LatinXTC Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Well "tradtionally" they've been strong in pairs, ice dancing and men's competition. They've only begun to really get strong in women's after the 2010 Olympics in preparation for their hosting time. Yes they've had strong skaters in the past like Marya Butirskaya and Irina Slutskaya but there were always better skaters than them that prevented them from achieving gold at the Olympics. And after evgeny plushenko left skating full-time due to injury and whatever crap that bignosed twat was involved in, there was no other Russian male to follow in his footsteps and taking gold for Russia since Viktor Petrenko in 1992. And that will probably stay so long as the russian men's coaches only focus on jumping and not the other elements that the Japanese, and even the Russian ladies coaches have learned to properly exploit. 2010 was a wakeup call for Russia in figure skating to get their glory back in the sport. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell how many of those athletes won their golds without cheating since their discovery of the doping scandal and the allegations that the majority of the Russian athletes did in fact dope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 43 minutes ago, LatinXTC said: And after evgeny plushenko left skating full-time due to injury and whatever crap that bignosed twat was involved in, there was no other Russian male to follow in his footsteps and taking gold for Russia since Viktor Petrenko in 1992. Hush, Petrenko is Ukrainian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 2019 Four Continents has been transferred from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, CA upon recommendation of the US Figure Skating 2018-19 ISU Grand Prix Calendar October 19-21, 2018 USA October 26-28, 2018 Canada November 2-4, 2018 China November 9-11, 2018 Japan November 16-18, 2018 Russia November 23-25, 2018 France Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final December 6-9, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 On 10/22/2017 at 4:13 PM, StefanMUC said: Hush, Petrenko is Ukrainian! He represented Unified Team in 1992 when he won his gold medal, not Ukraine. So it's still considered a Russian win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted October 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Results Men 1. Shoma Uno, Japan 2. Jason Brown, USA 3. Alexander Samarin, Russia Ladies 1. Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada 2. Maria Sotskova, Russia 3. Ashley Wagner, USA Pairs 1. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada 2. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Germany 3. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France Ice Dance 1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Canada 2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Canada 3. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA Next stop: Beijing for Cup of China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 Men 1. Mikhail Kolyada, Russia 2. Boyang Jin, China 3. Max Aaron, USA Ladies 1. Alina Zagitova, Russia 2. Wakaba Higuchi, Japan 3. Elena Radionova, Russia Pairs 1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China 2. Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, China 3. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Canada Ice Dance 1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France 2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA 3. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev, Russia Next Stop: Osaka for NHK Trophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2017 Results Men 1. Sergei Voronov, Russia 2. Adam Rippon, USA 3. Alexei Bychenko, Israel Ladies 1. Evgenia Medvedeva, Russia 2. Carolina Kostner, Italy 3. Polina Tsurskaya, Russia Pairs 1. Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, China 2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Russia 3. Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Russia Ice Dance 1. Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Canada 2. Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, USA 3. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Italy Next Stop: Grenoble for Internationaux de France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 Results Men 1. Javier Fernandez, Spain 2. Shoma Uno, Japan 3. Mishe Ge, Uzbekistan Ladies 1. Alina Zagitova, Russia 2. Maria Sotskova, Russia 3. Kaetlyn Osmond, Canada Pairs 1. Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Russia 2. Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, France 3. Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Italy Ice Dance 1. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, France 2. Madison Chock/Evan Bates, USA 3. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin, Russia Next Stop: Lake Placid for Skate America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 2018 Skate Canada will be in Laval, Quebec 2018 Skate America will be in Everett, Washington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted November 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 Results Men 1. Nathan Chen, USA 2. Adam Rippon, USA 3. Sergei Voronov, Russia Ladies 1. Satoko Miyahara, Japan 2. Kaori Sakamoto, Japan 3. Bradie Tennell, USA Pairs 1. Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Germany 2. Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, China 3. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Canada Ice Dance 1. Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA 2. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Italy 3. Victoria Sinitsina/Nikita Katsalapov, Russia Next Stop: Nagoya for Grand Prix Finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatinXTC Posted January 10, 2018 Report Share Posted January 10, 2018 Considering how many gay guys and creepy old guys peruse this site I'm shocked how little attention this thread has gotten! The US National champions ended this past week and it was not without its drama! The top 3 finalists in the ladies event were chosen to represent the US at Pyeongchang. Who was missing? Ashley Wagner. We all remember 4 years ago she placed 4th in the US National championships as well and in a controversial move, she was chosen to go to Sochi instead of Mirai Nagasu, who finished 3rd. Although there was outrage among fans and disappointment from Mirai over the decision, she took it with grace. Not Ashley though. The douche has been whining about her scores and the decision to leave her off the team. Should Mirai, Karen or Bradie be worried about another Tonya Harding assault like we saw 13 years ago? Probably not, but I wouldn't put it past the old heffer Ashley Wagner. Watch your back girls! https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/ashley-wagner-on-furious-reaction-after-being-left-off-olympic-team-no-regrets/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 On 10/24/2017 at 9:38 PM, olympian said: 2019 Four Continents has been transferred from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, CA upon recommendation of the US Figure Skating 2018-19 ISU Grand Prix Calendar October 19-21, 2018 USA October 26-28, 2018 Canada November 2-4, 2018 China November 9-11, 2018 Japan November 16-18, 2018 Russia November 23-25, 2018 France Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final December 6-9, 2018 Vancouver, BC, Canada Cup of China reportedly not being held this year. ISU seeking to stage the Chinese Grand Prix event in Korea. The JGP event scheduled for Harbin has reportedly been re-assigned to Vancouver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted June 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Stockholm has been provisionally assigned 2021 Worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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