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Post by Admin on Dec 17, 2018 18:41:38 GMT
The 2019 Russian Championships take place in the Ie Palace in Saransk, Mordovia, Dec. 19-23. Russia will field a full complement of skaters to the European Championships (three in each discipline), and three ladies, men, and pairs teams and two ice dance teams to the 2019 World Championships. Other skaters will vying for a place at the World Junior Championships.  Five ladies will be chasing the three berths on those teams: Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva, Sofia Samodurova, Maria Sotskova and Polina Tsurskaya. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was hospitalized on Dec. 12 with pneumonia. Reports indicate she will not compete at nationals, which leaves it to the Russian federation to decide if she will be assigned to one or both teams.  Mikhail Kolyada was the frontrunner to earn a berth at both Championships. However, he was hospitalized with sinusitis a week before the event started. His coach said he intends to compete but as of Dec. 15 he was still in the hospital. If he does not contest the championships, the door will open for Sergei Voronov, Dmitri Aliev, Alexander Samarin, and Andrei Lazukin to claim the title and a place on the two teams. As with the ladies, the Russian federation will have to decide if he earns a place on one or both teams. Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov and Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert are shoe-ins for places on the teams. Third place is up for grabs. In ice dance, two spots will likely go to Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. Tiffani Zagorski and Johnathan Guerreiro will also be chasing a berth to these competitions, but with just two places at the World Championships, one team will be staying home. EVENT SCHEDULE (Russian) Thu. Dec. 20 Men′s Short: 14:00-16:30 Pairs Short: 16:50-18:50 Rhythm Dance: 20:30-22:30 Fri. Dec. 21 Ladies Short:14:00-16:30 Men′s Free:16:50-19:50 Free Dance:20:10-22:15 Sat. Dec. 22 Pairs Free:15:30-17:45 Ladies Free:18:00-20:50 Sun. Dec. 23 Medal Ceremonies:13:00-13:45 Exhibition Gala:14:00-16:30 (All times local – Saransk)  |
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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2018 18:30:04 GMT
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was hospitalized for two weeks with pneumonia in St. Petersburg.  Earlier, the World Champion of 2015 published a photo with a thermometer that shows a temperature of 38.5 °C. The Russian figure skating championship will be held from December 20 to 23 in Saransk. “Lisa was hospitalized for two weeks for an inflammation of the lungs. You understand (that she will miss the Russian championship). But the federation is taking the decision on the initiative of the coaching staff,” the sportswoman’s trainer Alexei Mishin told RIA Novosti. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 21, 2018 18:43:29 GMT
Russia’s longtime figure skating leader Evgenia Medvedeva has essentially reduced her chances of qualifying for the national team after delivering a dismal performance in the short program at the Russian championship. The 19-year-old who displayed her new updated program in Saransk failed to avoid errors singling her toe-loop in the opening jumping combination and later falling on her double axel. The visible mistakes didn’t go unnoticed by the strict judges who awarded the skater with low scores, something the two-time world champion has not been accustomed to.  Medvedeva sits just 14th after the short program trailing the current leader and principal archrival Alina Zagitova by almost 18 points – a gap which would be immensely difficult to erase in a free program.  Russian Nationals 2019 Ladies - Short Program  #1 Alina Zagitova #2 Alexandra Trusova #3 Alena Kostornaia |
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Post by Admin on Dec 21, 2018 22:32:07 GMT
 Men's medallists #RussianNationals2019 #1 Maxim KOVTUN #2 Mikhail Kolyada #3 Alexander Samarin  2019 Russian National silver medalists #AlexandraStepanova #IvanBukin A: We didn't skate without mistakes at Nationals and we know what we have to work on - on technique, emotions and our mistakes. You need to skate perfectly. Day 2 #RussianNationals 2019  Ice Dance results  1 Victoria SINITSYNA / Nikita KATSALAPOV 212.32  2 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN 208.49  3 Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN 179.21 |
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Post by Admin on Dec 22, 2018 18:55:36 GMT
 Russian Nationals 2019 Ladies - Results Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova - 2018-19 Russian gold and silver medalists, both did a clean quad lutz, neither age-eligible for Euros and Worlds |
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