Rostelecom Cup was kind of blah. No skater's performance was particularly noteworthy or clean, and there were no real buzzworthy skaters competing. Of course, compared to Cup of China and the crash heard round the skating world, it was bound to be uneventful.
As the precocious toddler of a friend and fellow skater put it, "the Ladies blew." Sorry to say, but they did. There were no top-ranking ladies in the field this time around, so we got to see what happens when the skaters you never see on TV (because they're always at the middle-bottom of the pack) are suddenly thrust into the spotlight.
I'm happy that Javier Fernandez, Madison Chock & Evan Bates, and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov all won gold, because it helps my fantasy team. I pretty much called every event except for the ladies, yet somehow dropped to 179th in the standings? I don't get it. Oh well, I'll do better next week.
On to Trophee Bompard in Bordeaux!
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