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It's for good luck and protection.
That red thread really had to work overtime this season.
Alina Zagitova
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It's for good luck and protection.
That red thread really had to work overtime this season.
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Go read Eteri's most recent post on IG with translation. It will give you some insight into what she has been going through personally since before the Olympics started. It is also a reminder that we never truly know what is going on with people. There is never just 'one' of anybody.
She is an incredibly strong woman. That kind of loss breaks you. For Eteri to have to hold it together for all of her students, her daughter and herself this season is super-human.
You can't judge someone's true feelings if they are determined to hide them for self protection. It's even better if you refrain from judging someone at all if you don't know what they are going through.
But I agree her love for Alina is more than obvious :luv17:
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Eteri Georgyevna's position is not to be envied. She may work with the best staff and the best skaters and get the best results, but with all of this comes a huge responsibility and pressure to deliver those gold medals.
She is held responsible for both good and bad results and has to balance many parameters, often beyond her direct control, to get the job done.
Next year will be even more extreme, with Alina, Anna, Aleksandra, Alyona Ko and Alyona Ka from Moscow alone, and her other charges like Tursynbayeva demanding her attention.
At least Alina will always have good company and 'sparring mates' in the other girls.
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And Daniil Samsonov - with his potential there will be also huge expectations from him = > from Eteri. I would never do her job, rather would find something more quiet for myself, like deactivating booby traps or something like that...
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I'm very sorry for what she went through, and you're right that it isn't correct for someone to judge when you don't know what they're going through. Personally I remember the different reactions after the Olympics SP, but their relationship at the moment is wonderful <3 and I don't want to say much more because this thread is for Alina, and I like everyone else wants the attention to be on her and her achievements! Career GS at 16 as well as training a 4F and 4Lo now is so exciting, especially because of how consistent those triples are.
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BTW, I've just looked on the results of the world championships 2009:
Men: Evan Lysacek, total score 242.23
Ladies: Kim Yuna, total score: 207.71
Even if this is cannot be compared completely, still you see how much has figure skating developed through just last 10 years.
Men: Evan Lysacek, total score 242.23
Ladies: Kim Yuna, total score: 207.71
Even if this is cannot be compared completely, still you see how much has figure skating developed through just last 10 years.
Someone uploaded this with English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSvO1XJNVBY
Not a native speaker, but I'll try.
Alina: [After the Olympics] I started feeling differently, approaching training with a new mind. Building a plan for myself, finding something I needed to do each day, and trying to execute the plan. It was important to me to show good results in the post-Olympic season, but in the sports career our results go up and down. One must work through it and endure. Every athlete falls, of course it is very difficult, but you can endure it. It was hard, but my coaches and relatives helped me, they found the right words to motivate me. I didn't really get Phantom at first, couldn't adapt to this role, but my coaches explained what I needed to invest in each movement and by the end of the season I was feeling it and had the right emotions. With Carmen, on the other hand, I felt the character right away and really liked the music. Right now, for me the most important thing is to perform my planned content. That keeps me on the podium. And when the time comes that I need to change something, I will try.
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Eteri is truly a phenomenon in coaching. She has great courage to stick to her beliefs even amid great personal trauma in the last year or so with her mother's illness and then death.
As for Alina I'm very annoyed at all these rumors around that The Russian Federation wanted her to withdraw from the World Championships. I hope it's not true. Alina is a skater who on a good day scores the highest of anyone in the world only Rika can score higher than her at this point. So why would you want Alina to withdraw? It makes absolutely no sense and it makes me concerned that they put her under too much stress this season and that's why she crumbled in the free skates at both Russian Nationals and the European championships. I personally and not someone who handles stress well and to think the stress that the Olympic champion we adore went through this season is making me angry and frustrated. I hope Alina comes back next year to try to stay on top with her young training mates turning senior and the Japanese girls no doubt getting better. But I also wouldn't blame her if she said arrivederci.
winning Worlds I think took off a huge burden from her that was why there was such a huge pressure. Now she can relax, sit back and can even let the wonderkids take the lead, she doesnt need to win anything now and the goal to peak should be in 2022 if that is her plan.
I wish but Nah they will keep saying she needs to add new jumps and get on a podium otherwise she is embracing Russia being such a terrible Olympic champ, u’ll see. On tv they were saying how 8th place for Samodurova was amazing and terrific and whatnot for her first Worlds but Alina’s 5th place saving 3 quotas for Russia is still mentioned as “a complete failure”. Female skaters of her level in Russia can only quit, if they cant get on a podium, they cant “just enjoy skating for themselves and fans”
but she wont have much to prove now, also russian skaters replenish next season and is no longer the sole burden even Med is on the upswing and can even lead again.
Trusova, Kostornaya, Shcherbakova, Medvedeva even La Tuk it will be more diversified.
It wasn’t just stress...read her interviews she literally said she had physical problems with jumps but then u let stuff (pressure, hate) get into your head and u cant control your skate at all. She was doing fine overcoming puberty but all this dirt in the media and pressure, GPF trauma plus medical burn got to her on FS of Nationals where she knew she physically couldn’t outperform Quads, she skated short through pain it is obvious they didn’t let her WD coz TUktamysheva did, im sure Eteri tried. Same happened at Europeans because she broke after Nationals (she said it was the breaking point), she wasn’t fine physically AND was weak mentally, and her fs program is too hard. She is not gonna say bye, that’s literally what she keeps saying after every event, she wants to skate, she is too young to do the coaching, what is the point, she is not gonna say outright but i bet she will be trying to lend those 2 quads, loop or flip, i was betting flip coz she does it great, but now, Seeing how she saved her loop combo so amazingly this WC, getting such high, fully rotated loop out off not the best lutz lending, then lending it so confidently even with such a difficult edge...i was impressed and i think quad loop is more possible than anything else especially because it’s been her fav jump since she was kid.
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Really nice praise from Yagudin -
"The sensations after her hire were better than from my victory at the Games when I sat in kiss and cry. With age, you start to value some things differently, although I am a cynic, I love purity and sincerity. I wanted myself after her hire throw out on the ice teddy bear ", - admitted Yagudin.
“Her victory was 100%. When she made a lutz-toe loop in an arbitrary one, she thought - and where is her crown - a lutz-rittberger? Warming up before renting, at the championships of Russia and Europe, I felt some weight of her skating, and she poured into rolling, "Yagudin said.
“At this championship, what was rolling out before short, that before arbitrary, I saw her confidence,” Yagudin emphasized. “Yes, for us in Russia in figure skating there is only gold. Silver and bronze are mini-defeats, but maybe It was they who freed Alina from the unreal burden of responsibility? "
"The sensations after her hire were better than from my victory at the Games when I sat in kiss and cry. With age, you start to value some things differently, although I am a cynic, I love purity and sincerity. I wanted myself after her hire throw out on the ice teddy bear ", - admitted Yagudin.
“Her victory was 100%. When she made a lutz-toe loop in an arbitrary one, she thought - and where is her crown - a lutz-rittberger? Warming up before renting, at the championships of Russia and Europe, I felt some weight of her skating, and she poured into rolling, "Yagudin said.
“At this championship, what was rolling out before short, that before arbitrary, I saw her confidence,” Yagudin emphasized. “Yes, for us in Russia in figure skating there is only gold. Silver and bronze are mini-defeats, but maybe It was they who freed Alina from the unreal burden of responsibility? "
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These quotes look like machine translation, is there an original source please?
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I feel like Alina and Eteri’s relationship completely changed this season. It’s very obvious how much love and respect they have for each other. I honestly think Eteri considers Alina just as much as a daughter to her as Diana is :luv17:
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As far as I understand, the Federation didn't want her to withdraw at all. According to rumours, they made her perform a test skate behind closed doors though before the WC, which went very well, so it was absolutely up to Alina to decide whether she could cope with the pressure or not. And now we know from Eteri, how difficult it was for Alina to gather all her strength and courage to be able to conquer all her fear and doubt and make her final decision to go just a few days before the start of the WC. And she has also stated that it's not her intention to finish her competitive skating career.
So we're happy!
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In my very humble opinion, Alina needs to first and foremost stay as healthy as possible. Work on increasing her technical content so she doesn't get left behind, but not to the point of risking injury. Definitely keep perfecting what she has because that will keep her in the game and near the top.
This sport is so incredibly unpredictable. Literally, anything can happen -
The skater who is supposed to win it all chokes under the pressure of skating on home ice and/or being the favorite. We've seen that happen to Alina.
The skater having the amazing season gets sick and it derails everything. Liza T.
An injury like a foot or ankle swelling that takes a favorite skater out of the competition. Alyona.
A collision in a warm-up. A concussion in practice. A sprain from tripping over a cord. Anything that keeps you from skating your best when you need it the most.
Chronic boot problems or trying to break in new skates at the wrong time can mess everything up. Rika's boot issues didn't ruin her season but they sure didn't help.
For this sport it seems like a lot of it is about staying healthy, uninjured, peaking at the right time, holding your nerve, stay in the game, near the top, and most of all show up and do your thing.
Next season for Alina could be a lot like Zhenya's season this year if she is learning new jumps. Not my ideal forecast for her, but I'll support her no matter what. I'll celebrate whatever victories come no matter what they look like. Especially if there are podiums and medals involved. I think her experience this season is invaluable. It will serve her well when things get tough again.
I HATED it when she lost in Milan. Still not over it. But if she had won would she have been able to push herself through the hard times this season? Would there have been enough motivation? There is no way of knowing. If one thing is different, then everything can be different. I know that this victory means so much more for being so hard won. And the heart break of Milan is part of it.
I'm excited for her journey next season. Even if she skates to more war horses (please no). Even if Danny G. decides to break out the music editing software again (please no). I'll be here for it! In the meantime, waiting for more great stuff from the upcoming skating shows!!!!
He said it during commenting the fs, wgen Alina was in kissncry.
And this part” i wanted myself after her hire throw out on the ice teddy bear " is incorrect, he said he wanted to become a plush teddy bear himself just like ones Yuzuru always gets, and throw himself out there on the ice for Alina, because she deserves it, she is true Olympic champion.
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Alina is on the plane now. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuhO4rWnnnR
Well, its official now - Zagitova Airlines.
Well, its official now - Zagitova Airlines.
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