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Youtube of Alysa on Jimmy Fallon:
https://youtu.be/njDeb2I7SiA
Jimmy's got a pretty good landing position.
Youtube of Alysa on Jimmy Fallon:
https://youtu.be/njDeb2I7SiA
Russia’s juniors are holding up really well tho.
I agree with Alexia. I think a big reason for her improvement is that she’s gotten a lot of competition experience, which I’m not sure if she’s would have received staying as a us skater.
Figure skating in the US may not be what it used to be but Alysa's earnings potential is still much higher by remaining American. I'm fairly certain she's already been signed by IMG and will be appearing in SOI shows this year.
At the Baravian Open, Audrey Ignacio and Lindsay Thorngren will represent us in the Advanced Novice event whilst Emilia Murdock will compete as a Junior. Good luck to all three girls (and the others) at the Baravian Open.
https://www.bev-eissport.de/download/EntriesBavarianOpen2019.pdf
Jimmy's got a pretty good landing position.
There was some since deleted chatter on Chinese skating boards that Alysa’s father would not be granted a visa to visit China for the Beijing Olympics if she makes the team because he was a political dissident (with vague allusions to Tianenmen square), so if that’s the case China would not consider approaching her for citizenship regardless of merits. Anyway, obviously USFS would never let her go.But China did take our novice champion from last year, and before we knew who there was chatter that it was Alysa. But the fact that her father is gay actually could be a factor to keep her in the US.
I doubt it. While we figure skater fans are elated by Lexi’s progress, as far as USFS is concerned, the US have even more talented skaters to make up for it.
I’m pretty sure Russia is more angry about Stephan than Alex.
I think skating in shows could potentially be good for Alysa’s performance and skating abilities. Whether it would be good for her in other aspects of her skating or life is another matter. Touring with a bunch of adults sounds pretty miserable or potentially dangerous for a 13 year old.
I think skating in shows could potentially be good for Alysa’s performance and skating abilities. Whether it would be good for her in other aspects of her skating or life is another matter. Touring with a bunch of adults sounds pretty miserable or potentially dangerous for a 13 year old.
I don't think Stephen ever represented Russia internationally though, so it's a bit different. He started skating in Russia, but he's been at the Cricket Club since he was 9 and competing in the Canadian system.
She could do a few of the shows instead of the whole tour. Isn't that what Vincent did last year or the year before?
Russian fans constantly write that Stephan is Russian on his videos. When it comes to his level of talent and the fact that his parents are Russians, I’m sure their irritated by their bad luck. Canadians, on the other hand, are enjoying it.
This is interesting. In Russia, Canada, and Japan all three podiums contained super talented kids that weren’t elible to go to worlds this year. Last year, Rika was on the podium in Japan. Interesting how that worked out.
His name is Stephen, by the way. Not Stephan. Yeah, I know they do. But they tend to forget that he was born in Canada, then his parents moved back to Russia, and then returned to Canada a few years later.
But yeah, all the big feds have had young stars recently like you pointed out. I guess that's relevant to all the discussions about raising the age limit. And there was Alena Kostornaya getting bronze last season as well, when she was Stephen's age.
I don’t think they forget that at all. Even when told that he was born in Ontario, they still insist because his parents are Russian he’s Russian too. I gave up on explaining.
I wonder what does it mean when all these younger stars are starting to emerge like this? Is it something we should be concerned about? I’m not sure if I like this trend.
I don’t think they forget that at all. Even when told that he was born in Ontario, they still insist because his parents are Russian he’s Russian too. I gave up on explaining.
Of course, Stephen is Russian. Doesn't matter where he was born, or how he self-identifies.
Remember the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding? How the father insisted that everything, every word etc., came from Greece? It's the same phenomenon.
For example, newspapers routinely publish lists of actors they consider Russian:
Harrison Ford (because a grandparent emigrated from Minsk to the US in 1907)
Leonardo di Caprio (because his young grandmother fled the revolution)
Helen Mirren ("her name should be Elena Vasilyevna Mironova, if only she continued to bear the father's name!" - because her grandfather emigrated in 1917)
Silvester Stallone (because of his grandmother from Ukraine)
Mila Kunis (her family emigrated from Ukraine when she was a baby)
Mila Jojovich (because she was born in Ukraine to a Serbian father)
David Duchovny (because his father's parents emigrated from somewhere from the Czarist Russian empire)
Wynona Ryder (also because of her father's family, who emigrated from Russia and Romania),
and even Robert Downy Jr ("among his ancestors are both Jewish and Slav relatives, and while the connection to that lineage is not very strong, it doesn't negate the fact of the Russian origin of the actor!" - insist newspaper articles)