It’s worthy to note that at the Merano Cup Elena achieved a new personal best of 157.77 points by the results of two programs. In December she confidently won her sixth national title. At the 2012 European figure skating championships Elena finished 11th and in my opinion this result wasn’t right because her strong short program was much underestimated.
After the 2011 World Championships Elena Glebova decided to switch to another coach and went to the USA, where she began to work with Igor Krokavec and Craig Maurizi. Her choreographer is a former ice dancer Olga Orlova. The time showed that those changes were the right decision. Elena became stronger, more confident and more impressive in her skating routines.
In my vision the European championships in Sheffield was the last one when the winner took the gold medal without triple – triple combination. I hope so, anyway. Also, next season there will be a set of new Russian young ladies such as Elizaveta Tuktamisheva and Adelina Sotnikova, who definitely can change the competitive level of present skating in Europe as well as in the world. They already do it at Grand Prix stages and junior competitions.
Elena Glebova is a kind of skaters who are the true fighters. She has difficult times during the 2010 – 2011 season but she decided to make changes. Those changes weren’t easy because in order to achieve new improvements in her skating she had to move from Estonia and her home based ice rink to the United States. She practically started the new life. But it was worth it.
Recently, at one of her trainings, Elena did a wonderful triple flip – triple toe loop combination. As you know it’s more difficult than triple toe – triple toe or triple Lutz – triple toe combination. It seems like she included this combos in her daily trainings, so we can expect new and very interesting surprises from her at competitions.
The current leader of Baltic region is Kiira Corpi of Finland but if Elena will continue to achieve new highs in her skating programs and in its stability, the leader of the North European region can be changed.
Related videos:
European Championships 2012 – Elena Glebova, SP
Elena Glebova – Triple flip – triple toe loop combination at workout, February 2012
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