Russian figure skating news & updates in 2022

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Not a thread I frequent that often but I will sure miss the Russian pairs this season. I really never ever cared for Daria and Denis until last year and they knocked my socks off. But refresh my drink, they split up?

And then I was absolutely loving the team whose short program was Sam Smith fire on fire. I can’t spell their last names so I won’t even attempt to. Love them and their hot coach. Are they still together? I will miss seeing the pairs. If there are videos later in the season from Russian competitions will you all post videos here?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

An interview with Arthur Dmitriev jr - he is coaching in Chelyabinsk and keeping himself in a good enough shape to compete. He has no plans to do shows.

And he competed for the United States last season? Correct?

 

[Wyliefan]

There were rumors about Daria and Denis splitting, but so far no confirmation.

 

[Amy L]

As of right now, Daria and Denis are on the list for performing at the upcoming senior test skates:

Tarasova&Morozov on Instagram: "Первый канал опубликовал список участников открытых прокатов. Там присутствуют и Женя с Вовой 🌞#ЕвгенияТарасова #ВладимирМорозов #ТарасоваМорозов #фигурноекатание #самаякрасиваяпара #EvgeniyaTarasova #VladimirMorozov #

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Senior Test Skate participants:

Valieva - Muravieva - Petrosian - Trusova - Tuktamysheva - Scherbakova - Samodelkina - Akateva

Gummenik - Kolyada - Kondratiuk - Mozalev - Samarin - Semenenko

Akopova/Rakhmanin - Boikova/Kozlovski - Mishina/Galliamov - Pavlyuchenko/Khodykin - Tarasova/Morozov

Morozova/Narizhny - Sinitsina/Katsalapov - Stepanova/Bukin - Khavronina/Chirizano - Khudaiberdieva/Bazin - Davis/Smolkin

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

There were rumors about Daria and Denis splitting, but so far no confirmation.

Did the other team that I liked that I mentioned, are they still together or split up?

 

[irenemulindwairen]

I understand where this comes from. But they will never change. We collectively just have to be smarter. I remember Tarasova saying to Morozov, EI needs a physical trainer as she needs additional help with her weight management. It was never done despite her talent. His energy and funds went towards Nikita and trying to stabilize his twizzles. Look around , who are the coaches? Men! Men support men, women support men and women are left to survive. This is patriarchy. So persons who engage in the sport just have to be wiser.

This is the problem I noticed with Russian skaters. Men seem to be more complimented than women. Women are just there to look thin, beautiful and do as they are told. Instead of getting the man to work around the Woman, (as if women should remain with bodies of 15 year old), too much emphasis is put on the woman to stay petite so that they dragged round the rink like ragdolls (yuck!). That's why I will forever be grateful to team IAM who appreciate talent and good work ethics and not putting pressure on women to stay thin, THIS IS WHAT I CALL TEAMWORK.

 

[Bigbird]

This is the problem I noticed with Russian skaters. Men seem to be more complimented than women. Women are just there to look thin, beautiful and do as they are told. Instead of getting the man to work around the Woman, (as if women should remain with bodies of 15 year old), too much emphasis is put on the woman to stay petite so that they dragged round the rink like ragdolls (yuck!). That's why I will forever be grateful to team IAM who appreciate talent and good work ethics and not putting pressure on women to stay thin, THIS IS WHAT I CALL TEAMWORK.

Don't be putting the IAM school on too much of a pedestal though. Competitive Ice Dance is cutthroat. The approaches are just different.

 

[irenemulindwairen]

Don't be putting the IAM school on too much of a pedestal though. Competitive Ice Dance is cutthroat. The approaches are just different.

Got you. But still love their approach.

 

[Sylvia]

As of right now, Daria and Denis are on the list for performing at the upcoming senior test skates: https://www.instagram.com/p/CicIwflomS8/

Senior Test Skate participants:
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Morozova/Narizhny - Sinitsina/Katsalapov - Stepanova/Bukin - Khavronina/Chirizano - Khudaiberdieva/Bazin - Davis/Smolkin

TSL tweeted yesterday that Davis/Smolkin "are expected to compete at the Challenge Cup in Ardmore, PA" -- it's the final National Qualifying Series competition for ice dance taking place the same time as next week's test skates in Moscow so make of that what you will.

More RIA Novosti (machine translated) article headlines:

The music for Valieva's new free program became known

Valieva, plans to perform in the new season with a free program to a composition composed of several tracks, a source close to the situation told RIA Novosti.
The main musical line will be composition Truman Sleeps, it was presented in Peter Weir's film "The Truman Show". Also, the cut will contain a fragment from the news release, and in the final part there is a track by Chinese composer Wei Xiaohan, who writes music for the anime.
Earlier, the team of Eteri Tutberidze, in which Valieva trains, announced that the new short program of the figure skater was set to music from the film "Interstellar".

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva published a topless photo

Lakernik confirmed that he works as a consultant for the Hungarian national team

Media reports [TSL, as mentioned above] on the participation of Russians Davis and Smolkin in the US Challenge Cup

The music for Trusova's new programs for the 2022/23 season became known

The short program of the silver medalist of the 2022 Olympic Games, Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova, is set to be a blues hit, a source close to the situation told RIA Novosti.
In the short program, the skater will perform to the song I Put a Spell on You with female vocals.
For the free program, the athlete's team chose the music from the movie "Nerves on the Limit" (High Strung), performed on the violin.

 

[layman]

TSL tweeted yesterday that Davis/Smolkin "are expected to compete at the Challenge Cup in Ardmore, PA" -- it's the final National Qualifying Series competition for ice dance taking place the same time as next week's test skates in Moscow so make of that what you will.

This...after the loud, vociferous, profane, emphatic denials (from Diana, Gleb, Eteri and Co.) that this could ever take place.

 

[Sylvia]

I reecall reading a while back that Davis/Smolkin likely would compete in a U.S. competition. Foreign skaters ARE allowed to enter a NQS competition but it's unclear at the moment whether or not their score can or will be counted towards qualifying for the U.S. Ice Dance Final in November.

 

[Vagabond]

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva published a topless photo

This is the biggest skating news to come out of Russia since and a classic example of why we count on @Sylvia to keep us informed.

Link, please?

 

[layman]

I reecall reading a while back that Davis/Smolkin likely would compete in a U.S. competition. Foreign skaters ARE allowed to enter a NQS competition but it's unclear at the moment whether or not their score can or will be counted towards qualifying for ther U.S. Ice Dance Final in November.

Unless I missed something, Russians are banned from competing in International Competitions as Russians. If Diana and Gleb are competing in a US competition, then this would mean they have switched countries (something they have denied ever thinking of doing).

 

[LoisAGOEs]

Unless I missed something, Russians are banned from competing in International Competitions as Russians. If Diana and Gleb are competing in a US competition, then this would mean they have switched countries (something they have denied ever thinking of doing).

It’s not an international competition, it’s a domestic U.S. competition.

 

[layman]

It’s not an international competition, it’s a domestic U.S. competition.

Yes but how could a team from a banned country be invited to a domestic US competition to skate under the banner of the banned country? If they are competing in a domestic US competition, then they must be representing the US.

 

[Karen-W]

Unless I missed something, Russians are banned from competing in International Competitions as Russians. If Diana and Gleb are competing in a US competition, then this would mean they have switched countries (something they have denied ever thinking of doing).

It’s not an international competition, it’s a domestic U.S. competition.

Yes but how could a team from a banned country be invited to a domestic US competition to skate under the banner of the banned country? If they are competing in a domestic US competition, then they must be representing the US.

They would essentially be treated as "guest" skaters and their score wouldn't count toward anything in the grand scheme of things. They aren't being invited, but rather competing as a member of a USFS-registered skating club or as an individual member of the USFS, which could very well apply to Diana since she is a US citizen by birth.

Essentially, they would only need permission from their own fed to compete in another country's domestic competition - and it could be that the RFSF has granted permission because of the travel complexities involved in DavSmo returning to Russia for their test skates and other Russian domestic competitions right now.

Or, the country switch is on. It would surprise me somewhat if they did switch this season rather than wait until next summer, but who knows what Eteri is planning.

 

[MsZem]

This is the biggest skating news to come out of Russia since and a classic example of why we count on @Sylvia to keep us informed.

Link, please?

I can't believe people would rather discuss the adventures of Davis/Smolkin.

 

[jamesy]

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva published a topless photo

That this was casually buried between two music announcements.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Here it is.

 

[Sylvia]

That this was casually buried between two music announcements.

I just copied the headlines in the order as they appeared on the page.

Russian articles often are generated based on the skaters' social media posts (see Liza's Instagram pic now linked above).

 

[Amy L]

There have been more skaters photographed more topless than that Not that she isn't hot but bikini tops hide a lot less than skates.

 

[rfisher]

This is the biggest skating news to come out of Russia since and a classic example of why we count on @Sylvia to keep us informed.

Link, please?

She posted it on instagram. She has two skates as props.https://www.instagram.com/liza_tuktik/

 

[rfisher]

There have been more skaters photographed more topless than that Not that she isn't hot but bikini tops hide a lot less than skates.

especially some she's worn.

 

[Vagabond]

Here it is.

Wuzrobbed!!!!

 

[twizzletoes76]

She posted it on instagram. She has two skates as props.https://www.instagram.com/liza_tuktik/

Yes, a lovely pair... of skates. Who wouldn’t want to have skates like those?

 

[MsZem]

There have been more skaters photographed more topless than that Not that she isn't hot but bikini tops hide a lot less than skates.

especially some she's worn.

Wuzrobbed!!!!

Still more interesting than Davis/Smolkin.

 

[Holy Headband]

Lakernik confirmed that he works as a consultant for the Hungarian national team

Wow. That explains this, then:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1568351045759430656

On a different note, I was a fan of Skoptsova & Aleshin when they competed and I'm really proud of Skoptsova for speaking up about EDs in the sport and trying to get better. Also this isn't the main point, but I'm happy Aleshin wasn't part of the problem; all too often it's the male partner who's making things difficult for the woman.

 

[layman]

It did not take the Russians long to figure out how to flout/circumvent bans and sanctions!

I think the ISU should sanction any organization who co-operates with Russian athletes or the Russian Skating Federation in any way.

 

[TAHbKA]

So Russian GP series published the prise money (it's in rubles,I have no idea what those numbers actually mean).
One of the skating telegram channels wrote: 'the men SP of Moscow GP2 falls right on Pluschenko's show where Tuktamysheva, Trusova,Kolyada,Samarin, Aliev, Kondratuyk and Ignatov are listed to participate. Sure, they can hold a men SP there just as well and Pluschenko will probably win it'.
Whoever runs that telegram channel is brilliant

 

[Vagabond]

Maybe they can import skaters from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Hungary.