Russian National Team 2011/2012

[oleada]

It was posted earlier this week:

Senior National Team

Men
Zhan Bush
Sergey Voronov
Artur Gachinski
Konstantin Menshov
Evgeny Plushenko
Ivan Tretyakov

Ladies
Sofia Biryukova
Alena Leonova
Julia Lipnitskaya
Ksenia Makarova
Adelina Sotnikova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Pairs
Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov
Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov
Katerina Gerboldt/Alexander Enbert
Lubov Iliuschechkina/Nodari Maisuradze
Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov
Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov

Ice Dancing
Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev
Kristina Goshkova/Vitali Butikov
Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov
Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilya Tkachenko
Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin
Jana Khokhlova/Fedor Andreev

Junior National Team (I believe all skaters are JGP eligible)

Men
Gordey Gorshkov
Fedosiy Efremenkov
Maxim Kovtun
Mikhail Kolayda
Murad Kurbanov
Artem Leger
Ilya Petrov

Ladies
Polina Agafonova
Daria Afanasieva
Polina Korobeynikova
Arina Petrova
Anna Shershak
Rosa Scheveleva

Pairs
Kristina Astakhova/Nikita Bochkov
Valeria Grechukhina/Andrei Filonov
Ekaterina Krutskikh/Vladimir Morozov
Elizaveta Semenova/Maxim Petukhov
Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergey Liseev
Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin

Dance
Valeria Zenkova/Valeri Sinitsin
Evgena Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin
Valeria Loseva/Denis Lunin
Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhingashin
Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
Anna Yankovskaya/Egor Koscheev

Boys/Girl Team (I've starred the ones who are JGP eligible - on average these are younger than the juniors, and many competed as novices last year)

Men
Stanislav Andryunin
Alexei Genya
Andrei Zuber*
Makar Ignatov
Adya Pitkeev*
Alexander Samarin*
Alexei Krasnozhon
Vladislav Tarasenko*

Ladies
Evgenia Gerasimova*
Alexandra Deeva*
Alsou Kayumova
Evgenia Medvedeva
Elena Radionova
Seraphima Sakhanovich
Maria Sotskova
Maria Stavistskaya*
Natalia Ogoreltseva

Pairs
Maria Vygalova/Egor Zhakarov
Maria Deryabina/Vladimir Arkhipov*
Evgenia Kazantseva/Antonio Souza-Cordeiro*
Ekaterina Serzhantova/Yaroslav Maslov

Dance
Kristina Baklanova/Andrei Bagin*
Sofia Evdomikova/Egor Bazin*
Daria Morozova/Mikhail Smirnov*
Betina Popova/Yuri Vlasenko*
Maria Simonova/Dmitry Dragun*
Elizaveta Tretyakova/Alexander Savin*

Reserve Team

Men
Artem Borodulin
Artem Grigoriev
Artur Dmitriev
Konstantin Miliukov
Alexander Nikolaev
Artem Punin
Mark Shakmatov

Ladies
Maria Artemyeva
Kristina Zaseeva
Anna Ovcharova
Ekaterina Frolova
Valentina Chernysheva
Polina Shelepen

Pairs
Alexandra Vasilieva/Yuri Shevchuk
Ekaterina Kuklina/Eduard Kushtanov
Anastasia Martyusheva/Alexei Rogonov
Ekaterina Petaykina/Maxim Kurdyukov
Anna Silaeva/Mikhail Kuznetsov
Evgenia Tarasova/Egor Chudin

Dance
Tatiana Baturitnseva/Sergey Mozgov
Anna Polikarpova/Maxim Kirillov
Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro
Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin :huh

I think a couple of these teams have split (Yanovskaya/Koscheev, maybe Baturintseva/partner) but I'm not totally sure.

Source:
http://www.fskate.ru/teams/russia/2011/

[Ladida]

Reserve team Anna Ovcharova
And Julia Lipnitskaya - senior national team

[oleada]

Reserve team Anna Ovcharova
And Julia Lipnitskaya - senior national team

Well, Lipnitskaya was 4th at Nationals ahead of Makarova.

I think Ovcharova's placement isn't surprising given how long she's been out of competition.

[morqet]

Artem on the reserve team. Any word on how his injuries are progressing?

[Eislauffan]

Artem on the reserve team. Any word on how his injuries are progressing?

Which Artem are you referring to? Grigoriev or Borodulin? The reserve team is actually something positive, I'd say. It means that the skaters still are on some kind of team envelope and that the Federation is supporting them, although they didn't compete last season or skated poorly.

A. Borodulin is doing fine, according to Elena Tchaikovskaia (he has switched to her school now). She said that his injuries are healed.
A. Grigoriev is also training, but apparently his foot isn't at a 100 percent yet.

[Moka-Ananas]

What happened to skaters like Denis Leushin, Ivan Bariev or Nikita Mikhailov?

[cx3]

Any idea why Shelepen is on the reserve team and Agafonova is on the Junior Team? Shelepen was the better Polina (results-wise) last season!

[Jenna]

Nevermind!

[blue_idealist]

Didn't Gorshkova and Butikov split? or retire?

[Vash01]

deleted. Just saw CX3's post.

[cx3]

She is on the same list as Ovcharova.

[Vash01]

The pairs team looks really strong. I am very interested in seeing the progress of Gerboldt-Enbert and Iliushchekina-Maisuradze. I hope Maria Zoueva gives B&L a new look.

[Eislauffan]

What happened to skaters like Denis Leushin, Ivan Bariev or Nikita Mikhailov?

Bariev was injured most of the time the past two seasons and Mikhailov skated rather poorly, so I am not surprised that they are not on the list. Maybe Leushin has retired?

[Frau Muller]

Lipnitskaya just turned 14 2 weeks ago. Not sure why she is on the senior national team although she is wonderful, no doubt about that.

So are Kokhlova/Andreev still a dance team? I thought that someone wrote on another thread that Fedor was going back to pairs skating or trying-out with one of the newly-single American dance ladies in Camp Igor-Marina.

[oleada]

Lipnitskaya just turned 14 2 weeks ago. Not sure why she is on the senior national team although she is wonderful, no doubt about that.

Because she was the 4th place finisher at Russian Senior Nationals. I believe it's been a similar case with Sotnikova & Tuktamysheva in the past.

[Moka-Ananas]

And why isn't Vladislav Sezganov on the Team? He did quite well internationally lately and he also did much better than...let's say...Miliiukov.

[Ziggy]

And why isn't Vladislav Sezganov on the Team? He did quite well internationally lately and he also did much better than...let's say...Miliiukov.

And there's this (Sezganov landing 4lutz/3toe):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R49bSX1P0Oc

[Moka-Ananas]

And there's this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R49bSX1P0Oc

Yes! And he used to have a voidy Batman costume a few years ago!

[SwingDancer]

So are Kokhlova/Andreev still a dance team? I thought that someone wrote on another thread that Fedor was going back to pairs skating or trying-out with one of the newly-single American dance ladies in Camp Igor-Marina.

Latest interview with Marina, said that they are already working on programs for this coming season.

[Autumn_girl]

Lipnitskaya just turned 14 2 weeks ago. Not sure why she is on the senior national team although she is wonderful, no doubt about that.

She just turned 13 actually, not 14.
And as oleada said, she is 4th place finisher of senior Nationals, that's why she is on the list. She isn't eligible for seniors internationally yet, but being on that list is important because it means she will recieve the same money for preparation as senior ladies.

And why isn't Vladislav Sezganov on the Team? He did quite well internationally lately and he also did much better than...let's say...Miliiukov.

Sezganov only had some senior B event and didn't do very well at Nationals or Russian cup, so I guess that's the reason why he is not on the list. Maybe if he will compete at Nebelhorn or Finlandia trophy and get good results there he has a chance to be added