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Post by Admin on Feb 24, 2019 18:21:12 GMT
The Final of the Russian Cup has never been a qualifying start for the World Cup in the literal sense - otherwise Konstantin Menshov, for example, who won these competitions six times, at least once in his career, went to the world championship. The Final of the Cup of Russia exists so that the reserve and, if necessary, the main members of the national team of the country demonstrate their readiness. Well, for second-tier athletes, of course, this is an opportunity to solve their local problems. So, actually, what would have changed if the first place was taken not by Medvedeva, but by Tuktamysheva in Veliky Novgorod? Nothing. In any case, it is obvious that Liza steps out of the triple Axel once in a while, but otherwise she is fine, and after the illness that prevented her from performing at the December Russian Championship, she recovered. And Zhenya already looks at his head stronger than the sample of the first half of the season, but so far it is still not 100%. At the World Championships, one is that the other can either win or be out of the three. It all depends on the specific start and performance. For some reason, many have decided that winning the Cup Final in this situation means automatic inclusion in the composition for participation in the World Cup. I am sure that it is not. If only because it could have won in Veliky Novgorod, and not Medvedev, and not Tuktamysheva. I am sure that the Federation did not set unambiguous conditions for the participants of the Final Cup of Russia. As did not put them before the European Championship. Automation is not our method. Indirectly, this was also emphasized by the leaders in their comments, when they noted that the results of not only these competitions will be taken into account. It was important for the Federation to get a picture of the readiness of the challengers and draw conclusions, that is, to choose the three strongest of the five candidates (three participants of the European Championship and two substitutes). European champion Sofia Samodurova, according to an unequivocal assessment of people "from the inside", with whom I had the opportunity to communicate - is an untouchable candidate. She did not make any mistakes at all the main starts of the season. Not to send her to the World Championship by a strong-willed decision is to deprive athletes of faith in justice. But, if you look only at the ice and do not think about anything else - Samodurova will get less points with unmistakable starts of all potential contenders for the World Cup gold.
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2019 17:57:09 GMT
Team RUS for #WorldFigure as of 2/25/19 L Konstantinova, Samodruova, Zagitova (alt: Tuktamysheva, Medvedeva) P Boikova/Kozlovskii, Tarasova/Morozov, Zabiiako/Enbert (alt: Pavlichenko/Khodykin, Mishina/Galliamov) NOTE: Alexander Gorshkov (head of Russian FS Fed) noted that there wasn't enough time after Russian Cup Final to meet before today's deadline, so they submitted the Euros team. Leaves the door open for the entries to be changed before Worlds - stay tuned!! MEN: Mikhail Kolyada, Maxim Kovtun, Alexander Samarin (alternates: Andrei Lazukin, Dmitri Aliev, Sergei Voronov) LADIES: Stanislava Konstantinova, Sofia Samodurova, Alina Zagitova (alternates: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Evgenia Medvedeva) PAIRS: Aleksandra Boikova/Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Natalia Zabiiako/Alexander Enbert (alternates: Daria Pavliuchenko/Denis Khodykin, Anastasia Mishina/Alexander Galliamov) DANCE: Viktoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2019 21:21:11 GMT
The President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Alexander Gorshkov, said that the national team’s bid for the world championship, which will be held from March 18 to 24 in Japanese Saitama, has been sent. But the answer to the main question - who will represent our team in the tournament singles - so, in fact, was not given. “After the Russian Cup final, there was practically no time for a detailed discussion of the composition of the national team by the coaching council and its approval by the executive committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation. ISU allows us to make possible changes in the starting lineup before the start of the World Cup," Gorshkov said to Tass. In the application for the European Championship in Minsk, there were the following athletes - Sofia Samodurova, Alina Zagitova, Stanislav Konstantinova. Reserves were Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Evgenia Medvedeva However, it is clear that Konstantinova at the World Championships will not be with a probability of 99.9 percent. First, she did not make the top three at the European Championships, taking only 4th place after failing in the short program. Secondly, the student of Valentina Chebotareva unsuccessfully performed in the final of the Russian Cup, taking all the same 4th place with an extremely unsuccessful free program. Thirdly, Konstantinova is already included in the Russian national team for the Winter Universiade - where the skaters tournament will be held from March 5th to 9th. It is highly unlikely that after the starts in Krasnoyarsk, she will also go to Japan. Thus, the question - Medvedeva or Tuktamysheva - remains open. Why is the choice so difficult? In the first place - because it can decide the fate of the medal for the Russian team. After all, in an unfavorable scenario, our single skaters can leave in Japan without any awards at all - the second world championship in a row. And this is despite the fact that just a year ago the topic that our women's skating was the best in the world was widely discussed. Perhaps it is, but after the Olympics, Alina Zagitova and Medvedeva obviously lost the Olympic inertia, and the Super Trio Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaya and Alexander Trusova will be able to compete in adult competitions only a year later.
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Post by Admin on Feb 26, 2019 18:46:06 GMT
Evgenia Medvedeva beat Elizaveta Tuktamysheva in the Russian Cup final on Friday and boosted her hopes of a dramatic return to the Russia team for the world championships. Despite a fall in the free skate, last year's Olympic silver medalist scored 222.90 points to beat Tuktamysheva by just 1.71. Medvedeva has struggled this season after moving to Canada to train, while Tuktamysheva started strongly in the autumn but was then hospitalized with pneumonia. The Russian Cup was widely considered an unofficial skate-off for Russia's third world championship slot next month alongside Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova and European champion Sofia Samodurova. The skater likely to lose her spot is Stanislava Konstantinova, who followed up fourth at the European championships with another fourth-place finish on Friday. February 25 is the last day for applications from national federations to participate in the World Championships, which starts in Saitama, Japan on March 18. It was on Monday that the army of Russian fans was waiting for a list with specific names of the main team and substitutes. The main question was the third quota in the women's team - Yevgeny Medvedev or Elizaveta Tuktamysheva.
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Post by Admin on Feb 27, 2019 17:40:14 GMT
Renowned Russian coach Tatyana Tarasova told RIA Novosti that she regrets that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was missing in the first team of the Russian national team at the World Cup in Japan and believes that the skater should be sent to the World Team Championship as a consolation prize. Earlier, the Russian Federation of Figure Skating (Figure Skating) skating announced the lineup for the 2019 World Cup, the European Champion-2019 Sofia Samodurova, the 2018 Olympic champion Alina Zagitova and the silver medalist of the Games Evgenia Medvedeva, the 2015 World Champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva remained in the bid in reserve. Last week, in the Final Cup of Russia, Medvedeva took the first place, beating Tuktamysheva by 1.81 points. “I think so: they held the championships (Final Cup of Russia), and all the girls came just to win. We will not discuss the actions of the judges due to the fact that we did not discuss them at the Olympics, too. Zhenya won the arbitrary Zagitova’s program, do you remember? But no one put Zhenya in the first place. And Alina became the Olympic champion. And so it happened - it didn’t have quite a bit. - Tarasova said on the phone. “I think that the federation will send Liza to the team competitions (team world championship) right after Japan. There will be teams that will also compete there, two programs will be put out. “It will be very important for her to participate in team competitions in a team that claims to win. This is a comforting competition,” said Tarasova. The World Championships will be held in Saitama, Japan on March 18-24. The World Team Championship will take place in Fukuoka (Japan) on April 11-14.
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