Betina Popova Explained

Betina Popova
Fullname:Betina Vadimovna Popova
Country:Russia
Birth Date:2 November 1996
Birth Place:Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Residence:Moscow
Partner:Sergey Mozgov
Formerpartner:Yuri Vlasenko
Coach:Anjelika Krylova, Oleg Volkov
Formercoach:Elena Kustarova, Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Formerchoreographer:Mikhail Kolegov
Former Skating Club:Sambo 70
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow
Beganskating:2002
Retired:February 14, 2020
Dance Score:175.24
Dance Date:2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Sd Score:73.30
Sd Date:2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Fd Score:103.13
Fd Date:2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Show-Medals:yes
Medaltemplates:
(with Mozgov)
(with Vlasenko)

Betina Vadimovna Popova (Russian: Бетина Вадимовна Попова, born 2 November 1996) is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Sergey Mozgov, she was the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former partner Yuri Vlasenko, she was the 2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.

Early life

Betina Vadimovna Popova was born on 2 November 1996 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. She started skating in 2002. Her first coach was Marina Selitskaya.

Partnership with Vlasenko

Popova and Yuri Vlasenko began competing together in 2009. The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow.

Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the 2011 NRW Trophy. They placed seventh at the Russian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.

2013–14 season

Popova/Vlasenko made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2013–14 season. They won the silver medal in Minsk, Belarus and then gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2014–15 season

Popova/Vlasenko's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked second in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they finished second to Canada's Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen by a margin of 6.75 points. Popova/Vlasenko were awarded gold in Dresden, Germany after placing first in both segments and outscoring Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter of the United States by 7.96 points. At the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, they won the bronze medal behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd. The two finished eleventh at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2015–16 season

Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Popova/Vlasenko outscored Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron of France by 7.3 points for the gold in Riga, Latvia. They took silver at their JGP assignment in Logroño, Spain – finishing second to another French team, Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac, by a margin of 1.78 points – and qualified for their third JGP Final. At the final, held in December in Barcelona, Popova/Vlasenko finished fourth, having scored 0.45 less than the bronze medalists, Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons of the United States. After taking silver behind Loboda/Drozd at the Russian Junior Championships, they were assigned to the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Partnership with Mozgov

On 2 May 2016, Popova confirmed that she and Sergey Mozgov had formed a partnership, with Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva serving as their coaches.

Popova/Mozgov made their international debut at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where they placed fifth.

2017–18 season

In 2017–18 season they competed at three ISU Challenger Series competitions. They won the gold medal at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 164.07 points. They also won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. At the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy they placed fifth.

In October 2017 they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup where they placed sixth. In December 2017 they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships where they placed fourth after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.

In May 2018 Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches.

2018–19 season

Popova/Mozgov started their season in mid September at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where they won the bronze medal with a personal best score of 170.47 points. In early November they placed seventh at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Three weeks later they finished eighth at the 2018 Internationaux de France. In early December they won their second Challenger Series bronze medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

They placed fourth at the Russian Championships for the second consecutive year.

In March, Popova/Mozgov have participated in the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk Russia. They finished first in the short and second in the free, earning the gold medal with a total of 183.01 points.

2019–20 season

Popova/Mozgov took time off to heal injuries following their Universiade victory, and then resumed training for the new season. The two selected "Bohemian Rhapsody" as their free dance music, believing it would be a new sort of material for them. They placed fourth at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and then won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Given one Grand Prix assignment, they placed eighth at the 2019 Skate Canada International.

Popova/Mozgov announced their retirement from competition on February 14, 2020, with Popova indicating that she was dealing with an eating disorder.

Post-competitive life and career

Popova began working as a skating choreographer in Moscow, including with the pairs team of Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin. Popova and Khodykin married in August 2020, but did not announce this until the following May. However,they eventually divorced.

Popova indicated her disaffection with the realities of ice dancing at a young age, sharing in 2020 that she was asked to show “sex” and “passion” towards her older partner when she was fourteen.[1]

Programs

With Mozgov

SeasonRhythm danceFree danceExhibition
2019–2020
  • Nevesta
2018–2019
  • Power Rangers soundtrack

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Short dance
2017–2018
    • Formidable
  • Batacuda Mixes
2016–2017

With Vlasenko

SeasonShort danceFree dance
2015–2016

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2014–2015
  • Cha Cha Danzon
  • Brazilian Samba
  • One Thousand and One Nights
2013–2014
  • Jumpin' Jack
  • Dream A Little Dream Of Me
2012–2013
2011–2012
  • Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha
  • Pasadena
  • Tango medley

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Mozgov

International
Event16–1717–1818–1919–20
align=left 7th
align=left 8th
align=left 6th
align=left 8th
align=left 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
National
align=left 4th 4th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Vlasenko

International
Event10–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–16
align=left 7th 11th 6th
align=left 4th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 4th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 4th J 8th J
National
align=left 14th 12th 7th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd bgcolor=silver 2nd
J = Junior level

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

With Mozgov

2019–20 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
25–27 October 20192019 Skate Canadaalign=center 6
71.44		align=center 8
102.10		align=center 8
173.54
11–13 October 20192019 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 2
72.11		align=center 3
103.13		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
175.24
19–21 September 20192019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorialalign=center 4
73.30		align=center 5
100.82		align=center 4
174.12
2018–19 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
7–9 March 20192019 Winter Universiadealign=center 1
71.46		align=center 2
111.55		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
183.01
19–23 December 20182019 Russian Championshipsalign=center 5
69.62		align=center 4
107.31		align=center 4
176.93
5–8 December 20182018 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 5
62.84		align=center 3
102.89		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
165.73
23–25 November 20182018 Internationaux de Francealign=center 8
63.64		align=center 7
99.54		align=center 8
163.18
6–11 November 20182018 Volvo Open Cupalign=center 1
64.31		align=center 1
104.16		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
168.47
2–4 November 20182018 Grand Prix of Helsinkialign=center 7
62.35		align=center 8
95.21		align=center 7
157.56
19–22 September 20182018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophyalign=center 3
67.65		align=center 3
102.82		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
170.47
2017–18 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
21–24 December 20172018 Russian Championshipsalign=center 5
63.27		align=center 3
104.43		align=center 4
167.70
16–19 November 20172017 CS Warsaw Cupalign=center 1
64.38		align=center 1
99.69		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
164.07
20–22 October 20172017 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 6
64.14		align=center 6
99.88		align=center 6
164.02
6–8 October 20172017 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 7
57.36		align=center 3
94.92		align=center 5
152.28
21–23 September 20172017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophyalign=center 3
60.98		align=center 2
100.94		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
161.92
2016–17 season
DateEventSDFDTotal
7–10 December 20162016 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 4
60.70		align=center 5
94.52		align=center 5
155.22

With Vlasenko

2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
14–20 March 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 7
58.56		align=center 5
87.65		align=center 6
146.21
19–23 January 20162016 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 4
61.62		align=center 1
96.20		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
157.82
10–13 December 20152015−16 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 4
61.85		align=center 4
82.11		align=center 4
143.96
30 September – 4 October 20152015 JGP SpainJunioralign=center 2
60.40		align=center 2
90.54		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
150.94
26–30 August 20152015 JGP LatviaJunioralign=center 1
59.82		align=center 1
86.53		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
146.35
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
2–8 March 20152015 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 9
51.17		align=center 11
74.26		align=center 11
125.43
4–7 February 20152015 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 3
58.06		align=center 2
89.93		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
147.99
11–14 December 20142014–15 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 3
50.52		align=center 3
81.36		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
131.88
1–5 October 20142014 JGP GermanyJunioralign=center 1
59.91		align=center 1
87.40		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
147.31
3–7 September 20142014 JGP Czech RepublicJunioralign=center 2
52.42		align=center 4
79.00		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
131.42
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
10–16 March 20142014 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 8
53.29		align=center 6
79.18		align=center 7
132.47
23–25 January 20142014 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 4
60.31		align=center 4
86.09		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
146.40
5–8 December 20132013–14 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 4
52.50		align=center 4
76.97		align=center 4
129.47
3–5 October 20132013 JGP Czech RepublicJunioralign=center 4
53.48		align=center 1
81.68		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
135.16
26–28 September 20132013 JGP BelarusJunioralign=center 3
51.82		align=center 2
76.89		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
128.71

Notes and References

  1. Web site: В 14 лет меня просили показать в танце 'секс' и 'страсть', – российская фигуристка .

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