From Russia with love [#30]: Summer 2018 onwards

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Starting a new thread by copying over some of the skating-related posts from the previous one...

The composition of Russian figure skaters - participants of the Grand Prix series of the 2018/2019 season (June 29, 2018) - listed by event: http://fsrussia.ru/news/3756-sostav...v-etapov-serii-gran-pri-sezona-2018-2019.html

Ladies (received the maximum of 18 spots):
Alina Zagitova - Finland & Russia
Evgenia Medvedeva - Skate Canada & France
Maria Sotskova - Japan & France
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - Skate Canada & Japan
Elena Radionova - Skate America & Japan
Polina Tsurskaya - Skate America & Russia
Stanislava Konstantinova (debut) - Finland & France
Daria Panenkova (debut) - Skate Canada & Finland
Sofia Samodurova (debut) - Skate America
3rd spot in Russia is TBD.

Men (12 spots):
Mikhail Kolyada - Finland & Russia
Dmitri Aliev - Japan & France
Sergei Voronov - Skate America & Japan
Alexander Samarin - Skate Canada & France
Alexey Erokhov (debut) - Finland & Russia
Andrei Lazukin - Finland
Artur Dmitriev - Russia

Pairs (10 spots):
Tarasova/Morozov - Skate America & Russia
Zabiiako/Enbert - Finland & Japan
Pavliuchenko/Khodykin (debut) - Finland & Russia
Boikova/Kozlovskii (debut) - Skate Canada & France
Efimova/Korovin - Skate America & Russia

Dance (12 spots):
Stepanova/Bukin - Finland & Russia
Zagorski/Guerreiro - Skate America & Japan
Sinitsina/Katsalapov - Skate Canada & France
Skoptcova/Aleshin (debut) - Skate Canada & Japan
Popova/Mozgov - Finland & France
Evdokimova/Bazin - Russia
3rd spot in Russia is TBD.

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Returning to the JGP (14 years old in 2018-19):
Alexandra TRUSOVA RUS - Jr. World & JGPF champ
Alena KOSTORNAIA RUS - Jr. World & JGPF silver medalist
Anastasia TARAKANOVA RUS - JGPF bronze medalist

Age-eligible men include:
Artur DANIELIAN RUS - silver at Jr. Worlds
Makar IGNATOV RUS - 4th at JGPF; JGP silver & bronze
Roman SAVOSIN RUS - 5th at Jr. Worlds; JGP silver
Egor MURASHOV RUS - JGP bronze

Pairs:
Kostiukovich/Ialin RUS (JW silver)
Mishina/Gallyamov RUS (JW bronze)

Dance:
Ushakova/Nekrasov RUS (JW bronze; JGPF 5th)
Shevchenko/Eremenko RUS (JW 5th; JGPF 4th)
Khudaiberdeiva/Nazarov RUS(JGP Brisbane bronze; JGP Gdansk silver JGPF alternates)

Test skates will be held on September, 8-9 at Megasport arena in Moscow

Full version of the interview with World junior silver medalists Polina Kostiukovich/Dmitri Ialin and their coach Vasili Velikov on the website of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (with some photos of them and the coaches):
http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/376...ad-idti-nelzya-i-ostanavlivatsya-ne-nado.html

Dmitri even did some judging at childrens' competitions and therefore feels with judges that hear the same music over and over again.

Unique video archive of Tamara and Igor Moskvins will be soon available for coaches and figure skating fans
http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/3764-un...alistam-i-lyubitelyam-figurnogo-kataniya.html

Igor Moskvin has a unique collection of varios videos from different competitions and events from the past (1950s-1980s), they are now working on digitalization
List of figure skaters (in Russian): http://www.fsrussia.ru/files/docs/moskvina_catalog_p1.pdf

Article on Russian skater Ivan Samodelkin who lost his leg in horrible accident on the ISU website:
https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...-hopes-to-be-back-on-the-ice?templateParam=15

In case you want to make a donation to him, here is the paypal account that was set up: https://www.paypal.me/shmelek
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