Elena Ilinykh & Ruslan Zhiganshin:
Step Sequences Level 3:
…great edges, deep edges, in every Step Sequence there was a moment when some turn was under question of having light edge or no edge, but many turns perfect…
…why judges gave 0 or +1 GOE only, I don’t know…+2 would be OK (with some space to get closer and skate like one in every second until the steps will reach +3 GOE), but judges giving 0 or +1 GOE only, this is really not matching what happened on the ice…
Twizzles Level 4:
…I was shocked, I expected some kind of fight which was in SD, but those are the best Twizzles executed this season from all couples. Simply superb, also perfect synchro during all Sets (they only get closer in the third Set) and Oh my God watch that ice coverage in the first Set, very good ice coverage in the second Set (realise that they are not changing leg, so to keep balance and moving in second Set is very difficult)…
…I re-watched those Twizzles few times and I couldn’t believe that the couple skating together for such short time can execute such perfect Twizzles in such perfect synchro…
…I take today’s Twizzles even better that I&K were doing when they were “in the right mood“…
…I don’t have words for judges – GOE 0 or 1, and even -1 from somebody only supports the idea that their knowledge of Grade of Execution is not on high Level (or somebody persuade them that this couple is no way Russian Federation‘s sweetheart?)….those Twizzles deserved +3 GOE from all judges (only one judge realised what he/she saw and gave +3 GOE)…
…in reality those Twizzles got the same GOE like in SD, which is very very strange…I&Z got GOE + 0.60 points only, while even C&L with visible mistake got GOE +0.96 points, P&C whose Twizzles were no way better got 1.20 points…
Curved Lift Level 2:
…big fight in this lift…
…for Level 3 they needed to have 3 seconds in Difficult position for Lifting partner and 3 seconds in Difficult position for Lifted partner…Ruslan didn’t keep one foot position for three seconds…
Spin Level 1:
…during first part Lena slightly moved up with her upper body during the third rotation (normally it is not visible, only when you watch carefully the blue line on the board), Ruslan moved with his free leg too long until he fixed the position in Sit Spin, so he didn’t keep fixed position for 3 rotations…
…during second part only Ruslan’s camel is counted (lady’s simple camel is not counted like difficult position)…
…in the third part Ruslan has Upright Basic Position (this is not some kind of difficult position) and Lena has difficult position in Camel Basic Position having almost split between legs…
…so only 2 difficult positions were counted, but because they were both from Group of Camel Basic Position, the couple didn’t fulfilled the criteria for Level 2 where you need two different difficult positions in TWO DIFFERENT Basic Positions…so they dropped to Level 1…
Great speed, great skating skills. I would like to see more close holds in Transitions and in future more difficult Transitions, because this couple is really capable of this with no worry to hide some weaknesses. Better unison is needed.
Already now the couple has smaller distance between each other in Step Sequences than I&K ever had, but I would like to see them closer in future.
I see visible improvement in Lena’s free leg extension during most of steps, I hope that at the end of the season all steps will be done with perfect free leg extension.
As to presentation:
Once again I would complain about the couple not skating at some B-competition. This FD is very good (while SD is a masterpiece), but such kind of program needs to be skated more than once to tranfer all emotions and the atmosphere to the audience. I think that every next time this dance will grow and will take more attention.
In presentation - right now there are strong moments and some moments when it is OK, then again strong moment and then OK part, it is not compact yet. Nice gradation towards the end of program, good expression of powerfull moments in music."

Дорожка шагов 3 уровень:
…хорошие и глубокие дуги, некоторые шаги вызывали вопросы, но большинство выполнено превосходно...
…вопрос почему судьи дают только 0 или +1 GOE остается без ответа…+2 было бы самое оно, но судейские 0 или +1 GOE совсем не отражают происходящего на льду
Твизлы Level 4:
…я шокирован(а), я ожидал(а) определенных сложностей с твизлами как в коротком танце, но в ПТ были лучшие твизлы, из всех увиденных в этом сезоне. Просто превосходно, превосходная синхронность по всех секциях и просто невероятное продвижение в первой секции, и очень хорошее во второй секции.
…я пересмотрел(а) эти твизлы несколько раз и не могу поверить. что пара, которая так недолго катается вместе, делает такие превосходные синхронные твизлы
…Полагаю, что сегодняшние твизлы даже лучше твизлов ИК в их лучшей форме.
…У меня нет слов по поводу судейства - GOE 0 or 1, и даже -1 от кого из судей подвергает сомнению их компетентность (или кто-то напел им, что эта пара не будущие любимчики Федры РФ) …такие твизлы заслуживают +3 GOE от всех судей
…по факту твизлы ПТ получили такие же GOE как и твизлы, сделанные в КТ, но это более, чем странно
…Поддержка Level 2:
…выполнена с видимыми усилиями …
…для Level 3 им необходимо каждому держать поддержку в сложной позиции в течение 3 секунд, а Руслан как раз недодержал
Врашение Level 1:
…не додержали, не довращали, позиций сложных мало.
В целом великолепная скорость, великолепные skating skills.
Уже сейчас на дорожке шагов пара катается в близких позициях. в будущем хотелось бы и ещё ближе
Презентация:
с большим сожалением отмечаю, что пара не каталась в турнирах Б. Их ПТ очень хорош )в то время как КТ просто произведение искусства), и такие программы надо обкатывать на публике. Я думаю, с каждым разом танец будет улучшатся и всё больше нравится публике.