Polina Tsurskaya
- Thread starter Roman09
- Start date
- Joined
- Nov 22, 2015
yes, she does
I wonder how tall is she?more pics https://fotki.yandex.ru/users/mihsersh/album/545376/
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9ECPUvUIm8 Eteri's group choreography lesson 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=aAvtanftXqw - 2
Last edited:
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2016
Polina is so beautiful! She became more graceful. No any bustle in her skating.
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2014
WOOOOWW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8OvZW-Z44E - Polina Tsurskaya - SP practice 15.01.2017 by mihsersh (Mikhail Sharov)
I miss her so much.
She takes my breath away.
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2015
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
She had surgery on her knee on 25 October to remove a broken-off piece of cartilage from her joint. They were told that the disease is genetic but it might not have been discovered if she hadn't put such strain on her knee as a skater which led to pain.
This is the disease:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteochondritis_dissecans
Last edited:
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
With that out of the way, congratulations to Polina on coming back and getting a medal! :clapper:
Hopefully her recovery is complete and we will see her at Junior Worlds 
Hopefully her recovery is complete and we will see her at Junior Worlds - Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
To put an end to speculation, Mikhail Sharov asked Polina's mother what Polina's current height was and she said 169 cm.
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2017
Polina says that by doctor's opinion Koenig's disease in her case is genetically caused (hereditary):
https://youtu.be/4CfOQMEQx9M?t=89
https://youtu.be/4CfOQMEQx9M?t=89
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
Polina is planning to compete in the Russian Cup Final in Seniors (MS). All other Eteri's students from Junior Nationals (except Zagitova) will compete in Juniors (KMS).
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2014
Will it happen again? I don't know much about this disease .
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2017
The disease is chronic, i.e. without treatment it's permanent but there are juvenile and mature forms. The first one is connected with growth and is intrinsic for some young people of age 5-18 and can be cured much more succesfully then Koenig's disease of mature people.
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
This depends on what the underlying defect (genetic abnormality in her case) is. Maybe it's growth-related and won't happen after she stops growing, maybe not. It's seems to be a complicated condition. She'll definitely have to be watchful and not let the condition progress to the final stage (actual detached pieces of bone/cartilage floating around in the joint) again without noticing.
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2011
Maybe I'm confusing it, but I think a friend of mine had the same disease - she was operated too and it never happened again. She's even pretty active in sports (albeit not to Polinas FS extent) and so far, so good. However, if I remember correctly, she was told to try and get a good/solid amount of thigh muscles, as those stabilize the knee in general and help preventing it from occurring again. And I got the same advice with my problems, basically a curable pre-form of arthritis.
Again, maybe this is different for Polinas disease, but to be honest, it reminds me of one of the comments in the Junior nationals thread (I'm sorry I can't remember who said it) - what Eteri said about 'usually only taking small, slim girls' scares me a bit. I respect Eteri and she has a lot of strengths as a coach, but I'm afraid her approach might not be the right one for Polina. Maybe gaining more muscle in her legs to help support her knees would be better... and it's not as if, with her technique and spring, a bit more weight would have her jumps come apart. Probably the opposite.
I'm sorry for being negative here, but I can't help being worried about this
Again, maybe this is different for Polinas disease, but to be honest, it reminds me of one of the comments in the Junior nationals thread (I'm sorry I can't remember who said it) - what Eteri said about 'usually only taking small, slim girls' scares me a bit. I respect Eteri and she has a lot of strengths as a coach, but I'm afraid her approach might not be the right one for Polina. Maybe gaining more muscle in her legs to help support her knees would be better... and it's not as if, with her technique and spring, a bit more weight would have her jumps come apart. Probably the opposite.
I'm sorry for being negative here, but I can't help being worried about this
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2016
I agree about an individual approach - Pitkeev was someone who needed one for health reasons and he didn't exactly get it. But maybe Eteri has learned a lesson from it and is going to be more careful with Polina. However, the conditions in Eteri's group with so many strong girls may create a "survival of the fittest" situation and that is not good for Polina. Eteri is good at pushing her students to the maximum, not coddling them. But of course we can't know exactly what's going on there.Maybe I'm confusing it, but I think a friend of mine had the same disease - she was operated too and it never happened again. She's even pretty active in sports (albeit not to Polinas FS extent) and so far, so good. However, if I remember correctly, she was told to try and get a good/solid amount of thigh muscles, as those stabilize the knee in general and help preventing it from occurring again. And I got the same advice with my problems, basically a curable pre-form of arthritis.
Again, maybe this is different for Polinas disease, but to be honest, it reminds me of one of the comments in the Junior nationals thread (I'm sorry I can't remember who said it) - what Eteri said about 'usually only taking small, slim girls' scares me a bit. I respect Eteri and she has a lot of strengths as a coach, but I'm afraid her approach might not be the right one for Polina. Maybe gaining more muscle in her legs to help support her knees would be better... and it's not as if, with her technique and spring, a bit more weight would have her jumps come apart. Probably the opposite.
I'm sorry for being negative here, but I can't help being worried about this
Similar threads
