![]() She's in a one piece in the FS and it's much better.Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater and author. I wouldn't call them Bazarova worthy yet, but certainly Stolbova. Her lift positions are very nice since posture and arm position have always been a strength of hers. It was actually funny that she had trouble with the 3F in the SP given how strong her jumps are and he was clean. It took Vale Marchai two years to learn to do a split triple twist. It's not comparable to B/K or M/G by any means, but she did a reasonable split triple. She's still struggling with landing the throw jumps, but that's to be expected. Getting invited to the test skate implies that the fed is impressed with their progress. It might happen in pairs assuming Russia earns 3 spots in the future, which I suspect they will when they are allowed to return. But, I suspect she would still like a chance at the Olympics and it won't happen in singles. Trusova or Scherbakova, yes, but not her, yet there she is. You've got to be fearless to skate pairs and that is not a trait I'd ever assign to Kostornaia. Which makes her choosing to skate pairs interesting given the high risk that women pair skaters face. Especially with Eteri not letting her stay away long enough for full healing, it's possible old fractures or injuries are making her get new ones more easily. Even other soft tissue injuries can belie new injuries due to less support. It's quite possible that Alina's original non-Eteri coach didn't teach her to fall, so sometimes out of habit she tries to stop her falls with her arms or falls more forward.ĮTA: Forgot to add - even though most breaks heal with no long term noticeable structural damage, breaks can still weaken the bone and lead them to be more fragile for further breaks even when fully healed. I've noticed that while some Russian skaters (including some Eteri girls) follow this falling technique, some clearly didn't learn it from the get go leading to dramatic and dangerous looking falls. As a result you'll see that many falls from skaters all over the world look similar even on those high force skills where falls are harder to control. Of course at higher speeds and forces this can get hard, hence concussions. You're taught to just fall to the side or back - let your butt or hip take the impact and don't try to stop yourself with your arm. In the US we teach falling as a very very basic day one skill to skaters as young as three. Daria is now coaching.Ĭlick to expand.It could also be a falling technique thing. She's in a one piece in the FS and it's much better.ĭenis Khodykin and his new partner looked good for another new pairing. ![]() ![]() Hopefully.Ĭlick to expand.Which makes her choosing to skate pairs interesting given the high risk that women pair skaters face. Sinitisina injured herself in practice today, but she skated well. ![]() I like Valieva's mature performance, Muravieva and Sinitisina are looking good. Petrosyn is looking good as is Veronica Zhilina. There are some strong ladies skates as well. Once again, I'm puzzled by Moskvina's music choices, but that's nothing new. I've always preferred M/G, but I think B/K have the stronger programs this season. They are without doubt the best pair teams skating. If you like pair skating, I'd definitely watch B/K and M/G. He's only been skating pairs a couple of years, but he's a strong partner.Īll the skaters videos are available if you have a VPN (USA as Channel 1 is now geoblocked. Her posture and carriage have always been excellent and it really transforms to pair skating. Give them a couple of years together and they'll be competitive. Kostonaria/Kunitsa's FS was actually good especially given how new to pairs both are.
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