Russian figure skating news & updates in 2022

[Sylvia]

Kirll Aleshin has begun working as a coach in Mishin''s group:

Мишин: ищем формы реализации таланта Алешина в совместной работе

Заслуженный тренер России по фигурному катанию Алексей Мишин, комментируя начавшееся сотрудничество с экс-чемпионом мира среди юниоров в танцах на льду Кириллом РИА Новости Спорт, 03.06.2022

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Anastasia Skoptsova (Skoptcova) "has not yet decided whether she ends her career this off-season, her coach Svetlana Alekseeva told RIA Novosti."

Тренер заявила, что Скопцова еще не определилась с завершением карьеры

Чемпионка мира среди юниоров в танцах на льду Анастасия Скопцова еще не определилась, завершает ли в нынешнее межсезонье карьеру, сообщила РИА Новости ее тренер РИА Новости Спорт, 03.06.2022

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[AxelAnnie]

I don’t believe the skaters who have quads will lose them. it’s possible the next group that can compete internationally in 10 years or so will never have don’t them at all.

Why would loosing triple jumps be different than loosing quads?

 

[Dobre]

Kirll Aleshin has begun working as a coach in Mishin''s group:

Мишин: ищем формы реализации таланта Алешина в совместной работе

Заслуженный тренер России по фигурному катанию Алексей Мишин, комментируя начавшееся сотрудничество с экс-чемпионом мира среди юниоров в танцах на льду Кириллом РИА Новости Спорт, 03.06.2022

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Anastasia Skoptsova (Skoptcova) "has not yet decided whether she ends her career this off-season, her coach Svetlana Alekseeva told RIA Novosti."

Тренер заявила, что Скопцова еще не определилась с завершением карьеры

Чемпионка мира среди юниоров в танцах на льду Анастасия Скопцова еще не определилась, завершает ли в нынешнее межсезонье карьеру, сообщила РИА Новости ее тренер РИА Новости Спорт, 03.06.2022

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She's better than him, IMO. I'd like to see her give another partner a shot.

 

[barbarafan]

Yep, she married some Russian tv dude I think recently.

from TV1 - I believe it said. I do not like her partner (Bazin) as he copied other programs and said he did the choreo. This is the first time I saw things about her in an interview. Like some things she said and disliked other things....Their marks jumped this year.

 

[Bigbird]

She's better than him, IMO. I'd like to see her give another partner a shot.

Funny I find he's very good. She used to be but not so much anymore.

 

[happycamper2554]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov are engaged. I wonder what this means for their continued competitive career.

Никита Кацалапов on Instagram: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы об

49K likes, 1,005 comments - nikita_katsalapov on June 6, 2022: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы оба на 100%...

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[allezfred]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov are engaged. I wonder what this means for their continued competitive career.

Никита Кацалапов on Instagram: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы об

49K likes, 1,005 comments - nikita_katsalapov on June 6, 2022: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы оба на 100%...

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Who cares?

 

[Bigbird]

Who cares?

TSL. Maybe?

Nonetheless, congratulations to the couple are in order. I hope Mr. Katsalapov now has his anger management and narcissistic issues under control. I honestly didn't know how to respond to this news. Cest la vie.

 

[MsZem]

Who cares?

Well, if their competitive career is over, that's no great loss.

The timing is interesting, so soon after Ilinykh announced her engagement.

 

[hanca]

TSL. Maybe?

Nonetheless, congratulations to the couple are in order. I hope Mr. Katsalapov now has his anger management and narcissistic issues under control. I honestly didn't know how to respond to this news. Cest la vie.

How do you know that he has his anger management issues under control? It is quite possible that he just learned to hide them better. Besides, after being kicked out from the rink in the U.S., they were training only in Russia, so we wouldn’t know if the anger issues continued or not. Such behaviour is much more accepted in Russia, so their fellow skaters would not make such a big thing as it was while they skated in the U.S. He could be having tantrums on the ice every day and we wouldn’t know.

ETA: sorry, just noticed you wrote ‘I hope’. Yes, so do I, but at the same time I am a bit sceptical…

 

[millyskate]

I had no idea they were a couple.

 

[allezfred]

Nonetheless, congratulations to the couple are in order.

Sorry I don’t think a genocide supporting couple are worthy of congratulations.

 

[Bigbird]

Sorry I don’t think a genocide supporting couple are worthy of congratulations.

I get it. Just being polite.

 

[euterpe]

They deserve each other.

 

[Sylvia]

Opinion piece by Anastasia Panina (June 5) - "The current off-season has already taken at least eight dance couples. RIA Novosti Sport comes to the conclusion that this has never happened in the history of Russian figure skating."

Одноразовые чемпионы: как беднеет самый красивый вид фигурного катания

Текущее межсезонье уже забрало как минимум восемь танцевальных пар. РИА Новости Спорт приходит к выводу, что такого не случалось никогда в истории российского... РИА Новости Спорт, 05.06.2022

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[Trillian]

I had no idea they were a couple.

I don’t know if this is serious, or if it’s a sarcastic reference to the homophobic Russian judge(?) who trashed P&C last year by insisting that only two straight people like S&K could depict romantic chemistry on the ice, but I do love that it functions as a sick burn either way.

(Edited to correct initials for Papadakis & Cizeron. Who knew one of the consequences of aging would be that I can no longer reference 4000 different pairs and dance teams by their initials without missing a beat.)

 

[escaflowne9282]

They deserve each other.

I no longer feel guilty for having the same thought when I heard the news. Thank you!

In any case, it's a lovely set of photos. The ring looks beautiful. They seem happy .

 

[Frau Muller]

Sinitsina/Katsalapov are engaged. I wonder what this means for their continued competitive career.

Никита Кацалапов on Instagram: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы об

49K likes, 1,005 comments - nikita_katsalapov on June 6, 2022: "💍 Она сказала «Да»! 22.05.22 Я долго об этом мечтал.. Кольцо приготовил заранее, долго носил его с собой и ждал тот самый момент. Мне хотелось, чтобы всё было максимально естественно и немного неожиданно, когда мы оба на 100%...

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Two questions:
1. Will Nikita wear a bowling shirt to his wedding?
2. Will the wedding be in
The Villages -
Florida’s friendliest home town!

 

[hanca]

They deserve each other.

Do they? I don’t think a victim ever deserves her abuser.

 

[Bigbird]

Do they? I don’t think a victim ever deserves her abuser.

I think we underestimate Ms. Sinitsina based on her appearances and demeanour. She is no victim. She gave as good as she got. These two are just very very ambitious athletes willing to put themselves through anything for the result.

Best to just let it be.

 

[Wyliefan]

I think we underestimate Ms. Sinitsina based on her appearances and demeanour. She is no victim. She gave as good as she got. These two are just very very ambitious athletes willing to put themselves through anything for the result.

Best to just let it be.

I'm disgusted with both of them for their support of Putin and the war, and the way they treated their former training mates.

That still doesn't mean that she deserved his abuse, if abuse there was. What he is believed to have done is never justified.

 

[Bigbird]

I'm disgusted with both of them for their support of Putin and the war, and the way they treated their former training mates.

That still doesn't mean that she deserved his abuse, if abuse there was. What he is believed to have done is never justified.

I hear ya.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Who cares?

I don't understand why they got the scores they did. How did they score higher than the Americans, the Canadians and the Italians? And why higher than their teammates S/B? He is so slimy.

 

[Karen-W]

TSL is reporting that Diana Davis will be representing the US... no information about Gleb Smolkin's status.

https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson/status/1533925225745657856?t=T4xQwS-iKYEjFwbT4Ri2pg&s=19

 

[soogar]

I don't know how many people can assume he is an abuser because he has a temper. Maxim Trankov discussed the fights that he and Volosozhar had and he said that she slapped him. I'm sure it gets very intense during training, especially if an element is not working. I had to do an internet search but it looks like there was one incident years ago. He's older now and had to compete with a back injury. I'm sure he relied on Viktoria a lot for these games and they achieved a medal together.

I don't understand why they got the scores they did. How did they score higher than the Americans, the Canadians and the Italians? And why higher than their teammates S/B? He is so slimy.

When I watched their skates with fan cams, they look like a very fast team on the ice and their presentation is very good. I like Step Buks better, however there are fan reviews who say they skate slow on the ice.

 

[Wyliefan]

He's older now and had to compete with a back injury. I'm sure he relied on Viktoria a lot for these games and they achieved a medal together.

None of which has anything to do with the question of whether he is an abuser.

 

[escaflowne9282]

I don't know if Nikita is an abuser or not. Assuming the stories were true, I'd like to believe those that say he's grown up since the Zueva era, for both Viktoria's sake and his.

The Putin rally was off-putting , but what really killed it for me was the interview that Nazarova and Nikitin gave to allezfred and his husband .

That being said, I hope they are happy together and become better people.

 

[soogar]

None of which has anything to do with the question of whether he is an abuser.

I'm not going to label someone who makes a mistake as an abuser. She has been with him for years and knows him best. I hope she has the confidence to leave an abusive relationship. I wouldn't assume the worst unless he has more recent stories about abuse.

 

[Sylvia]

Davis/Smolkin (and her mother) recently have been in Florida with Evgeni Platov: https://www.instagram.com/p/CebdHVnO9lE/

 

[Bigbird]

TSL is reporting that Diana Davis will be representing the US... no information about Gleb Smolkin's status.

https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson/status/1533925225745657856?t=T4xQwS-iKYEjFwbT4Ri2pg&s=19

After all those Russian Ice dance couples broke up? Who will she skate with Smolkin? Russian Ice Dance Drama for ya. The gift that keeps on giving