Russian figure skating news & updates in 2022

[AxelAnnie]

...perhaps most of the time they are too busy with their own so no time to see the truth, more over to process, to "digest" it...
...and it might be impossible to see the truth when there have not been a silent moment from the sophisticated propaganda since childhood, too...

Where do you come up with this $hit?

 

[thvu]

Moral superiority is not location-based. Does being Eastern European preclude people from being judgemental? Those who do not need to give up anything expecting others to make sacrifices.

This is probably the most garbage thing anyone on this board has ever posted, including all the posts by pseuds & fanyus.

Know your audience and know whom you're replying to. That, or do shut up.

 

[ChelleC]

Moral superiority is not location-based. Does being Eastern European preclude people from being judgemental? Those who do not need to give up anything expecting others to make sacrifices.

Do you really want to be telling someone who lives in UKRAINE that they are being judgemental about anything involving Russia right now?

 

[Perky Shae Lynn]

Do you really want to be telling someone who lives in UKRAINE that they are being judgemental about anything involving Russia right now?

You can personally attack me all you want. I don't believe in fighting hate with hate, especially when targets of hate are not those who are responsible for the wrongdoing.

 

[Hedwig]

Another one bites the dust (and goes on my ignore list)

 

[allezfred]

You can personally attack me all you want. I don't believe in fighting hate with hate, especially when targets of hate are not those who are responsible for the wrongdoing.

They are funded by a state that is committing war crimes in a neighbouring country. Some of them have appeared at a rally supporting those war crimes. Practically none of them have spoken out. Instead they are using their VPN’s to post on Instagram with links to their Telegram or VKontakte accounts. They are complicit.

 

[ChelleC]

Another one bites the dust (and goes on my ignore list)

Just went on mine too.

 

[Maximillian]

Wrong thread

 

[CassAgain]

You can personally attack me all you want. I don't believe in fighting hate with hate, especially when targets of hate are not those who are responsible for the wrongdoing.

You advised someone currently surviving in Ukraine not to sit on her high perch and preach, and you are the one being personally attacked?

 

[cholla]

I assume, well, I really HOPE, Perky Shae Lynn didn't know Airgelaal was Ukranian and in Kyiv area. It would be nice, decent and welcome to apologize, don't you think @Perky Shae Lynn?

 

[airgelaal]

You can personally attack me all you want. I don't believe in fighting hate with hate, especially when targets of hate are not those who are responsible for the wrongdoing.

Russia is a country of criminal indifference.
If you faint on the street, then you obviously would like people not to pass by and call an ambulance? Now imagine that Russians are walking past you and doing nothing. Some are scared, some don't care, and as a result you die. But they are not responsible for your death. Do you agree?

 

[Wyliefan]

Semenenko hit his head during a show today, and is getting medical treatment.

https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1515375533600776204

 

[GarrAargHrumph]

Semenenko was brought to the hospital, and has (according to Mishin) regained consciousness. I don't know how he's doing beyond that yet.

He fell on a quad jump and then tried to get up a couple of times in quick succession, never fully making it before falling again. He then fell into the audience and lost consciousness. The medics got to him quickly.

Be careful, because people are posting video and photos of what happened, and it is disturbing.

 

[Karen-W]

I was just coming to post the news about Semenenko but see that @Wyliefan beat me to it. Thanks for the warning @GarrAargHrumph - I've had my fill of ugly skating concussion videos (thank you US pairs) already this season so I won't click through.

 

[Karen-W]

Good, Lord... Yana needs to STFU - https://instagram.com/stories/fskat...ource=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Per the quote here - "The condition is normal. The arms and legs are intact. But the doctors do not rule out traumatic brain injury. His dad is going to the hospital."

The IG story pic also has a wide shot of the arena where the show occurred and this comment - "The fact that the ice rink looked like this is the reason for it. He literally fell into the people that the rink size was cut down for."

About 1/3 of the rink is covered with seats, so, yes, any skater would have had significantly less area to prep for and land a quad.

 

[ChelleC]

With the reduced arena size why was he even attempting a quad?

 

[TAHbKA]

With the reduced arena size why was he even attempting a quad?

A 4Sal? why not? The entrance is either through a 3 turn or a mohawk. Samokhin did it on a 20x30 rink.

 

[skatfan]

What a terrible fall. I don’t blame the organizers - someone actually got there within seconds. Hope he gets the treatment he needs.

 

[GarrAargHrumph]

I realize it was his coaches/staff who went running to him, not the medical staff. They took more time to get to him.

 

[Cherub721]

Semenenko also fell badly at Skate Canada and couldn't get a CT scan because of the "bubble." I don't remember if he hit his head that time.

 

[GarrAargHrumph]

Normally, the skaters have time on the rink to rehearse, so they can make adjustments. But I know that the rehearsal time isn't always under the exact same conditions - for example, the lights were low/the skaters were under a spotlight during the performance, and that can mess with you even if you've rehearsed in the same lighting, which they may not have done. I heard that some other skaters did have issues with the rink size during the performance, but others can confirm.

Evgeni's issue with the jump itself didn't appear to be due to the seats on the floor area, although of course I can't be sure of that. The issue he had with falling into the audience happened after he hit his head (twice?) and was disoriented.

 

[zebraswan]

Multiple eyewitness reports said there were also puddles of water, and very poor lighting, in addition to the ice surface being partially covered...so all of those factors together would make for terrible conditions for attempting any quad.

I am very sorry for Zhenya and anyone else locked into contracts with these devils. Yana thinks everything is OK because he still has arms and legs? ? I truly pray that he doesn't end up with a severe concussion.

 

[GarrAargHrumph]

Multiple eyewitness reports said there were also puddles of water, and very poor lighting, in addition to the ice surface being partially covered...so all of those factors together would make for terrible conditions for attempting any quad.

I am very sorry for Zhenya and anyone else locked into contracts with these devils. Yana thinks everything is OK because he still has arms and legs? ? I truly pray that he doesn't end up with a severe concussion.

At least the doctors at the hospital seem to be treating this seriously.

That arena appeared to be dark as hell. The skaters were skating under spotlights, which blind you. That said, as for the condition of the physical surface - we're used to skating through puddles and over the ridges I saw from the Zamboni and the other imperfections I saw on that ice. Doesn't mean the ice conditions didn't affect him; but only that the ice conditions - the ice itself, I'm not talking about the lighting, how small it was, or the fact that they had people sitting on its surface - but the ice itself didn't seem to be unusually crappy; just normal crappy.

 

[TAHbKA]

Kadyrova/Balchenko split, she will be skating with Valeri Kolesov in Moskvina's group (from ria.ru/Simonenko/Samokhvalov)

 

[TAHbKA]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov are quarantining and missing the shows till 29/4

 

[Bigbird]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov are quarantining and missing the shows till 29/4

But will the President actually show up? What's the narrative for the Olympic athletes?

All these athletes are just hapless pawns in a never ending, real life Hunger Games.

 

[TAHbKA]

Oh, I didn't realize it was for the meeting with Putin! Makes sense

 

[reut]

Oh, I didn't realize it was for the meeting with Putin! Makes sense

Interestingly enough, the meeting was supposed to be with gold medallists only(?). At least this is what I read. So this means they count their FS team as golden.

 

[allezfred]

All these athletes are just hapless pawns in a never ending, real life Hunger Games.

I wouldn’t call athletes who attended a pro-war rally with a Z plastered on their chests as hapless pawns.

 

[Finnice]

Interestingly enough, the meeting was supposed to be with gold medallists only(?). At least this is what I read. So this means they count their FS team as golden.

No wonder. They seem to have their own rules in many, many things.