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“ Can we please talk about how cute it was to see Bachynska cheering Kovtun on from the middle of her own final?? “
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A goodbye
After almost 12 (!) years, it’s time for me to say goodbye to this blog. It will not be deleted though.
Here’s a (pretty rough and I’m sure not full) list of skaters featured here. They’re listed in alphabetical order by the first name (so “Ashley Wagner” is under “A” and not “W”). I know it’s not the correct way to do this thing but it was easier for me. Also, if you can’t find someone, try searching within the blog or just general Tumblr search.
Thank you for the company and bye!
Women
Adelina Sotnikova
Akiko Suzuki
Alaine Chartrand
Alena Kostornaia
Alena Leonova
Alexandra Trusova
Alexia Paganini
Alina Zagitova
Alissa Czisny
Alysa Liu
Amber Glenn
Amelie Lacoste
Anna Pogorilaya
Anna Shcherbakova
Ashley Wagner
Audrey Shin
Bradie Tennell
Carolina Kostner
Christina Gao
Cynthia Phaneuf
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Elena Radionova
Elene Gedevanishvili
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Elizaveta Nugumanova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Emmi Peltonen
Eunsoo Lim
Evgenia Medvedeva
Gabrielle Daleman
Gracie Gold
Haein Lee
Irina Slutskaya
Jenna McCorkell
Jenni Saarinen
Joannie Rochette
Josefin Taljegard
Joshi Helgesson
Julia Lipnitskaya
Kaetlyn Osmond
Kailani Craine
Kanako Murakami
Kaori Sakamoto
Karen Chen
Kiira Korpi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Ksenia Makarova
Lara Naki Gutmann
Laura Lepisto
Laurine Lecavelier
Loena Hendrickx
Madeline Schizas
Mae Berenice Meite
Mai Mihara
Mao Asada
Maria Artemieva
Maria Sotskova
Mariah Bell
Marin Honda
Michelle Kwan
Miki Ando
Mirai Nagasu
Polina Edmunds
Polina Korobeynikova
Pooja Kalyan
Rachael Flatt
Roberta Rodeghiero
Rika Hongo
Rika Kihira
Samantha Cesario
Sarah Meier
Sasha Cohen
Satoko Miyahara
Shizuka Arakawa
Sofia Samodurova
Stanislava Konstantinova
Viktoria Helgesson
Yelim Kim
Yu-Na Kim
Wakaba Higuchi
Zijun Li
Men
Adam Rippon
Adian Pitkeev
Alban Preaubert
Alexei Bychenko
Alexei Yagudin
Artur Gachinski
Brendan Kerry
Boyang Jin
Brian Joubert
Brian Orser
Chafik Besseghier
Daisuke Takahashi
Daniel Samohin
Denis Ten
Deniss Vasiljevs
Dmitri Aliev
Evan Lysacek
Evgeni Plushenko
Florent Amodio
Han Yan
Ilia Kulik
Jason Brown
Javier Fernandez
Jeffrey Buttle
Jeremy Abbott
Jeremy Ten
Johnny Weir
Joshua Farris
Jun-Hwan Cha
Max Aaron
Ryan Bradley
Michal Brezina
Keegan Messing
Keiji Tanaka
Kevin Aymoz
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Van Der Perren
Kurt Browning
Matteo Rizzo
Mikhail Kolyada
Maxim Kovtun
Misha Ge
Moris Kvitelashvili
Nam Nguyen
Nan Song
Nathan Chen
Nobunari Oda
Patrcik Chan
Richard Dornbush
Sergei Voronov
Shawn Sawyer
Shoma Uno
Stephane Lambiel
Stephen Carriere
Takahiko Kozuka
Takahito Mura
Tatsuki Machida
Tomas Verner
Vincent Zhou
Yuma Kagiyama
Yuzuru Hanyu
Pairs
Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim
Alexandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovski
Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam
Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy/Bruno Massot
Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig
Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hey
Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Galliamov
Ashley Cain and Timothy Leduc
Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin/Joshua Reagan/Hamash Gaman
Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett/John Coughlin
Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang
Deanna Stellato and Nate Bartholomay / Maxime Deschamps
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze
Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov
Felicia Zhang and Nate Bartolomay
Gretchen Donlan and Andrew Sperroff/Nate Bartolomay
Haven Denney and Brendan Frazier
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier
Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison/Sebastien Wolfe
Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau
Katarina Gerboldt and Alexander Enbert
Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker
Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch/Michael Marinaro
Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov
Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov
Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari Mausiradze/Dylan Moscovitch
Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov
Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir/Mervin Tran
Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer
Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran/Ryuichi Kihara
Natalia Zabijako and Alexander Enbert
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise
Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers
Peng Cheng and Hao Zhang/Yang Jin
Qing Pang and Jian Tong
Rena Inoue and John Baldwin
Riku Mihura and Ryuichi Kihara
Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek
Tae-Ok Ryom and Ju-Sik Kim
Tarah Kayne and Denny O'Shea
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin
Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov/Maxim Trankov
Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres
Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov/Andrei Deputat
Wenjing Sui and Cong Han
Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin/Hao Zhang
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao
Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang
Yuko Kavaguti and Alexaner Smirnov
Ice Dance
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski
Alisa Agafonova and Alper Ucar
Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton / Matthew Blackmer
Alexandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin
Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin
Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte
Anna Yanovskaya and Sergei Mozgov
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus
Cecilia Torn and Jussiville Partanen
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri
Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev
Ekaterina Riazanova and Ilia Tkachenko
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov/Ruslan Zhiganshin
Elisabeth Paradis and Francois-Xavier Ouellette
Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates
Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali
Federica Testa and Lucas Csolley
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron
Isabella Tobias and Deividas Stagniunas/Ilia Tkachenko
Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker
Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje
Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed / Daisuke Takahashi
Kavita Lorenz and Panagiotis Polizoakis
Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill
Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin
Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein / Evan Bates
Madison Hubbell and Kiefer Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
Mari-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac
Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat
Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas
Meryl Davis and Charlie White
Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto
Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi
Natalia Kaliszek and Maksim Spodyrev
Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat
Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams/Asher Hill
Nora Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin
Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin
Olivia Smart and Adria Diaz
Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland
Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier
Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz
Sinead Kerr and John Kerr
Shiyue Wang and Xinyu Liu
Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Tiffany Zahorski and Jonathan Guerreiro
Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier
Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov
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I am very sure all FS fans have heard of Alena Kostornaia leaving Tutberidze's camp...
...there have been some things that are bothering me in the discussion, it did so with Alexandra Trusova before. So here are my few thoughts about it:
Trusova and Kostornaia leaving is a good thing as to leave an environment that cannot be seen as healthy at all. (I would even say it's an abusive way of coaching)
It's absolutely disgusting how Tutberidze's team is trashing and blaming the teenagers and what wild fight on SNS is happening. (I would grab popcorn if it wouldn't be so upsetting) In my opinion it is highly unprofessional. (and this women got "best coach" award? 🤮) (I have talked about my problems with Eteri's team on my sideblog @myjunkisyuzuruhanyu last season when Shoma trained there)
As much as leaving Eteri may be good, going to Plushenko however isn't the improvement in environment that ppl hope for. And that's bothering me that some ppl are just so happy Eteri's team got kicked in the face that they overlook the problems in Plushenko's camp or what face he is showing to the world (forgot the comments he did?)
I don't deny Plushenko has achieved great results as a skater. And Plushenko as a skater may be a legend for his results (though I don't forget how he basically bought himself into the Sochi Olympics and stole - yes stole - the spot from Maxim Kovtun) but he has basically nothing to show as a coach. So far his school did not bring out any achievement on international stages and the big names like Sotnikova never competed under him. So I would say his name as a skater is all that he can offer...(and the students from Eteri Serafima and Anastasia left his school after one year btw)
And what we have heard of his coaching so far isn't any more healthier than what Eteri's camp does. Just read the latest interview with Serafima Sakhanovich!
Just to give you some examples of the interview:
Plush was only there once a week and the coaches that worked with her instead were fired for no reason
accused her of faking injury publicly
trashed her publicly after she got away from Plushenko for being lazy (sounds familiar huh?)
Serafima said that the methods the schools use are the same (she trained with Tutberidze and Plushenko)
Another student who left Plushenko is Anastasia Tarakanova. She left because of the training conditions. Some examples from the interview:
Plushenko accused her of unwillingness to train and called her overly emotional
Plushenko trashed her for being hysterical and crying in front of other athletes after she left and she openly responded on her Instagram that Plushenko did not kick her out but she left on her own (two versions of a story - sounds familiar?)
And then I don't even want to say much about how Plushenko and his wife treat his own son like for example Plushenko's wife admit that she hit her son with a belt and locks him in dark rooms as punishment.
If all of this (the interviews, the treatment of Sasha Plushenko) is public knowledge and is shared without 2nd thought, I don't want to know what is not shared about what is happening behind closed doors.
Because of all this I cannot be happy about either Kostornaia's or Trusova's move and that's before taking into account that to me so far it seems he more focused on his own fame and money instead of the success of his skaters.
And actually if now the "hot Sergei" (I really don't know why fans named him that🤷♀️) is now part of Plushenko's team I don't see how that team will be any different. He was part of Tutberidze's team and seemed to have worked with the same work ethics, so I don't see how that would have changed under Plushenko.
I wish all the best to Kostornaia and Trusova, let's hope they can shine despite all they have been through. And let's hope they can end their careers one day on their own accord.
Adding: I think that neither Plushenko nor Tutberidze are evil people in general (the world isn't black and white) it's just that coaching methods that border on abuse seem to be widely accepted and spread in skating and coaches like Tutberidze use them because either they have been treated the same as athletes or because it's told that this is the only way to success. And as long as it's seen as normal by parents, athletes and coaches there is still a long way to go. Also I don't think it's a Russian problem, abusive methods happen everywhere in the world.
I hope that with all what is coming to light all over the world in gymnastics (AG and RG) and skating that one day the wellbeing of the athletes will be the focus instead of results. Some athletes have become champions with those methods but at what cost? And how many leave the sports with broken bones and soul that we have never heard of and never received any kind of recognition?
We need a change in thinking! No result justifies methods that border on abuse!
#figure skating#alena kostornaia#alexandra trusova#evgeni plushenko#eteri tutberidze#Serafima Sakhanovich#anastasia tarakanova#coaching methods
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Russian World Team
Russia announced it’s World Team today, according to IFS and NBC Sports. This is apparently not the final team, and there may be changes, but the names needed to be submitted by Feb. 25th. If I find out any changes I will tell you all, but this is the team as it stands right now.
Men - Mikhail Kolyada, Maxim Kovtun, Alexander Samarin (Alternates - Andrei Lazukin, Dmitri Aliev, Sergei Voronov)
Ladies - Stanislava Konstantiova, Sofia Samudorova, Alina Zagiotva (Alternates - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Evgenia Medvedeva)
Pairs - Alexandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kovlovskii, Evgenia Tarasova / Vladmiir Morozov, Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert (Alternates - Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin, Anastasia Mishina / Alexander Galiamov)
Ice Dance - Viktoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalopov, Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
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2018-19 Russian National Qualifying Competitions
Over the course of fall, Russian skaters will compete on the Russian Cup Series to qualify to the National Championships in December 2018. This post will explain the Russian Skating Union qualifying structure and provide a list of links and information that will be updated throughout the season.
Reference: Russian Figure Skating Federation See also: 2018-19 National Figure Skating Competitions
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QUALIFYING STRUCTURE
Russia holds three separate National Championships at the senior, junior, and novice levels. Junior and senior skaters qualify for the Russian National Championships by competing at two of five events in the Russian Cup Series. As in the ISU Grand Prix series, points are allotted to final placements at each competition. Qualifiers are determined by the total number of points earned from two competitions up until the maximum number of competitors per each discipline is filled. In the case of a tie, the tie is broken by combined total scores over the two competitions.
Skaters are granted immediate qualification to Senior Nationals if they have an assignment on the ISU Grand Prix or qualify to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. Skaters are immediately qualified for Junior Nationals if they have a ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment. Skaters who have already qualified for Nationals can still compete at Russian Cup events if they want to, but their placement will not affect their advancement to Nationals.
The maximum number of skaters who can compete at the Senior and Junior National Championships is 18 men, 18 women, 12 pairs, and 15 dance teams. Skaters must be at least 14 years old to compete at the Senior National Championships.
Novice skaters compete in their own national championships in two age groups, junior novice (born 2008 or later) and senior novice (born in 2006-2007). Novice skaters qualify via regional (“zonal”) competitions or city championships depending on their location, with various quotas of skaters advancing from each. Novice Russian competitions are composed of 3 segments instead of 2: elements, short program and free skate. The elements portion of the competition requires one solo jump, one jump in combination, a combination spin and a step sequence. Each skater is allowed 2 attempts at the jumping passes.
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COMPETITIONS
Russian Cup events are livestreamed by the Russian Figure Skating Federation on Youtube. Keep an eye on our blog for information on watching the National Championships.
First Event
Website
Videos / Livestream
Results
Time and place: Sep. 14-18, Syzran, Samara Oblast
Notable entries: Sergei Voronov, Anastasia Gubanova, Anastasia Gulyakova, Serafima Sakhanovich, Victoria Vasilyeva, Sinitsina/Katsalapov, Polishchuk/Shamraev, Kudryavtseva/Spiridonov
Second Event
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Videos / Livestream
Results
Time and place: Oct. 2-6, Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El
Notable entries: Alena Leonova, Elizaveta Nugumanova, Daria Panenkova, Elena Radionova, Polina Tsurskaya, Anna Scherbakova, Kamila Valieva, Alexander Petrov, Alexander Samarin, Roman Savosin, Kirill Sokolov, Anton Shulepov, Sergei Voronov, Morozov/Bagin
Third Event
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Results
Time and place: Oct. 16-20, Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
Notable entries: Anastasia Gulyakova, Daria Panenkova, Serafima Sakhanovich, Anna Tarusina, Ksenia Sinitsina, Artur Dmitriev, Roman Savosin, Konkina/Vaknov, Kuts/Mikhailov, Polischuk/Shamraev, Mishina/Galliamov
Fourth Event
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Time and place: Nov. 6-10, Kazan, Tatarstan
Notable entries: Petr Gumennik, Maxim Kovtun, Anna Shcherbakova, Alexandra Trusova, Alena Kostornaia, Anastasiia Gubanova, Elizaveta Nugumanova, Victoria Vasilieva, Akhanteva/Kolesov, Panfilova/Rylov, Kostiukovich/Ialin, Efimova/Korovin
Fifth Event
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Time and place: Nov. 20-24, Moscow, Central
Notable entries: Alexander Petrov, Maxim Kovtun, Egor Rukhin, Vladimir Samoilov, Egor Murashov, Akhanteva/Kolesov, Kostiukovich/Ialin, Poliuanova/Sopot, Anastasia Tarakanova, Anna Tarusina, Kseniya Sinitsyna
Senior National Championships
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Results
Time and place: Dec. 19-24, Saransk, Mordovia
Level and disciplines: Senior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
Junior National Championships
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Results
Time and place: Jan. 31 - Feb. 4, 2019, Perm, Perm Krai
Level and disciplines: Junior men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
Novice National Championships
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Livestream
Results
Time and place: Mar. 14-18, Tver
Level and disciplines: Junior novice and senior novice men, ladies, pairs, ice dance
#figure skating#team russia#russian nationals#russian nationals 2018#russian jr nationals#russian jr nationals 2019#national comps#1819 nationals#season: 2018 2019#events#russian cup
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The teenager who drew Billie Eilish for Vogue
The teenager who drew Billie Eilish for Vogue
Image copyrightAnastasiya KovtunImage caption Nastya was overwhelmed when Vogue told her Eilish had picked her drawings
A portrait of Billie Eilish drawn by an aspiring Russian teenage artist is featured on one of four covers of the March edition of digital Vogue.
Anastasia Kovtun, a 16-year old from a small town in the Urals, some 900 miles east of Moscow, was overwhelmed when the magazine…
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The Grammy-winner is officially a fan of 16-year-old Russian schoolgirl Anastasia Kovtun. via BBC News - Entertainment & Arts
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Euros Perspective
Men
Maxim Kovtun, 2nd(RUS): I am so proud of him. I just hope this upswing sticks around for a bit.
Ivan Pavlov, 14th(UKR): one of my absolute favorite transitioners:)
Women
Nicole Schott, 10th(GER): she had just come off an injury so I wasn’t sure what to expect. She wowed me:)
Maria Sotskova, 4th(RUS): She battled and she looked graceful doing it.
Pairs
Duskova/Bidar, 7th(CZE): These two just looked so composed even though they are so very young.
Savchenko/Massot, 2nd(GER): Aliona looked gorgeous
Tarasova/Morozov, 1st(RUS): Evgenia looked so tall and regal
Dance
Nazarova/Nitkin, 9th(UKR): these two always manage to be right in the thick of things.
Honorable Mentions: Anastasia Galustyan(ARM), Michal Brezina(CZE), Ivett Toth(HUN) Julia Sauter(ROU)
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Russian Universiade Team
Ladies:
Stanislava Konstantinova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
Alternates:
Evgenia Medvedeva
Maria Sotskova
Men:
Maxim Kovtun
Alexander Samarin
Andrei Lazukin
Alternates:
Dmitri Aliev
Alexander Petrov
Anton Shulepov
Pairs:
Anastasia Poluyanova and Dmitry Sopot
Alexandra Kosheyva and Dmitry Bulshanov
Vasilisa Ozerova and Maxim Bobrov
Ice Dance:
Sofia Evdokimova and Egor Bazin
Betina Popova and Sergei Mozgov
Anastasia Skoptcova and Kirill Aleshin
Alternates:
Anastasia Shipilyeva and Grigory Smirnov
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