#ilya yablokov

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2022 Rostelecom finals entry #3

Junior men free program

Grigory Fyodorov

Thoughts: I didn’t like the neckline on his shirt

Nikolai Ugozhaev

Thoughts: his side profile is amazing, look at his freckles.

Kyril Andrusik

Thoughts: I caught a little glimpse of the warmup. Both him and Ilya had this listlessness about them. *hopes Ilya isn’t sick because he BAE*

Kyril Sarnovsky

Thoughts: I think this is the first time that I got a good look at the design on the back of his shirt. It’s a dragon!

Ilya Yablokov

Thoughts: look at the way his shoulder muscles move! He’s so pretty.

[contemplatingoutlander]

This article by Russian media historian Ilya Yablokov discusses 5 different conspiracy theories Putin has pushed in Russia: 

The West wants to take over parts of Russia’s land and resources.

NATO wants to invade Russia and “has turned Ukraine into a military camp.”

Opposition to Putin’s regime in Russia is sponsored by the West, especially the U.S.

The worldwide LGBTQ+ movement is part of a “plot” to subvert Russian society.

The US and Ukraine are developing “bioweapons to use against Russia.”

Given the current attacks on the LGBTQ+ community coming from the far right in the U.S., I thought excerpts from the article about this particular Russian conspiracy might shed light on the anti-LGBTQ+ right-wing initiatives in the U.S.

The global L.G.B.T.Q. movement is a plot against Russia

This claim — starkly captured by Mr. Putin’s statement that in the West, “children can play five or six gender roles,” threatening Russia’s “core population” — has been brewing for a decade. A criminal case in 2012 against Pussy Riot, an anarchic punk band critical of the regime, was the tipping point. The Kremlin sought to portray the band and its followers as a set of sexually subversive provocateurs whose aim was to destroy the Russian Orthodox Church and traditional values. The complaints spread to foreign nongovernmental organizations and L.G.B.T.Q. activists, accused of corrupting Russians from infancy. Soon, anti-L.G.B.T.Q. scaremongering became a major plank of Kremlin policy.

It was remarkably effective: By 2020, one-fifth of Russians surveyed said they wanted to “eliminate” lesbian and gay people from Russian society. They were responding to a propaganda campaign, undertaken by state media, claiming that L.G.B.T.Q. rights were an invention of the West, with the potential to shatter Russian social stability. Mr. Putin, unveiling his party’s manifesto ahead of 2021’s parliamentary elections, took things a step further — claiming that when people in the West weren’t trying to outright abolish the concept of gender, they were allowing teachers in schools to decide on a child’s gender, irrespective of parental wishes. It was, he said, a crime against humanity.

The West’s progressive attitudes to sexual diversity eventually played into the Ukrainian war effort. In March, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, claimed the invasion was necessary to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine from a West that insists any entrant to its club of nations host a gay pride march. The supposed predations of L.G.B.T.Q. rights had to be met with righteous force.

[emphasis added] 

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Ilya Yablokov's short program costume at the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Chelyabinsk.

(Source: veravalenta)

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Ilya Yablokov (RUS) - Free Program

134.14 (2nd) / 207.39 (2nd)

JGP Slovakia / JGP Kosice

[anythinggoe]

🇷🇺 Daniil Samsonov has withdrawn from the Junior World Championships due to health problems. He is replaced by Ilya Yablokov.

[sywtwfs]

2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy & JGP Slovenia: Info & Streaming

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NEBELHORN TROPHY

Nebelhorn Trophy is the final qualifying event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. For more information on the qualification process for the Winter Olympics, see these posts. The number of Olympic spots available to be earned at Nebelhorn is: 7 men, 6 women, 4 ice dance, 3 pairs. A federation can earn up to one spot in each discipline.

Spots are allocated based on highest placements at the competition for skaters who are competing to earn a spot for their federation. Skaters who are not competing for Olympic spots may also participate in Nebelhorn Trophy. Their placements are disregarded for the purposes of spot allocation. In the entry list, skaters marked with “N” are not competing for Olympic spots.

Results | Schedule | Entries | Website | ISU

Type: Challenger Series When: Sept. 22-25 Where: Oberstdorf, Germany Level & disciplines: senior women, men, ice dance, pairs

Schedule (UTC+2)

9/23: Men’s SP 09:00; Pairs’ SP 14:00; Women’s SP 17:00

9/24: Rhythm Dance 10:30; Men’s FS 14:15; Pairs’ FS 20:00

9/25: Women’s FS 10:10; Free Dance 16:35; Gala 20:30

Notable entries: Brendan Kerry, Vladimir Litvintsev, Roman Sadovsky, Adam Siao Him Fa, Paul Fentz, Sihyeong Lee, Mark Kondratiuk, Vincent Zhou, Kailani Craine, Viktoriia Safonova, Lea Serna, Lara Naki Gutmann, Ekaterina Kurakova, Alexia Paganini, Tzu-Han Ting, Anastasiia Shabotova, Alysa Liu, Yuchen Wang/Yihang Huang, Laura Barquero/Marco Zandron, Karina Safina/Luka Berulava, Tina Garabedian/Simon Proulx-Senecal, Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler, Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis, Sasha Fear/George Waddell, Maria Kazakova/Georgy Reviya, Anna Yanovskaya/Adam Lukacs, Yura Min/Daniel Eaton

How to watch: Free livestreams - Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

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JGP LJUBLJANA CUP

Results | Schedule | Entries | ISU

Type: Junior Grand Prix When: Sept. 22-25 Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia Level & disciplines: junior women, men, ice dance

Schedule (UTC+2)

9/23: Women’s SP 14:15; Men’s SP 19:15

9/24: Rhythm Dance 15:00; Men’s FS 18:05

9/25: Women’s FS 12:00; Free Dance 17:20

Notable entries: Younghyun Cha, Ilya Yablokov, Minchae Kim, Jia Shin, Sofia Samodelkina, Adeliia Petrosian, Lindsay Thorngren, Ava Marie Ziegler, Natalie D’Alessandro/Bruce Waddell, Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Valeriy Angelopol, Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen

How to watch: Free livestreams on the ISU JGP Youtube channel

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Junior Worlds - Men’s SP

Aleksander Selevko had the best performance of the event. He was on fire today. And it’s so nice to see him deliver a skate like that in front of homecrowd. 

Also his in 4th going into the free, and I don’t think anyone would have put him in the final warm-up in their pronostics, so...

Second best performance was Andrew Torgashev. His entire performance, as they say in Russian “was on one breath”. I was surprised when he reached the end.  

Noah Bodenstein did not deliver technically but his posture and carriage on the ice is very pleasing. Him and Ivan Schmuratko were the highlights of the first two groups. I love how sincere and intense Ivan is when he skates. He lives for his program and that’s always a joy to watch. 

Ilya Yablokov did a very good job. I like this SP very much, it’s a bit in the same vein as Bradie’s one. Also I like his shirt with the broken clock. 

Joseph Phan was a discovery for me. I have not been paying attention to him and I think I should because that was a nice skate. Nice choreo as well. I like the recurring beastie squats throughout the program and the StepSeq

Mark Gorodnitsky did not have a really good skate, and popped the axel, but he really performed and I love his SP. Love the steps and the music. Also love his shirt. 

Gabriele Frangipani was a bit lowballed in PCS I think because that was well-done and yet...

Sihyeong Lee gave a nice performance, but has a really lackluster SP. 

I was happy to see Andrei Mozalev do well, as I was really worried for him. Guy had an insane amount of comps this season. Basically competed every two weeks. Even the commentators at RusNats noted that, saying that coaching team was maybe going a bit overboard with the guy. Anyway Mozalev has probably been the most consistent skater this season. I don’t think he missed the podium once. And here he gave a nice perf. It was polished, intricate enough and emotional. I’m glad he ditched those horrible brown pants for black ones. 

Daniel Grassl was not really happy about his score but I do agree with him being behind Shun. I really like his SP, he always creates a moment on the ice while he skates, but I’ve seen him skate it better this season. Here he was lacking a bit of fire or passion, and it really showed during the step sequence. Also Daniel Grassl is an acquired taste imho. I love him a lot, and he’s really special, but today his limbs were all over the place, and the combo too. 

Adam Siao Him Fa, on the other hand, could have been higher. Yes the landing on the Axel was rough, but he was clean and perform the hell out of his SP. 

Shun Sato was really nice, still not really my skater. Also I thought he was a bit off the music, but that could have been the live transmission which started to freeze a lot at that point of the competition. 

Stephen Gogolev did not have a good skate compared to his other competitors, but that was a noted improvment on his part. 

I adore his SP. It’s intricate and well choreographed (also all those people who basically went “goodbye transitions and quality skating now that you left Orser to train with Raf”, fuck you! That SP is packed with transitions, and perhaps the best choreographed among the junior mens). It was also too difficult for him to pull off, and it was painful to watch at the beginning of the season. Here he still was too stiff, but after he popped the axel, he gave it everything he had, especially the step sequence, so the end result was very decent. 

And finally

Yuma! Yuma! Yuma!!!!!

[gogogogolev]

The ISU’s preview of the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Stephen got a brief mention.

Russia sends a trio of contenders to Tallinn with ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and Youth Olympic Games silver medalist Andrei Mozalev (season’s best 241.48) and ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and Youth Olympic Games bronze medalist Daniil Samsonov (season’s best 250.51) plus ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Finalist Petr Gumennik (season’s best 232.39). Other contenders include 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Champion Stephen Gogolev (CAN), Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) and Joseph Phan (CAN). 

Samsonov has actually withdrawn from this event and has been replaced by Ilya Yablokov. Stephen now enters this event with the fourth highest FS TES of those competing here.

If you are travelling to Junior Worlds, you may find this page on the ISU’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak useful.

I hope everyone stays safe and enjoys the event.

[swiftbejeweled]

Okay people keep asking predictions. My spreadsheets have top 10s (or all for dance) but I’ll just do podiums here.

Chelyabinsk

Ladies:

🥇 Kamila Valieva

🥈 Kseniia Sinitsyna

🥉 Viktoria Vasilieva

Men:

🥇Petr Gumennik

🥈Artur Danielian

🥉Ilya Yablokov

Dance:

🥇Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy

🥈Davis/Smolkin

🥉Wolfkostin/Chen

Pairs:

🥇Akhanteva/Kolesov

🥈Vislobokova/Briukhanov

🥉Mukhametzianova/Mironov

Autumn Classic

Ladies:

🥇Rika Kihira

🥈Evgenia Medvedeva

🥉Eunsoo Lim

Men:

🥇Yuzuru Hanyu

🥈Keegan Messing

🥉Junhwan Cha

Dance:

🥇Gilles/Poirier

🥈Fear/Gibson

🥉Smart/Diaz

Lombardia

Ladies:

🥇Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

🥈Anna Shcherbakova

🥉Young You

Men:

🥇Matteo Rizzo

🥈Boyang Jin

🥉Dmitri Aliev

Dance:

🥇Guignard/Fabbri

🥈Fournier Beaudry/Sørensen

🥉Lajoie/Lagha

[javierpenadea]

"Las cinco grandes teorías de la conspiración que Putin promueve" by BY ILYA YABLOKOV via NYT en Español https://ift.tt/URbcAqk

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JGP Slovenia Men’s Free Program #14-17

Georgi Reshtenko(CZE)

Thoughts: by the time he finished, his bangs were all over the place. They started off looking so good!

Matthew Nielsen(USA)

Thoughts: He’s missing something. Only a couple American men have made it to my good side(Jeremy Abbott among them). So far I don’t see it.

Younghyn Cha(KOR)

Thoughts: he’s almost there. Regardless, Koreans are so pretty

Ilya Yablokov(RUS)

Thoughts: A little more sparkle and he would’ve have been golden

JGP Slovenia Short Dance #1-2

Bekker/Hernandez(GBR)

Thoughts: Nice to see Coomes and Buckland getting better from behind the boards. Although I think B/H are still a little too new for me to form an opinion just yet.

Bunina/Kuznetsov(EST)

Thoughts: she’s grown so much. How have these two staid together so long?!

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Ilya Yablokov (RUS) - Short Program

73.25 - 2nd

JGP Slovakia / JGP Kosice

[anythinggoe]

Junior Grand Prix Final Qualifiers 2019

Men 

1) Andrei Mozalev (RUS) 2) Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) 3) Petr Gumennik (RUS) 4) Daniel Grassl (ITA) 5) Daniil Samsonov (RUS) 6) Shun Sato (JPN) Alternates 1st) Artur Danielian (RUS) 2nd) Stephen Gogolev (CAN) 3rd) Ilya Yablokov (RUS)

Ladies

1) Kamila Valieva (RUS)  2) Alysa Liu (USA) 3) Haein Lee (KOR) 4) Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS) 5) Daria Usacheva (RUS) 6) Viktoria Vasilieva (RUS)

Alternates 1st) Anna Frolova (RUS) 2nd) Seoyeong Wi (KOR) 3rd) Anastasia Tarakanova (RUS)

Pairs

1) Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov (RUS) 2) Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev (RUS) 3) Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov (RUS) 4) Diana Mukhametzianova / Ilya Mironov (RUS) 5) Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel (GER) 6) Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov (RUS)

Alternates 1st) Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy (USA) 2nd) Anna Shcheglova / Ilia Kalashnikov (RUS) 3rd) Huidi Wang / Ziqi Jia (CHN)

Ice Dance

1) Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik (USA) 2) Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy (RUS) 3) Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Andrey Filatov (RUS) 4) Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya (GEO) 5) Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier (FRA) 6) Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin (RUS)

Alternates 1st) Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS) 2nd) Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell (CAN) 3rd) Ekaterina Katashinskaia / Aleksandr Vaskovich (RUS)

[natthenewt]

"This Is How Putin Wins" by Ilya Yablokov via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3nO821G

[sywtwfs]

2021 Junior Grand Prix Finalists

The 2021 Junior Grand Prix Finalists have been announced, according to the process in ISU Communication 2431. (source)

MEN

Ilia Malinin (USA)

Ilya Yablokov (RUS)

Gleb Lutfullin (RUS)

Kirill Sarnovskiy (RUS)

Wesley Chiu (CAN)

Egor Rukhin (RUS)

JPN entry TBA

Alt1: Artem Kovalev (RUS)

Alt2: Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

Alt3: Arlet Levandi (EST)

WOMEN

Sofia Akateva (RUS)

Veronika Zhilina (RUS)

Sofia Muravieva (RUS)

Adeliia Petrosian (RUS)

Isabeau Levito (USA)

Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

JPN entry TBA

Alt1: Anastasia Zinina (RUS)

Alt2: Sofia Samodelkina (RUS)

Alt3: Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

PAIRS

Ekaterina Chikmareva/Matvei Ianchenkov (RUS)

Natalia Khabibullina/Ilya Knyazhuk (RUS)

Anastasia Mukhortova/Dmitry Evgenyev (RUS)

Ekaterina Petushkova/Evgenii Malikov (RUS)

Alt1: Karina Safina/Luka Berulava (GEO)

Alt2: Polina Kostiukovich/Aleksei Briukhanov (RUS)

Alt3: Ekaterina Storublevtceva/Artem Gritsaenko (RUS)

ICE DANCE

Irina Khavronina/Dario Cirisano (RUS)

Vasilisa Kaganovskaia/Valeriy Angelopol (RUS)

Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen (USA)

Natalie D’Alessandro/Bruce Waddell (CAN)

Sofya Tyutyunina/Alexander Shustitskiy (RUS)

Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

Alt1: Sofia Leonteva/Daniil Gorelkin (RUS)

Alt2: Isabella Flores/Dimitry Tsarevski (USA)

Alt3: Miku Makita/Tyler Gunara (CAN)

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Those who like Bradie’s SP check out Ilya Yablokov’s SP. It’s roughly the same idea and it very well done.