Voronin Cup 2016: The Nabz is back!

The Cup of Mikhail Voronin ended the competition season for our team a week ago in Moscow. It was a nice get together with most of the team present in some form or another. Everyone seemed to be extra tired and sloppy, but in good spirits nevertheless. There was even a live stream, but the competition was such a splatfest (as usual) that I wasn't sure whether to giggle or cry while watching.

Elena Eremina and Lilia Akhaimova easily won the team competition and took home a huge trophy for their efforts. Interestingly enough, while Lena won the junior AA, Lilia didn't even place. I know she's pretty much a one-eventer, but since we're supposed to take her seriously as a national team member now (I'm really struggling with it), she could have snuck in with the weak field they had in this competition. Senior AA went to Daria Elizarova instead, with Polina Fedorova as the runner up.

Merry Christmas

Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, something else or nothing at all, I hope you're happy, comfortable and surrounded by people you love! You deserve it.

I and my cat would like to send love and virtual hugs and comfy and furry kitty snuggles to everyone, we're thinking of you and wishing you all the best in the world.

Russian Hopes 2016: Get your hopes up for Klimenko and Simakova

Russian Hopes was held in Penza at the end of November and I've been waiting for videos to show up to make a post about it. There still aren't that many videos, but by now it's probably all we're going to get, so let's see what we have to look forward to during the next quad.