Anna Shcherbakova Fan Thread

[Sylvia]

I find 2019 Russian national champion Anna S. and her skating to be charming and expressive so this is a thread dedicated to her.

This was her exquisitely performed & haunting SP from Russian Nationals earlier today in Krasnoyarsk:

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The official Channel 1 15-minute feature video from October 2019 before her Grand Prix debut at Skate America (linked and summarized in post #1 of this GSD thread here:

Anna Shcherbakova - Ch#1 video interview with Russian National Champion

Anna Shcherbakova - Ch#1 video interview with Russian National Champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=GWkHdVq4eKA video starts with the announcement that she is a current Russian National Champion and the ceremony. Text: Anna was happy with her performance. But was very...

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) no longer works for me but I found another copy that includes English subtitles -- it's well worth watching:

Anna Shcherbakova’s interview for the First Channel

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What do YOU like about Anna's skating?

 

[Wyliefan]

She skates with a grace and serenity beyond her years.

And at the same time she is an adorable little pixie.

 

[Vash01]

I love Anna. So delicate in her appearance and yet so strong mentally.

 

[AxelAnnie]

I love Anna. So delicate in her appearance and yet so strong mentally.

I am so confused................but I think that is my general state of mind. Aren't we watching the 2019 Russian Nationals right now. How could she be the 2019 Russian Champ?

 

[Vash01]

I am so confused................but I think that is my general state of mind. Aren't we watching the 2019 Russian Nationals right now. How could she be the 2019 Russian Champ?

I think the current national champion (in progress) is for 2020, even though we are still in 2019.

 

[AxelAnnie]

I think the current national champion (in progress) is for 2020, even though we are still in 2019.

Thx.

 

[pinkmary]

Is it only me that her smile and presentation on ice sometimes reminds me of Katia Gordeeva? I know, different disciplines, but still.

 

[Vash01]

Is it only me that her smile and presentation on ice sometimes reminds me of Katia Gordeeva? I know, different disciplines, but still.

I had posted during the GP that she reminded me of a young Katia.

 

[alexikeguchi]

Wow, Anna was en fuego as Firebird in her free skate... She really is determined to prove that last year's title was no fluke. Way to go!

 

[Deleted member 13560]

FireFierce!

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

What a free skate from Shcherbakova.

With her sp and fs combined point total, she would have won the men's competition overall as well.

 

[Sylvia]

Brava, Anna! Here's her Nationals winning free skate (Russian broadcast with an excited TAT):

Анна Щербакова защитила титул чемпионки России!

Анна Щербакова становится победительницей Чемпионата России по фигурному катанию 2020! Произвольную программу фигуристки судьи оценили на рекордные 181,94 ба...

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She scored 261.87 total, 181.94 in FS: 108.22 (TES) 73.72 (PCS) 9.07 9.04 9.36 9.32 9.29 0.00 #14

Jumps landed: 4Lz+3T (19.97 points), 4F step out (10.06), 2A, 4Lz (15.94) / 3Lz+3Lo (13.82), 3F-eu-3S (12.7), 3Lz; all L4 spins.

 

[Doggygirl]

Anna did an awesome job last year when it counted, and did it again this year. Much respect to her! Congrats to the 2-time Russian National Champion!

 

[rupertsurvive]

I admit I like Alena's skating far more (but I enjoy Anna's far more than Alexandra's) but I have to hand it to her. She really brought it and won against all odds over someone who looked nearly unbeatable even without any quads. The best I have ever seen her skate. A true competitor.

 

[NAOTMAA]

Alena and Alexandra are usually the two who get the most attention from fans among the Eteri trio. Alena is the artist and Alexandra is the jumper while Anna is somewhere in between so sometimes it feels like she gets forgotten in the mix (which sounds strange I know). So I'm thrilled Anna was able to defend her title because I like her best

There's a calming gracefulness yet great exuberance all rolled into one which I find so charming that I can't help but smile whenever she skates.

 

[kittyjake5]

Congrats to Anna, 2 time National Champ. I admit I am smitten with all three
A's but today it was Anna's day to Shine.

 

[rupertsurvive]

Alena and Alexandra are usually the two who get the most attention from fans among the Eteri trio. Alena is the artist and Alexandra is the jumper while Anna is somewhere in between so sometimes it feels like she gets forgotten in the mix (which sounds strange I know). So I'm thrilled Anna was able to defend her title because I like her best

There's a calming gracefulness yet great exuberance all rolled into one which I find so charming that I can't help but smile whenever she skates.

I agree but it is also hilarious that a woman who does triple axels and triple-triples all over the place and does the most technically difficult short program ever by a woman and constantly skates it cleanly isn't regarded as a "jumper" or as the least athletic of the trio (Alena). We have an embarrassment of riches with the Russian woman today.

I agree Anna feels like the forgotten one of the trio often and I think she will probably continue to be the underdog, but I think she likes that role and thrives in it.

 

[rupertsurvive]

To put it into perspective Alena does far more jump content than Midori Ito in her prime did, and Ito is still regarded as the best jumper of all time; and yet in the current trio she is the "artist" or the non athlete. It is just mind boggling.

 

[Perky Shae Lynn]

Our little fairy has nerves of steel. She's something else.

 

[Frau Muller]

I kept wondering when others would recognize this achievement of Anna Scherbakova winning Russian Ladies Freakin’ Nationals two years in a row???!!! Especially tough now in the Hunger Games era.
Med In 16/17...Sotnikova - what? - four times?! Wasn’t she the one that FSU hated so much? Maybe time to re-evaluate her, too.

 

[rupertsurvive]

I kept wondering when others would recognize this achievement of Anna Scherbakova winning Russian Ladies Freakin’ Nationals two years in a row???!!! Especially tough now in the Hunger Games era.
Med In 16/17...Sotnikova - what? - four times?! Wasn’t she the one that FSU hated so much? Maybe time to re-evaluate her, too.

People are probably too hard on Sotnikova, but lets be real, her Russian titles were all before the time of Russian depth. Russia had only 2 girls at the 2014 Olympic since they didn't even have good enough results at the 2009 worlds to qualify 3. Heck they didn't even come close to qualifying 3 girls for the 2014 Olympics, they were a whopping 6 spots away for managing it. The U.S even qualified 3 girls for Sochi and Russia came nowhere near. Russia had way more more depth in the days of Slutskaya/Butyrskaya/Sokolova and even the days of Vodorezova/Ivanova/Kondrashova than it did when Sotnikova competed. And once depth came she instantly unofficialy retired from the sport, almost immediately after Sochi, rather than face it.

 

[Frau Muller]

People are probably too hard on Sotnikova, but lets be real, her Russian titles were all before the time of Russian depth. Russia had only 2 girls at the 2014 Olympic since they didn't even have good enough results at the 2009 worlds to qualify 3. Heck they didn't even come close to qualifying 3 girls for the 2014 Olympics, they were a whopping 6 spots away for managing it. The U.S even qualified 3 girls for Sochi and Russia came nowhere near. Russia had way more more depth in the days of Slutskaya/Butyrskaya/Sokolova and even the days of Vodorezova/Ivanova/Kondrashova than it did when Sotnikova competed. And once depth came she instantly unofficialy retired from the sport, almost immediately after Sochi, rather than face it.

You’re absolutely correct, ruppertsurvive.

I was just surprised when I checked the Russian Natls Wiki and realized that Sotnikova had won Sr Nats four times. Time flies & I had forgotten.

 

[Vash01]

Anna has now won the Russian Nationals three years in a row. That is an amazing feat in the current field of Russian ladies.

 

[Sylvia]

I posted this archived livestream link in the 2021 Russian Nationals Ladies FS thread in the Kiss & Cry section on December 26, 2020 (scroll back to watch her full FS):

This is when [commentator Ted] Barton starts speaking after Shcherbakova's FS is over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_KhxKAhRQE&t=2h40m50s

 

[Vash01]

I had to search for this thread because there were no recent posts. This beautiful skater has the best chance of winning the OGM, based on the mental toughness she has displayed the last three years. I don't understand why she is not as popular as some of her teammates, who are great skaters too.

I was very happy to see her land the quad flip recently in the Italian GP. I was hearing that she has lost the quads. She proved them wrong. From her interview it seems she will have the quad lutz next time or at her nationals. I am rooting for her to make the Olympic team.

 

[Sylvia]

From her interview it seems she will have the quad lutz next time or at her nationals. I am rooting for her to make the Olympic team.

Link to read an interview with Anna, translated in this GSD thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...aya-and-the-most-terrible-act-in-life.108896/

 

[mjb52]

I think she is so polite and lovely that she doesn't provoke a great deal of discussion, because there's not much controversy surrounding her. All in all I think that's a good thing. But also there's a whole Russian women thread that gets tons of posts so maybe that consumes all the talk about her.

 

[Sylvia]

Johnny Weir's post from Moscow: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOdT99MSsf/

13.November.2021 Today I shot my first ever Olympic profile with World Champion Anna Shcherbakova & I couldn’t have hoped for a lovelier first interview. Спасибо Анна!

Anna shared some nice photos from last week's Gala practice in Turin, Italy: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWFjFTgIMN0/

 

[Frau Muller]

CONGRATULATIONS, Anya Shcherbakova!



2022 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST (THE traditional individual event, baby!!!! No phony team thingie here)

2021 WORLD CHAMPION!

THREE (3)-TIME RUSSIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION! uh…that’s longevity

 

[Wyliefan]

Congratulations to Anna for her win. I wish it could have been under happier circumstances.