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Feel free to rank yours in the comments too

1)Flip

I just love this jump so much and it actually feels even better than before my break, if has a better glide out. I love launching off the toe.

2. Waltz

This isn’t really a single jump but nevertheless always reliable and nice and easy although I’m landing too much on my toe on it at the moment.

3. Loop

A while back this was definitely my least favourite jump but now I got the hang of it more, I find it really satisfying.

4. Salchow

Surprisingly this jump was the hardest for me to get back, I’m not quite sure why, but Salchow was not it.

5. Toe

I have to go into this with a lot less speed than my others jumps but before the break I fixed my entrance which has allowed for a more tech solid one but I just hate doing this jump.

6. Lutz

This goes last because I literally started learning it a week before my break so I haven’t started landing it consistently yet, and the outside edge and extra q rotation compared to other jumps makes it hard

I’ve look on skating scores and the internet and so far nothing😭

I’ve obviously been thinking about who the ISU will grant eligibility to recently. There have been talks about Sofia Dzepka going if they don’t send Lena.
So I thought we could talk through how she is even less unlikely to be granted AIN.

CSKA is a club which is directly associated with the Russian Ministry of Defence. While some parts of this institution were privatised like in football, in figure skating it is still state owned.

This would fall under eligibility rule number 1 most likely:

Are in active service with the armed forces or a national security agency of Russia or Belarus

While to a lot of people this means going out on the front lines. This rules could also be interpreted as receiving funding and having a contract with the Ministry of defence.

An example of this is Daria Kachanova who was a Russian speed skater appealed her ban but was told no as being part of CSKA meant that she had military links.

Other notable skaters that could affected by this included newly turned national junior Alisa Zalkina and junior Sofia Smagina (it is worth noting that Alisa is on the reserve junior team while Smagina didn’t make the team this year).

Since there was a post on senior women yesterday I thought we could discuss the junior main team in more detail and if they will dominate. I always read that people are curious about the junior team as they don’t follow them as much. 

Please keep this post civil and to the topic of the ability of skaters. The ISU’s decision is final and we have no influence over it. 

The success rate is only for clean jumps (it includes both combos and single ultra C jumps, and measure the success of each ultra C)
I have commented on step and spins
Any addition information I know as well
And SB and lowest season score

 Elena Kostelyva 

SB: 228.53 
Lowest score this season: 199.55

Short programme 

3A+3T, 3A+3T, 3A+2T (negative GOE) = 66% success rate 

Long programme 

3A+2T, 3A, 3A, 3A = 100% success rate 

4T, 4T<<F,  4T = 66% success rate 

4S+2A, 2S(pop) + 2A, 4S+2A+2A, 4S , 4S+eu+3S, 4A+eu+3S = 83% success rate

Additional information: 
Lena withdrew from the Grand Prix Final due to injury (she’s been injured multiple times this season) 

Before injury she was training a 4Lo quite consistently

The question is if she will be granted neutral status

Can often be late on Music 

Her spin levels have been quite weak this season often getting a level 2 or 3 rather than 4 

Lidia Pleskcheva 

SB: 218.23
Lowest score this season: 190.38 

3Aq, 3A, 3Aq, 3Aq, 3A+2T  = 40%

4Sq, 4S (negative Goe) = 0%

Additional information: 
Has great PCS

Very often gets level 4’s if not than level 3’s 

Viktoria Streltsova 

SB:  217.84
Lowest score this season: 191.08

Short programme 

3A+3T, 3A+3T, 3A+3T, 3A+ COMBO (fall) = 75%

Long programme 

4S+2T (negative GOE), 4S, 4SqF, 4S+2T, 4S, 4S (fall) = 50%

4T (fall), 4T+2A+2A, 4Tq, 4T (negative GOE) = 25%

3A, 3A+2T, 1A (pop), 3A, 3A+2T, 1A (pop) = 66% 

Additional information: 
PCS  a weak point for her 

Basically gets mostly level 4’s with some level 3’s in there 

She is often praised especially for her edge jumps

Sofia Dzepka 

SB:  223.55
Lowest score this season: 205.32

4T+2T, 4T (fall), 4T+2T, 4T(fall), 4T+2T, 4T(< fall), 4T, 4T+2T = 62.5% 

Additional information: 
Has great PCS

Basically gets mostly level 4’s with some level 3’s in there

Margarita Bazyluk 

SB:  204.28
Lowest score this season: 184.27 

2S (pop) 4S+2T, 4S+2T, 4S, 4S (q, fall) = 60%

4T, 2T (pop) = 50%

Additional information: 
Coming back from injury after the 2024/25 season

Spin and step levels are suffering too with a mixture of 2,3 and 4

Agatha Petrova

SB:  189.98
Lowest score this season: 162.25

No Ultra C’s this season** **

Additional information: 
Level 4’s with some level 3’s 

How will this stack up against the current junior field: 

Many juniors currently have a 3A (we are having an increasingly technical field)

Hana Bath has a SB of 205.39 

Mayuko Oka has a SB internationally of 199.17

It is not guaranteed a Russian will win, they often take risks with their jumps and they don’t always work out

Mostly likely Lena will be sent by the Russian federation, but we shall see at control skates