I agree with much of what has been said here. I am also a little worried but at the same time not so much, I want to wait until tomorrow to form an opinion.
We all remember the test skates from last year and yet a week later she raced with 2 good performances.
What worries me is that she will be competing in the first two stages. I hope she has the time to fix any problems she has. Maybe she was also saving energy which would be smart of her. If we count the test skates she will compete 3 times in a month. That's a lot and she must have energy. She needs to perform very well in both stages to qualify for the nationals.
I think the program has a lot of potential and the step sequence is incredible. With the costume and a clean performance improving her mistakes it will be incredible. I wish she gave the time for that.
I really wish that she is healthy.We all worry about it. I also suppose she was nervous. Let's be honest, she has not trained with her coaches for 8 months and she doesn't even know when she will be able to return to train with them. It is a lot of uncertainty. Everyone has been out of training for a while but her more than the rest. Added to the fact that she is not with her coaches and in her club, that makes her training conditions the worst.
It is rare that no one accompanies her but I don't know if it is so bad for her in this situation. Of course it is good that someone is there but not just anyone. Perhaps the presence of the man holding the phone is more important than if Tat or Buyanova were there. Maybe she feel lonely and need someone but that someone are her coaches, Brian and Tracy not others. I did not think this way before her SP but when I saw her grab the phone when she left the ice and I saw how her smile lit up her face showing how she was connected with her coach and when I heard her saying what she misses TCC I understood that this is the place where she want to be and those are the people she want and need by her side. That is why I believe that today in her situation a telephone that allows her to see and hear her coach is more important than anyone else.
She is in a very difficult situation and I wish her good health and strength.