2018-19 Russian Ladies' figure skating

[Alexz]

they did a group kiss'n'cry for youngsters in Moscow? That looks like fun! https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCanELgK8E/

Eteri generation 4.0? https://www.instagram.com/p/BvB38HdnSOf/

Eteri generation 1: Shelepen and Lipnitksaya
Eteri gen 2.0: Medvedeva and Zagitova
Eteri gen 3.0: Anna, Alyona, Alexandra (+Alyona Kanysheva?)
Eteri gen 4.0: Kamila, Maya, Daria, Sofia (whom am I missing?)

 

[Happy Skates]

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they did a group kiss'n'cry for youngsters in Moscow? That looks like fun! https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCanELgK8E/

Eteri generation 4.0? https://www.instagram.com/p/BvB38HdnSOf/

Eteri generation 1: Shelepen and Lipnitksaya
Eteri gen 2.0: Medvedeva and Zagitova
Eteri gen 3.0: Anna, Alyona, Alexandra (+Alyona Kanysheva?)
Eteri gen 4.0: Kamila, Maria, Daria, Sofia (whom am I missing?)

I would put Sofia in a younger gen with Veronika Zhilina, they're 2+ years younger than the Kamila/Daria/Maya gen and I think they turn junior in the same year. And ig Alena could be a gen of her own since she's exactly a year in between the 3A and the Kamila/Daria/Maya gen.

 

[Alexz]

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I would put Sofia in a younger gen with Veronika Zhilina, they're 2+ years younger than the Kamila/Daria/Maya gen and I think they turn junior in the same year. And ig Alena could be a gen of her own since she's exactly a year in between the 3A and the Kamila/Daria/Maya gen.

Oh, I see. So we have another generation too - Eteri 5.0, where they accepting young talents at the very earlier.

 

[zyxwl2015]

Eteri generation 1: Shelepen and Lipnitksaya
Eteri gen 2.0: Medvedeva and Zagitova
Eteri gen 3.0: Anna, Alyona, Alexandra (+Alyona Kanysheva?)
Eteri gen 4.0: Kamila, Maria, Daria, Sofia (whom am I missing?)

I would probably say:
Eteri gen 1.0: Shelepen
Eteri gen 2.0: Lipnitksaya
Eteri gen 3.0: Medvedeva, Serafima Sakhanovich
Eteri gen 4.0: Polina Tsurskaya
Eteri gen 5.0: Alina Zagitova
Eteri gen 6.0: Anna, Alena, Sasha
Eteri gen 7.0: Kamila, Maria, Daria

 

[Alexz]

fair as well. debatable tho..

 

[Icey]

The live stream for today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc3HzawG740

Video not available: blocked

 

[Giltedge]

To help calm the WCh nerves and tide us over till then,
here's a reminder about this weekend's Novices Championships of Russia (Zhuk Memorial), City of Tver

Look out for many of the current star performers from Teams Tutberidze, Panova, Davydov and others.
Among the Younger Age, a good opportunity to watch TT's Veronika Zhilina again.


Saturday 16th

(10h00 to 13h15 continuing the Elements, Senior Girls ("Elder Age"))

13h30 to 16h30 Junior Girls ("Younger Age") Short Programme


Sunday 17th

10h00 to 13h30 Junior Girls ("Younger Age") Free Skate Programme

18h10 to 21h10 Senior Girls ("Elder Age") Short Programme


Monday 18th

13h50 to 17h20 Senior Girls ("Elder Age") Free Skate Programme


This is MSK time = GMT +3, EST +7, JST +6

:hap85:

 

[sweetice]

I think it's better to wait a bit and see who will stay with Eteri enough. Someone can always stay one season and change school afterward, like Tarakanova or Sakhanovich.

I rather say only:

Eteri gen 1.0: Shelepen and Lipnitskaya
Eteri gen 2.0: Medvedeva, Tsurskaya and Zagitova
Eteri gen 3.0: Shcherbakova, Trusova and Kostornaia

At least for now.

Tsurskaya need to be included, imho. She has stay there too much and has archived enough with that team.

Valieva, Usacheva and Khromykh were only recently added. It may be another cycle of junior competitions for them, but the goal of Beijing is still the same of the 3A. Same if Kanysheva will goes there too.
When the times will come they will be too much, someone will surely leave in between.

Then Akatieva and Zhilina may be the next, if they stay there and everything goes well. They only become junior eligible in the next olympic season, and will be senior in the next olympic cycle. It's not the time to think about it.

 

[tempo]

they did a group kiss'n'cry for youngsters in Moscow? That looks like fun! https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCanELgK8E/

It is a place where they can watch and discuss their detailed scores info (the same result tables that we can watch in the video). Yes, it is something like kiss&cry for kids, but nobody cried here
Another photo, where Kamila and other girls are viewing Kamila's scores:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvB5YIGHBdo/

Eteri generation 4.0? https://www.instagram.com/p/BvB38HdnSOf/

Only Daria Usacheva and Sofia Akatieva are from Eteri, another girls are Sofia Muravieva and Sofia Samodelkina from Sergey Davydov.

Eteri generation 1: Shelepen and Lipnitksaya
Eteri gen 2.0: Medvedeva and Zagitova
Eteri gen 3.0: Anna, Alyona, Alexandra (+Alyona Kanysheva?)
Eteri gen 4.0: Kamila, Maria, Daria, Sofia (whom am I missing?)

Please correct. Her name is Maya, as well as ballerina Maya Plisetskaya
Another transcription is Maia, the same name as Maia Shibutani.
In Russian both transcriptions are the same: "Майя".

 

[tempo]

Video not available: blocked

Sadly, "they" read us
By this reason I will avoid to post the live link of that event here. The live stream for today is already started with 10 minutes countdown, please find it yourself on mentioned earlier channel.


07.00 - 10.15 GMT – Elder Age girls, elements

Sofia Samodelkina - group 1, nr.1
Nicole Vaitkus - group 1, nr.4
Maya Khromykh - group 2, nr.7
Sofia Akatieva - group 3, nr.12
Kamila Valieva - group 3, nr.13
Sofia Muravieva - group 3, nr.14
Daria Usacheva - group 5, nr.26

 

[hippomoomin]

Well then I’m relieved because I was really worried and I really enjoy Kamila’s skating!

I am more worried about the delay between her Lutz and Toe. It just look strange, and I wonder whether she will have trouble with the combo when she grows. On the judges side, they may not give her much GOE based on the strange delay.

 

[starla16]

Kamilas Lutz wont hold when she grows. She is a new Julia waiting for puberty with her technique.
Im more impressed by Veronika Zhilina, wow that girl has big jumps, she could add a quad lutz when she debuts in JGP in coming years.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvDwjbtIDN2/ :shocked:

 

[Edwin]

interesting also to watch figure skating on roller blades in Moscow Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74tlTQE9Q5o

Most elements are the same and routine composition also.
But the jumps aren't as high and dynamic as on the ice, perhaps because the 'toe stopper' is less effective than the toe pick in converting speed into height?

 

[Mawwerg]

Seems like somebody has tried 4S.

 

[tempo]

Seems like somebody has tried 4S.

Maria Dmitrieva (group 5, nr.24) has jumped: 3Lz, 3Lz, 3Lz+3T, 4S<<

 

[j00mla]

Maria Dmitrieva (group 5, nr.24) has jumped: 3Lz, 3Lz, 3Lz+3T, 4S<<

:reye:
cool

PS she is one of my favorites
https://coub.com/view/1gdyi2

 

[Edwin]

We are spoilt for choice with so many figure skating events going on simultaneously.
Here is some Winter Spartiakad qualifications going on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ4uB6uL_40
Results online here: http://skatingvision.ru/competitions/1819/siktivkar0319/

And Axel's Cup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insLEZu_nAQ
Results online here: http://skatingvision.ru/competitions/1819/aks032019/

And Open Championships of the Academic Sports Cup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXgDq5s36s
Information, start lists and results here: https://www.sportvokrug.ru/competitions/4676/

 

[tempo]

We are spoilt for choice with so many figure skating events going on simultaneously.
Here is some Winter Spartiakad qualifications going on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ4uB6uL_40
Results online here: http://skatingvision.ru/competitions/1819/siktivkar0319/

And Axel's Cup here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insLEZu_nAQ
Results online here: http://skatingvision.ru/competitions/1819/aks032019/

One more online event - Sports Academy's Cup qualifications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXgDq5s36s

 

[Giltedge]

It has been puzzling me a bit, this kimono thing, and Olga feeling constrained to issue an apology. Rather than a faux pas, as is being interpreted, could it not have been deliberate, part of the choreography, or the narrative? Rather like the lion and the bees...out of the strong came forth sweetness... only in Anna's case, a reverse metamorphosis, out of the gentle geisha came forth the warrior-samurai.

After all, Eteri's skaters are hardly ignorant of Japan and Japanese etiquette, and several have have plenty of first-hand kimono experience.

Alina in Kyoto, perfectly clad, l-o-r
Anna herself, impeccably l-o-r, Shin-Yokohama
The three ladies, all correctly l-o-r.

It is not something you wouldn't notice and perhaps remark on when donning a kimono!

 

[skatenewbie]

One more online event - Sports Academy's Cup qualifications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXgDq5s36s

its crazy how many local competition held in Russia, i believe this is a big factor on why Russian ladies have such a depth. Actually its the case too for other discipline, just look at juniors where Russia dominte on every discipline, its just didnt translate to senior the way ladies discipline did.