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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2019 18:50:24 GMT
Alyona Leonova goes to the final of the Russian Cup (February 19-23, Veliky Novgorod). The last ticket to the World Cup will be played out in front of her eyes. Olympic champion Alina Zagitova and European champion Sofia Samodurova will most likely go to Saitama. Who will make them company? There are three candidates: Evgenia Medvedeva, Stanislav Konstantinova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. A student of Alexei Mishin has not yet confirmed her participation in the final of the Russian Cup, but she is listed in the list of participants. If Tuktamysheva arrives in Veliky Novgorod, then it will be exactly with the Professor. Brian Orser will not come to Veliky Novgorod with Evgenia Medvedeva. - Nothing wrong with that. Zhenya will get a second trainer Tracy Wilson. So I think she will be comfortable. Of course, if she went alone, it would be strange and mentally hard. “I can't say that Orser betrayed Medvedeva by refusing to travel to Veliky Novgorod?” - Of course not! My trainer Evgeny Rukavitsyn is traveling with me to Veliky Novgorod. He also works with Dmitry Aliyev. If our tournaments coincide, then other coaches can come with me, and I feel quite comfortable. Now Dima will play in the final of the Russian Cup, so we will go to Veliky Novgorod with our coach. - In January, you said that you would like to pick Tuktamysheva for the World Cup. Now you have not changed your mind? Liza did not return very well to the tournament in Ljubljana and it is not known whether she will get in shape for the World Cup. - I believe that if Liza’s performances are much better than in Ljubljana, then she has a great chance to go to the world championships. - Can you name the top three skaters, in your opinion, who should go to the World Cup? - Sofia Samodurov is not discussed. She deserved it. Alina Zagitova also has every right. She did not work out at the European Championships (2nd place - “Sport Day by Day”), but maybe Alina is better prepared for the World Championships and will show good rentals. Third place? I am more for Liza to go. She did not manage to select the Russian Championship, but she is a very worthy figure skater. Stanislava Konstantinova unstable performed at the European Championship (11th place in the short program, 2nd in the free program and 4th final - “Sport Day by Day”) - So, after all Lisa, not Zhenya? - Whoever scores higher in the Final of the Cup of Russia, she should go. I think this will be fair. The President of the Russian Federation of Figure Skating, Alexander Gorshkov, said that the lineup for the World Cup will be announced after the Russian Cup Final. Further it will be impossible to postpone. The deadline for submitting an application is February 25.
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2019 4:11:14 GMT
The last two Russians ladies to win the ISU World Figure Skating Championships are battling for a return trip to the worlds. Two-time World champion and Olympic silver medalist Evgenia Medvedeva leads the short program standings at the Russian Cup in Veliky Novgorod with a score of 76.89. She held off Stanislava Konstantinova (75.47), who was fourth at the recent European Championships, and first-year senior competitor Anastasiia Gubanova (73.94 ). 2015 World champ and 2018 Grand Prix Final bronze medallist Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who fell on her triple axel attempt, is fourth after the short program. The Russian ladies can enter three competitors for next month’s skating worlds in Saitama, Japan. Olympic champ Alina Zagitova and recently crowned European champion Sofia Samodurova are considered to have already locked up their trips to Japan and are not participating this week.
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2019 17:27:16 GMT
Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva, who won the Russian Cup final, expressed the opinion that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva who took second place deserved a ticket to the world championships. “I want to say that I have great respect for Liza Tuktamysheva and in general all the girls who performed today. I think it sounds bad, but I see that Lisa actually has a great desire and very, very many forces in her skating. Liza, thank you so much for being with us, continue to move all of us forward and fall in love with figure skating. Honestly, I think Liza deserved to go to the World Cup. I will be very happy if fate is like that. I, too, was in a very difficult situation during the Olympic season. I know what it is. Let's all support each other and send love everywhere - to the left, right, up, down, around us. Any positive emotions will save the world. Who does not like it? - goodbye, ”- said Medvedeva. The main contenders for trips to the world championship are the champion of Europe in 2019 Sofia Samodurova and the Olympic champion in 2018 Alina Zagitova. It is believed that either Medvedeva or Tuktamysheva will get the third ticket. The World Championships will be held in the Japanese city of Saitama from March 18 to March 24, 2019.
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2019 19:26:11 GMT
USSR Honored Coach Tatiana Tarasova enjoyed the performance of Evgenia Medvedeva and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva in the final of the Russian Cup in figure skating. She told about it to TASS. Medvedev on Friday became the winner of the Russian Cup final in Veliky Novgorod. On the sum of short and free programs, she scored 222.90 points. The second place was taken by Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (221.19), the third was Victoria Vasilyeva (208.75). Medvedeva won the final of the Russian Cup in figure skating “I am not a judge or someone's fan, I have nothing to do with either one or the other. Two of our very strong singles spoke, and I enjoyed these competitions,” said Tarasova. “I will not discuss the judges' assessments after all, they did the right thing to put Liza forward [in the free program]. And yesterday, unfortunately, she didn’t do an Axel in 3.5 turns in the short program, and without this element she cannot compete. " "On the eve [in the short program] Zhenya won by 4.5 points, and today she lost by three. Zhenya certainly became stronger, I saw her in training here and in the warm-ups, and she didn’t break Salkhov-Rittberger cascade. She is ready to do it, just like Liza and Alina [Zagitova], this element is at the level of complex and dangerous, so it can break in the first performance," she added Medvedeva twice became the champion of the world and Europe in 2016-2017. At the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea, the figure skater won two silver medals - in single skating and team competitions. Tuktamysheva is a world champion (2015) and Europe (2015). As TASS president of the Russian Federation of figure skating Alexander Gorshkov stated earlier, the composition for the World Cup will be determined by taking into account the results of the European Championship and the results of the Russian Cup final, where spare teams will be watched. World Championships will be held from March 18 to March 24 in Japan.
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Post by Admin on Feb 23, 2019 19:00:50 GMT
Fans of figure skating, with a sinking heart, were watching the events in Veliky Novgorod today. There was the final of the Russian Cup - the last tournament before determining the composition of the national team at the World Championships in Japan. Argentine tango Evgenia Medvedeva won the jury and the audience. A success, despite the fall after the cascade of jumps. Attention was riveted to Elizabeta Tuktamysheva. This sports drama is a brilliant performance after severe pneumonia. The gap between the rivals was minimal. But according to the results of Medvedeva’s short and arbitrary programs, Tuktamysheva ranks first. “To skate so as not to go out and feel that your knees are shaking and your teeth are chattering from the nerves. And not in the pleasure to ride. This is also wrong from some side. Still, this is a sport, you need to fight. We must fight with pleasure, here! ”- said Evgenia Medvedeva. “I would never say in my life that I am in perfect condition. But I can say that now I am in pretty good shape. Maybe even better than at the beginning of the season. All the same, after an illness, it is necessary to restore the competitive experience, because there was a very long break. And this is more important. But I am physically ready, ” Elizaveta Tuktamysheva said . Who will get the right to play for Russia in Japan? Among the likely candidates are Evgenia Medvedeva, as well as Sofia Samodurova and Alina Zagitova - the winner and silver medalist of the European Championship. The final decision will be announced in the coming days.
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