He began figure skating at age four when his mother took him to train. Moved to St Petersburg at eleven to train under Yakov.
His spins are better that Viktor's because he is more flexible.
He is an incredible skater but not an artist.
He has always been under Viktor shadow.
His footwork is not good, he tends to be slow, sloppy and does too much two-footing skating.
He has never received a level 4 in his step sequences.
He has a textbook quad salchow.
He doesn't have the stamina to land five quads or a quad axel.
He is an example of the Russian figure skating machine and politics focused state program. He has always been told that he is perfect and will be the next champion.
Never landed a quad Flip in his career.
I can see him developing an eating disorder
During his twenties developed a rivalry with Minami and Guang Hong.
During his career he was heavily dependent on state funding as his personality did not attract good sponsorships.
He usually is not picked to skate in shows outside of Russia.
His strength is the short program
His weakness are stamina and strength
His strengths are flexibility and flow
He will struggle after his grow spur, He will lose his jumps and develop injuries after pushing his body too hard, and will have to take a season off. He will have to build himself from the start, first season after his injury he won´t qualify to GPF and will end 17 at worlds.
His skating looks very junior until he is in his twenties and working in his artistry.
He has been called a prodigy since he was six.
He is not a hardworking type of skater; he relies too much in his natural talent.
He tends to peak earlier in the season that's why the GP is his best competition.
Hi is not as consistent as Viktor
The triple axel is his weakest jump
He will lose some of his flexibility after his grow spur since after turning eighteen he decides to quit ballet and distance himself from the image of a Russian fairy that has been created for him. He will start to explore other types of music.
He will move to America for a while for training reasons. Yakov will still be his main coach but he will be trained by a coach approved by the federation.
He will go to college in Russia but will do it online when he moved for training.
In America he will live in California and will share and apartment with Otabek.
When Yakov retires, he will be coached by a lady.
Upon retirement he will become a lady's figure skating coach. He will work in Moscú
He will live in Russia the rest of his life.
He also got a lot of hate, particularly from the Russian media. for them he is not like Viktor enough.
When people think of the Russian "style" of skating -- they think of him
At the GPF in Barcelona he had a pretty big moment of glory, and it faded down from there.
He returned the Agape costume at the end of the season because he didn't want anything to do with Viktor and the costume wouldn't fit him much longer.
He is not Viktor successor.
