#alexei bychenko

[figureskatingfanblog]

ISU has confirmed that Alexei Bychenko has retired, and plans to remain involved as a coach.

[ohtheseskaters]

A goodbye

After almost 12 (!) years, it’s time for me to say goodbye to this blog. It will not be deleted though.

Here’s a (pretty rough and I’m sure not full) list of skaters featured here. They’re listed in alphabetical order by the first name (so “Ashley Wagner” is under “A” and not “W”). I know it’s not the correct way to do this thing but it was easier for me. Also, if you can’t find someone, try searching within the blog or just general Tumblr search.

Thank you for the company and bye!

Women

Adelina Sotnikova

Akiko Suzuki

Alaine Chartrand

Alena Kostornaia

Alena Leonova

Alexandra Trusova

Alexia Paganini

Alina Zagitova

Alissa Czisny

Alysa Liu

Amber Glenn

Amelie Lacoste

Anna Pogorilaya

Anna Shcherbakova

Ashley Wagner

Audrey Shin

Bradie Tennell

Carolina Kostner

Christina Gao

Cynthia Phaneuf

Ekaterina Gordeeva

Elena Radionova

Elene Gedevanishvili

Elizabet Tursynbaeva

Elizaveta Nugumanova

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Emmi Peltonen

Eunsoo Lim

Evgenia Medvedeva

Gabrielle Daleman

Gracie Gold

Haein Lee

Irina Slutskaya

Jenna McCorkell

Jenni Saarinen

Joannie Rochette

Josefin Taljegard

Joshi Helgesson

Julia Lipnitskaya

Kaetlyn Osmond

Kailani Craine

Kanako Murakami

Kaori Sakamoto

Karen Chen

Kiira Korpi

Kristi Yamaguchi

Ksenia Makarova

Lara Naki Gutmann

Laura Lepisto

Laurine Lecavelier

Loena Hendrickx

Madeline Schizas

Mae Berenice Meite

Mai Mihara

Mao Asada

Maria Artemieva

Maria Sotskova

Mariah Bell

Marin Honda

Michelle Kwan

Miki Ando

Mirai Nagasu

Polina Edmunds

Polina Korobeynikova

Pooja Kalyan

Rachael Flatt

Roberta Rodeghiero

Rika Hongo

Rika Kihira

Samantha Cesario

Sarah Meier

Sasha Cohen

Satoko Miyahara

Shizuka Arakawa

Sofia Samodurova

Stanislava Konstantinova

Viktoria Helgesson

Yelim Kim

Yu-Na Kim

Wakaba Higuchi

Zijun Li

Men

Adam Rippon

Adian Pitkeev

Alban Preaubert

Alexei Bychenko

Alexei Yagudin

Artur Gachinski

Brendan Kerry

Boyang Jin

Brian Joubert

Brian Orser

Chafik Besseghier

Daisuke Takahashi

Daniel Samohin

Denis Ten

Deniss Vasiljevs

Dmitri Aliev

Evan Lysacek

Evgeni Plushenko

Florent Amodio

Han Yan

Ilia Kulik

Jason Brown

Javier Fernandez

Jeffrey Buttle

Jeremy Abbott

Jeremy Ten

Johnny Weir

Joshua Farris

Jun-Hwan Cha

Max Aaron

Ryan Bradley

Michal Brezina

Keegan Messing

Keiji Tanaka

Kevin Aymoz

Kevin Reynolds

Kevin Van Der Perren

Kurt Browning

Matteo Rizzo

Mikhail Kolyada

Maxim Kovtun

Misha Ge

Moris Kvitelashvili

Nam Nguyen

Nan Song

Nathan Chen

Nobunari Oda

Patrcik Chan

Richard Dornbush

Sergei Voronov

Shawn Sawyer

Shoma Uno

Stephane Lambiel

Stephen Carriere

Takahiko Kozuka

Takahito Mura

Tatsuki Machida

Tomas Verner

Vincent Zhou

Yuma Kagiyama

Yuzuru Hanyu

Pairs

Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim

Alexandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovski

Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam

Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy/Bruno Massot

Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig

Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hey

Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Galliamov

Ashley Cain and Timothy Leduc

Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin/Joshua Reagan/Hamash Gaman

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett/John Coughlin

Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang

Deanna Stellato and Nate Bartholomay / Maxime Deschamps

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov

Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze

Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov

Felicia Zhang and Nate Bartolomay

Gretchen Donlan and Andrew Sperroff/Nate Bartolomay

Haven Denney and Brendan Frazier

Jamie Sale and David Pelletier

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison/Sebastien Wolfe

Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau

Katarina Gerboldt and Alexander Enbert

Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker

Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch/Michael Marinaro

Kristina Astakhova and Alexei Rogonov

Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov

Lubov Iliushechkina and Nodari Mausiradze/Dylan Moscovitch

Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov

Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov

Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir/Mervin Tran

Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford

Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer

Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran/Ryuichi Kihara

Natalia Zabijako and Alexander Enbert

Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise

Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers

Peng Cheng and Hao Zhang/Yang Jin

Qing Pang and Jian Tong

Rena Inoue and John Baldwin

Riku Mihura and Ryuichi Kihara

Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek

Tae-Ok Ryom and Ju-Sik Kim

Tarah Kayne and Denny O'Shea

Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin

Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov/Maxim Trankov

Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek

Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres

Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov/Andrei Deputat

Wenjing Sui and Cong Han

Xiaoyu Yu and Yang Jin/Hao Zhang

Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao

Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang

Yuko Kavaguti and Alexaner Smirnov

Ice Dance

Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski

Alisa Agafonova and Alper Ucar

Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton / Matthew Blackmer

Alexandra Nazarova and Maxim Nikitin

Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin

Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte

Anna Yanovskaya and Sergei Mozgov

Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus

Cecilia Torn and Jussiville Partanen

Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri

Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev

Ekaterina Riazanova and Ilia Tkachenko

Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov/Ruslan Zhiganshin

Elisabeth Paradis and Francois-Xavier Ouellette

Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates

Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali

Federica Testa and Lucas Csolley

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron

Isabella Tobias and Deividas Stagniunas/Ilia Tkachenko

Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder

Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker

Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje

Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed / Daisuke Takahashi

Kavita Lorenz and Panagiotis Polizoakis

Kharis Ralph and Asher Hill

Ksenia Monko and Kirill Khaliavin

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson

Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein / Evan Bates

Madison Hubbell and Kiefer Hubbell/Zachary Donohue

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani

Mari-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac

Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon

Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat

Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas

Meryl Davis and Charlie White

Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto

Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi

Natalia Kaliszek and Maksim Spodyrev

Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat

Nicole Orford and Thomas Williams/Asher Hill

Nora Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin

Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin

Olivia Smart and Adria Diaz

Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland

Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier

Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz

Sinead Kerr and John Kerr

Shiyue Wang and Xinyu Liu

Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto

Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

Tiffany Zahorski and Jonathan Guerreiro

Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier

Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov

[figurelifeflirt]

Warsaw Cup Entry #33

Senior Men free program

Alexei Bychenko(ISR)

Thoughts: to see the reception he gets from the audience. He should be very proud of that performance

Daniel Grassl(ITA)

Thoughts: maybe the answer is to put a lower base value on quads. I know it sounds bad, but this program is what made me think. It’s so dependent on the quads but even though Daniel botched them, it was still a pretty decent program.

Petr Gumennik(RUS)

Thoughts: yes that last spin was a little wobbly in parts but he had some unique looking positions there. We still love him, very much.

[resssistance]

Only deepest respect and support to both Alexei and Michal!

[jennibeultimate]

Can I grieve for a minute the loss of our uncles and Roman after the SP? 😭😭😭

And I will grieve Andrei Mozalev as well for his bad SP (though he closely made the FS) and last but not least the loss of Yuzu's 4S 😭😭😭😭

Btw is Yuzu the oldest performing in the free then? I think so. 🤔

[moon-soo-ah]

ISU World Championships 2021 World Championships Stockholm / SWE

22.03.2021-28.03.2021

3/24:

Ladies’ SP 10:00

Pairs’ SP 18:30

3/25:

Men’s SP 11:30

Pairs’ FP 18:10

3/26:

Ice Dance SP 10:52

Ladies’ FP 18:00

3/27:

Men’s FP 11:00

Ice Dance FP 17:00

3/28:

Gala Exhibition 14:30

Livestream:

QQ Stream

Skating ISU

British Eurosport: Stream 1, Stream 2,  Stream 3

Unblocked Fuji TV stream

[austerlitzborodinoleipzig]

Hall of the mountain king but make it emo

[figureskatingconfessions]

“Alexei Bychenko’s career longevity is the confession.”

[hiboudecheshire]

“The first will be the last, and the last will be the first - perhaps this is the immutable law that makes the heart of the world beat; perhaps as long as this law is in effect, as long as spears are broken, destinies clash and blood is shed in an attempt to condone or oppose it, life continues in the world”

just some aesthetics for characters from the fic “Sic erunt novissimi primi” (WWII!AU of figure skating)

https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/25181803 

[figureskatingpenguin]

skating uncle alexei shows that it's really quality that's what stands out in the long run!! he managed a 4T too — at 33 years old!!

[moonstarphoenix]

Skate America 2020 Men’s LP Pt. 2

Welcome to the second and final group of men in the Men’s event of Skate America.

Alexei Bychenko starts us off. His Pirates of the Caribbean program is the same from last year. We’ll see that a lot this year. He lands his quad combo well. I love this music. He’s a little more comfortable with this program than last year. Struggles on the second quad. Interesting footwork. I’m not quite sure it fits the theme, but it’s difficult. Not bad. Could be better, but I like the program. He slides into second.

Alexei Krasnozhon landed a beautiful quad in the SP. His program is also the same from last year. Falls hard on his first quad. But comes back with a triple axel combo. I like Alexei. There’s some about him that you want to root for him. i don’t particularly think this program suits him myself, but he tries to perform the hell out it. He drops to third for now. By a point.

Tomoki Hiwatashi is next. He looks so little in his costume. Easy quad combo, but doubles the next one. Tomoki seems like someone with a lot of personality. I wish he would show it more on the ice. I’m not really impressed by this program. I kind of lost interest until the footwork. There’s some personality I was wanting. Not bad. He’s definitely a challenger for Jason and Vincent. He’s in first and Ilia will finish no lower than 5th in his senior debut.

Keegan Messing, our lone Canadian is next. November Rain was a popular choice this season for the men. Lands his quad combo easy as well as his second quad. I like this style for him. It suits his personal skating style. He’s got his jumps today. I love how he gets so low in the hydroplane, his head is on the ice and he gets ice in his hair. He’s happy with it. Not a bad score. He’s guaranteed the bronze.

Vincent Zhou’s shirt is interesting and pretty. Yes, I said pretty. Different kind of program for him. Intense but not classical intense/stiff. Falls on his first quad. Timid on the next quad combo. He’s got his legs back under him I think. I actually really like this program. The first half is really interesting with great choreography. Struggling a bit on his quads. This is the best program I’ve seen from him even with the jump issues. If he can skate it clean, he may give Nathan a challenge that only Yuzuru has been able to give him.

Nathan Chen must be so used to skating last by now. He’s rocking a really blue shirt. He really needs to put more though into his costuming. I loved, LOVED, his Rocketman program last year. This one is already very different tone wise. I like that he tries different styles every year. I think that has helped his artistry more than anything. Was really landing his jumps until he doubled the salchow. I didn’t think I would like this program but it’s really good. He’s not happy about the two missed jumps, which is good. He’s not getting complacent. But he should still win easily.

So Nathan wins (again), Vincent gets 2nd. and Keegan 3rd. Ilia Malinen has an amazing debut and ends up 5th. Great start to the season!

[figureskatingfanblog]

Okay, I actually like this costume...

Step out of the opening Quad. Titled in the air on the Triple Axel and fell. Nice spin. Nice Triple-Triple but a little shaky landing on the second jump. Nice spin. Nice step sequence. Nice ending spin.

Ack, that was a bit of a messy program from Alexei Bychenko of Israel. I’m sure that’s not he wanted to do here, and I’m not sure that’s gonna be enough to qualify for the free skate. We’ll have to see, though. Either way, I still love him and there were some good moments there.

68.01 and into seventh

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Shoma and Alexei Bychenko - it’s so cute how confused Shoma is 

[figurelifeflirt]

Warsaw Cup Entry #19

Senior Men short program

Alexei Erokhov(RUS)

Thoughts: I liked the ending pose. The choreography though. His fire sort of left and then came back and then left and then came back. It didn’t fit the song very well.

Alexei Bychenko(ISR)

Thoughts: He skates so fast. And I enjoyed his step sequence.

Nikolai Memola(ITA)

Thoughts: some of the positions in the first spin were awkward looking

Raffaele Zich(ITA)

Thoughts: With so many retirements I’ve often thought about certain people who are not allowed to leave anytime soon. Raffaele, be assured; you are one of those people. I see great things for you.

Senior Short Dance

Lopusova/Kazimov(GER)

Thoughts: I know I recognize these names but are those new outfits?! I love all the bold colors.

[figure-skating-confessions]

“Watching Worlds 2018 again, it's amazing that Alexei Bychenko was at his best at 30. And his SP that season was so fun.”

[figureskatingcostumes]

Alexei Bychenko competing in the short program at the 2020 European Championships.

(Source: RHP)