I've always thought Osmond was one of the most promising young Canadian skaters, long before her successes this year.
But it's astonishing that expectations have gone through the roof and Canadian fans have extrapolated her SC win to World and Olympic championships right around the corner. It can be hard on a young skater when so much is expected from her so early, before she's ever had the experience of major championship competition at the senior level.
Yes, Yu-Na Kim and Mao Asada started young and achieved much, first at the junior level and later at the senior level. But both of them had been Junior Grand Prix and Junior World Champions before they moved up to the Senior level. They were already proven high achievers and continued on that path. And on the way, both were hyped to the limit.
Kaetlyn has a Nebelhorn win and a Skate Canada win at the international level, and that is exciting. But she hasn't faced the
full complement of elite skaters at one competition as yet, and no one really can say what the outcome of that will be. Expecting her to win every competition she enters, disregarding the stiff competition she will face, puts an awful lot of pressure on her.
But it's astonishing that expectations have gone through the roof and Canadian fans have extrapolated her SC win to World and Olympic championships right around the corner. It can be hard on a young skater when so much is expected from her so early, before she's ever had the experience of major championship competition at the senior level.
Yes, Yu-Na Kim and Mao Asada started young and achieved much, first at the junior level and later at the senior level. But both of them had been Junior Grand Prix and Junior World Champions before they moved up to the Senior level. They were already proven high achievers and continued on that path. And on the way, both were hyped to the limit.
Kaetlyn has a Nebelhorn win and a Skate Canada win at the international level, and that is exciting. But she hasn't faced the
full complement of elite skaters at one competition as yet, and no one really can say what the outcome of that will be. Expecting her to win every competition she enters, disregarding the stiff competition she will face, puts an awful lot of pressure on her.