A height of 167 is a little shocking to me. That is dangerously tall. Please Anna, stop growing taller.
*raises eyebrows* "dangerously tall"? I'm 173cm. Can we not with the body shaming please?
A height of 167 is a little shocking to me. That is dangerously tall. Please Anna, stop growing taller.
*raises eyebrows* "dangerously tall"? I'm 173cm. Can we not with the body shaming please?
i guess that is mostly about height vs skating, not body shaming - shorter ladies seem to do better, in average.
When words like "dangerous", and a plea to stop growing - as if that was something anybody could help! - is definitely body shaming for her height. Height is not a factor in singles skating - else why do we have Olympic singles champions who are over six feet tall?
When words like "dangerous", and a plea to stop growing - as if that was something anybody could help! - is definitely body shaming for her height. Height is not a factor in singles skating - else why do we have Olympic singles champions who are over six feet tall?
I think she will comeback strong, regardless of how she places.
https://instagram.com/p/4Uh8X3kLT8/
This clip while very short already shows that even something she was already very good at has become even better making me believe that she's taken this time off to become better as an all-around skater and I'm sure that will pay off in the long run.
She seems to me to be the type of skater that gets bothered more by poor performances than not winning gold.
Love that clip! Her spread-eagle into an Ina Bauer is beautiful
When words like "dangerous", and a plea to stop growing - as if that was something anybody could help! - is definitely body shaming for her height. Height is not a factor in singles skating - else why do we have Olympic singles champions who are over six feet tall?
Love that clip! Her spread-eagle into an Ina Bauer is beautiful
More people need to start doing Spread-eagle, Ina Bauers into 2A, I will miss it a lot with no Yuna around. It seems as though it was exceptionally difficult, as I don't see anyone but So Youn Park doing it.. Maybe someone will match Yuna's Spread-eagle 2A-3T from Vancouver soon.
I'm not sure if Pogo has psych issues. She was such a strong competitor in the previous 2 seasons. Some of her struggles last season may have been puberty/growth or injury related. She said on her instagram that she is now 167 cm, and I thought she looked different last season compared to before, noticeably taller but she also had a thinner yet more mature look to her. Plus she was injured at the beginning of the season (withdrew from Nebelhorn) and then again at the end of the season (circa Worlds, a nasty injury involving a sprained ankle and torn ligaments). I think the psychological issues tend to arouse around the same time as puberty related issues anyways, and both can play a factor. For example, I think part of Julia's problem last season was physical but I also think some of it was mental. 16/17 year old girls are mostly very self conscious and can be really emotional, plus once you make mistakes, it's easy to get scared and lose the sense of fearlessness you used to have.
From what I can tell, both Julia and Anna (and Elena too, for that matter) are good competitors by nature. They are gritty, realistic, focused, and have shown they can deliver when it counts. So that makes me think what happened with Julia and Anna last season was not a permanent thing, and that any sort of "psychological issues" that had developed can and will hopefully subside once they become more comfortable in their own skin and develop a more mature mindset as they get older. To me, it seems like the ability to compete is often inherent - it can't be taught, you have it or you don't. Of course, things can change, but we've seen in the past many times that both Julia and Anna have the ability to compete. So I'd be surprised if this just went away. I'm rooting for both of them this season.
I think that Anna's problems this past season were mostly puberty related. I remember reading in one of Adelina's interviews that going through puberty her coordination was affected to the point that she could not jump for some months. I've just re-watched a few Anna's performances and I am convinced that discoordination was the issue, it affected her spins, jump landings (hence those awkward falls) even footwork at times. Hopefully she is past the worst now and will come stronger this season, as regards her issues with Tsareva that is another matter, sigh...