Looks like they were trying to change the format for the Ice Age skating show... instead of a kids show or ice dancing with celebrities they were trying to pair single ladies skaters with men's pair skaters. It seems the project fell through when Zagitova declined. Tuktymysheva and Sotskova were the other two skaters listed.
https://m.sport-express.ru/figure-s...e-v-lednikovom-periode-ona-otkazalas-1653790/
(I learned of this from this fsuniverse post)
I personally think this project would have been better to pursue in a year or two, but I think it would have been good for Zagitova to have accepted. But there's a big psychological barrier for singles to take up pairs.
I wrote a little more here including a bit about how there should be a form of skating between ice dance and pairs that doesn't contain the big risky elements.
https://m.sport-express.ru/figure-s...e-v-lednikovom-periode-ona-otkazalas-1653790/
(I learned of this from this fsuniverse post)
I personally think this project would have been better to pursue in a year or two, but I think it would have been good for Zagitova to have accepted. But there's a big psychological barrier for singles to take up pairs.
I wrote a little more here including a bit about how there should be a form of skating between ice dance and pairs that doesn't contain the big risky elements.