More realistically she was worried that she can’t measure with some of the juniors and was worried that she may end up out of medals! Akatieva, Samodelkina and maybe even Zhilina could beat her because of very high TES, especially if Khromykh doesn’t skate completely clean FS (and Khromykh is completely clean only very rarely).
I don't care much for watching skaters at that age but I might actually just because it looks so competitive.
She is transferring to "Seniors" next season, already skated in Russian Nationals Seniors, some of the girls who are skating in Jr. Natl. are 13 years old, and some novices. Perhaps Maya already "mentally" in Seniors. At the "Chaikovskaya Tournament" she is skating in the highest category, Master of Sport. etc..
You make it sound like she chose to skate at the harder/more challenging competition, but in reality, it is not true. At the Chaikovskaya Tournament she does skate in senior category, but against ladies most of whom did not even qualify for the nationals. Whereas at junior nationals she would be skating against ladies who are much stronger than that. In any ‘normal’ year she would have to skate at junior nationals if she wanted to go to junior worlds. This year she has a way how to get out of it. All the power to her, but it doesn’t bode well if a skater is worried of her competitors.
How the heck do you know what takes place in Maya's head? You make assumptions, while there are facts. You made it sound like she is afraid to skate with juniors Akatieva, Petrosyan, Berestovskaya, Zhilina, when she just skated in Rus Natl. with Shcherbakova, Valieva, Trusova, Tuktamysheva.....
so in reality, it is not true.
Yes, of course she skated at senior nationals with Scherbakova, Trusova etc. But in seniors there was no expectation on her shoulders, whereas in juniors she would be expected to be in top 3 (just after Valieva and Usacheva). And if Valieva and Usacheva wouldn’t compete, she would be expected to win Russian junior nationals. I don’t think she would have a chance to beat Akatieva and Samodelkina. There is only so much the judges can do with PCS to help her. And she is not a particularly consistent skater.How the heck do you know what takes place in Maya's head? You make assumptions, while there are facts. You made it sound like she is afraid to skate with juniors Akatieva, Petrosyan, Berestovskaya, Zhilina, when she just skated in Rus Natl. with Shcherbakova, Valieva, Trusova, Tuktamysheva.....
Who said there are any expectations on Khromykh to win Jr. Nationals??? when the "talk of the town" and "from media" is the battle between the quad/3A girls: Akatieva, Samodelkina, Zhilina. I don't know where you get your assumptions from. What i do know from interviews and IG is that Maya is aiming at her next year in Seniors.
Of course there are no expectations on Khromykh to win the Jr nationals if she doesn’t compete there! But if she did, there would be that expectation.
Look, all three "Juniors to be Seniors" Valieva, Usacheva, Khromykh, are NOT skating in the Russian Junior Nationals. It is is theirs and their coaches' decision, and has nothing to do with "Khrymykh afraid to loose to other girls". Valieva/Usacheva are in the Team Event, and Khromykh is skating in "Chaikovskaya Tournament" with OTHER Masters of Sport Ladies (and not vs. little 13 year old junior girls).
Of course it must be very humiliating for a 15 year old to skate with ‘little 13 year old girls’. But it would be even more humiliating to be beaten by those little 13 y.o.girls. It is much easier to skate with the ‘big girls’ who can’t even qualify for the nationals.
In the current Russian Ladies skating environment, the top skaters are thinking "strategies", and it is not strategically smart for a 15 year old, who skated in Senior/mixed events most of the season, to skate in "Juniors", when there is a Masters of Sports opportunity event and Russian Cup Finals event coming up...
Very risky to change program now when a World ticket is at stake. She needs to beat Tuktamysheva or the world ticket is gone. Alëna will probably not have the 3A back so a clean-ish Liza can beat her again.Kostornaia has said she has a completely new free program from Shae Lynn. I didn't mind the old one but I didnt love it either. I was mostly annoyed at the unoriginal music choice. I'm so nervous now, she could be skating to literally anything, but I have high hopes
Yes, and she'll skate it at the Team Event. Also, the Federation/Kogan, was asked if Kostornaya requested funding/money for this 2nd programme in the same season. Kogan replied that they paid her the set amount for 1 FS programme per season, and the 2nd one is her business. The skater can do what he wants, but it is not the Federation's business.Kostornaia has said she has a completely new free program from Shae Lynn. I didn't mind the old one but I didnt love it either. I was mostly annoyed at the unoriginal music choice. I'm so nervous now, she could be skating to literally anything, but I have high hopes
I don't care about this aspect of things at all, but it's a little weird because the federation was the one that told her to change her program, so Idk how it's not their business.
Liza definitely could beat her, but she isn't often clean. And it's possible Aliona could still get the 3A back in 4 weeks if she knows how badly she needs it. I'm so torn on which of them I want to make the team. I want Liza's dedication rewarded and since she's unlikely to make the Olympic team, I'd want her on one last World team; I prefer Aliona' skating and she is also unlikely to make the Olympic team, so this might be the only World team she ever gets on - unless Olympic team members skip the 2022 Worlds and Russia sends a B-team.
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Wonderful to Sinitsyna again! She's such a beautiful skater.Ksenia Sinitsyna skated in her first competition this season, in "Chaikovskaya Tournament". After SP she is in 2nd place, behind Kamila Sultanmagomedova.
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Video of Ksenia's SP
Video of Kamila's SP
Interview with Anna Shcherbakova "If you want your dream to come true you need to take action".
Щербакова: Чтобы мечты осуществились, нужно действовать
Трехкратная чемпионка России по фигурному катанию Анна Щербакова поделилась секретом достижения целей.
Here's the attempt she landed (after falling twice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDsu7fBn3BY&t=5m28s
202.16 was her total score. FS protocols link: http://ffkm.ru/images/files/online/2021-02-01_Chaykovskoy_vseros/e__Scores.pdf
