Fred's, (Used to be Barb's), Board

Among those participating this weekend will be Evgenia Medvedeva. Tracy Wilson is already there with her and Brian Orser will be joining her after his duties with Joseph Phan in Riga at the JGP.



There is supposed to be a live stream but I'm ot sure if it's accessible from Canada: https://t.co/bYpqAyzovz?amp=1

Some photographic proof of Tracy's presence with Evgenia. The latter has been in Russia for some time, due to various commitments there, but has been doing some training with a Russian coach (not Eteri, her former coach) and keeping in touch with Tracy & Brian electronically.

Some videos from the short programs/rhythm dance are being made available on YouTube but they may be blocked for various reasons

UPDATE - after blocking the original videos posted, the TV network has apparently uploaded the short programs for each of the disciplines from yesterday to YouTube itself!!

Pairs - updated full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVWOARQ36qs
including

• TARASOVA / MOROZOV
• MISHINA / GALLYAMOV
• PAVLYUCHENKO / KHODYKIN
• STOLBOVA / NOVOSELOV (new pairing)
• BOIKOVA/KOZLOVSKII

Men - updated full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZMDhfAEUgU
including

• KOLYADA - also https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k7tA-N ... sVYx0/view
• VORONOV
• SAMARIN
• ALIEV
• LAZUKIN
• SAVOSIN

Ladies - updated full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWvdafhhZdA
including

• KOSTORNAIA
• TRUSOVA
• KONSTANTINOVA
• MEDVEDEVA - also https://ok.ru/video/1627858864815
• ZAGITOVA
• SHCHERBAKOVA
• TUKTAMYSHEVA
• SAMODUROVA

Rhythm Dance - updated full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL7U0nlaAvs
including

• SINITSINA / KATSALAPOV
• ZAHORSKI / GUERREIRO
• SKOPTSOVA / ALESHIN
• POPOVA / MOZGOV
• EVDOKIMOVA / BAZIN

The free programs are being skated today.

With his duties done in Riga, Brian has joined Tracy at the boards for Evgenia's FS

Evgenia sure looks confident!

The official videos of the free programs:

• free dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUdNMKedHfA
• men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikTYi4lB_VA
• pairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZOPNPVcmc
• ladies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhyTPDAUZg

Just watched the top pairs. Is it too soon to predict a Russian sweep at Worlds?

An interview with Brian Orser about Medvedeva after the Russian test skates: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/evgenia ... -t254.html

Wow - that new paring of STOLBOVA/NOVOSELOV is going to mean trouble for a lot of pairs teams. She looks as good (arguably better) as she did with Klimov, so early on in this partnership. It's a fantastic match, and I can't get over how much genuine affection she has for her new partner. With Klimov, she always looked pissed off with him, and like she couldn't bear to breathe the same air. In these videos, she seems overflowing with gratitude. I'm excited to watch them this season.

It will be interesting to see how the season evolves, for sure!

Here's a recap article from IFS magazine: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/2019-russia ... es-review/