Which Three Russian ladies would you like to see on the worlds 2020 team?

[rfisher]

Anna has to improve on her short significantly..67 will not cut it even with quads. A clean Alina and Alena will probably be 8 to 10 points ahead in the short just based on early season scoring

My picks are Zag, Kostornaia and Trusova for that very reason.

 

[Cachoo]

This is going to be a tough year for Russian ladies with only 3 spots for Worlds. I can only imagine the competition for these spots and leading up to the next Olympic games.

For sure: I'm with those who want to see the age moved to 18. I used to keep a list of skaters I would still want to watch if jumping were banned. For years it was Kwan, Cohen and Asada. Now Alena and Evgenia are the two skaters I'd want to see.

 

[CaliSteve]

Liza!

 

[Vash01]

Anna has to improve on her short significantly..67 will not cut it even with quads. A clean Alina and Alena will probably be 8 to 10 points ahead in the short just based on early season scoring

Anna had a fall during the footwork, or she could have received 71-72 in the SP. I don’t expect her to repeat that mistake.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Anna, Alena and Alexandra are the ones now with the heavy artillery, right?

I think then Zag as a long shot.

Medev and Tuk thanks for the memories .... sigh

 

[muffinplus]

Anna, Alena and Alexandra are the ones now with the heavy artillery, right?

I think then Zag as a long shot.

Medev and Tuk thanks for the memories .... sigh

Zag has a big short program advantage. Watch her score in the 80s for s clean short

 

[Finsta]

But what if Alena lands 3axel in short program? She’s a much better overall skater than Zagitova. All I see with Zagitova is terrible posture, frantic skating. I hope this to be season judges stop giving her Olympic champion bonus points.

 

[CaliSteve]

Zag has a big short program advantage. Watch her score in the 80s for s clean short

Unless Alena does a 3A.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

But what if Alena lands 3axel in short program? She’s a much better overall skater than Zagitova. All I see with Zagitova is terrible posture, frantic skating. I hope this to be season judges stop giving her Olympic champion bonus points.

I agree. I don't understand the hype about Zag. Frantic skating with no interpretation or choreography skills. Just mad, quick skating with small jumps but the revolutions do get done.

 

[Vash01]

Anna, Alena and Alexandra are the ones now with the heavy artillery, right?

I think then Zag as a long shot.

Medev and Tuk thanks for the memories .... sigh

If one of the A’s makes a mistake, Zag can sneak in.

 

[mjb52]

I need to put a therapist on-call for RusNats, I can get it down to four people with difficulty but the cut to three is just too harsh.

 

[Cachoo]

I know you want to put great technical content out there. I think one day, not too far into the future, the two quad queens will improve their component scores. But for me---compared to Alina, Alena, Evgenia & a few other Russian ladies---they are artistically junior. I hate that good skaters sometimes come and go so quickly and we are seeing this with Russian ladies. I don't know if there is a solution.

 

[Vash01]

I know you want to put great technical content out there. I think one day, not too far into the future, the two quad queens will improve their component scores. But for me---compared to Alina, Alena, Evgenia & a few other Russian ladies---they are artistically junior. I hate that good skaters sometimes come and go so quickly and we are seeing this with Russian ladies. I don't know if there is a solution.

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[muffinplus]

Artistically Med, Alena K. And Alina are not junior at all. You just hate them because they are Russian.

She is talking about Anna and Alexandra

 

[Vash01]

She is talking about Anna and Alexandra

Ok. I misread it. Will edit my post.

As much as I love the artistry, I find the technical advances in ladies skating very exciting.

 

[Cachoo]

Ok. I misread it. Will edit my post.

As much as I love the artistry, I find the technical advances in ladies skating very exciting.

It is exciting: I feel like we are missing out on some fine skating because the talent pool is so deep. It is frustrating.