Time stamps Thanks for your Videos guys! U r fab! 🙂 0:30 intro 2:50 Ladies event NHK intro 3:45 Zagitova (Eteri/news) 5:20 FS Zagitova ( overall Choreography) 6:40 Zagitova filming movie 7:10 Zagitova Approaching Russian nationals 8:30 Choreography of Dani 8:30 Kostornia Choroe thoughts 10:00 Zagitova’s skating skills 10:35 Zagitova and GPF 12:25 Rika and QuadS SP+FS this season 15:20 Rika previous 2018/2019 FS 19:00 Eteri girls sweep 6 GP golds ... and more of the club 22:50 Potential of Kostornia 23:45 Ensu Lim 25:30 “Cleaning people” Interrupting TSL 26:00 Team USA ( Karen Chen.. +( Naten training)) 32:26 Gracie Gold 36:54 Pairs at NHK-Alexa And Chris 38:40 US nationals 18/19 +US worlds team selection ( past +upcoming) 45:04 Tara and Danni 48:35 Pairs / “marriage”... 50:23 Mishina 3rd place RUS pairs +pairs discussions 1:02:23 Men’s Event 1:04:00 Yuzuru Hanyu vs Quad B (N.chen) Upcoming GPF 1:04:50 Yuzuru’s performance SP+FS 1:17:30 Tomoki 1:21:00 Jason Brown 1:28:28 Kevin Aymoz 1:30:05 Roman Sadovsky 1:32:00 Ice dance -Papadakis 1:34:40 Stepanova/Bukin

Why do people think that Zagitova needs to retire only because she is not number one anymore. She can skate for many years and go to her second olympic games if she wants to. Maybe she will not end up in the first place but she has a chance to end up at the podium. No one says that Maria Bell needs to retire. Why? She is 23 and is also not the number one in her Country.

I think since Zagitova won’t have any pressure to medal , she will do excellent at the Grand Prix final. I watch her practices & she’s fine. I think it’s a mental thing for her

I'm not a fan of Gracie but I'm overjoyed to hear she's left Vincent. The way he took advantage of her was disgusting.

The moment when nhk ends and u are happy, having hopes for kostornaia beating trusova and then u open Instagram and see trusova landing 3A

I hope that Zagitova will win a medal at GP so you guys could shut up because in every video you backlash her . Too much hate for her!!

You are so wrong about Alina Zagitova. She DOES have charisma and talent. It is not possible for a person with no charisma to win all her titles and be loved by so many people. Yes, she is now behind technically since she has transformed from a girl to a woman. But the same can happen to Anna, Sasha and Aliona, we just don’t know. But please remember that Alina was them at 15, she had very tricky lutz-loop combo and all her jumps in the second half, nobody else did that. Despite all her titles and fame, she managed to stay a very modest girl and always behaves with great dignity. She does not throw tantrums, does not leave her coaches for teaching other girls quads etc, she comes to the skating rink and works extremely hard every day because she wants to skate, because there are so many people who love her and want to see her on ice performing her beautiful programs. Don’t you think that she deserves some respect? Noone else would have continued after winning her titles and getting Puma and Shiseido contracts and tolerated all these youngsters constantly beating her now but she did.

The sound is better than last week, much better. Thank you guys for your effort!

I personally love Daniils choreography. Of course not every single routine put out is going to be super memorable, no choreography has that ability to produce so many memorable routines within one season. He’s made enough beautiful programs for me to really appreciate him.

Everyone keep asking eteri to produce an adult skater, now that we have zagitova, suddenly everyone want her to retire. Not eteri fan here, but see that you guys are Hypocrate. I still resent the way Mao had to retire just because everyone including JSF said so. Both of them love skating let them skate, yuna who was sick of getting injured, skating culture and the pressure that was put on her, was kept being asked to skate, but the ones who still have passion to skate are kept getting asked to retire. THE IRONY of all.

It's most likely that Zagitova is going to continue to skate until she feels like it doesn't fulfil her anymore, because in a recent interview she said that she found a new motivation after the growth spurt. So at this point it's just a waiting game till the next season; Zagitova knows what it's like to lose the jumps and the muscle memory, and probably knows that the junior-turned-senior Eteri girls are going to have some difficulties with their quads and their 3A's, which means another chance for Zagitova to come back and go for gold. And when it comes to GPF in Italy, I think that Sui/Han and Boikova/Kozlovskii are the ones to watch.

Considering Kostornaia is this good with mediocre music, I would also love to see her with some great Russian classical music; Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky (hold the swan lake), Prokofiev...

Yuzuru is a Rock Star !!!

I am really baffled at Dave always sending all Eteri’s girls to Western choreographers. It all started with Medvedeva and Dave saying “imagine if she had David Wilson’s choreography” and when it did happen , Medvedeva had 2 of the worst programs in her entire career and yes, the overly praised Sandra Besic was involved. After this experience Medvedeva has Averbuch doing her SP which does suit her much better (just her awful costume ruins the impression). Dave never criticised this program. Her LP is with Shaye Lynn Bourne and Dave criticises it again saying it is not elevating her and it is boring. Look at Eunsoo and Tom Dickson’s programs, are they any good? Rika’ s SP program has not been valued highly by TSL even though it is Shaye Lynn. So why send Eteri’s girls to them? After test skates , you said that Alina’s LP is the best in her career. You loved Anna’s program. Kostornaia’s SP is fantastic and she got WR for it. Remember Lipnitskaya’s Schindler’s list? This program has and will continue staying in people’s memories forever. Alina’s Olympic SP and LP were so impressive and memorable! We all have different tastes and different nations have different tastes as well and yes, not all Russian programs are great but also not all Western programs are great either.

I think you guys are a bit harsh on Daniil. I'm not big on Alina's competition programs either, but her gala programs are very good. And as for other skaters on the team, you have programs like Anna's Rondo and Firebird, Kamila's Spiegel, and Aliona's Departure/November, which clearly strike a cord with audiences and fans. (Eteri has a hand in the choreo, as well, it should be noted.) Also, when you consider the sheer number of programs Daniil's doing each season, it's pretty damn impressive.

Dave you left out Yuzuru's squeezes the ''poo'' after he gets up off his knees-during his before rituals. Lol 😂

I was heartbroken when Eunsoo bursted into tears. She kinda looked like she wanted to cry after sp and finally in tears after FP.. I also felt like her coach doesn’t seem to know how to help Eunsoo... I read some Korean comments right after the competition and people were already criticizing Eunsoo with some nonsenses. I remember Yuna Kim saying something like if she doesn’t do well, she feels like her entire country will turn back on her 😥 I hope Eunsoo doesn’t get distracted by these comments but just focus on getting through her problems and come back strong. I miss her clean 3-3 jumps so much.

3:55 So, are you saying, that Eteri made someone to fire that journalist? Have you read what that journalist has been saying about Alina and other figure skaters? She’s been fired, because her colleagues had enough. Please stop assuming something you don’t know or not sure about. This shading is getting ridiculous(

I believe Kostornaia wanted to do a twilight program while still a teen. So can't really blame her for not going classical when most of her programs pretty much are. And as a twilight fan I love it lol, it brought me back to my teenage days where I would fangirl so hard.

I like how Sui/Han have looked in the GP- good enough performances for some momentum, but room to build and peak at the important moments later in the season. Also, Han is just so far and above the other pairs guys- he's the complete package. It's just apparent every pairs event.

With Alena, I think they're giving her the programs she wants. Daniil did a really good job with her Stella's Theme lyrical program, but that season Alena gave an interview saying she wants to skate to something more pop and didn't love lyrical pieces. The next season they gave her R&J which she didn't seem to really like. This Twilight program I think is her dream program; she gave an interview she she describes vampires and why she thinks they're the most beautifully incredible creatures. I'd rather her have something she enjoys than a lyrical piece; she's a teenager and most 16 year olds don't love lyrical/classical music (with the exception of Anna because she did give an interview on how much she loves classical). Re. Alina, I think her SP is Daniil's best choreography, no? Even Doug Haw said it was done really well and he doesn't normally like Daniil's choreography.

Yuzuru, Despite his disappointment with his performance with the new system of scoring by the judges😥, he is honored with his kindness to the spectators who follow him for years and also those come to support him😍😍😍, as well as to animate with his delicacy with the mascots of the Evening🥰🥰🥰 !!! love u Yuzuru !!!💗💗💗💗💗

i love how Dave spent like 2 minutes straight talking about Sui's hair. :P

The comments about Yuzu and his peers and how he could put Brian in his place 😂 made me laugh so hard

yuri on ice was about gpf because it was made for tv asahi which also has rights for the gps in japan except nhk trophy. japanese national and worlds are broadcasted in fuji tv. also world team event is broadcasted in tv asahi so thats why yuri on ice characters appeared in the event. plus yuri on ice was based on tatsuki machida not yuzuru since the main creater was a fan of tatsuki.

"Yuri on ice" is based on Machida, not Hanyu. That's what mangaka (creator of series) said at least.

I feel like for a causal fan of skating (which there are way more of in Japan) the GPF is a much more exciting event to watch than the worlds with 35 mediocre skaters before you get to the exciting part

No matter how much Alina improves y'all will still call her "not artistic, URing everywhere, no SS" etc just because everybody labeled her once for beating fandom favorites. She has so much speed, lightness/height in jumps and still the best jump entry exits this season. Her only problems are her slow rotation speed which causes UR and crossover posture. Just because she didn't start her senior career with emo fairy theme or upbeat funk doesn't mean she lacks anything from what the fandom considers as the "top artistic" ladies.

Kostornaia is Queen ;3

I love Rika’s programs especially her short. Very different and unique. I hope skaters to get out of their comfort zone and explore more in terms of music and choreography like Rika. Her program hans’t fully grown on her, but she has this beautiful skating skill and great execution that can make any program enjoyable.

Lmao dave said "so when you leave your nasty comments"..lmao u know its comin

Hanyu part was so good😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏🙈

I have to come back later--in the morning--I have to sleep (I got up for the Men's FS this morning NYC time), but you guys are killing it tonight!! Wow! Thanks!

Been looking forward to this since before the competition ended. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

Sleep? We don’t know her....

I think - and I respect this about Jason - that because he connects so much with the audience, that he's reluctant to show disappointment in himself on the ice. He finishes his program, he thanks his audience sincerely, and doesn't make it about himself until the audience is out of the equation.

This was an awkward one. I don’t think Dave let Jonathan finish a single thought. He loves to talk. He hates to listen.

In other news Trusova jumped the triple Axel in practice the other day, and it actually looked pretty solid, I am not sure if they are going to put it in the programs for the Grand Prix final, but chances are it's going to be there at World's. The video is available on KZfaq and apparently Eteri shared it on her Instagram as well.

I don't understand how you can base your statements on a kiss and cry area where everyone is stressed out and doesn't have to show their feelings in public to satisfy you! Eteri always singled out and loved Alyona, there is her interview on English where she calls her an angel, this was still when she was in juniors and not after as she realized that public loves Alyona and she won something on adult level!

Every time you bring up Jason Brown Richard Simmonsing out I die lol

Dave, you never disappoint. I always come away from TSL giggling for days over your hilarious LMAO commentary. The only thing missing this week was your singing. That always lifts my spirits even after a dismal competition, not that this one was. I agree with you on pretty much everything, especially the part about not counting Nathan out. Nobody should be doing that.

So looking forward to becoming a patreon and seeing you at CYA live!

I can agree with guys -Nathan maybe is a quad bae but with a confrontation of Yuzuru's jumps in and out ,landings etc, he is miles away But Nathan's achievements are still impressive

We appreciate it all you both do to give us such priceless commentaries to us Figure skating nerds. Sound is perfect. 👌🏻

you both killed me with the Starr Andrews moment in the video. I had to pause the video to gather myself

I agree. Praise God for Sui's gorgeous hair 🙏😎

You guys are amusing lol been waiting for this episode ❤️

YOI was based on Tatsuki Machida lol. Check your facts please.

Thanks for getting this to us so quickly. The sound is fine! People really need to cut you a bit of slack 😀

I know that many posters on here aren’t fans of Dani G’s choreography, but is there any reason to think Alina Zagitova isn’t happy with her programs? I tend to think if the Olympic champion wanted to try out another choreographer, Eteri would agree.

It's pretty obvious that Eteri's group all use the same choreographer not because of money but because it gives Eteri more control and flexibility. Eteri wants to impose herself on the programs and working with other choreographers makes scheduling much more complicated. It also complicates the lines of communication. But Zagitova's SP is great though.

Completely agree with Dave on Aliona’s and Rika’s FS. Rika has great knee bend and a smoothness, but she could be faster and she’s a bit like Shoma with overdoing the crossovers but with less conviction imo. I think Alina gets high PE/IN because she has a presence on the ice that’s not always captured on camera. Aliona has the type of performance quality and projection that could probably make any choreo look good, but isn’t the SP some proof that her team can sometimes deliver quality? I think Alina’s ex is quite nice too. Interesting that people always say things like “if only the Eteri girls had a different choreographer/ went to Lori etc”, but we’ve seen some of the things the Chinese singles team has gotten from north american choreographers and it’s still not great. I think Eteri’s team makes the most out of what they are given from the skaters themselves and do a good job of muting weaknesses. As for Aliona, she asked to do the Twilight FS

I love how Dave expresses disagreement with Jonathan's point of view by pursing his lips a la Miranda Priestly.

Can't wait for the final! It's going to be a bloodbath :D Appreciate Jonathan's effort towards improving the sound quality :)

So many Schindler’s Lists..........

Regarding Stepanova/Bukin's free dance, I think it's fine, but if you had told me in advance they were combined Einaudi and Justin Timberlake, I would have been expecting something weirder and/or more garish. Being in the Atlantic Timezone, I couldn't watch the ladies or men live, so waking up on Saturday to find that Roman Sadovsky had almost won the silver medal was quite a development. Huge amounts of natural talent, still struggles to adjust to being over six feet tall. He brought back the triple Lutz this year after not doing in last, hasn't been going great so far. But this free skate was probably his best ever, at least as a senior.

1:12:27 Here’s the latest official update about the Yuri on Ice movie: “ ‘YURI!!! on ICE the movie : ICE ADOLESCENCE’, which was scheduled to be released this year, will now be postponed in order to substantially scale up the content more than originally planned. We apologize for the change in the release date to all those who are looking forward to this work. The entire staff will strive to bring a fully mature film to fruition. We will keep everyone posted as soon as the new release date is decided, so please bear with us, and thank you for your continued support.” So hopefully they’ll be sorting out the issue with the hit-or-miss animation quality the series had. 😬

Roman is amazing I just drew a heart by his name as my commentary. Also. His EYES are beautiful.

so disappointing to see jason fall so many times; he's still by far my favourite skater to watch for his skating skills alone. hope something snaps and he really nails nationals and at least gets 1 quad in there

Y'all do a great job, don't worry about people being so rude. We are all ice skating fans.

"Vocabulary on movement" love it Jonathan!

Dave about Zagitova’s programs : they are not elevating her , she should got Western choreographers. Medvedeva has Shaye Lynn Bourne’s program, Dave is still not happy: “bad music cuts and the program not elevating her” . Is there a point for Zagitova to pay a fortune and go with Western choreographer if you are still going to say the same? The hypocrisy of it is laughable

also i have to kindly disagree with Alina. Yes she has flaws but when her FP is done right.. i have to say its one of my favourites of all time. I always go back to watch it. [but i do think this is her last season. which im fine with.]

I agree with you about Roman! He has so much potential, if only he could put it all together.

That concussion Jason had that kept him out of the Challenger series might still be affecting him. As healthy as he appears most of the time, long-haul flights don't mix well with recovering brain injuries. I think everyone thinks he is better and perhaps didn't consider the impact of the flight, pressure, noise, lights, and just the physical and mental demands of skating at this level all at once.

You guys were delightful in this video, absolutely hilarious. And the sound was totally fine!

Eunsoo’s Lutz attempts here were just terrifying. At one point I was saying “Please, no, don’t try another”

“the fanyu are so intimidating” lol true

You kind of forgot or perhaps haven't come across the hate that Aleksey Yagudin is spreading about Jason Brown and making homophobic comments on the live TV and now on Instagram saying how grateful he is for Voronov to score above Jason that prevented Jason from making the GPF. He says it would have been SHAMEFUL if Jason made it to GPF. This prompted a huge discontent among followers who showed great support for Jason and even called on 1TV to remove Yagudin from commentator position due to him lacking the skills and the boundaries. People are calling a petition at change.org to remove Yagudin from commentator on the national tv funded by taxpayer.

I want to give a big bravo to Yuhana Yokoi for finishing 4th in such a strong field, and with technical content that would normally have made her a non factor. This right after her Rostelecom appearance. Earlier she won Bronze at Finlandia. Mako also had redemption for that WTF?! at Skate America. Japan actually showed well on home ice even if they didn't win gold. I got a sense within seconds of Alina starting her FS that she was determined not to let it get away from her like the SP did, and she delivered. Aljona Kostornaia's (I'm going start spelling her name that way - "Alena" is just a transliteration convention from Cyrillic and tends to cause her name to be mispronounced) SP was my highlight of the week to be sure. I did not see Rika winning gold after that, until they showed a planned 4S during her FS warmup. I have to wonder how this competition might have gone had she attempted and landed that, especially considering that Aljona made one small error in her FS.

Ребята, огромное спасибо за прекрасный анализ! С огромным удовольствием смотрю ваши эфиры. Thank you very much for your review. Your discussion is the best!

I actually liked Rika’s costume changes and I loved Rika’s performances at this GP. Her triple axel is very consistent this season and she is a true fighter. But the competition is so strong this season that I feel that even these great performances are not good enough anymore.

Why do they keep saying Zagitova should retire as if the up and coming skaters' bodies won't change sooner or later. Russia will need skaters to back up just in case.

I was worried for Kostornaia not winning. She had the toughest GP assignments and Eteri was doing her obnoxious countdown on IG every time her skaters won. Can you imagine ruining her last IG post of the GP?? Hanyu to me seemed off his peak at SC, though I expect him to win the GPF. That's really his event where he skates the best. Agree, Nathan isn't peaking there. He peaks at Nationals and does a little worse at worlds. But he did fly off to California really quickly and is already training there. But Nathan needs to lose so he stops playing around in New Haven tbh. Raf will be pleased even if he pretends to be mad in the k&c

PLEASE...PLEASE...for the love of god please get Eteri on for an interview

Why 'they' still use Dani G programs? that's where cultural differences come into play, I guess. *They* are a TEAM, Eteri, Sergey and Dani G. and you don't get rid of someone from *your team* because there are other [better] choreographers out there. You give your partners a chance to grow, with you. Eteri made it clear in a couple of interviews, if you want to work with her, you will be working with them all. It is all or nothing.

I think Rika is really good at interpreting the music with her body and arm movements, but her face....It just completely pulls you away from the performance, specially when she has these kind of upbeat programs. It makes sense that last year's music suited her better: it was moodier and therefore it made sense that she skated it with an almost blank face.

anyone know where this TSL michelle kwan spiral mashup is that is mentioned right before the quad bae convo?

Oh, God. You create “facts”. Journalist has to resign because she wasn’t supportive to Zagitova? That lady basically trashed an underage girl from Olympic until she resign. In USA you would call her monster and make her resign years ago.

Dave is killing it with those facial expressions!

Gracie: Coach change +5 GOE. Agent choice -5 GOE.

Russia 12 gold 9 silver 7 bronze China 4 gold 2 silver USA 3 gold 5 silver 3 bronze Japan 2gold 3 silver 1bronze France 2 gold 1silver 1 bronze Canada 1gold 4 silver 3 bronze Italy 3 bronze Germany 1 bronze England 1 bronze Spain 1 bronze Korea 1 bronze

Hey guys, I have a quick question regarding what you said about imagining what Sandra Bezic could do program-wise for Hanyu:: At what point does a person at the level of a Hanyu decide to choreograph their own programs vs relying on a choreographer? I may be wrong but I imagine the John Currys and Oksana Baiuls feeling out artistic expression from within as opposed to relying on someone to suggest moves for them to interpret the music.... It's amazing that Hanyu seems to be getting noticeably better with every successive competition this year. I don't mean just jumps or spins either. I mean the concentration to make every crossover and every movement more pure, effortless and EFFICIENT is just very much a gift to see. I contrast this to Nathan who seems.to have less timing on his jumps than he has had in the past. Nathan is trying to make up for a bit of a lack of height on the jumps with his incredibly powerful rotational abilities. Hanyu is becoming more elegant and efficient and Nathan at Yale is not able to put in the time or have close enough proximity to Raphael to be able to maximize like Hanyu is doing. I am a huge Nathan Chen fan but, especially with his costumes and programs, Nathan is falling way behind Hanyu and I don't think he can possibly bridge the gap..... What do you guys think? BTW, I loved the historical perspective video you did on Eteri's ladies, that eased great to see all that information!

@1:09:02 So, I saw this documentary Hanyu had in Japan. He was asked if he had friends to hang out with. And he said there that he has no friends (outside skating). His life is school then training. He doesn’t even live in his home as there are many paparazzi outside. And almost all interviews with his high school classmates seem to have comments about Hanyu in an outsiders’ perspective. He knows himself that he likes it better to be alone. But, it was said in the documentary that he always have his mom with him whenever he goes to Canada. Another skater in the Cricket Club mentioned that he has some kind of invisible wall.

And you missed the 3A landing of Trusova, which basically makes 1st place reserves for her and others simply hoping she makes a mistake. Shcherbakova is arguably also coming with a 3A but also 4Fl so the contest is going to be deadly at GPF, Russian Ntl, European and World in ladies. Would you wish the US owned at least a Tuktamyaheva or Medvedeva;)

Thank you you guys for putting up this discussion real quick. I like this one very much. 🙂👍👍

Why Eunsoo fell was because she was on her full blade, causing it to slip a few centimeters. By the time she regained grip from her toepick it was too late, she was already going up on a strong lean. If you look at the video frame by frame (pause and then use < and > keys) you can actually see her skate slip (it's the last two frames before the .19 second mark): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gb6Fi86bubW0n4E.html I think the issue is part technical (having the technique of coming down so shallow with the blade, as opposed to being more toe-picky) and part physical (not having enough strength to keep the blade off the ice). This is why with the same technique you can have different results, depending on the physical aspect such as exhaustion, nerves, etc.

Sui and Han were amazing with a fall. The throws were awesome. It’s good for them to have some mistakes and pace themselves. I agree Alexa is the most talented pair skater the US has had. The Knierims had a chance to medal in this strong field, but they were way too off and I’m sure they’ll iron out many of the issues they had here. And fluke things like missing a death spiral pivot they just have to forget. Silly things like that dropped their score much lower than it should have been.

Since this is only Jason Brown's second skate of the season, I'm not sure why Dave is suggesting his team should be in emergency fix mode with him already. And why does a bad skate almost always lead to the suggestion that a skater should ditch his/her new routine and go back to an old one? There is nothing wrong with Jason Brown's routines. They are quite good. His problems lie elsewhere. What I want to know is what happened to the quad that he was supposedly going to add to his programs this season? I'm guessing that the problems he had landing his triples at NHK Trophy will probably lead him to step back from attempting any quads at the US nationals. This would make strategic sense considering the inconsistency of the other US male skaters - excluding Nathan Chen - but unless Brown's only goal is to win a medal in the team event at Worlds or the Olympics he is going to have to start adding quads sooner than later.

“Idk that other FAT man seems very into it!” 😂 LOL DAVE.

GOE Bae VS Quad Bae oml😂😂

The next time Meagan Duhamel comes on, I want to know what they're doing at Skate Oakville--it seems to be working! The Japanese pair only teamed up in August, and 3 months later they earned higher scores than I think either of them ever got with their previous partners. It makes sense that they were so excited! The explanation I keep hearing about Kostornaia's free skate music is that she loves Twilight and wanted to do it. I can believe that she loves Twilight and that program, but I also find it a little curious--I never had the impression that Eteri's skaters got to dictate their music choices like that. I'd think most coaches/choreographers would push a first-year senior to stick with Twilight for the exhibition. But with jumps and components like Kostornaia's, maybe they thought it wouldn't matter much what she skated to?

Amazing how quickly you guys get these up! Have to say, I kind of like the muted green dress Rika switched too! I liked the old one better but I don’t dislike either of them. I also think Rika was quite underscored; I thought she should have won the FS - she’s just so wonderful on the ice, it makes me so excited. I ha e the unfortunate opinion of thinking that Eunsoo is just such a bland skating, I always fall asleep watching her..... (don’t come for me! 😂) Such a shame about Karen because I enjoyed her SP so much and I was super stoked that she landed third in the SP. I think she expresses so well throughout it.

How does the Russian’s off-ice dance instructor fit into the scheme of things, in terms of having input into the choreography? Does he work with the skaters to help them emote or anything once they have their programs? He seems like he focusses on that in the dance classes.

Karen Chen has great technique and is very musical

If Eteri wants longevity, she should leverage Zagitova before she becomes incapable of coaching adults ! Yes, Alina’s short got away from her but the free was as good as ever. Why not keep her? I also know why but ...

It's been easy to predict who'd be winners in this field. Yuzuru Hanyu was the clear gold medallist here, too bad Rika didn't have her 4S, but I'll wait for 4CC and Worlds for her to get them ready. Kostornaia won deservedly, she could probably edge out Trusova in the Final, unless Rika gets her jumps and everything else together in two weeks. Sui and Han...Dave, Sui isn't a queen. She's called 'The Empress' by fans, and Han is definitely an Emperor. I'm surprised you haven't heard. Currently, no one can match Papadaki and Cizeron. Like Hanyu, everyone else is going for silver and bronze after them. I look forward to the Grand Prix Final coming up soon!

Zagitova is a beautiful girl who can rule the world out of skating, she is truly blessed

The problem with eunsoo is that raf technique is so different that when the technique is not completely settled yet, but she clearly already has some muscled memory of it then had to change back to her old coach with her old technique, it completely messed her up. She need to change coach who know how to handle this, need councelling also need a strong coach who is good at PR marketing as well. She looked so sad from the beginning of the season and i dont think people kept calling her lier is helping her either.

Raf is the worst coach to start with if you’re going to leave. His technique is so severe that he’s the only one can troubleshoot it. Poor Eunsoo