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I'll see how my evening goes and perhaps will translate it (and 2 other interviews I planned to translate yesterday but fell asleep
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Bad timing. She was very strong in her last junior year and the first year at seniors, and then her puberty started...and then she managed to pull herself together in the middle of the Olympic cycle, and the following season it was again gone...I think it's also sad that Tuktamysheva didn't make the Olympics either time.And she's a former World champion!
I think it's also sad that Tuktamysheva didn't make the Olympics either time.And she's a former World champion!
Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovsky (1981 World champions in pairs for the Soviet Union).Out of curiosity, are there many other world champions who never made an Olympics?
I hope both Radionova and Pogorilaya plan to continue. They are both still quite young, and they looked quite motivated. Not sure if Tuktamysheva will continue though. For the last season or two it seemed like if she skates because she doesn’t know what else to do, rathen than because she wants to skate.Radionova is a bit like Mao in terms of timing. But I don't think we've seen the last of either of them, or at least I hope we haven't!
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She has already said numerous times in different interviews that she will continueNot sure if Tuktamysheva will continue though. For the last season or two it seemed like if she skates because she doesn’t know what else to do, rathen than because she wants to skate.
Hmmm. That's not necessarily something that heals very quicklyNikita Katsalapov was diagnosed with torn ligament in his right ankle http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/3494-u-...agnostirovali-razryv-svyazki-golenostopa.html
Well, he is not going to Europeans and Olympics, and very likely not to worlds either, so he has nine or ten months to heal. His next competition will be at the beginning of the next season - at the end of September or in October.Hmmm. That's not necessarily something that heals very quickly![]()
Well, he is not going to Europeans and Olympics, and very likely not to worlds either, so he has nine or ten months to heal. His next competition will be at the beginning of the next season - at the end of September or in October.
Team Russia for Europeans:
Main team
Ladies: Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova, Evgenia Medvedeva
Men: Mikhail Kolyada, Aleksandr Samarin, Dmitri Aliev
Pairs: Tarasova/Morozov, Stolbova/Klimov, Zabiyako/Enbert
Ice Dance: Bobrova/Soloviev, Stepanova/Bukin, Zahorski/Guerreiro
Reserve team
Ladies: Stanislava Konstantinova, Polina Tsurskaya
Men: Sergei Voronov, Arthur Dmitriev
Pairs: Astakhova/Rogonov, Boikova/Kozlovsky
Ice Dance: Popova/Mozgov, Evdokimova/Bazin
http://fsrussia.ru/news/3495-nazvan-sostav-sbornoj-rossii-na-chempionat-evropy.html
Yes, along with their World team.Will Russia determine its Olympic team based on results from Euros?
Well, he is not going to Europeans and Olympics, and very likely not to worlds either, so he has nine or ten months to heal. His next competition will be at the beginning of the next season - at the end of September or in October.
Yes. Euros. 2 pages agoHave they named the skaters going to euros and olympics yet?
Several pre-World War I World Champions never made it to the Olympics, even though some of them were competing in 1908 and presumably could have gone to London if so inclined.Out of curiosity, are there many other world champions who never made an Olympics?
Lily Kronberger, Opika von Méray Horváth, and Herma Szabo, who between them won all twelve Ladies' World titles contested between 1908 and 1924 never went to the Olympics. Szabo also won World titles in Pairs with Ludwig Wrede. He did go to the Olympics in Men's and in Pairs with a different partner, but never with Szabo.
Normally, I would be suspicious of a claim like that, but there's video evidence to back it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HByUOyu0u0Herma did go to (and win) the 1924 Olympics in Ladies Singles. I remember it like it was yesterday.![]()
Yes. Euros. 2 pages ago
She competed in the 1932 Olympics, where she was 7th.Meghan Taylor, the World Champion in 1938 and 1939 never got to go to the Olympics (because of World War II).
Team Russia for Europeans:
Main team
Ladies: Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova, Evgenia Medvedeva
Men: Mikhail Kolyada, Aleksandr Samarin, Dmitri Aliev
Pairs: Tarasova/Morozov, Stolbova/Klimov, Zabiyako/Enbert
Ice Dance: Bobrova/Soloviev, Stepanova/Bukin, Zahorski/Guerreiro
Reserve team
Ladies: Stanislava Konstantinova, Polina Tsurskaya
Men: Sergei Voronov, Arthur Dmitriev
Pairs: Astakhova/Rogonov, Boikova/Kozlovsky
Ice Dance: Popova/Mozgov, Evdokimova/Bazin
http://fsrussia.ru/news/3495-nazvan-sostav-sbornoj-rossii-na-chempionat-evropy.html
Ladies are a lock for sure. Kolyada had his spot ever since end of last season or begining of this one - he's by far the best Russian men. Aliev is a great skater though, I like to watch him skate better than Samarin.The main Euros team is so much stronger than the reserve team in the ladies all through the season that I don't think there is any contest for a reserve lady to make the Olympics even if Kostner knocks any one of the three girls from the main team off the podium at Euros. Same for pairs.
Similarly, Kolyada seems a virtual lock and in any event a heavy Euros silver medal favorite. I am hoping Aliev can surge to a Euros bronze and snatch the final spot.
Aliev skates better than Samarin. My left shoe skates better than Samarin. It's the jumps that fail AlievAliev is a great skater though, I like to watch him skate better than Samarin.
Oh my. She'd be exquisite at pairs if she had a worthy partner. I can picture DivaVera lift positions.Interview with Aliona Kostornaia
https://tulup.ru/news/687/interview_alena_kostornaya/
She says that she really likes pairs skating and would like to try it some day; has already tried 3A on the floor and is eager to work on some ultra-c elements but it’s too risky to work on them during the season
Speaking of DivaVera: Bazarova and Larionov are skating together at Navka’s show (‘Ruslan and Liudmila’)Oh my. She'd be exquisite at pairs if she had a worthy partner. I can picture DivaVera lift positions.![]()
Volosozhar/Trankov were at the talk show yesterday
#tragic hair
https://instagram.com/p/BdNXLxdjz3U/
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EnPIPfSGUDk (22:47)
It's the jumps that fail Aliev