#Anastasia Kovtun

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Anastasia Kovtun

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Danaya Krasovskaya by © Anastasia Kovtun

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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!

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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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Livestream / Videos

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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Livestream / Videos

Results

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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Results

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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Livestream

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

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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