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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2013 7:29:03 GMT
Meet Russia's Elena Radionova and Adelina Sotnikova - future stars of the Figure Skating world. Photos from Elena Radionova`s instagram
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2013 21:45:44 GMT
Russian prodigy Julia Lipnitskaia underlined her status as an Olympic figure skating medal contender Friday as she skated the best short program of her career to take the lead at the Cup of Russia Grand Prix. Eurosport - Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia (Reuters) Skating to a light classical piano melody, the 15-year-old held the audience at Moscow's Luzhniki Sports Complex spellbound with an elegant, clean skate as she racked up 72.24 points. "I skated it very easily - not easily, calmly," she said. "I hoped to skate it clean, but I didn't think it would be that good." That was enough to give her a solid five-point lead over five-time European champion Carolina Kostner of Italy,while American team-mates Agnes Zawadzki and Mirai Nagasu were one-hundredth of a point apart in third and fourth.
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2013 5:40:36 GMT
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2013 21:17:13 GMT
Julia Lipnitskaia fell on her opening jump and put on what she called one of her biggest disappointments, but the 15-year-old Russian prodigy still edged out Carolina Kostner on Saturday by less than a point to win the Rostelecom Cup, the last of the season's six preliminary Grand Prix events. Lipnitskaia also won Skate Canada, and her second victory of the season means she qualified for the Grand Prix Final — which she missed last year due to injury. Kostner and Nagasu won't make the final. "I'm happy to qualify for the final with two victories, but I'm very dissatisfied with today. It was most likely my worst performance ever in competition," she said. "I made a mistake on the first jump and wasn't able to pull myself together." Julia Lipnitskaia, of Russia, performs her free program at the Cup of Russia ISU Grand Prix event in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. Kostner, a 26-year-old veteran and the 2012 world champion, took it in stride, saying she won't let it distract her from preparing for the Sochi Olympics. "I made a few mistakes, but that's how it goes building up to an important event," the Italian said.
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Post by Admin on Nov 25, 2013 0:46:53 GMT
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