Yatagarasu

A couple more. Tuktamisheva, finally! Another Sotskova Second Alina Another Radio

Just linking Samarin Voronov Lazukin Petrov Kolyada Aliev

He sort of hangs in the air with that 4S. Just look at that glorious baby, so much air - time. Almost makes me think he can easily add another rotation. I'll see myself out now.

Still not ideal but much better Zhenya! Good but from a distance

No Zhenya video because their battery died Tarasova/Morozov

Dima didn't have the stamina for the SP. That FS ... well, I guess he has time Also Sotskova

Yes, same. Zagi is such a promising skater that I am sure it'll improve as season goes on. I think the addition of costume alone will help; skating in practice clothes is one thing and full get up another.

Yes, basically I am the same. Biggest impression Zhenya, then Tukt. I am not fond of Radio's at all, though granted maybe it will look better when viewed properly. Alina's ... well, she looks solid but I am not sold on the program. Sotskova is Sotskova.

Zhenya looks fantastic! Bingo for an Olympic SP!

Alina step out on 2A, but looked solid. Still 3Lz-3Lo. Tukt looked very good.

Ladies warming up, here we go

Kolyada Katsalapov/Sinitsyna

Same, same. Dima looked good as well. I am not blown away by either Petrov or Samarin, and Voronov's music at the start made me cringe but might be the way we're watching. Mika needs to fix the 4Lz though, major fall here again.

Kolyada's SP is beautiful! It shows Lambiel helped!

Shibnev/Ilinykh

My pleasure, it's working better than I thought. Here's the start order of everyone, local time

And we're cooking! Broadcasting here and Kovtun should go live as well on his Insta.

It is heck of a music for such a little thing. But she's got talent all right! And now I'm reminded of Plushenko and diapers But if we could, it'd be something! One of the things I'm curious, long term, is to see what Eteri will do on that field. Egor is just a baby and I don't think we'll see anything for another 3 to 4 years maybe but it'll be interesting.

Pretty much! And of course, there's the reputation they'll be carrying with them from JGP to the Rus Nats. Bloodbath all right. I like her! She also has a 3A on land - clicky This is her SP btw

Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle Kostornaia Alena (no idea why they spell it that way) IN, JGP Poland (or Baltic) So currently we have Belorussia - > Konstantinova, Trusova Croatia - > Samodurova, Tarakanova Poland - > Konstantinova, Kostornaia and Poland is Eunsoo's 2nd assignment. Also, Konstantinova has a lot of pressure on her now. If she blows it, she's going to lose the 2nd one as there are several waiting now. In case you don't know her, Kostornaia is another Eteri bb, she's great.

Zhenya's SP layout - all jumps in the 2nd half. FP - 2A//everything else. The jumps/combinations are the same as the previous season. Tomorrow starts at 3PM Moscow time and Sunday at 2PM! Almost there!

Replaced. Both she and Vasilieva got replaced so now we have Samodurova and Tarakanova there. No news yet on the last assignments so there's still some hope left but to be honest, I do think it's as we've thought, and she's simply out.

Eteri is awesome! In interesting news, there has been further shuffling and assignment allocation for the Russian Ladies. RusFed is so playing at strategy. So now we have - JGP Croatia = Tarakanova (2nd assignment!) + You + Yamashita + Samodurova JGP Belorussia = Yelim + Trusova + Konstantinova And to top that off, suddenly Kostornaia has been added to the subs. It's tight but I guess they can still use her if needed. Heeh.

I'd keel over but it'd be glorious! Fingers and toes crossed.

I'm consoling myself that the real showdown, baring any unforeseen disaster in the SP, will happen in the long and I am also really curious how it'll pan out. My guess is it'll be between Kihira and Panenkova. Even with the 3A, the way Eteri's programs are structured, it won't be that much of a difference in the tech, so one mistake and it may suddenly change. I still expect Rika to take it, with Panenkova second but should be good, knock on wood. And that rhymes...