- Joined
- Oct 27, 2004
Yagudin's new hip is not designed to handle the kind of pounding a return to eligible skating would entail. If he gets clearance from the ISU and actually tries to get in competitive shape, he will find that out soon enough, and will wind up having to have yet another surgery and a second hip replacement.
However, there is a saying: "The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer."
Alexei has already done the difficult, in returning to perform on the ice far sooner than was expected, and if anybody can do the impossible, that person is Alexei Yagudin.