sorcerer;271871 many are relieved said:
I didn't have the right set of fonts to read it, but thanks for the info, I suppose.
Maybe logically he should give up the idea of his coming back to the competition.... but Yagudin seems seeking a way to burn himself to ashes ON the ice!
Coming back or not, I think he won't be satisfied either way, but the question would be how he'd leave no regret.
Yes, definitely relieved here. The people I know were most afraid that it might be his hip....
"Yagudin seems seeking a way to burn himself to ashes ON the ice! Coming back or not...the question would be how he'd leave no regret."
Perhaps that is the point, the sense of regret one may have if one does not try. It has always been his way to embrace a challenge; if it had not been so, he would not have been the kind of champion he is, nor won as resoundingly as he did at the Olympics. He did not just win; he broke the records and made a new record that will be permanent, since the scoring system has been changed. In an Olympics that sometimes seemed to lack clarity of decision, his victory was completely unchallengeable and stunning. So, it should come as no surprise that he attempts what he attempts now.
I know that the doctors told him not to skate too soon, etc., but try telling eagles not to fly. They won't listen, either lol.
I worry for him, but I respect his decisions; only he has the right to make them. "Alexei has to be Alexei". I have always loved his stubbornness, and I am not going to decry it now, whatever the outcome. I am, as always, admiring his courage.
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