Russian figure skating news in 2024

[olympic]

I'm surprised about how much the Shibutanis were mentioned. The more secretive they are about their work, the less I believe it is going to be competitive.

Why would they come back then, if it's not competitive?

 

[kwanfan1818]

Wonder when Annisina last had an eye exam??

Her eyes were permanently damaged when her husband showed her the birth video.

 

[rfisher]

Her eyes were permanently damaged when her husband showed her the birth video.

Thanks. Now images of the dancing dwarf will haunt my dreams tonight.

There was a figure skating standard for female ice dancers when she was competing and it wasn't held only by Russians. Her coaches in Russia and France, mother and frankly the judges all held the same views about lines and the woman's aesthetics. If you wanted to win, and that is clear that winning was the objective, that's the look that would get you there. It's not really changed that much, TBH. But, it was clear from the interview, she still has a POV the other two didn't hold.

 

[pointbleu]

Gotta love 'they', 'these russians'. Its Anissina and technically she is a French skater. Skoptsova and Medvedeva did not agree with her on the weight issue at no point

The fun part in your quote is that is technically a French skater whereas when you read the article, Anissina just keeps talking about how Russian she is and how the French system was bad and that she had to bring some Russian touch to their training. Anissina is a Russian wolf in a French sheep’s clothing…

 

[PRlady]

I guess some have forgotten Zhulin and Averbukh saying Hawayek was too fat and needed to lose weight. Eteri’s “one gram of fat is one gram of laziness.” Bobrova and Khuda saying no one obsesses about weight anymore except Russians. Tarasova calling Radio and Gracie fat. The examples are endless and the testimony from Russian skaters themselves, including reliable, serious girls like Scherbakova etc leave no room for doubt.

 

[TAHbKA]

The fun part in your quote is that is technically a French skater whereas when you read the article, Anissina just keeps talking about how Russian she is and how the French system was bad and that she had to bring some Russian touch to their training. Anissina is a Russian wolf in a French sheep’s clothing…

Obviously I didn't bother reading the article.
However, Anisina does not say the French system was bad, she says it was different and both her and Piezerat had to adjust. She had to learn contemporary dance which she had never been exposed to before, he had to learn the basics of the classical dance, which he had never been exposed to before.

 

[taz'smum]

Yup, you can never be thin enough for Russian coaches.

 

[irenemulindwairen]

Yup, you can never be thin enough for Russian coaches.

Russian coaches are afraid of change and reform. CoP system is like a monster to them as it has exposed the weaknesses of their skaters, especially the women.

 

[TAHbKA]

Russian coaches are afraid of change and reform. CoP system is like a monster to them as it has exposed the weaknesses of their skaters, especially the women.

Yes, these weak Russian women who did not win the last 3 Olympics.

I think the Russian coaches are not afraid, they are just lazy. Every time there is a chance in the rules it is first greeted with a mass moan, then several season of not actually bothering to read these rules and complaining how their skaters are underscored and only then after being kicked several times finally eventually may be somehow reading the rules. Moskvina is an exception of course.