2020 Russian Junior and Senior test skates

[floridaice]

so if you skate to Khachaturian you must end your program down on the ice?

 

[Frau Muller]

Medved ..hmmm...not so sharp. Tentative. Great music, though. So far, the best of Russian Sr ladies are Valieva and Scherbakova, in that order. Let’s see if Trusova can make top 3.

 

[Amy L]

so if you skate to Khachaturian you must end your program down on the ice?

The girl gets murdered in Masquerade Waltz.

 

[Colonel Green]

Wait, Trusova is skating to Love Story? The hell?

 

[rfisher]

Trusova is incredibly fit for a young girl. She can do one handed pull ups.

But Love Story for the warrior girl? Seriously? Maybe she'll at least throw snowballs.

 

[Wyliefan]

Love Story in a referee outfit.

 

[Ananas Astra]

So, Trusova is skating to "Love Story" in her SP and "Romeo and Juliet" in her FS in the same season?
Somewhere, Trankov is spitting out lyrical snot.

 

[floridaice]

choreo has nothing to do with the music

 

[Hanna]

Weird music choice for Tru, I like it though. But not sure for her.

I still keep expecting the tracker to show up in the corner.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Well, that is not "Love Story".

 

[thvu]

Wow. Trusova is a different skater. Much better upper body control. I even feel a connection to the music. I’m impressed. Best skater so far.

 

[SmallFairy]

This is not Love Story, it’s Secret Garden - Appasionata.

 

[Wyliefan]

This is not Love Story, it’s Secret Garden - Appasionata.

You mean Ted got it wrong again?

 

[Ka3sha]

Wow! I think Trusova was my fav today - didn’t expect that at all, honestly

 

[Immortelle]

SO good to see her smiling!!!!

 

[rfisher]

Well, she's happy anyway. I guess they're trying something new music wise.

 

[Colonel Green]

Trusova certainly looking the best among the non-Sambo skaters technically, and I'd say better than Anna on the jumps too.

Choreography is completely baffling and seems like it was done for much more aggressive music (which would suit her better).

 

[Hanna]

You mean Ted got it wrong again?

Ah, fond memories of Tarakanova and Moonlight Sonata.

 

[Frau Muller]

TRUSOVA IN THE MIX!!!! Well, a new skater - lyrical, sublime.

 

[Kateri]

Trusova's abs were really emoting!

 

[Ka3sha]

Also, do you remember super emotional Morozov at the boards?
With time and experience , Ilinykh will top him

 

[rfisher]

ET wins 2, Plush 1 and Mishin and Orser 0.

 

[Wyliefan]

I can watch ladies' skating and virtual church at the same time tomorrow. Even a pandemic has a silver lining.

 

[allezfred]

PML at how dirty Tuktamysheva’s boots are on the YouTube stream thumbnail image.

 

[Gris]

Think Valieva and Trusova have the best SPs - Radford's music is not that interesting but Kamila added a touch of lightness to it and Sasha looked more mature. Also think Sofia's SP has potential. Others are quite meh...

Overall M/G and Kolyada are the highlights for me today.

 

[Frau Muller]

Wow! I think Trusova was my fav today - didn’t expect that at all, honestly

Trusova definite #1 among last season’s Big Three...but new senior Valieva is overall top after today.
Special commendation to most Russians for excellent music & programs. Only one blah pop female ballad among them.

 

[Wyliefan]

PML at how dirty Tuktamysheva’s boots are on the YouTube stream thumbnail image.

Are they dirty or bedazzled? People were saying earlier she'd put a bunch of gold stuff on them.

 

[sk8nlizard]

I thought Med’s jumps looked better, I also applaud her commitment to keep working on fixing her double axel, she really needs to work on her spins. You can tell she knows how to turn it on, like the step sequence at the end I cheer hard for Med, I was not a fan of her when she was in her prime but I give her major credit for continuing to skate because she loves it and continuing to improve on different aspects of her skating. Plus I give her major props for switching to a non-Russian coach outside of Russia, have any other top Russian’s done that? Nothing against any of the Russian coaches in any country (they clearly have lots of good students) but finding what she thought was best for her and going outside her comfort zone makes me happy.
I thought Trusova actually looked the best of them all, as far as elements go. But honestly she could have been skating to anything!
But I think my favorite part of the competition was after Trusova skated and they panned to the coaches and we see Kostornaia standing behind the coaches, Illynkh turns and gives her a hug. Whether it was her idea or not to switch coaches, I’m sure this competition was hard for her. I rarely see Eteri give her skaters hugs and never when she had another skater just perform well. I realize that I don’t see most of what goes on, obviously, but the fact that she felt comfortable enough to be around the coaches after she skated and got some comfort from them Just makes me happy.
I see so many people leave skating very bitter about the sport, so when I see people like Med and Tuk skating for the love of it I am thrilled.

 

[Frau Muller]

n.a.

 

[kittyjake5]

I did not watch Pairs and ID so the highlights for me in mens was Mikhail.

The ladies were great, standouts for me in no particular order were Alexander T., Anna S.,
Kamila V. and Evengia M. Well done!