3. ELIZAVETA
TUKTAMISHEVA
Elizaveta started skating at the age of 4; she was born on December
17th 1996, Elizaveta was born in Glazov, Russia. Elizaveta is coached by
Svetlana Veretennikova where she appeared at competitions in Belgorod,
in Belgorod Alexei Mishin saw Elizaveta skate and thought that her
technique was incomplete and declined her to join his group. Sometime
later he saw her again and reassessed her abilities, allowing her to join
the team, because of her ability to “jump high". In 2009 Elizaveta got a
silver medal at the Russian Championships, she also placed 4th in her
short program and 1st in her free skating.
5. ADELINA SOTNIKOVA
Adelina Sotnikova started skating at the age of 4 at Yuzhny skating rink
near her home in Moscow, Russia. At the age of 8 she was coached and still
is by Elena Buianova (Yodorezova). In 2009 Adelina competed at the
Russian Championships and got 1st at the age of 12. The club that she skates
with is named CSKA Moscow. Apparently according to the ISU age rules
Adelina isn’t allowed to skate at the senior world or European
championships until 2013. This year she won 3rd at the 2012 Cup of China
due to her leg injury. Just recently she won 2nd in the Youth Olympic Games
in Innsbruck, to her teammate Elizaveta got 1st.
7. ZIJUN LI
Zijun Li is the last person on which I’ll be writing on, she was born on
December 14, 1996 in China. Her coach is Meng Di. She skates at the Jilin winter
sports center in China. At the Junior Grand Prix Final Risa Shoji and her both got
3rd place, Zijun won against Risa in the tie breaker round winning 3rd instead of
4th and Risa went home with 4th place. Zijun brought home 2 silver medals at the
Junior Grand Prix which made her qualified for the Junior grand prix final held in
Quebec City Canada, where she finished 4th. This year she went to the Youth
Olympic Games where she placed 3rd behind Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta
Tuktamisheva.
