2013 Russian Senior Nationals are taking place in Sochi from December 24-28, 2012 (competition dates Dec. 25-27).
Russian Senior Nationals results page (in Cyrillic)
IFS’ Russian Nationals overview article
Golden Skate’s recap articles by event
Click here for Sylvia’s tweets (mostly) about RUS Nationals
Men’s Final results 1-18: E Plushenko 265.94 1 1 (174.26 FS), S Voronov 254.06 2 2 (166.37), K Menshov 228.88 6 3 (155.00), A Gachinski 227.46 4 4 (152.88), M Kovtun 225.02 3 5 (149.64), V Sezganov 209.78 9 6 (143.97), M Kolyada 208.96 5 9 (134.50), A Samarin 205.35 10 7 (140.01), A Dmitriev 204.24 7 11 (130.46), A Petrov 203.57 8 8 (135.74), M Shakhmatov 192.30 12 10 (130.94), Z Bush 190.15 11 12, A Lazukin 184.54 16 13, A Genya (turned 13 in Sept.) 182.89 14 14, A Pitkeev 179.54 15 15, A Lezheev 174.86 17 16, F Efremenkov 173.03 18 17, V Smirnov 161.05 13 18.
Men’s SP video playlist (in placement order)
Ladies’ Final results 1-18: E Tuktamysheva 196.57 1 1, E Radionova 191.26 3 2, A Sotnikova 190.75 2 3, S Sakhanovich (senior debut at age 12!) 177.37 9 4, A Pogorilaya 176.58 5 5, N Gosviani 170.67 8 6, A Leonova 169.64 6 8, K Makarova 163.83 12 7, A Kayumova 163.51 10 9, P Korobeynikova 163.04 4 11, M Stavitskaia 161.49 11 10, E Gerasimova 156.05 7 14, N Ogoreltseva 150.88 14 12, E Yushchenko 149.77 13 13, J Li 142.43 16 15, A Maksimova 138.02 15 17, S Biryukova 135.69 17 16, T Fedoseeva 129.41 18 18.
Pairs Final results 1-12: Volosozhar/Trankov 228.92 1 1, Kavaguti/Smirnov 207.37 2 2, Stolbova/Klimov 195.46 3 3, Antipova/Maisuradze 178.80 6 4, Tarasova/Morozov 164.29 8 5, Martiusheva/Rogonov 161.88 5 8, Davankova/Deputat 161.76 4 9, Fedorova/Miroshkin 160.03 7 6, Vigalova/Zakroev 154.38 10 10, Astakhova/Kurdyukov 153.78 11 7, Petaikina/Bezmaternikh 145.42 9 11, Gubanova/Sintsov 116.79 12 12;
WD: Bazarova/Larionov (will petition to be named to 2013 Europeans).
Ice Dance final results 1-9: Bobrova/Soloviev 174.72 1 1, Ilinykh/Katsalapov 171.67 2 2, Riazanova/Tkachenko 163.87 5 3, Monko/Khaliavin 155.63 3 5, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin 153.97 4 4, Pushkash/Guerreiro 143.11 6 6, Starygina/Volobuev 126.99 7 7, Baturintseva/Nevskiy 95.35 8 8, Semenikhina/Glazkov 88.06 9 9.
POSTSCRIPT: The Russian team for 2013 Europeans was named on Dec. 28 as follows: Plushenko, Voronov, Kovtun (rather controversial pick since he was 5th); Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova, Gosviani (3rd highest age-eligible finisher; she needs to get the minimum scores before Euros); Volosozhar/Trankov, Kavaguti/Smirnov, Bazarova/Larionov; Bobrova/Soloviev, Ilinykh/Katsalapov, Riazanova/Tkachenko.
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2013 Russian JUNIOR Nationals (Junior World team selection) will take place in Saransk from Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2013. The preliminary entry list can be found at this link (in Cyrillic).
I’ve noted the skaters’ placements at Senior Nationals below as well as the ones who have competed on the JGP this fall (and earlier, if known), and which ones are too young for 2013 Junior Worlds that I’m aware of. For 2013 Junior Worlds, Russia has 3 spots in ladies, pairs and dance, and 2 men’s spots.
MEN (18)
Maxim Kovtun S5 / JGPF gold, 2 JGP golds
Mikhail Kolyada S7 / 1 JGP
Alexander Samarin S8 / 2 JGP bronzes
Alexander Petrov S10 / 2 JGP, 1 silver
Andrei Lazukin S13 / 1 JGP
Alexei Genya S14 (too young for Jr. Worlds)
Adian Pitkeev S15 / 2 JGP
Artem Lezheev S16
Fedosiy Efremenkov S17 / 1 JGP
Vladislav Smirnov S18
Andrei Zuber 2 JGP
Vladislav Tarasenko 1 JGP
Also: Alexei Krasnozhon, Dmitry Mikhailov, Konstantin Milyukov, Vladimir Samoilov, Roman Savosin, Evgeni Vlasov
LADIES (18)
Elena Radionova S2 / JGPF gold, 2 JGP golds
Serafima Sakhanovich S4 (too young; born Feb. 9, 2000)
Anna Pogorilaya S5 / JGPF bronze, JGP gold & bronze
Nikol Gosviani S6 / JGP in 2010 – nominated for Europeans (needs to attain min. score)
Maria Stavitskaia S11 / 2 JGP, 1 bronze
Evgenia Gerasimova S12 / 2 JGP, 1 bronze
Natalia Ogoreltseva S13 (too young)
Elizaveta Yushchenko S14 (too young)
Uliana Titushkina 2 JGP, 1 bronze
Kristina Zaseeva 2 JGP
Anna Shershak 1 JGP
Arina Petrova, Valentina Chernyshova
Also too young for Jr. Worlds: Valeria Yevseyeva (born in 2002), Anastasia Kolomiets, Evgenia Medvedeva, Maria Sotskova, Elizaveta Tursynbaeva (KAZ?)
[Note: Julia Lipnitskaia, who withdrew from Senior Nationals due to injury, may also compete here?]
PAIRS (12)
Evgenia Tarasova-Vladimir Morozov S5 / 1 JGP
Vasilisa Davankova-Andrei Deputat S7 / JGPF silver, 1 JGP silver, 1
JGP bronze
Lina Fedorova-Maxim Miroshkin S8 / JGPF gold, 1 JGP gold, 1 JGP silver
Maria Vigalova-Egor Zakroev S9 / JGPF bronze, 1 JGP silver, 1 JGP
bronze
Anastasia Gubanova-Alexei Sintsov S12
Kamila Gainetdinov-Ivan Bich 2 JGP
Valeria Grechukhina-Andrei Filonov 2 JGP in 2011
Also: Anastasia Dolidze-Vadim Ivanov, Alexandra Minina-Alexander Korovin, Oksana Nagalty-Maxim Bobrov, Vlad Mishina-Alexander Kurmachev and Alisa Smirnova-Vladimir Arkhipov (both teams too young)
DANCE (15)
Alexandra Stepanova-Ivan Bukin JGPF gold, 2 JGP golds
Anna Yanovskaya-Sergei Mozgov JGPF 4th, 2 JGP silvers
Valeria Zenkova-Valerie Sinitsin JGPF 5th, 1 JGP gold, 1 JGP silver
Evgenia Kosigina-Nikolai Moroshkin JGPF 6th, 2 JGP silvers
Daria Morozova-Mikhail Zhirnov 2 JGP, 1 bronze
Sofia Evdokimova-Egor Bazin 2 JGP
Kristina Baklanova-Andrei Bagin 1 JGP
Maria Simonova-Dmitriy Dragun 1 JGP
Valerya Loseva-Denis Lunin 1 JGP in 2011 & 2010
Also: Ekaterina Bocharova-Anton Shibnev, Anastasia Voronkova-Nikita Trushkov, Daria Maleva-Vladislav Ishin, Betina Popova-Yuri Vlasenko, Elizaveta Tretyakova-Alexander Savin, Eva Khachaturian-Egor Eremenko
UPDATED ENTRIES as of Jan. 15, 2013:
MEN (new): Murad Kurbanov and Maurice Kvitelashvili
No longer listed: Maxim Kovtun, Dmitry Mikhailov, Evgeni Vlasov
LADIES (new): Julia Lipnitskaia and Valeria Yevseyeva
No longer listed: Nikol Gosviani, Anna Shershak
PAIRS (new): Arina Chernyavskaya – Antonio Souza-Cordeiro
No longer listed: Alisa Smirnova – Vladimir Arkhipov
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