2023 Russian Junior Nationals - Day 2

[elektra blue]

Titova still leading

 

[EdgeCall]

Is this a training dress?

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Oh Tasiya this has not been her competition

 

[elektra blue]

no don't cry

 

[Mariiiiskate]

2 clean skates for Milana! this is the best ive seen her preform at a competition

 

[elektra blue]

Roxaaaaaaaaaaaanne allert

 

[EdgeCall]

It just has to be, right?

 

[EdgeCall]

Our first Titova escapee!

 

[elektra blue]

shaky, but big tech

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Yes, Nika I think she's finally starting to get her competition nerves under control and I love to see it

 

[EdgeCall]

Tbh it looked a tiny bit soulless. It's not the right music for Veronika (or anyone else).

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Tbh it looked a tiny bit soulless. It's not the right music for Veronika (or anyone else).

You have to be a true performer to skate to this music (see Virtue/Moir), because you have to make the music look good, instead of the other way around.

Generally, most skaters, particularly those weaker in the performance aspect like Nika, will choose music that carries them, and Roxanne is definitely not doing that.

 

[Skatelife]

I'm happy Veronika could deliver.
I love little Potelenko

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Good attempt on the 4T, even if it was visibly underrotated.

Nadezhda's jumps aren't the biggest, but she's a very efficient rotator, which is definitely very helpful for learning Ultra-C elements. If she can get her jumps a bit higher, I do think the 4T will be doable for her.

 

[elektra blue]

Zhilina and Titova still 1-2

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Shame about the pop on the opening 3A, but it is a very new element for her and she was attempting it for the first time at such a high-pressure competition. Kudos for going fairly clean on the rest of the elements though.

Alisa's jumps have some really nice spring to them, and her skating has some nice quality to it. She should be so proud of her enormous progress this past year and to have even made it here is already a great accomplishment.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Zhilina and Titova still 1-2

Meanwhile, users on Russian Telegram channels are saying they were robbed.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Ooof, those TES dropped 5 or so points... Something invalid? Or some under rotations?

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Meanwhile, users on Russian Telegram channels are saying they were robbed.

Personally, I'll decide if they were robbed after we see the rest of the skaters' scores. To me, scoring doesn't exist in a vacuum, and if they're going to be strict the whole competition through, that's fine by me, even if I might personally score skaters higher.

 

[elektra blue]

Meanwhile, users on Russian Telegram channels are saying they were robbed.

by who? themselves?