2021 Russian Nationals Ladies SP

[rfisher]

Liza's cheekbones are to die for.

 

[Hanna]

The scoring of this event is very questionable. For the first time ever I'm saying Trusova wuzrobbed. Nugu too.

 

[ChelleC]

Trusova should be in the lead. Nothing will convince me otherwise.

 

[rfisher]

Given how some of these young women struggled with breathing through the SP, I suspect the FS will be a disaster for many of them. Which adversely enough, may work in Trusova's favor since she's healthy. Or is at this point.

 

[BittyBug]

These judges are making me mad.

 

[alchemy void]

After watching the Russian Cups, I decided to ignore the scoring here as they have had a blatant Tutberidze bias all season, and only expected that to be enhanced here.

Nugumanova definitely the highlight of the day for me. Final group at nationals is a great achievement for her.

 

[Vash01]

Did you get a lump of coal in your stocking from Santa?

No. It has nothing to do with Santa. I don’t like voice overs in skating, period.

 

[Vash01]

YOU'RE DEAD TO ME, VASH

I don’t care.

 

[danafan]

That’s flying camel was pretty terrible. But sure, positive GOE.

She ended up with -0.30 GOE on the element in the end but one judge gave +3.

https://fsrussia.ru/results/2021/rusnat2021/ENG/Ladies_SP_Scores.pdf

 

[tony]

Meh. Trusova got hit with a ! on her flip and suddenly almost all judges decided it was +1, yet the skater right in front of her wobbled through a Lutz on the complete wrong edge and got +3's.

Also, to me, Shcherbakova is nowhere near the level of a 9.25 or above skater.

 

[rfisher]

After watching the Russian Cups, I decided to ignore the scoring here as they have had a blatant Tutberidze bias all season, and only expected that to be enhanced here.

Nugumanova definitely the highlight of the day for me. Final group at nationals is a great achievement for her.

If the rumors about Trusova's father visiting the old rink are true, they may opt for politics over technique. Wouldn't that upset the rink. Her parents seem to really want an Olympic medal. I'd say she should spend the summer with Mishin, but his political cachet in ladies doesn't seem to help his skaters.

 

[AxelAnnie]

Proud of Anna for skating as well as she did, but I'm assuming the plan is to withdraw her before the LP. It sucks to not defend her title, but that was not the breathing of someone who can keep going for 4 minutes.

Well that would be a bummer.

 

[Vash01]

If the rumors about Trusova's father visiting the old rink are true, they may opt for politics over technique. Wouldn't that upset the rink. Her parents seem to really want an Olympic medal. I'd say she should spend the summer with Mishin, but his political cachet in ladies doesn't seem to help his skaters.

Judges are low balling Mishin’s lady skaters, so it may not be a good idea to go to him. Eteri skaters seem to be getting favors.

I suspect judges want Trusova to be lady like, which upsets me. She is a trailblazer, like Midori. I love her spunk. I hope she lands all her quads in the LP.

 

[Sylvia]

Result Details​

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CO	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1​	Anna SHCHERBAKOVA Moscow	MOS​	80.31​	42.51​		37.80​	9.43​	9.29​	9.46​	9.54​	9.54​	0.00​	#9​
2​	Kamila VALIEVA Moscow	MOS​	79.99​	43.45​		37.54​	9.43​	9.29​	9.25​	9.54​	9.43​	1.00​	#2​
3​	Daria USACHEVA Moscow	MOS​	76.72​	41.04​		35.68​	8.89​	8.79​	8.89​	9.07​	8.96​	0.00​	#16​
4​	Alexandra TRUSOVA Moscow	MOS​	75.76​	40.31​		35.45​	8.79​	8.64​	9.07​	8.89​	8.93​	0.00​	#14​
5​	Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	73.56​	39.16​		35.40​	8.82​	8.61​	8.89​	8.96​	8.96​	1.00​	#17​
6​	Elizaveta NUGUMANOVA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	73.26​	39.60​		33.66​	8.36​	8.21​	8.46​	8.50​	8.54​	0.00​	#15​
7​	Maiia KHROMYKH Moscow	MOS​	72.93​	39.03​		33.90​	8.36​	8.36​	8.54​	8.57​	8.54​	0.00​	#7​
8​	Anastasiia GULIAKOVA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	70.24​	36.68​		33.56​	8.39​	8.18​	8.46​	8.46​	8.46​	0.00​	#8​
9​	Ksenia TSIBINOVA Moscow	MOS​	68.84​	38.24​		30.60​	7.68​	7.46​	7.82​	7.68​	7.61​	0.00​	#1​
10​	Sofia SAMODUROVA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	67.70​	34.33​		33.37​	8.32​	8.14​	8.36​	8.46​	8.43​	0.00​	#6​
11​	Maria TALALAIKINA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	63.89​	34.02​		30.87​	7.75​	7.57​	7.61​	7.82​	7.82​	1.00​	#13​
12​	Stanislava MOLCHANOVA Krasnodar Region	KRA​	61.98​	33.15​		29.83​	7.46​	7.21​	7.43​	7.61​	7.57​	1.00​	#11​
13​	Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	61.55​	30.50​		32.05​	8.18​	7.93​	7.75​	8.14​	8.07​	1.00​	#5​
14​	Arina ONISHCHENKO Saint-Petersburg	SPB​	56.34​	29.80​		26.54​	6.64​	6.50​	6.79​	6.57​	6.68​	0.00​	#10​
15​	Anastasia TARAKANOVA Moscow	MOS​	55.98​	27.52​		29.46​	7.57​	7.21​	7.25​	7.43​	7.36​	1.00​	#4​
16​	Anna FROLOVA Moscow	MOS​	53.70​	26.53​		30.17​	7.68​	7.50​	7.25​	7.71​	7.57​	3.00​	#3​
17​	Valeria KOSTINA Tula Region	TUL​	50.67​	26.95​		24.72​	6.21​	6.04​	6.11​	6.36​	6.18​	1.00​	#12​

Protocols: https://fsrussia.ru/results/2021/rusnat2021/ENG/Ladies_SP_Scores.pdf

 

[mjb52]

I would have had her in first but could see an argument for putting her in third. But fourth is really ridiculous.

 

[Frau Muller]

Sorry, the judging here is a joke...not just top-3 situation but the ungraceful one with too much make-up in 7th place...ahead of exquisite skaters like Guliakova or Samodurova??!! Give me a break. Somebody is sending payment$ to the right places.

 

[Kateri]

UGH. I know it's pointless to get mad about judging, especially nationals judging, but all these skaters have been through hell and back this season. It sucks to see so many of them screwed over by adult infighting and politics.

 

[alchemy void]

I don’t care.

I was only kidding. Merry Christmas.

 

[Vash01]

I was only kidding. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you too. I am having a good day so far. Not happy with some of the scoring but that is FS.

 

[Sylvia]

Top 10 (Russian Channel One):

Shcherbakova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAi8BCb2_ZU
Valieva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyK0r4GLtI8
Usacheva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftn91iG-ZNc
Trusova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6xKE8zFsak
Tuktamysheva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS9RApMfrUo
Nugumanova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0UiKetjzeA
Khromykh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbk9CHI3K8
Guliakova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2urenGaiV5Y
Tsibinova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZEu5FiD84
Samodurova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npuzXzt3IKU

 

[Frau Muller]

Um, could you not?

Ok - So how about “the ungraceful one with a ton of make up”?...because that is the TRUTH. Can’t Eteri tell her to tone down the Vampirella eyes, pls? All of the others have perfect make up.

 

[alchemy void]

I feel like we don't need to amplify the desperate attention-seeking any more.

Top 10 (Russian Channel One):

Shcherbakova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAi8BCb2_ZU
Valieva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyK0r4GLtI8
Usacheva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftn91iG-ZNc
Trusova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6xKE8zFsak
Tuktamysheva: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS9RApMfrUo
Nugumanova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0UiKetjzeA
Khromykh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbk9CHI3K8
Guliakova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2urenGaiV5Y
Tsibinova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heZEu5FiD84
Samodurova: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npuzXzt3IKU

Thanks for the video links. I think there's going to be a ton of movement in the LP, led by Talalaikina.

 

[caseyedwards]

The need for the ability to do quads in Sps is paramount!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ka3sha]

Re scoring: the Fed has already admitted that Team Tutberidze does everything in the best possible way and all other coaches can’t catch up with them, so it’s not surprising (but still frustrating to see).
But now they got a new sponsor - Gazprom, a Russian partially state-owned multinational energy corporation
(hence the masks with letter G)

 

[kalle]

I just can't with the overscoring of Kamila (and I like her!).
I absolutely loved Nugu
To see such beautiful skating is rare these days and I am so happy she skated well.
I like Anna S too but today, her program felt a bit flat. I understand she want to defend her title but I hope she does not force herself too much out of her illness (did she have covid or was it something else?)
Trusova's SP is really good and such a pleasure to see a bit of a different side to her skating. For me, she and Nugu really delivered today and I would have them 1-2.
Daria is a classic Eteri skater but feels a bit juniorish comparing to the others. Still, she is very reliable and I am curious too see how much she will improve heading into the Olympic season.With her already high scores and if she manage to transform her big 2A into a 3A, I feel she could be a bit of a dark horse next season.

 

[Cherub721]

Liza's cheekbones are to die for.

The lilac color really suits her. She looks gorgeous.

Very meh skating and judging today except for Nugu. I hope Trusova can prove the judges wrong tomorrow. Land everything and dare them not to put her in first. Liza won't have enough base value to win now or even make the podium most likely.

 

[Vash01]

Is Liza going to put the quad toe in her LP? She has landed those in practice.

I can't imagine Anna doing a 3-4 quad program tomorrow since she is still recovering. I would like her to do two quads though.

I want five Clean quads from Trusova tomorrow. I am so upset with the judging!

 

[zoe111]

I agree that I think trusova was robbed

 

[Tinami Amori]

I agree that I think trusova was robbed

Another one with "Eteri hate" glasses on..... . Last year Trusova was one of the most disliked skaters on FSU, with every skating fault possible. This year she is with Plushenko, so suddenly people "like and defend her". Same as it was with Medvedeva. If Valieva moves on to another coach, here on FSU she'll become "genius of all skaters".......

Trusova's skate was very average, without quads and 3A's, and with her new "girly" image, her skating is not that special, as it used to be when she was "russian rocket tom-boy". Back then when she was in Khrustalniy, Trusova never placed above 3rd in SP, several skaters, including Shcherbakova and Kostornaya used to place above her.

 

[Aerobicidal]

Yes, all the people who have noticed Trusova's improved basics, non-frantic programs, impressive (when landed) jumps, and notable improvements are Plushenko ubers.

That must explain why people also only rooted for Kostornaia after she switched to Mr. Yana.

I slept through this entire event but after watching highlights, the real highlight was the PBP thread.