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RUSSIAN JUNIOR NATS - GIRLS PREVIEW part 4

“A Russian baby a day keeps the doctor away” (old Russian saying)

Welcome to another preview post! Today I was going to post about one of my favourite cutipies skaters, but unfortunately she won’t take part in Jr Nats. :((( Anna Shcherbakova WD from Nats, she broke her right arm several weeks ago and she didn’t recover in time.. Get well soon Anya!!

The competition won’t be the same without her so, as a self remedy for the terrible news I decided to preview ALL OF ETERI’S GIRLS also known as

“The Deadly Five”

Get ready.

First one and leader of the squad, in all of her venerable 15 years of age is Polina Tsurskaya, aka the girl who will save ladies figure skating. No pressure Polya.

pic by Sharov

Polina (b.11 July 2001) is currently the best jumper in ladies field in the whole world. Her jumps hit basically every GOE bullet: they have great height & distance, great flow in and out of them, they have difficult entries and creative exits, her axis and extensions on landings are gorgeous, she has steps before most of them and they are as effortless as you can get. Not only that, her SS are top class: her edges are deep, she uses many and varied steps ad turns, she has godlike flow and glide and she can generate speed with just a couple of crossovers using just the edge, like all the top skaters do. She’s not the best spinner in the business, but she has no problem bringing home the levels. In one word, she’s the greatest I’ve ever seen at her age. She had a troubled start of the season, healing the ankle injury that made her WD from Junior Worlds last March and then undergoing surgery for a knee injury in October, which prevented her from taking part in JGPF and Russian Nats. But it seems now she is again in good shape, as this recent video of her SP run through during a training session shows.

Moving on, here we have Alina Zagitova, Second Lieutenant of Eteri’s army and undoubtly one of her biggest success as a coach.

pic from Alina’s IG Alina (b. 18 May 2002), previously coached by Natalia Antipina, joined Tutberidze’s group last year in spring. She’s obviously very talented and promising but her first months at Sambo 70 were stormy and rough. Once she adjusted to the new coaching method and new training mates she basically burst on the junior international scene setting 3 new World Records in the Junior Grand Prix Final in Marseille. Not only that, she managed to take silver at her first appaerance in Russian Senior Nationals placing behind her new training mate Evgenia Medvedeva. Here is her SP runtrhough (X) in a recent training session filmed by Mihail Sharov and this is her incredible LP at Russian Nats

Next in line is Daria Panenkova.

pic from Daria’s IG Dasha (b. 8 December 2002) is one of the best examples of how deep the ladies field is in Russia. She had very good results last season in Nats and Russian Cup, but she wasn’t able to qualify for a spot in JGP. She’s best known for using the Tano or Rippon variation on all of her jumps, but she also has nice lines and extensions. This year, a top 6 finish will likely grant her a spot in the team. Here is her SP from her latest competition and her LP (X)

Time now for the yougest and the cutest the most lethal of them all, Alexandra Trusova.

pic by Sharov

Sasha (b. 23 June 2004) joined Eteri’s group in the summer and she immediatly felt home on the new ice. Her rivarly with training mate Anna Shcherbakova is one of the best examples of how having a strong competitor as a training mate will make you grow each day more and more. (*waves at Javi*) Sasha has a disarming jumping ability, but she also uses deep edges, skates fast and covers the ice spectacularly. She is consistently training the 3A. This will be her first Jr Nats, but she’s not going there just to enjoy herself, she’s going to fight for the podium. Here is her SP (X) and LP. Watch the jumping quality.

Last but not least, we have Ekaterina Mitrofanova.

pic by Ekaterina’s IG

Katrin (b. 5 May 2002) debuted quite well last season in the JGP, but then puberty hit her and she suffered an injury. She lost some motivation and decided to move from her section of Sambo 70 (the one directed by Anna Tsareva) to Eteri’s. Believe it or not, the evil witch did it again XD Now Katrin is completely another skater and she’s getting back her consistency competition after competition. She wasn’t originally meant to be here, but since Lozko WD she qualified for Nats. Here is her SP and LP (X) from her latest competition.

Lol I know it was long. Forgive me XD