Post by Admin on Sept 17, 2019 20:29:17 GMT
Most of the men made mistakes, but Sergei Voronov stood out. The 31-year-old skating veteran put out two clean performances that featured a quad toe loop in both. In the morning practice, Voronov didn’t even try a quad toe, but then he nailed a quad toe-triple toe combination in his program to “Someone to Love” by Queen. “I didn’t like the ice in the morning, but now it was better and I thought it’s easy to do the quad,” the two time national champion said with a grin. He got the crowd going with his long program to “I Belong to You” by Muse.
Makar Ignatov from St. Petersburg, who had missed most of last season due to injury, landed two quads — toe and Salchow — in both programs and left a good impression. However, he is still rather slow and needs to improve his spins and transitions.
Mikhail Kolyada had switched to a new short program just a few days before the test skates and presented a brand new Swing routine to “Diga Diga Doo” that suits him perfectly. The Charlie Chaplin long program is a great vehicle for the 2018 World bronze medalist as well, but again, Kolyada had problems with some jumps. He fell on the quad Salchow and toe in the long program and also popped an Axel that he at least repeated later in the program as a triple.
“I landed the jumps in practice and in the warm up, but obviously I need to do them in front of the audience in the program. We’ll analyze, try harder and hope for the best. In the Charlie Chaplin program I’m trying to be myself and not be like others. I’m presenting my vision and what I feel,” he explained
Following a tough season, Dmitri Aliev is freshly motivated. He and his coaching team selected two very suitable programs for him — the emotional “Je dors sur les roses” from the Mozart Rock Opera for the short and the powerful “Sound of Silence” by Disturbed for the free. The 2018 European silver medalist did not skate without mistakes, but landed two quad toes in the long program. “Overall I think there are more positives than negatives,” Aliev said.
Alexander Samarin had not revealed his music to the public before the test skates. He went for a quad Lutz and flip in the short to “Blues for Klook” and while the Lutz was good, he stepped out of the flip and the triple Axel. For the free, the 2019 European silver medalist chose an unusual piece by Apashe called “Good News,” which is based on Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” (though you will probably have a hard time recognizing it). Samarin missed the quad Lutz and popped an Axel. The program overall looked a bit raw. Andrei Lazukin and Roman Savosin had rather rough skates.
Makar Ignatov from St. Petersburg, who had missed most of last season due to injury, landed two quads — toe and Salchow — in both programs and left a good impression. However, he is still rather slow and needs to improve his spins and transitions.
Mikhail Kolyada had switched to a new short program just a few days before the test skates and presented a brand new Swing routine to “Diga Diga Doo” that suits him perfectly. The Charlie Chaplin long program is a great vehicle for the 2018 World bronze medalist as well, but again, Kolyada had problems with some jumps. He fell on the quad Salchow and toe in the long program and also popped an Axel that he at least repeated later in the program as a triple.
“I landed the jumps in practice and in the warm up, but obviously I need to do them in front of the audience in the program. We’ll analyze, try harder and hope for the best. In the Charlie Chaplin program I’m trying to be myself and not be like others. I’m presenting my vision and what I feel,” he explained
Following a tough season, Dmitri Aliev is freshly motivated. He and his coaching team selected two very suitable programs for him — the emotional “Je dors sur les roses” from the Mozart Rock Opera for the short and the powerful “Sound of Silence” by Disturbed for the free. The 2018 European silver medalist did not skate without mistakes, but landed two quad toes in the long program. “Overall I think there are more positives than negatives,” Aliev said.
Alexander Samarin had not revealed his music to the public before the test skates. He went for a quad Lutz and flip in the short to “Blues for Klook” and while the Lutz was good, he stepped out of the flip and the triple Axel. For the free, the 2019 European silver medalist chose an unusual piece by Apashe called “Good News,” which is based on Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” (though you will probably have a hard time recognizing it). Samarin missed the quad Lutz and popped an Axel. The program overall looked a bit raw. Andrei Lazukin and Roman Savosin had rather rough skates.