April 23, 20197 yr 57 minutes ago, Fay said: Maxim Kovtun is retiring. https://rsport.ria.ru/20190423/1552959541.html Reveal hidden contents - И каким было наиболее сильное впечатление? - Юдзуру Ханю. Мне было наплевать на то, что он проиграл Чену. Нейтан, конечно же, безумно крут, но в совокупности он далеко так сильно меня не впечатлил. И вместе с тем было немного грустно понимать, что Ханю, по сути, уже некуда расти. Если он станет пробовать усложнять программы, риск травм и риск ошибок окажется слишком велик. Как, кстати, вы относитесь к тому, что кто-то из одиночников вот-вот начнет прыгать четверной аксель? - Иногда думаю о том, что не так давно считалось нереальным сделать в одной программе все четверные прыжки кроме акселя, но Чен ведь это сделал? Если парни начнут прыгать аксель, это почти то же самое, что пятерной тулуп или сальхов. А значит и эти прыжки не за горами. С другой стороны, наш вид спорта не должен становиться гладиаторским боем, где поверженный разбивается насмерть. Ведь как бы то ни было, организаторы любых соревнований предпочтут видеть, как Ханю катается, а не как он убивается о четверной аксель. He says he was more impressed by Yuzu’s performance at the Worlds than by Nathan’s, but he sadly thinks Yuzu has nowhere to grow as he thinks the danger of injuries is too great. And he’d rather see Yuzu skate than kill himself with 4A... I'm sad he's retiring, I will miss him from competitions. Maxim was such a talented skater, but the pressure was often so high on him and sadly he had many injuries in the past years too. It is a bit crazy that he won four Nationals title and he was a three-time Europeans medalist but he never went to the Olympic Games. I wish him all the best in his civil life. 2 minutes ago, kaeryth said: Thank you for the translation. I'm genuinely going to miss seeing him in competitions. (and he's been very supportive of Yuzu for while now... I hope they can still meet in ice shows or if Yuzu goes to COR. ) I hope so too that they can still meet in the future. He's been really supportive of Yuzu, perhaps because Max also came back many times after injuries. And they're from the same generation of skaters.
April 25, 20197 yr https://www.rt.com/sport/457410-elena-ilinykh-retirement-rumors/amp/ Such a shame that they broke up. They were so good when they were so young. I like them more than either of the top Russian teams now. It's hard not to think "what if".
April 26, 20197 yr Wow this is a long CM for Nike with Zhenya (Edit: This is a month old but saw it just now so sorry if posted already before ^^;)
April 29, 20197 yr I already mentioned this over in the Team Canada thread, but I'll add it here too: I saw Evgenia skate in Stars On Ice Canada last night and she was very good! Her performances were wonderful, but I didn't know what to make of her jump technique. She was using both a lot of arm and a lot of leg to get into the jump. It looked kind of wild. She only tried a couple of jumps. Just wondering if anyone else has seen her jumps during the shows and if they can comment because that really confused me. It was like a hybrid technique of her old way and the new stuff she's been learning. Other than that, she looked really healthy and happy and seemed to be having fun.
April 29, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said: I already mentioned this over in the Team Canada thread, but I'll add it here too: I saw Evgenia skate in Stars On Ice Canada last night and she was very good! Her performances were wonderful, but I didn't know what to make of her jump technique. She was using both a lot of arm and a lot of leg to get into the jump. It looked kind of wild. She only tried a couple of jumps. Just wondering if anyone else has seen her jumps during the shows and if they can comment because that really confused me. It was like a hybrid technique of her old way and the new stuff she's been learning. Other than that, she looked really healthy and happy and seemed to be having fun. Hmmm, considering she hadn’t been jumping for a while due to an injury, it might be due to that. But I guess her technique IS midways now. Did she jump anything apart from salchows?
April 29, 20197 yr 12 minutes ago, Fay said: Hmmm, considering she hadn’t been jumping for a while due to an injury, it might be due to that. But I guess her technique IS midways now. Did she jump anything apart from salchows? I wish I could tell you, but when I watch skating live the jumps happen so fast I can't pick up on details like that. At least one was definitely a Sal.
April 29, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, rockstaryuzu said: I wish I could tell you, but when I watch skating live the jumps happen so fast I can't pick up on details like that. At least one was definitely a Sal. Ah, ok. Sal is her strongest jump, so sorta sad to hear she muscles it too. The girl has really not so much going for her except her willpower...
April 29, 20197 yr 14 minutes ago, Fay said: Ah, ok. Sal is her strongest jump, so sorta sad to hear she muscles it too. The girl has really not so much going for her except her willpower... Well, I wouldn't say that. She does have some skills but they need re-grounding in the basics. If she had those basics she'd be whole different skater. Anyway, I wouldn't go so far as to say she's muscling into the Sal. It looked more like she had either forgotten some of the new techniques she learned this year, or that she was experimenting with trying to get more rotational power so she could quad.
April 29, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, rockstaryuzu said: Well, I wouldn't say that. She does have some skills but they need re-grounding in the basics. If she had started in the Canadian learn-to-skate system as a child, she'd have those basics. Anyway, I wouldn't go so far as to say she's muscling into the Sal. It looked more like she had either forgotten some of the new techniques she learned this year, or that she was experimenting with trying to get more rotational power so she could quad. Oh, ok. Or is that her idea of a technically powerful jump? Lol Well, I’d be more curious about her flip, because she used to slow down considerably before jumping one.
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