One shot of figure skating, two shots of snark…
09 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in Competition Tags: alexander smirnov, anna cappellini, boyang jin, cong han, elena ilinykh, elena radionova, evan bates, javier fernandez, luca lanotte, madison chock, mao asada, rika hongo, ruslan zhiganshin, wenjing sui, xiaoyu yu, yang jin, yuko kavaguti, zijun li
Well… most of my predictions went out the window last weekend. But what can I say? Ice is slippery and besides, at least we got a lot of great skating from it! Here are some highlights and some random comments here and there on the Cup of China. Feel free to jump in and add your own thoughts in the comments! More
05 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in Competition predictions Tags: alexander smirnov, anna cappellini, anna pogorilaya, boyang jin, cong han, cup of china, dylan moscovitch, elena ilinykh, elena radionova, evan bates, han yan, javier fernandez, karen chen, lubov iliushechkina, luca lanotte, madison chock, mao asada, ruslan zhiganshin, sergei voronov, wenjing sui, xiaoyu yu, yang jin, yuko kavaguti
Wow! I had seriously forgotten how fast-paced the GP series is! With the time difference, I hope that this post makes it in time before the competition starts. Either way, this was written before the competition starts so onward we go with predictions! May they be just as good as they were last week. Though now I think I’ve jinxed myself. More
05 May 2015 3 Comments
in Competition Tags: alex shibutani, andrew poje, anna cappellini, elena ilinykh, evan bates, gabriella papadakis, guillaume cizeron, ice dance, kaitlyn weaver, luca lanotte, madison chock, maia shibutani, ruslan zhiganshin, worlds
I apologize for the lateness of this post. I realize it’s been about a month and a half since the World Championships but hey, better late than never, right? Let’s get to it, shall we? More
16 Mar 2015 1 Comment
in Competition Tags: adria diaz, alexander smirnov, anna cappellini, anna pogorilaya, elena ilinykh, elena radionova, elizaveta tuktamysheva, fedor klimov, gabriella papadakis, guillaume cizeron, javier fernandez, joshi helgesson, kiira korpi, ksenia stolbova, luca lanotte, maxim kovtun, ruslan zhiganshin, sara hurtado, sergei voronov, yuko kavaguti
The World Championships are looming ahead and I finally have time to sit down and catch up. First up: Euros. Let’s get right down to business, shall we? More
05 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in Competition predictions Tags: alex shibutani, anna cappellini, cheng peng, cup of china, elena ilinykh, elizaveta tuktamysheva, figure skating, han yan, hao zhang, julia lipnitskaia, kanako murakami, luca lanotte, maia shibutani, matteo guarise, maxim kovtun, nam nguyen, nicole della monica, ruslan zhiganshin, xiaoyu yu, yang jin, yuzuru hanyu, zijun li
The Grand Prix season is well underway and with the huge time different and personal commitments this weekend, I’m afraid livestreaming will not be possible. I will, however, do my best to catch up to all the competitions as fast as I can so that I can give you a recap/highlight post early next week. However, let’s not get too ahead of ourselves and make the predictions first. More
15 May 2014 Leave a comment
in Musing 'bout skaters Tags: elena ilinykh, marina zueva, nikita katsalapov, nikolai morozov, ruslan zhiganshin, victoria sinitsina, yelena kustraova
So sometime before Worlds this season, the shocking news that Olympic bronze medalists, Elena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov were going to split. (I mentioned this in this post.) There were some whispers that these might have been rumours (I’ve even heard that it was a rumour perpetuated by Marina Zueva for some strange reason) but months have passed and it seems that the split is official. Nikita is going to skate with Victoria Sinitsina while Elena seems to be training with Ruslan Zhiganshin, Victoria’s former partner.
More photos of Ilinykh/Zhiganshin in practice can be found here.
So far, media reports (such as this one here) have quoted Elena saying that Nikita was responsible for initiating the split while she was against the idea. Apparently, Nikolai Morozov is not coaching either of the new teams but it is rumoured that Sinitsina and Katsalapov’s test skate with Marina Zueva has gone well and she will be their new coach. (When definite sources emerge, I will post links.) From the photos, it seems as if Yelena Kustarova is Ilinykh/Zhiganshin’s new coach.
Things are bound to clear up in the future so stay tuned to this new skating drama!
What do you think of these new partnerships and the split? Do you have more info or sources you can enlighten us with? If so, tell us in the comments!
~The Rinkside Cafe
