It was more like "Terminator does Carmen", but he stayed on his feet and only had a step-out from a quad sal. The best I've ever seen him skate.Ignatov is skating to Carmen for his FS.
He was down 11 points from a fall on the 3A in the SP. He only had a chance to win was if either Semenenko or Dikidzhe fell and they did not. But, Gumennik's FS was excellent. One point difference between 1st and 2nd. The final group was exciting and well skated. Semenenko eked out the win this time, but Dikidzhe is the skater of the future in Russia (curse that popped axel in the combo--that was the difference between 1st and 2nd). He needs to work on his spins and not lose points there, but he's exciting and has good jump technique, and is not the least bit nervy. His coach is a former Mishin student, but I think they have the skills to out-Mishin Mishin in the next couple of years. My complaint is that Mishin is making Lutfullin's BV too high. They need to cut the quads down to 2 and let him go clean. His posture and basic skating is Kolyada worthy just like Vetlugin and Mishin doesn't know what to do with this type of skater. And, Aliev skated well.
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Absolutely. What was that costume change about anyway? The BF's mom and I were utterly confused.
One that doesn't work half the time. When the skirt does fall correctly, it's in his face while he's doing the dismount of that final lift. Her FS costume is much better.
A disaster waiting to happen.
She was stunning on the ice today. Petrosian did not do her 3A as she's been ill, but skated a clean program. She's like a little Italian sports car speeding around the rink while Valieva was like a smooth Mercedes. The difference in PCS was deserved. Petrosian is so fast on the ice, but Valieva had her on jump GOE and spins. Muravieva landed a clean 3A, but fell on her step sequence and lost a lot of PCS. The scores are accurate. Petrosian plans to attempt 2 quads in the FS and Valieva one, but Adelia is about 50% on the quads. The winner will come down to who skates clean in the FS. Mura lets her nerves get to her almost every time and Adelia and Kamila don't so it will be between the two of them. Sinitsina was exquisite and Yamatova is a rising star. Frolova was clean and I think she's a lovely skater, but she's lacking in the spins and PCS of the other 5. I don't expect her to move up unless one of the others above her makes critical errors. I also like Gorbacheva. She does a better choreo slide than a lot of ice dancers. She had a silly error or she'd have been in 6th place going into the final. She can beat Frolova if she's clean. For some reason Rukavitsin does not have his skaters work on spins and basic skills. Frolova has high clean jumps but loses points on the other elements which she should be working on. Sinitsina is just an exquisite skater who would be on a world team in any country but Russia and winning medals compared to the rest of women's field.
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Well, that was the ultimate non sequitur.
Nobody ever said Tutberidze doped her to give her willpower. No one particularly cares WHY she doped her. The problem is simply that she doped her.
I think his point was that no amount of doping can create the will to never give up, unless it is a drug that somehow instills willpower. Giving up was what Tutberidze explicitly ragged on Valieva about at the Olympics, not messing up jumps in the FS.Well, that was the ultimate non sequitur.
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That's the point. She has been wuzrobbing herself publicly all season long and complaining about the marks she and hubby were getting. Just Kostornaia doing Kostornaia things.
It's like he got himself a book of the worst hairstyles ever a couple of years ago and is viciously going through every single one of them.
But her bondage costume has to go. She is a minor, FFS.
