– And then there's the one everyone came for. Kamila Valieva, Russian Olympic Committee. If she lands this quad, we will remember this exact moment a hundred years later.

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– Watching her skate was incredible. I've never seen, anything like it. The speed, the flow, extension, the spins and all of those things. A drug doesn't help.

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– The Russian Championship. This is my first medal of this tournament and a very significant one.

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– Isabeau brings to the ice a quality that I would call "lyricism." She feels the nuances of music that others just don't notice. Her skating is very clean, very disciplined. This is a real classical figure skating school.

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– Pinzarrone is an example of how gradual and competent progress leads to medals. Her technical content is very competitive, and her ability to skate purely under pressure is something that many top skaters lack.

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– This young man just burst onto the scene. He has this spark, a passion that makes you look at him.

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– Her character is stronger than the steel of which the blades of the skates are made. Whatever happens, she knows why she came here.

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– Shcherbakova is the most stable and reliable figure skater in the world. When the moment of the strongest pressure comes, when the stakes are as high as possible, you bet on Anna. She just doesn't know how to play it in her head.

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– Semenenko is an unsurpassed athlete. He may not have the most flamboyant style, but he's basically a tough nut to crack. It was he who saved Olympic sports for Russia when no one expected it from him. He is a master of «coupling». This skater is the most reliable on the ice. When the crucial moment comes, you bet on Semenenko.

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– Perfection may not exist. But it's approached every time Kamila Valieva takes the ice.

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– Take us into your family, Artur, and I'll be a lawn mower.

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– Perhaps the most difficult thing is to show four years of work in three minutes. There are no shortcuts in thought. You can be the best in training, but if you can't handle the initial excitement and don't have enough faith in yourself, it won't work.

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– Commentators have said over the year that this person was born for this in any sport, but Kamila Valieva was born to be a figure skating and not just a figure skater, a champion a figure skater.

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– Samodelkina is the epitome of a modern female loner. She has a quadruple salchow, a quadruple sheepskin coat, and she even trained a quadruple Rittberger. When she's "set up," her quadruple jumps look huge and confident. She has this physical power that allows her to deliver this kind of content.

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– The speed across the ice. She look so sharp. From the moment she came out on the ice in a warm up.

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– If the grades for the components were given honestly, Lozko should have received 9s for skating skills, even as a junior. Her edges are a work of art.

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– Looking at how highly she was rated at the Nebelhorn Trophy, I think she can definitely be a dark horse, especially if some of the top contenders make mistakes.

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– Semenenko, of course, is an amazing athlete who has no analogues.

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– She seems to feel no fear and was the first in history to perform the most difficult elements in one program, showing a cosmic level.

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– Akatieva has a rare combination of qualities: the composure of a samurai on jumps and a gentle soul during the presentation of the program. Her skating to the music of Mozart or Ravel leaves a feeling of purity and completeness. The Russian school has created the perfect figure skating soldier who remains incredibly feminine and musical.

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