#TeamTrainwreck 21: Ride until the fantasy ends!

[Colonel Green]

Rewatching a bunch of old 00s competition videos, including stuff from the 2009 Four Continents (the Vancouver test event). It's remarkable how skewed the ladies field was in the 2006-2010 quad toward the Four Continents division.

2009 4CC Figure Skating Ladies Short Part 3

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2009 4CC Figure Skating Ladies Free Part 3

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And Tracy saying that Caroline Zhang's coaches need to fix her technique before it's too late.

 

[Jeschke]

Re Lindfors retirement:

She will always have that bronze.

 

[Jeschke]

Speaking of Stasia. Not sure what to think of her latest clip but I love the caption:
'Drama girl gonna wild'
#threadtitlealert

 

[SmallFairy]

Re Lindfors retirement:

That bronze was such a lovely moment! Hyvä Viveca!

2019 EC Viveca Lindvors FS ESP

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[Jeschke]

That bronze was such a lovely moment! Hyvä Viveca!

2019 EC Viveca Lindvors FS ESP

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You do realize I am mourning Stasia pewter back then and not Lindfors‘ retirement?
Always those Finns, first Lepistö then Lindfors!

(on a serious note: still a great way to end her career with that bronze outing! ??)

 

[Vagabond]

Every dark cloud has a bronze lining.

 

[Colonel Green]

It's likely to be a while before we see another non-Russian lady on the Euros podium.

 

[Vagabond]

It's likely to be a while before we see another non-Russian lady on the Euros podium.

I don't know about that. This is the perfect opportunity for Russian ladies to jump ship and skate for ?? ?? ?? ?? or some other country that will take them.

 

[Colonel Green]

I don't know about that. This is the perfect opportunity for Russian ladies to jump ship and skate for ?? ?? ?? ?? or some other country that will take them.

Sure, but pretty much by definition the ladies Russia is willing to release will not generally be near the caliber of their top skaters.

EDIT: Unrelatedly, continuing my voyage through old YouTube collections of 2000s competitions, at Joubert winning the short program at 2009 Worlds on PCS.

 

[Vagabond]

Sure, but pretty much by definition the ladies Russia is willing to release will not generally be near the caliber of their top skaters.

Russia has more Ladies skaters than it knows what to do with.

 

[Finnice]

Russia has more Ladies skaters than it knows what to do with.

FIN could steal some Russian pair skaters.

 

[Ka3sha]

You do realize I am mourning Stasia pewter back then and not Lindfors‘ retirement?
Always those Finns, first Lepistö then Lindfors!

(on a serious note: still a great way to end her career with that bronze outing! ??)

I totally get your feelings , but it’s time to remember that Stasia has a Finnish grandmother

 

[NAOTMAA]

I don't know about that. This is the perfect opportunity for Russian ladies to jump ship and skate for ?? ?? ?? ?? or some other country that will take them.

Didn't the federation just pass new rules that made "jumping ship" more difficult or something like that? Adding more red tape or making the wait before release longer. Or is it only temporary due to the upcoming Olympics?

 

[rfisher]

I don't know about that. This is the perfect opportunity for Russian ladies to jump ship and skate for ?? ?? ?? ?? or some other country that will take them.

I'll take Gubanova

 

[Jeschke]

Didn't the federation just pass new rules that made "jumping ship" more difficult or something like that?

I didn't think it is more difficult. They just have set strict rules.
IIRC 2yrs for international skaters, 1yr for national skaters.
As mentioned back then; seems fine to me.
Everyone knows in advance what to deal with!

 

[Jeschke]

EDIT: Unrelatedly, continuing my voyage through old YouTube collections of 2000s competitions, at Joubert winning the short program at 2009 Worlds on PCS.

Those were the times

 

[Jeschke]

This is the perfect opportunity for Russian ladies to jump ship and skate for ?? ?? ?? ?? or some other country that will take them.

Meh. Traitors!
I only accept Perkova, just because!

 

[Vagabond]

I didn't think it is more difficult. They just have set strict rules.
IIRC 2yrs for international skaters, 1yr for national skaters.

Which is what it is for all skaters who don't compete at the ISU Championship level. There are going to be few, if any, international competitions below the Championship level this season, and there might not even be any at the highest level either.

I only accept Perkova, just because!

Kazakhstan beckons. ??

 

[SmallFairy]

You do realize I am mourning Stasia pewter back then and not Lindfors‘ retirement?
Always those Finns, first Lepistö then Lindfors!

(on a serious note: still a great way to end her career with that bronze outing! ??)

Or course! Don’t get me started on Lepistö, she was exquisite, and also had to retire due to injury But those Finns rules at winning medals, because their basics and quality is so special, even though they were not always the best jumpers (Viveca was good!)
Stasya botched the SP, didn’t she? Then has a gruesome FS-revenge! ??

 

[Jeschke]

even though they were not always the best jumpers

Understatement of the decade!
2t3t!

 

[rfisher]

EuroKwan, LovelyLaura, and Kiira--the only woman who could wear lime green and make it look fabulous. Sigh.

I liked Lindfors well enough, even if I'm TeamEmmi, but I hope she's able to go on to university and do well.

 

[Sylvia]

Bunny girl ?

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Romain is pining away in "Heartbreak Hotel" : https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMk0gHosga/

 

[Jeschke]

Baby LaTuk and BabyTM2.

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1) Who is older girl?
2) Who is the little one? Polina A.?
3) 2nd guy is Lip's baby dad?

 

[Jeschke]

Romain is pining away in "Heartbreak Hotel" : https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMk0gHosga/

The caption

 

[Ka3sha]

Baby LaTuk and BabyTM2.

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1) Who is older girl?
2) Who is the little one? Polina A.?
3) 2nd guy is Lip's baby dad?

1. Former Estonian skater now coach and Liza’s friend, Sindra Kriisa
2. Nugumanova
3. Yes, it’s Tarasenko

 

[Jeschke]

2. Nugumanova

Shame on me!
Warned!

 

[kwanfan1818]

EuroKwan, LovelyLaura, and Kiira-

And Kettunen.

 

[SmallFairy]

And Kettunen.

And Jenni Vähäme

 

[Ananas Astra]

The mommas of Artur Gachinski and Stanislav Timchenko are liking my food pics on my instagram all the time

 

[alchemy void]

Like I care what he looks like. He’s forever my pairs giant, who smoked and drank and enjoyed life in between, but always got back in shape when He had to. And who skated the best pairs program of all time (not Libestraum ) And who was always creative and fun, according to Katia G’s book, and who still is, and also really nice and a good coach, says my friend who spend two weeks on camp with him last summer. (And as someone pointed out in here earlier, it seems he couldn’t care less about that speedo-pic going viral, I like that attitude)
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I am SO behind, but I agree with everything in this post 100%.