“No one even tried a quad. It’s strange. They skated the same way 25 years ago as they do now. I see no progress. Only a few did triple-triple. I think it’s a low technical level.” Tarasova on the level of women’s singles at the Europeans
Tatiana Tarasova commented on the level of women’s singles at the European Championships.
original source: MatchTV
Tatiana Tarasova criticized the technical level of the women’s event at the European Championships, saying it resembles skating from 25 years ago and lacks progress compared to Russian nationals. Here’s a translation of her comments.
The European title in Sheffield was won by Estonia’s Niina Petrokina, with Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx in second and Italy’s Lara Naki Gutmann in third.
“Three girls skated very well. Niina Petrokina did both the short and the free program perfectly. Loena Hendrickx, of course, made mistakes – I don’t like her skating style.
Anastasiia Gubanova skated beautifully, but you have to skate the short program too. It’s unclear why she performed so poorly in the short. Otherwise, she would have been on the podium, because that’s real women’s skating.
But it’s strange that no one is going further and doing ultra-C elements. At our national championships, many do quads. That’s progress, and it doesn’t affect the program composition – our skaters all have very good programs.
No one even tried a quad. It’s strange. They skated the same way 25 years ago as they do now. I see no progress. Only a few did triple-triple combinations. For our girls, that’s not even a question – it’s a requirement. I think it’s a low technical level,” Tarasova said.
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Out of the formerly Russian girl, the girl from a former Soviet state and the Western European girl she only dislikes the Western European one. That checks out.
It’s funny she apparently likes real womans skating. The last time Russia sent an actual woman to competition, it was probably Tuktamysheva.
All the Russian skaters have good programs. Technically sure. Artistically, not so much. Take the quadruples out of Trusova’s Olympic free skate and you end up with nothing special. Kamila was great, but that was all Kamila, not the 500th version of Bolero. Same with Adeliia. She’s special, her programs aren’t.
If there wasn’t progress in the last 25 years, that includes 10 years or 8 years or 4 years ago, but she didn’t complain about it than. When a competition is shit, it doesn’t magically elevate to not shit when there are 3 skaters that stand out in a 24 skaters pack.
This woman doesn’t think ahead and just likes to see her face on TV or her name in the paper.