for the pair skaters. And being over 25 did not use to be crippling at all just 2 seasons ago...