Who dominates the Russian figure: Mishin or Tutberidze? Guide to individual species.
Anastasia Matrosova September 14, 2023, 21:30 Moscow time
Second part of the presentation of the participants of the next skate test.
“Championship” presents the second part of the Russian national team test skate guide; This time we brought together all the technical bodies and participants of individual events in one material.
Ten skaters remained from the original list of girls: Veronika Yametova suffered a nasty injury and did not have time to recover before skating, and Daria Sadkova will not be able to compete for health reasons. The individual skaters are all in good shape: this weekend we will see twelve representatives of men’s ice skating.
Alexei Mishin Group
Alexey Nikolaevich is the only coach who brings representatives of two individual competitions to the skating rinks: men’s and women’s. Elizaveta Tuktamysheva presents at least one new program to the public, and the male part of the group prepares premieres for both days.
Eteri Tutberidze Group
Four students of Eteri Tutberidze will show the public their new productions. In the new season, Sofya Akatieva will perform “Masquerade”, passionate blues and the image of Black Panther await Kamila Valieva, Adelia Petrosyan will dance with Michael Jackson. Maya Khromykh’s return will also be highly anticipated: the skater did not compete at all last season. The original roster included five Khrustalny skaters: Daria Sadkova will unfortunately miss the skates due to an ankle injury.
Evgeny Plushenko Academy
Two students of the Plushenko Angels Academy, Sofya Muravyova and Veronika Zhilina, were invited to the adult skate test. If Sonya fully qualified for the senior category last season and won several medals in the Russian Grand Prix series, then Veronika Zhilina will make her debut at this level. Last season, Evgeni Plushenko’s ward became the silver medalist of the Russian Junior Championships.
Sofia Fedchenko Group
Sofia Fedchenko’s team is represented in the test skates by the winner of the 2023 Russian Junior Championships, Alina Gorbacheva. Last season, the figure skater started on youth test skates, but then successfully performed in the adult Grand Prix series and placed ninth at the Russian Championships. The athlete was one of the favorites at the Russian Championships and won gold.
Alexey Vasilevsky’s group
Anastasia Zinina made her full debut in adult skating last season and managed to qualify for the Russian national team. The figure skater took sixth place at the Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk, but the second part of the season did not go well for Nastya: a nasty hip injury at the Channel One Cup prevented her from finishing her performance and then participating in the Grand Prix. From Russia. Final.
Svetlana Panova Group
Last season was not very easy for Ksenia Sinitsina: the skater won a medal in the Russian Grand Prix series at the tournament in Kazan, and also ranked among the top eight skaters at the national championship. Due to health problems, the athlete could not perform at the Channel One Cup, as well as at the final of the Russian Grand Prix in St. Petersburg.
Svetlana Sokolovskaya Group
Svetlana Sokolovskaya takes three single skaters to test their skates at once. Last season, among her students, Alexander Samarin was the most successful: he took two medals in the Russian Grand Prix series and also came third at the Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk. Mark Kondratyuk missed part of the season due to injury, but managed to place third in the Russian Grand Prix final. Grigory Fedorov this season moves to adult skating; In February he became the bronze medalist of the Russian Junior Championships.
Evgeny Rukavitsyn’s group
Two skaters in Megasport will represent the headquarters of Evgeniy Rukavitsyn. Russian and European champion Dmitry Aliev will present to the public two new programs, one of which is set to a Russian song. Last season, Dima placed 4th at the Russian Championships and also won silver in the final of the Russian Grand Prix.
Veronica Daineko Group
Piotr Gumennik, silver medalist of the Russian Championship and winner of the Grand Prix final, represents Tamara Moskvina’s club on these skates. Last season, the skater had a more consistent performance compared to other individual skaters and became the winner of the individual competition. For the new season, Gumennik prepared an unusual short program with the Rammstein composition and also worked on a free program with Eteri Tutberidze and Daniil Gleikhengauz.
Victoria Butsaeva Group
Victoria Butsaeva’s team was represented at the test skates by Ilya Yablokov. The skater spent the last season very unevenly: he underwent surgery in August, but regained form and won a medal at the Russian Grand Prix stage. At the Russian Championships, Yablokov performed unsuccessfully in the free program and could not qualify for the free program.
Alexander Volkov Group
Alexander Volkov brings his former student Artyom Kovalev to the rental house. Last season, the skater got into shape for the Grand Prix stage in Perm and won a medal, then took fifth place at the Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk and for the first time joined the main squad of the Russian adult national team in men’s single skating. This season, Kovalev decided to abandon the Trojan free program and also change the short program.
Kirill Davydenko Group
Junior world champion and Russian Championship bronze medalist Andrey Mozalev represents Kirill Davydenko’s team. At the 2023 Russian Championships in Krasnoyarsk, the skater reached the top 6 and qualified for the national men’s single skating team. For the new season, the skater has prepared short, free interconnected programs: on the ice he plans to show the story of a fallen angel.
Guide to paired species.
Crazy Dance, Boykova/Kozlovsky from Tutberidze and Kostornaya’s debut. Guide to paired species.
