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Shun Sato is from Sendai. He holds the junior world record for the free skate. In an interview, he mentioned that Yuzu has now started practicing during Ice Rink Sendai’s general opening hours instead of practicing in the middle of the night. 😂 He also said that their training times would coincide most of the time and he’s been getting helpful advice from Yuzu on jump techniques and that he’s very inspired to train ‘cause Yuzu is at the rink. We should probably start following him for Yuzu crumbs 😂
@@dee98 I forgot the publisher/media company 😅. I saw it on twitter and was shared on a Facebook page. If I happen to look it up, I’ll edit this comment. 😊
Kostos relationship with her team really confuses me. We know that Daniil doesn't seem to like her. But at almost every competition Eteri tries to calm her down, joke with her or just support her in a almost loving way. As you said Eteri is really motherly towards her.
Well she does not want her to fail cause then it's a failure for her too. I think she makes them a lot of money with her social media presence, interviews, and now lines of face stickers. You know everyone who loves her will be wearing them at Russian nationals and the GP final. I do think she will make. She will get the final spot.
@@72586jejones i really want her to get the slot. But with Trusova, Anna and Elizaveta she doesn't seem to be the logical choice... sadly. I don't think she makes them enough money for the federation to prefer her based on that
What's so confusing to you? In Russia, skater is hired by coach, not like in other countries where coach is hired by skater. Nobody hates Aliona, neither Eteri nor Daniil. Its just their job so stop imagining drama when where is none.
Daniil copying his own choreography reminds me of what I do with my English essays - I have a sheet full of phrases that I put together in high school and I still use it for every homework and exam essay in university 😂😂😂(English as a second language)
Same here. We even had an essay writing class in university where we were told to stick to the "script" for essays and I just collected phrases and words over the semester and put them together on the final exam. In two months I'll know how I did, let's hope it worked
Anna Scherba's fall on the attempted quad lutz was because she went to pick in but because her technique is so used to using a full blade takeoff she over did it and you could see she didn't actually pick in on contact but rather hit either the side of her blade or the actual boot and thus had no anchor point and went flying. So similar to Mao Asada's triple axel waxel wipeout from Worlds 2008. But just like Mao, she completely reset her mentality and was perfect the rest of the program. As say Scherbakova's mental strength is incredible. No one else but her could turn around the other end of the rink and land a perfect quad flip.
I would also say the sort of donkey kick technique most of Eteri's girls use (especially on quads or the second triple in combination) didn't help either. She lifted her leg so high to pick in that when her weight rocked forward, she just slipped off the front since her full blade assistance gives her more blade room and weight transfer to occur instead of just using the pick to vault you and not primarily using it to jump off of.
I'd more say it was the condition of the ice... The rink of the IDF is known for always being shitty and full of puddles and it was like that this year too.
Just wanted to add that Shun is from Sendai and he was actually going to the rink where Yuzuru was skating before he moved to Canada. He gave an interview about it to a Japanese TV channel, he was 5 when he watched Yuzuru train and he was so impressed that he begged his mother to take him to one of Yuzuru's competitions. His mother agreed to take him to Yokohama to watch Yuzuru and they actually watched him compete and Shun got a chance to meet and talk to Yuzuru. Apparently, Yuzuru was so impressed by that kid that when they saw each other again in Sendai, Yuzuru gave Shun his necklace (the one Shun was wearing when he won JGP). Then the earthquake happened and shortly after Yuzuru moved to Canada. To this day, Yuzuru is still Shun's hero (he got so nervous when they met recently so he panicked and hid lol). His phone wallpaper is even a photo of them together. Shun has Yuzuru's explosiveness, his skating on the edge personality from pre-2013, maybe that's what gets me so excited. He and Kao are so chaotic lol I don't know why I shared the story, I just find this connection between two skaters from different generations so very interesting and admirable. And I love Yuzuru for supporting the younger generation of skaters, that's why Kao (who calls him a god lol), Shun, Sota etc love him so much, Kao and Sota even said he was so kind to them when they were younger and sent gifts to their rinks. Just like Arakawa supported Sendai rink and thanks to her Yuzuru was able to skate there :) Love when successful skaters support youngsters
What's even more impressive about Anna's performance is that she changed the FS layout after the fall. The mental strength to do that speaks volumes about her.
I'm Polish and I had this glimpse of hope you are going to comment Warsaw Cup too. I recently discovered Ekaaterina Kurakova, skater representing Poland that is going to the Olympics and competing with top female skaters.It's not much, like 9th place on one of Grand Prix contests, no ultracy elements, but it warms my heart.
Imo Poland doesn't have anything good to put out for the Olympics. Katia feels like she just isn't mentally ready to compete there, the only person with quad jump was injured, ice dance team isn't so good neither:( I wish there was more to offer
@@hemmorex Ekaterina is a good skater and she herself earned that spot for Poland. Bear in mind that outside of Russia and Japan no one has ultra c elements at the moment. Katy’s is just not very consistent, but her programs are high level enough
@@ariannabinaghi5222 I didn’t say a word about her skating itself. She skates beautifully, I’m talking only about her mentality. Just a vibe I got in Stockholm.
I don’t understand why the girls learn to do a loop entry to jumps. Doing a full blade flip/lutz looks so much more effort and leg work than using a toe pick, plus my back would hurt like a mf if I had to lean foward like that every jump.
Yeah. And that’s why they have so many injuries. Although it is actually easier to pre rotate on the ice. In a sense, it happens naturally (the pre rotation) with the full blade. Because by going on full blade, you are able to take off from the ball of the foot, which would give you more spring and lift, but it sacrifices distance of the jump. By using the toepick, it needs speed, timing and opening of the hips and in a sense, less consistent. Therefore, they choose to do flat blade.
The issue is that the top seven Russian ladies can medal at the Olympics too. 😭 I hope she can pull something crazy for GPF (which I believe she qualifies for) and Russian Nats.
@@kiyoomisakusa8214 I don’t really trust that source. Esp since everyone’s still waiting on the results from Russian Nationals and Europeans. It’s just too soon to rule out Trusova or anyone else for those three olympic spots. I really wish people would spend more time vetting their sources before spreading information like it’s already been confirmed lol
The first time I saw Anna’s dress I hated it but then I watched the program over and over and as you so well put it, it grew on me lol Kosto will forever be my Queen she had amazing programs no clean 3A but I think I means something when you an still land all those other triples and agave amazing artistic and dance and personality abilities. I just feel like all these Russian ladies will kill themselves (metaphorically) training yet Kosto (and Anna of course) will be the only two left standing. Kosto because she is taking care of herself and seems to be skating more for herself, and Anna who is a god.
@@anayarey The lutz is a jump which starts from an outside edge, and then your toe pick is supposed to tap the ice and elevate you. You’re supposed to have less than 1/4 pre rotation on the ice. It’s basically a light tap and then lift and rotation. Anna however starts from a flat edge and her whole blade touches the ground, instead of the toe pick meaning it’s wrong. She also has around 1/2 to sometimes even 3/4 pre rotation. So half of it is done on the ice and she takes off forward facing. And that’s the reason why she fell. She was so hunched forward it almost looked like she was bending down to toe her shoelaces or something when she was going for the jump, and she really has to dig her foot into the ice to get the jump in so she fell before she could even take off. You can see it in the slow motion as well. Hope that helped
@@МаринаФейнман I never said they don’t, skaters fall all the time, but watch the video in slow motion and you will see. If Anna wasn’t Russian you would be agreeing with me but her being Russian makes you oblivious to her technique.
@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 oops, skaters who are said to have "textbook techniques" also had exactly this type of slippering falls. But of course, it's me, who is oblivious, not those who belittle rus skaters 🙄
How do you make me so obsessed with your videos? Hahahahaah really, it's the only channel I need popcorn for and the first thing I think of after watching every competition 😂😂😂😂. Bravo!!! With that said, let's get more popcorn ready for today's competition and surely more drama and epic moments to talk about later.
It looks like Anna fell from the two pronged bad Eteri technique of using full blade assistance and donkey kicking (especially on quads and the second triple in combos). A true lutz should be using just the pick of your blade to use your momentum to vault you into the air. The Eteri girls tend to lift their picking leg VERY high and transfer a good deal (if not all) of their weight on to the full blade of the picking leg, making it almost identical to a loop takeoff (the same takeoff position is generally used for their Flips as well). It looks like Anna went to try to pick in more than use her full blade, but because her free leg was still too high when she went to kick down like she would with full blade assistance, she slipped off the front of the blade on her skating foot.
I've never really had a deep interest in ice skating but your commentary is so good, entertaining and funny I had to stick around! :) also as a russian person you pronounce people's names really well all the time!
Sinceramente, trovo più piacevole ed emozionante il modo di pattinare di Aliona Kostornaia rispetto alle altre, lei ha personalità ed espressione e porta la sua esibizione a livelli teatrali molto alti
Yuma was good for the first half of the freeskate, but the second half was shaky. He was the rightful winner, but his components are waaaaay inflated. Wakaba was the star for the ladies. Idk why she doesn’t get high component scores when she has one of the best step sequences. Anna’s performance is troubling, she’s lucky the judges didn’t call the dings on her jumps and her spins have been way off compared to previous years. Won’t be surprised if she retires after the olympics. Aliona was better here interpretation wise, but she needs the axel to be consistent, and just like Anna, they had hella inflated component scores, esp with falls in the program. Regarding the technique thing, indeed there is nothing explicit in the ISU rulebook abt pre-rotation or whatever you wanna call it. But remember that what they’re doing are “jumps” so the rotations are supposed to be done while the skater is airborne, however, for their quads and triples, they do 1/2 to 3/4 of the first rotation on the ice, that is why skating fans are irked by this technique. And notice how other skaters get edge calls but they don’t? Surely lots of politics. But in my eyes, Aliona won the short and Wakaba won the free 😀
I love Wakaba, my girl is definitely underrated, but her programs lacks of transition and are generally skated a little too much on two feet. I wish her the best and I'm loving how she's getting more consistent after the last 2 years.
I just watched your beginner video and now you uploaded a new video! I'd like if you could do another one of these now that Sasha is back with Tuberidze etc
@@mariajesseannegloria3026 I saw in a video she said that she'll upload one once the Olympics are over but I wish she could do it before so I'm not so lost
@@naiara21 It would be nice if she makes one after russian nationals. After all, russian nationals is the birthplace of the best figure skating drama 😂
I also think Mariah’s dress looks a bit too simple, but I’m not mad at all actually. I think they went for a simple/elegant/ formal night event dress, although I think could work better with a classical piano concerto, maybe Chopin or Gershwin. River flows in you gives off a more modern vibe. I want to point out that her dress looks exactly like that heart sapphire necklace from Titanic, which could fit so well with her Titanic program!
Anna should have been 2nd in the short. Aliona should have been 1st. Anna's toepick never got into the ice for her lutz takeoff, hence the fall. Her technique is bad because of all the pre-rotation/faulty edges/take-offs she has on her jumps. And she has the worst feet & legs, always turned in. But her desire to win is far beyond any other competitor! Plus, she's always over scored. Sinitsyna looks too much like a junior skater. She's slow and her jumps are tiny. Not surprised she ended up 4th. She has a quad but was injured so it's not in her pgrm. Bell needs to stick w/Arutunian and leave Adam to be her personal bestie. He's not helping her.
The Shcherbakova fall was a pick slip, which most actual figure skaters say is something that just happens to everyone. Some people are crying about bad technique, which is true and continues to be an issue but had nothing to do with this specific fall.
Her technique is to blame for that fall. It was not a pick slip because her pick wasn’t even in contact with the ice!! She overdid the full blade so much she “picked” with the side of her boot smh
at this point i'd rather Maiia get sent to the Olympics if Anna is up for consideration. goodness knows i have so much respect for her fortitude but girl is one bad techniqued jump away from breaking something again and i get so stressed whenever i see her jumping PLUS it sets a terrible precedent (also, it's not just you, shun sato is definitely wobbling. maybe i'm just hyperconscious of injury possibilities because of Daria and remembering all the falling at Russian test skates and SkAm...)
i’m totally ok with ppl commenting abt anna’s technique but i don’t get ppl who hates on anna and says she’s ugly and stuff and doesn’t deserve 1 st place :(
it is already clear that the Russian National and FGP will be much stronger in terms of level than the Olympic Games: only 3 Russian figure skaters will be able to compete in the Olympic Games, 5 skaters in FGP, and the biggest competition will be in the Russian Nationals, where will be juniors who own ultra-c.
I think it is because the Gallic rooster is the national symbol of France. One of the national emblems of France, the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) decorated French flags during the Revolution. It is the symbol of the French people because of the play on words of the Latin gallus meaning Gaul and gallus meaning coq, or rooster.
Actually, Maiia has the same horrible entrance into her flip and lutz. She doesn't use her toepick to vault her into the air. In fact, at Rostelecom, she had the same type of miss on her triple lutz as Anna but Maiia used her entire blade to at least get the jump off and rotate it. It's really bad technique Eteri teaches. Watch Maiia's flip & lutz in slow motion, there's no pick, it's the full blade, so actually it is NOT a triple flip or lutz, it's more like a loop. Judges still give her credit for it, which is unfortunate. Tuktamysheva has a textbook lutz take off. Morisi Kvitelashvili's quad toe takes off of 2 flat feet (full blade on both feet), NO toe pick, which makes it more of a salchow. Another example of Eteri's bad teaching technique. Yet, at Rostelecom, he got good GOE marks. Smh!
Can we please have Alena on Olympics please😭 her programs, presence, skating skills, height of jumps is one of a kind🤩 I mean that’s not only talent, but from her old performances it seems like she worked hard for it. I thought it was just me who notice low jumps but in recent interview Medvedeva mentioned her low jumps saying having a good height is either natural or you work hard for it. There are so many scenarios how Olympics could go, Kami repeating Alina story or Sochi 2014 Lipnitskaya then Anna as Adelina getting the gold whatever but I can’t make up one where everyone is happy🤪 I will be happy with Alena winning the gold. if Liza makes a team, even bronze will be treated and accepted as gold as she is competing with herself mostly, Alena will get massive media coverage anyway 🌟 I am fascinated by how Kamila is the best she has ever been not bc of jumps, spins and hype, but rather mentally - she has never been so strong even as a junior winning everything like Sofiia these days, now she does feel like it’s her time and she looks up to Alina a lot, so maybe it motivates her too.
Aliona will have FGP and Nationals to show her best performances, but so far she and Liza have the worst chances for slots in the Olympic team, since trixels lose to quads at base cost with the same skating. if you want to see all the best skaters, you need to increase the number of slots for the Russian women's skating team, there is no other option :-)
Hi Paola, could you do a segment about Eteri? That would be interesting. Not a fan of her methods. I read that she grew up very poor, lived in shelters in Oklahoma & survived the bombing there. I suppose she’s a part of the old Soviet training system. It would be great to hear what you have to say as usual😊🙏♥️⛸🇷🇺
what about your opinion on Deniss Vasiljevs? I feel like the rink loved him, but no videos seem to mention him even though he ended up getting 4th in both of his GP’s, which kinda came out of nowhere.
To much bias towards Anna. The way you never say about her overscoring and the fact she literally robed Waka and Alena. Also her “strength” comes only from that in fact she knows judges always put her first. Just look like it works otherway on Alena confidence in FS with underscoring in SP.
Isn't putting stickers on the face during a competitive program against the rules? Not hating on her or anything, just genuinely curious because other people have been punished for similar things
In singles it actually doesn’t state that it’s not permitted, but in Synchronized skating it does say in the rules that it’s not permitted. So I guess it’s kinda allowed in singles lol
If you want to succeed with "Khromykh", just pronounce "kh" both in the beginging and in the end just like you pronounce "h" in "hot Sergey", but a bit harder. Good luck! 😁
I know Gaby and Guille have been going for the good for a long time, and i like them and what they represent, but Gillies and Poirier are Olympic Gold to me I absolutely loved the new Anna SP
Anna's fall was a slip, stop the delusional hate 😂 the comments are full of delusional fans blaming her fall on "bad technique" if that was the reason, she would be falling ALL THE TIME, use common sense. Anna changed her program jump locations mid program, she slipped and didn't like the ice in that location. The fact that other skaters slipped IN THE EXACT LOCATION should tell you there was an issue with the ice that caused the slip.
I'm not a huge fan of Anna (I hate how her jumps look) but she really is a fighter. I didn't approve of when she skated back when she was sick (don't remember which event that was) but seeing her then and now I'm like. Damn she really just wants to be on the ice and do what she can like. Alena stays my fav! But I swear it seems like they both fell at the same spot
I am all here for the Diana and Gleb shade...honestly sick of this Eteri bullshit by now With Yuma I do have to say that he is being scored generously despite the fact ṭhat he would score amazingly even without it...but JSF politicking I guess? I love his skating but he needs better judging to allow room for growth The trifecta of the 3A costumes being sparkly black with a diagonal silver/white slash is SENDING ME. Please we need some different and original costumes ( that Cruella is NOT IT)
I'm a Kosto fan and was never that into Anna, but she has proven SO consistent. Imo Anna and Kamila are clear "ins" for Russia. The last spot is a battle between Kosto, Liza, and Maya. Possibly Sasha if she recovers. Aliona def has to get 3A down more to earn it... i think she can. it prob all comes down to Russian Nats and Grand Prix.... then again I can also see them sending Maya over Kosto and Liza just due to internal "politics" : /
Kostornaia has always been my favourite from the russian girls (God knows how much I did enjoy her Vampire Program) but to be honest I feel like Valieva, Sherbakova and Tukhtamysheva will make the Olympic Team. (and I personally think Tukthamysheva is way more exciting and deserving than Sherbakova)
Casi todo lo de patinaje me lo veo en ruso y sé algo de ruso y los propios rusos lo pronuncian como /Jramij/. La o a veces se pronuncia como una a, y se ve que esa K inicial se pronuncia como una jota. La letra final no se pronuncia exacamente como una jota, pero es lo más parecido, en vez de hacer el sonido con la garganta como en la jota, se hace como con el paladar, con lo cual es más suave. :)
Also, is anyone getting worried seeing Anna go all out like this? I think she knows this is her final season of competition and is pushing through to try to get her GPF Gold and Olympic medals. If she was focused on her long term health, I think she would be either backing out of competitions or playing it a bit more safe. We know she has health issues that will have to be addressed sooner or later, but what she is throwing out there right now makes me think it's a push through the pain now and deal with it later type of behavior. If she planned to continue skating at this level, I honestly think we would be seeing easier programs or for her to take a break and rely on Eteri and the Russian Federation to send her due to her consistent background and what will most likely be a high enough placement at nationals, especially since Daria is out of the game and Sasha is struggling with her own health issues and not participating in the rest of the GP.
I cannot express how freaking pissed I am that Diana Davis and her Eteri bonus is taking the spotlight away from the much more deserving Stepanova and Bukin, the most superior of the Russian ice dance teams in my opinion.
JSF almost always goes with top 3 at Nationals unless it's someone like Hanyu or Asada hurt. Unless Kaori wins GPF(LOL), none of these girls are going to get a free pass. I agree JSF have always hated Higuchi going back to juniors and love Kaori, and it seems Mai this year. But if Higuchi is clean at Nats, she is much better than all the Japanese except healthy Kihira. She just needs to avoid pops or falls and they wont be able to keep her off the podium.
I'm disappointed that you didn't talk about Maya's embarrassing winning in Warsaw Cup. I mean, it was like, Why winning thanks to your talent if you can win thanks to being Russian/Tutberidze girl. Outrageous that this awkward performance is considered first place now. Also, funny how unobjectively Russian can get when it's about their own athletes winning with underserved performances.
Sorry but you're not objective about a Anna and it's not fair. I understand the enthusiasm around Kamila, or Sasha's jumps, but Aliona is no longer interesting, and Anna is not appreciated enough, her skating is the most beautiful, honest and exciting, with these delicate jumps that are perfectly combined with her skating, she's a slightly less athletic version of Kamila and the best skater after her.
Sorry, completely disagree with your last sentence. Anna's jumps are no where near powerful. Delicate for sure but not powerful. Her prerotation is even more excessive than Kamila's which is saying a lot... Also, out of all the eteri girls, she has the worst lutz edge that is never called on in addition to complete full blade assistant. It's truly not fair that she gets such high GOEs on her toe jumps when they prerotate over 3/4 and she's using full blade assistant. It's also not fair that her edges are never called. Sasha has a bad flip edge and the flip has been called every single time this season. Anna is definitely the most strong in terms of mentality and that is super impressive. She also has great musicality and interpretation skills but let's not pretend that her jumping skills are amazing.
@@funsies7147 I am glad that you wrote it because honestly I didn't even mean to put in the world powerful I was just writing another comments about Kamilla as well and I probably got confused. But, yes, Looking at the skating, the dance and the emotional performance, she is definitely the best and most exciting after Kamila overall.
@@anonimi7062 Hi, yeah sorry again but I disagree. I think she's better than Kamila at emotional performance, Kamila doesn't give face and she looks scared the entire time. I actually think she's the best out of all the eteri girls at emotional performance. However, I don't think she is the best nor the most exciting after Kamila. I wouldn't even put Kamila as first (let's not even get into Kamila's jump techniques). You mentioned her skating and her skating skills aren't really that good. The only eteri girl with good skating skills is Alena although it has deteriorated a lot. Anna has extremely labored back cross overs, shallow edges, two-footed skating throughout the step sequences. Additionally, her spins travel and are slow. She has good lines and points her toes which adds to musicality but the technical aspect of the spins are lacking.
@@funsies7147 You are right about the emotional performance and kamila, but I still strongly feel that she is the best in skating and in the overall performances. We don't have to agree, everyone has their priorities in this matter, and it's a matter of what you personally like :)
Annas flutz is the problem of all teamTut, the same mistake was make by Maya on a 3Lutz couple of hours ago in her short at Rostelecom. So sad that they are making it so wrong that they are failing on competitions.
Shun Sato is from Sendai. He holds the junior world record for the free skate. In an interview, he mentioned that Yuzu has now started practicing during Ice Rink Sendai’s general opening hours instead of practicing in the middle of the night. 😂 He also said that their training times would coincide most of the time and he’s been getting helpful advice from Yuzu on jump techniques and that he’s very inspired to train ‘cause Yuzu is at the rink. We should probably start following him for Yuzu crumbs 😂
I hope we'll get some yuzu crumbs in his sns posts XD may i know in what interview shun said that?
@@dee98 I forgot the publisher/media company 😅. I saw it on twitter and was shared on a Facebook page. If I happen to look it up, I’ll edit this comment. 😊
@@mariajesseannegloria3026 👍😄
Kostos relationship with her team really confuses me. We know that Daniil doesn't seem to like her. But at almost every competition Eteri tries to calm her down, joke with her or just support her in a almost loving way. As you said Eteri is really motherly towards her.
Eteri must have an ulterior motive to show "care".
Well she does not want her to fail cause then it's a failure for her too. I think she makes them a lot of money with her social media presence, interviews, and now lines of face stickers. You know everyone who loves her will be wearing them at Russian nationals and the GP final. I do think she will make. She will get the final spot.
@@72586jejones i really want her to get the slot. But with Trusova, Anna and Elizaveta she doesn't seem to be the logical choice... sadly. I don't think she makes them enough money for the federation to prefer her based on that
Let's just say she knows when the cameras are on 😅
What's so confusing to you? In Russia, skater is hired by coach, not like in other countries where coach is hired by skater. Nobody hates Aliona, neither Eteri nor Daniil. Its just their job so stop imagining drama when where is none.
Daniil copying his own choreography reminds me of what I do with my English essays - I have a sheet full of phrases that I put together in high school and I still use it for every homework and exam essay in university 😂😂😂(English as a second language)
Same here. We even had an essay writing class in university where we were told to stick to the "script" for essays and I just collected phrases and words over the semester and put them together on the final exam. In two months I'll know how I did, let's hope it worked
Anna Scherba's fall on the attempted quad lutz was because she went to pick in but because her technique is so used to using a full blade takeoff she over did it and you could see she didn't actually pick in on contact but rather hit either the side of her blade or the actual boot and thus had no anchor point and went flying. So similar to Mao Asada's triple axel waxel wipeout from Worlds 2008. But just like Mao, she completely reset her mentality and was perfect the rest of the program.
As say Scherbakova's mental strength is incredible. No one else but her could turn around the other end of the rink and land a perfect quad flip.
I would also say the sort of donkey kick technique most of Eteri's girls use (especially on quads or the second triple in combination) didn't help either. She lifted her leg so high to pick in that when her weight rocked forward, she just slipped off the front since her full blade assistance gives her more blade room and weight transfer to occur instead of just using the pick to vault you and not primarily using it to jump off of.
I'd more say it was the condition of the ice... The rink of the IDF is known for always being shitty and full of puddles and it was like that this year too.
Just wanted to add that Shun is from Sendai and he was actually going to the rink where Yuzuru was skating before he moved to Canada. He gave an interview about it to a Japanese TV channel, he was 5 when he watched Yuzuru train and he was so impressed that he begged his mother to take him to one of Yuzuru's competitions. His mother agreed to take him to Yokohama to watch Yuzuru and they actually watched him compete and Shun got a chance to meet and talk to Yuzuru. Apparently, Yuzuru was so impressed by that kid that when they saw each other again in Sendai, Yuzuru gave Shun his necklace (the one Shun was wearing when he won JGP). Then the earthquake happened and shortly after Yuzuru moved to Canada. To this day, Yuzuru is still Shun's hero (he got so nervous when they met recently so he panicked and hid lol). His phone wallpaper is even a photo of them together. Shun has Yuzuru's explosiveness, his skating on the edge personality from pre-2013, maybe that's what gets me so excited. He and Kao are so chaotic lol
I don't know why I shared the story, I just find this connection between two skaters from different generations so very interesting and admirable. And I love Yuzuru for supporting the younger generation of skaters, that's why Kao (who calls him a god lol), Shun, Sota etc love him so much, Kao and Sota even said he was so kind to them when they were younger and sent gifts to their rinks. Just like Arakawa supported Sendai rink and thanks to her Yuzuru was able to skate there :) Love when successful skaters support youngsters
Thanks for typing this whole story! I didn’t see that interview, so interesting!
All of Japan's gold Olympic medals in figure skating come from Sendai. I can't believe JSF doesn't support them enough.
The japanese and korean ladies have The Best costumes this season i have to say.
What's even more impressive about Anna's performance is that she changed the FS layout after the fall. The mental strength to do that speaks volumes about her.
Friendly reminder Russian nationals starts in 29 days 😭
When is the exact schedule for the Russian national?
I'm Polish and I had this glimpse of hope you are going to comment Warsaw Cup too. I recently discovered Ekaaterina Kurakova, skater representing Poland that is going to the Olympics and competing with top female skaters.It's not much, like 9th place on one of Grand Prix contests, no ultracy elements, but it warms my heart.
Imo Poland doesn't have anything good to put out for the Olympics. Katia feels like she just isn't mentally ready to compete there, the only person with quad jump was injured, ice dance team isn't so good neither:( I wish there was more to offer
@@hemmorex Ekaterina is a good skater and she herself earned that spot for Poland. Bear in mind that outside of Russia and Japan no one has ultra c elements at the moment. Katy’s is just not very consistent, but her programs are high level enough
@@ariannabinaghi5222 I didn’t say a word about her skating itself. She skates beautifully, I’m talking only about her mentality. Just a vibe I got in Stockholm.
Its 3am where I live but I'm always here for the skating drama
I don’t understand why the girls learn to do a loop entry to jumps. Doing a full blade flip/lutz looks so much more effort and leg work than using a toe pick, plus my back would hurt like a mf if I had to lean foward like that every jump.
Yeah. And that’s why they have so many injuries. Although it is actually easier to pre rotate on the ice. In a sense, it happens naturally (the pre rotation) with the full blade. Because by going on full blade, you are able to take off from the ball of the foot, which would give you more spring and lift, but it sacrifices distance of the jump. By using the toepick, it needs speed, timing and opening of the hips and in a sense, less consistent. Therefore, they choose to do flat blade.
I am so happy for Kosto! She needs more podium to boost her confidence! I strongly belube that she can get a medal on olimpics!
The issue is that the top seven Russian ladies can medal at the Olympics too. 😭 I hope she can pull something crazy for GPF (which I believe she qualifies for) and Russian Nats.
it's been announced that neither her nor Trusova will be likely to make the olys team
@@kiyoomisakusa8214 I don’t really trust that source. Esp since everyone’s still waiting on the results from Russian Nationals and Europeans. It’s just too soon to rule out Trusova or anyone else for those three olympic spots. I really wish people would spend more time vetting their sources before spreading information like it’s already been confirmed lol
@@kiyoomisakusa8214 where did you hear that?
@@dianastone8045 yeah i don’t want it to be true either honestly it would be such a shame if sasha didn’t make it
The first time I saw Anna’s dress I hated it but then I watched the program over and over and as you so well put it, it grew on me lol Kosto will forever be my Queen she had amazing programs no clean 3A but I think I means something when you an still land all those other triples and agave amazing artistic and dance and personality abilities. I just feel like all these Russian ladies will kill themselves (metaphorically) training yet Kosto (and Anna of course) will be the only two left standing. Kosto because she is taking care of herself and seems to be skating more for herself, and Anna who is a god.
When you said papadakis and cizeron were giving gold, expensive I thought “they are giving Olympic gold medallist eleganza extravaganza”
hahahah yes! That shod be a category on drag race someday
oh boi i was at the IDF and let me tell you half that gasp when Anna fell on the first quad was me
Anna fell because she overdid the pre rotation and full blade takeoff
Anna fell because of how bad her Lutz technique is.. she is one of my favorites and she works soo hard but her technique is horrible.
What is off about her technique? Genuinely asking, I'm not a figure skating pro
@@anayarey The lutz is a jump which starts from an outside edge, and then your toe pick is supposed to tap the ice and elevate you. You’re supposed to have less than 1/4 pre rotation on the ice. It’s basically a light tap and then lift and rotation. Anna however starts from a flat edge and her whole blade touches the ground, instead of the toe pick meaning it’s wrong. She also has around 1/2 to sometimes even 3/4 pre rotation. So half of it is done on the ice and she takes off forward facing. And that’s the reason why she fell. She was so hunched forward it almost looked like she was bending down to toe her shoelaces or something when she was going for the jump, and she really has to dig her foot into the ice to get the jump in so she fell before she could even take off. You can see it in the slow motion as well. Hope that helped
What a nonesence 🙄 like people with what you call "perfect techniques" never fall or injure themselves.
@@МаринаФейнман I never said they don’t, skaters fall all the time, but watch the video in slow motion and you will see. If Anna wasn’t Russian you would be agreeing with me but her being Russian makes you oblivious to her technique.
@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 oops, skaters who are said to have "textbook techniques" also had exactly this type of slippering falls. But of course, it's me, who is oblivious, not those who belittle rus skaters 🙄
shout out to the radiator i love when she makes a cameo
hahahaha i'll let her know she's got a fan
A few months ago Eteri was treating Alena badly. Now she is being “ motherly”. I think Alena will get her 3A back.
How do you make me so obsessed with your videos? Hahahahaah really, it's the only channel I need popcorn for and the first thing I think of after watching every competition 😂😂😂😂. Bravo!!! With that said, let's get more popcorn ready for today's competition and surely more drama and epic moments to talk about later.
haha thank you! And enjoy the popcorn😁
Anna "picked" with a twisted foot on a full blade. I wonder why she did not use to fall before. Her entrance to toe jumps is horrible and scary.
It looks like Anna fell from the two pronged bad Eteri technique of using full blade assistance and donkey kicking (especially on quads and the second triple in combos). A true lutz should be using just the pick of your blade to use your momentum to vault you into the air. The Eteri girls tend to lift their picking leg VERY high and transfer a good deal (if not all) of their weight on to the full blade of the picking leg, making it almost identical to a loop takeoff (the same takeoff position is generally used for their Flips as well). It looks like Anna went to try to pick in more than use her full blade, but because her free leg was still too high when she went to kick down like she would with full blade assistance, she slipped off the front of the blade on her skating foot.
I've never really had a deep interest in ice skating but your commentary is so good, entertaining and funny I had to stick around! :) also as a russian person you pronounce people's names really well all the time!
Sinceramente, trovo più piacevole ed emozionante il modo di pattinare di Aliona Kostornaia rispetto alle altre, lei ha personalità ed espressione e porta la sua esibizione a livelli teatrali molto alti
9:20 Oh, so NOW Anna is "my girl Scherbs" 😂 Haha but I am honestly happy to see Anna continuing to do well.
Anna is my girl I just don’t hype her ask much lol
Stepanova/Bukin's free dance is growing on me. It's like the story of a relationship going through ups and downs.
Yuma was good for the first half of the freeskate, but the second half was shaky. He was the rightful winner, but his components are waaaaay inflated. Wakaba was the star for the ladies. Idk why she doesn’t get high component scores when she has one of the best step sequences. Anna’s performance is troubling, she’s lucky the judges didn’t call the dings on her jumps and her spins have been way off compared to previous years. Won’t be surprised if she retires after the olympics. Aliona was better here interpretation wise, but she needs the axel to be consistent, and just like Anna, they had hella inflated component scores, esp with falls in the program. Regarding the technique thing, indeed there is nothing explicit in the ISU rulebook abt pre-rotation or whatever you wanna call it. But remember that what they’re doing are “jumps” so the rotations are supposed to be done while the skater is airborne, however, for their quads and triples, they do 1/2 to 3/4 of the first rotation on the ice, that is why skating fans are irked by this technique. And notice how other skaters get edge calls but they don’t? Surely lots of politics. But in my eyes, Aliona won the short and Wakaba won the free 😀
I love Wakaba, my girl is definitely underrated, but her programs lacks of transition and are generally skated a little too much on two feet. I wish her the best and I'm loving how she's getting more consistent after the last 2 years.
I just watched your beginner video and now you uploaded a new video! I'd like if you could do another one of these now that Sasha is back with Tuberidze etc
I agree. An update of the camp rivalry and skater rivalry going into the Olympics would be an interesting video to watch 😁
@@mariajesseannegloria3026 Totally! At first I was really lost and the video really helped but now there's new things and I'd like to understand them
@@mariajesseannegloria3026 I saw in a video she said that she'll upload one once the Olympics are over but I wish she could do it before so I'm not so lost
@@naiara21 It would be nice if she makes one after russian nationals. After all, russian nationals is the birthplace of the best figure skating drama 😂
@@mariajesseannegloria3026 Oh really? When did they finish? Sorry again I'm new at this heheh❤
I also think Mariah’s dress looks a bit too simple, but I’m not mad at all actually. I think they went for a simple/elegant/ formal night event dress, although I think could work better with a classical piano concerto, maybe Chopin or Gershwin. River flows in you gives off a more modern vibe. I want to point out that her dress looks exactly like that heart sapphire necklace from Titanic, which could fit so well with her Titanic program!
Anna should have been 2nd in the short. Aliona should have been 1st. Anna's toepick never got into the ice for her lutz takeoff, hence the fall. Her technique is bad because of all the pre-rotation/faulty edges/take-offs she has on her jumps. And she has the worst feet & legs, always turned in. But her desire to win is far beyond any other competitor! Plus, she's always over scored.
Sinitsyna looks too much like a junior skater. She's slow and her jumps are tiny. Not surprised she ended up 4th. She has a quad but was injured so it's not in her pgrm.
Bell needs to stick w/Arutunian and leave Adam to be her personal bestie. He's not helping her.
The Shcherbakova fall was a pick slip, which most actual figure skaters say is something that just happens to everyone. Some people are crying about bad technique, which is true and continues to be an issue but had nothing to do with this specific fall.
Her technique is to blame for that fall. It was not a pick slip because her pick wasn’t even in contact with the ice!! She overdid the full blade so much she “picked” with the side of her boot smh
Kamila Valieva new WORLD RECORD score ! -- Rostelecom Cup (Russia)
at this point i'd rather Maiia get sent to the Olympics if Anna is up for consideration. goodness knows i have so much respect for her fortitude but girl is one bad techniqued jump away from breaking something again and i get so stressed whenever i see her jumping PLUS it sets a terrible precedent
(also, it's not just you, shun sato is definitely wobbling. maybe i'm just hyperconscious of injury possibilities because of Daria and remembering all the falling at Russian test skates and SkAm...)
You think Maia is better?
i’m totally ok with ppl commenting abt anna’s technique but i don’t get ppl who hates on anna and says she’s ugly and stuff and doesn’t deserve 1 st place :(
it is already clear that the Russian National and FGP will be much stronger in terms of level than the Olympic Games: only 3 Russian figure skaters will be able to compete in the Olympic Games, 5 skaters in FGP, and the biggest competition will be in the Russian Nationals, where will be juniors who own ultra-c.
Why does the IDF logo look like a chicken tho
finally someone asking the real question. Because really why?
I think it is because the Gallic rooster is the national symbol of France. One of the national emblems of France, the Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster) decorated French flags during the Revolution. It is the symbol of the French people because of the play on words of the Latin gallus meaning Gaul and gallus meaning coq, or rooster.
@@RaccoonsEverywhere ooh that's interesting, thanks for this
Anna’s fall reminds me of Mao Asada’s fall before taking off for her 3A at the 2008 WC FS
i need Kosto twighlight
Eteri has to be nice to Kosto, who else is gonna sell her ice shows otherwise? 🤗🤗
Los sonidos que hiciste en 11:07 y 11:12 JAJAJAJAJA Casi escupo mi bebida
jajaja perdon, pero asi no en mi cabeza cuando la vi
Actually, Maiia has the same horrible entrance into her flip and lutz. She doesn't use her toepick to vault her into the air. In fact, at Rostelecom, she had the same type of miss on her triple lutz as Anna but Maiia used her entire blade to at least get the jump off and rotate it. It's really bad technique Eteri teaches. Watch Maiia's flip & lutz in slow motion, there's no pick, it's the full blade, so actually it is NOT a triple flip or lutz, it's more like a loop. Judges still give her credit for it, which is unfortunate. Tuktamysheva has a textbook lutz take off. Morisi Kvitelashvili's quad toe takes off of 2 flat feet (full blade on both feet), NO toe pick, which makes it more of a salchow. Another example of Eteri's bad teaching technique. Yet, at Rostelecom, he got good GOE marks. Smh!
Can we please have Alena on Olympics please😭 her programs, presence, skating skills, height of jumps is one of a kind🤩 I mean that’s not only talent, but from her old performances it seems like she worked hard for it. I thought it was just me who notice low jumps but in recent interview Medvedeva mentioned her low jumps saying having a good height is either natural or you work hard for it. There are so many scenarios how Olympics could go, Kami repeating Alina story or Sochi 2014 Lipnitskaya then Anna as Adelina getting the gold whatever but I can’t make up one where everyone is happy🤪 I will be happy with Alena winning the gold. if Liza makes a team, even bronze will be treated and accepted as gold as she is competing with herself mostly, Alena will get massive media coverage anyway 🌟 I am fascinated by how Kamila is the best she has ever been not bc of jumps, spins and hype, but rather mentally - she has never been so strong even as a junior winning everything like Sofiia these days, now she does feel like it’s her time and she looks up to Alina a lot, so maybe it motivates her too.
Медведева- супер заезда! Загитова пенсионерка. Ей лень тренироваться и соревноваться! Не жди её!😂
Aliona will have FGP and Nationals to show her best performances, but so far she and Liza have the worst chances for slots in the Olympic team, since trixels lose to quads at base cost with the same skating.
if you want to see all the best skaters, you need to increase the number of slots for the Russian women's skating team, there is no other option :-)
Rewatching old Paola content because girl where are you??? 🤣🤣
Hi Paola, could you do a segment about Eteri? That would be interesting. Not a fan of her methods. I read that she grew up very poor, lived in shelters in Oklahoma & survived the bombing there. I suppose she’s a part of the old Soviet training system. It would be great to hear what you have to say as usual😊🙏♥️⛸🇷🇺
Another great video - thanks for the commentary!
Living for your videos girllllll!!!
Kosta literally wearing handcuffs/shackles costume and skating to "you dont own me" after someone says she doesnt train hard enough.....😳😳
what about your opinion on Deniss Vasiljevs? I feel like the rink loved him, but no videos seem to mention him even though he ended up getting 4th in both of his GP’s, which kinda came out of nowhere.
To much bias towards Anna. The way you never say about her overscoring and the fact she literally robed Waka and Alena. Also her “strength” comes only from that in fact she knows judges always put her first. Just look like it works otherway on Alena confidence in FS with underscoring in SP.
I still laugh everytime you say "janky Bolero" :D
Isn't putting stickers on the face during a competitive program against the rules? Not hating on her or anything, just genuinely curious because other people have been punished for similar things
In singles it actually doesn’t state that it’s not permitted, but in Synchronized skating it does say in the rules that it’s not permitted. So I guess it’s kinda allowed in singles lol
jsf confuses me.. a lot. they seem to have so much fun sabotaging their own skaters like what
Mariah Bell has a very beautiful and elegant dress for the short!
If you want to succeed with "Khromykh", just pronounce "kh" both in the beginging and in the end just like you pronounce "h" in "hot Sergey", but a bit harder. Good luck! 😁
Exactly!
I know Gaby and Guille have been going for the good for a long time, and i like them and what they represent, but Gillies and Poirier are Olympic Gold to me
I absolutely loved the new Anna SP
Can we discuss Eteri and her boy-coach clearly mocking their skater Nika Egadze in the short and long at the Rostelecom cup 👀
i love all their dresses now but i mean trusova had ok dresses but i haven’t seen her in a while to know if they’ve changed tbh
Anna's fall was a slip, stop the delusional hate 😂 the comments are full of delusional fans blaming her fall on "bad technique" if that was the reason, she would be falling ALL THE TIME, use common sense. Anna changed her program jump locations mid program, she slipped and didn't like the ice in that location. The fact that other skaters slipped IN THE EXACT LOCATION should tell you there was an issue with the ice that caused the slip.
I love Anna. I wish I had her willpower. Without the abuse they put her through.
I'm not a huge fan of Anna (I hate how her jumps look) but she really is a fighter. I didn't approve of when she skated back when she was sick (don't remember which event that was) but seeing her then and now I'm like. Damn she really just wants to be on the ice and do what she can like. Alena stays my fav! But I swear it seems like they both fell at the same spot
I am all here for the Diana and Gleb shade...honestly sick of this Eteri bullshit by now
With Yuma I do have to say that he is being scored generously despite the fact ṭhat he would score amazingly even without it...but JSF politicking I guess? I love his skating but he needs better judging to allow room for growth
The trifecta of the 3A costumes being sparkly black with a diagonal silver/white slash is SENDING ME. Please we need some different and original costumes ( that Cruella is NOT IT)
I said the same thing about the BRITNEY short program! Bring it back.
I'm a Kosto fan and was never that into Anna, but she has proven SO consistent. Imo Anna and Kamila are clear "ins" for Russia. The last spot is a battle between Kosto, Liza, and Maya. Possibly Sasha if she recovers. Aliona def has to get 3A down more to earn it... i think she can. it prob all comes down to Russian Nats and Grand Prix.... then again I can also see them sending Maya over Kosto and Liza just due to internal "politics" : /
2:15 Come on. Body roll on point. THAT is dancing.
Kostornaia has always been my favourite from the russian girls (God knows how much I did enjoy her Vampire Program) but to be honest I feel like Valieva, Sherbakova and Tukhtamysheva will make the Olympic Team. (and I personally think Tukthamysheva is way more exciting and deserving than Sherbakova)
I read somewhere that shun sato had injured his ankle before and it might be still affecting his skating now, idk for sure tho
Is everyone doing the Tessa Virtue Moulin Rouge maroon sequined backless dress now??!
Casi todo lo de patinaje me lo veo en ruso y sé algo de ruso y los propios rusos lo pronuncian como /Jramij/. La o a veces se pronuncia como una a, y se ve que esa K inicial se pronuncia como una jota. La letra final no se pronuncia exacamente como una jota, pero es lo más parecido, en vez de hacer el sonido con la garganta como en la jota, se hace como con el paladar, con lo cual es más suave. :)
I literally cannot watch Anna skate because her turned down foot is so persistently hideous. It is just so awful.
Also, is anyone getting worried seeing Anna go all out like this? I think she knows this is her final season of competition and is pushing through to try to get her GPF Gold and Olympic medals. If she was focused on her long term health, I think she would be either backing out of competitions or playing it a bit more safe. We know she has health issues that will have to be addressed sooner or later, but what she is throwing out there right now makes me think it's a push through the pain now and deal with it later type of behavior. If she planned to continue skating at this level, I honestly think we would be seeing easier programs or for her to take a break and rely on Eteri and the Russian Federation to send her due to her consistent background and what will most likely be a high enough placement at nationals, especially since Daria is out of the game and Sasha is struggling with her own health issues and not participating in the rest of the GP.
I cannot express how freaking pissed I am that Diana Davis and her Eteri bonus is taking the spotlight away from the much more deserving Stepanova and Bukin, the most superior of the Russian ice dance teams in my opinion.
JSF almost always goes with top 3 at Nationals unless it's someone like Hanyu or Asada hurt. Unless Kaori wins GPF(LOL), none of these girls are going to get a free pass. I agree JSF have always hated Higuchi going back to juniors and love Kaori, and it seems Mai this year. But if Higuchi is clean at Nats, she is much better than all the Japanese except healthy Kihira. She just needs to avoid pops or falls and they wont be able to keep her off the podium.
I would have liked to see Stepanova and Bukin get the Olympic silver medal. Not Sinitsina and Katsalapov.
Has Zhenya officially retired now?😢😢😢
Now she has:( she said she can’t even jump lutz or flip anymore only sal.
Her costume looks like Tessas
I'm disappointed that you didn't talk about Maya's embarrassing winning in Warsaw Cup. I mean, it was like, Why winning thanks to your talent if you can win thanks to being Russian/Tutberidze girl. Outrageous that this awkward performance is considered first place now. Also, funny how unobjectively Russian can get when it's about their own athletes winning with underserved performances.
Sorry but you're not objective about a Anna and it's not fair. I understand the enthusiasm around Kamila, or Sasha's jumps, but Aliona is no longer interesting, and Anna is not appreciated enough, her skating is the most beautiful, honest and exciting, with these delicate jumps that are perfectly combined with her skating, she's a slightly less athletic version of Kamila and the best skater after her.
Sorry, completely disagree with your last sentence. Anna's jumps are no where near powerful. Delicate for sure but not powerful. Her prerotation is even more excessive than Kamila's which is saying a lot... Also, out of all the eteri girls, she has the worst lutz edge that is never called on in addition to complete full blade assistant. It's truly not fair that she gets such high GOEs on her toe jumps when they prerotate over 3/4 and she's using full blade assistant. It's also not fair that her edges are never called. Sasha has a bad flip edge and the flip has been called every single time this season. Anna is definitely the most strong in terms of mentality and that is super impressive. She also has great musicality and interpretation skills but let's not pretend that her jumping skills are amazing.
@@funsies7147 I am glad that you wrote it because honestly I didn't even mean to put in the world powerful I was just writing another comments about Kamilla as well and I probably got confused. But, yes, Looking at the skating, the dance and the emotional performance, she is definitely the best and most exciting after Kamila overall.
@@anonimi7062 Hi, yeah sorry again but I disagree. I think she's better than Kamila at emotional performance, Kamila doesn't give face and she looks scared the entire time. I actually think she's the best out of all the eteri girls at emotional performance. However, I don't think she is the best nor the most exciting after Kamila. I wouldn't even put Kamila as first (let's not even get into Kamila's jump techniques). You mentioned her skating and her skating skills aren't really that good. The only eteri girl with good skating skills is Alena although it has deteriorated a lot. Anna has extremely labored back cross overs, shallow edges, two-footed skating throughout the step sequences. Additionally, her spins travel and are slow. She has good lines and points her toes which adds to musicality but the technical aspect of the spins are lacking.
@@funsies7147 You are right about the emotional performance and kamila, but I still strongly feel that she is the best in skating and in the overall performances. We don't have to agree, everyone has their priorities in this matter, and it's a matter of what you personally like :)
@@funsies7147 Agree on most of that, but Anna has ZERO lines and does not point her toes. Her hip, knees and ankles turn in and her ankle are sloppy…
Annas flutz is the problem of all teamTut, the same mistake was make by Maya on a 3Lutz couple of hours ago in her short at Rostelecom. So sad that they are making it so wrong that they are failing on competitions.
Anna's lutz is with the flat edge- not ''flutz''.