I agree keeping SP is more important than the free skate. KV can get a big lead on everybody at the Olympics with her 3A in the SP. and I e herself breathing room for the free.
This could be a but I hope she gets a couple smaller events next season and maybe a GPEvgenia Medvedeva announced today that after this Team Event she will take a leave of absence from skating to work on her health. The duration of the leave is uncertain at present.
Медведева: после Кубка Первого канала снова придется уйти на восстановление
Фигуристка перенесла коронавирус с поражением легких.tass.ru
I guess I could have been more specific. All the capable Russian ladies were going to do it, which at the time meant everyone from team Tutberidze. Her students on the junior level in 2018 were also skating heavily back-loaded programs. And plenty of non-capable ladies were going to try to do it as well, which meant we would have seen a lot of hot mess meltdowns like Zagitova's that one time, because as you said it's not a piece of cake. Either way, as far as Russia is concerned, the backloading would have been largely supplanted by the quads at this point in time anyways.
I should clarify that I'm no catwalk model.Lol I don't find wonder tots OR super models very relatable
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Sour grapes.....
Looks like it....... unless..... Kostornaya "pulls a rabbit out of a hat" at the Russian Cup Finals. Even more of a miracle would be Anna Frolova skating her heart out and getting the 3rd spot. we'll see.....
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No they have not. Zagitova is the first one, she said it at the Team Event press conference.
No they have not. Zagitova is the first one, she said it at the Team Event press conference.
However! This is what i remember. Several months ago, Liza Tuktamysheva and/or Avebuch were talking about "Ice Age for single skaters to skate with retired Pairs/Dance skaters". This is yet again a different format from the standard one (which is Pairs/Dance skaters with celebrities). If it is going to be a new format, then we can expect to see a much greater level of difficulty in the programmes (than in skater/celebrity combo).
Here is Tuktamysheva's comment, she said if invited she would gladly join the "Ice Age" event.
Туктамышева рассказала о своём отношении к «Ледниковому периоду»
Чемпионка мира по фигурному катанию Елизавета Туктамышева заявила, что хотела бы выступить в телевизионном шоу «Ледниковый период».russian.rt.com
If it is this type of new format, they will need to find at least 10-12 single skaters, perhaps both men and women.
I can see Averbuch inviting (besides Zagitova): Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova, Radionova, maybe Lipnitskaya (if she has time from baby & coaching), maybe Medvedeva (if she is well), Sotskova (if she has time away from Uni), Kovtun, Voronov, Leonova (she is in St. Petersburg though), Lazukin (St, Pete), Sakhanovich, and maybe few more that skipped my mind.
Tsurskaya is teaching full blast at Eteri Tutberidze's group, and already has her own skaters who need daily training.
Or...Sinitsyna might show up at RC Final and beat both Tuktamysheva and Kostornaia...
At this point, no. The only "big" names that missed qualifying as seniors for 2022 are Samodelkina and Petrosyan. There is a considerable lack of depth in this age group, but the year after that the new seniors will include Akatieva, Zhilina, and probably someone/s who will make a drastic improvement in the next two years.
We'll see if 17 is "too old" based on how Anna and Sasha look next season. 18, on the other hand, would definitely be too old, lol.
There are plenty of Seniors in the top category for Season 2022: Shcherbakova, Valieva, Usacheva, Trusova, Khromykh, Sinitsina, and possibly some of Davydov's/CSKA ladies.
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. Yes, Adelia and Sofia were born in summer 2007, and by 2026 Olympics, they will be 18. But we don't know all the young ladies training in Davydov's and Tutberidze's camps with birth-dates 2009/10.... 
Lack of depth? In the year group there is Samodelkina, Petrosian, Muravieva and Osokina. How can you say that they lack depth? (Just to explain, I count years based on ISU eligibility, not on calendar year. This group I just named will become senior eligible after the Olympic season.)
What I meant was that two years ago there was the 3A, the next year was VUK, but this year like you said are those 4 skaters. The only one I consider champion-capable is Samodelkina. I was discussing this somewhere, maybe another board, that if the Olympics were to be delayed to 2023, are there any in this new crop who would challenge for the Olympics. I don't really consider Petrosyan, Muravieva or Osokina ever a legitimate threat to make the team. When I say there is a lack of depth, I know that I AM talking about Russian ladies, so the depth there is amazing, but I don't see any shining stars from that year except for Samodelkina.
Yet, birthdays are definitely available over the Internet. It’s no secret. I easily looked up birthdays of top ladies at Jr Nationals, just to see if any would be 15.5 by next year’s Olys (none of the tops....Anna Frolova old enough now for Worlds).
