I am so happy for Alina. It is almost like a fairytale came true to win after all the ups and downs this season. Now she can continue her career with more confidence. I was hoping she can be on the podium before the event.
Did Evgenia also grow taller? When they stood next to each other, Alina was still a little shorter than Evgenia. The difference was about the same when they stood next to each other at the Olympics victory ceremony. Or wiki is actually accurate, Alina is 5'2" and Evgenia is 5'3"?
You confuse me with someone, that's for sure. It's too difficult to find old posts but there are those where after the announcement I supported her decision contemplating the psychological blow that she received after not winning the Olympics and how difficult it would be for her to share the ice with Alina.
When things went the way they went like that awful short program that they scrapped later on, when she forgot how to jump, when miserable ongoing results were masked by long-term promises, yes, I actively expressed my doubts. But not in Zhenya but in Borser's skills as a coach. I still don't think that he is a good ladies' coach. You can put on Kazakhstan pullover, you can bring expressive mom to K&C but it cannot cover the need to be there for your pupils every day like Eteri does.
I still think that Medvedeva can do better with a different coach. Even at her best she lost more than 10 points to her Olympic score while Alina did not.
I see the progress in Eusoon Lim in just 1 season. Raf could be a good idea for Zhenya now that her return to Eteri is absolutely out of question...but I understand that things will stay next season like they are now. I just wish her luck.
Haha and some people were clueless enough to think Russia wouldn’t keep 3 spots.
When things went the way they went like that awful short program that they scrapped later on, when she forgot how to jump, when miserable ongoing results were masked by long-term promises, yes, I actively expressed my doubts. But not in Zhenya but in Borser's skills as a coach. I still don't think that he is a good ladies' coach. You can put on Kazakhstan pullover, you can bring expressive mom to K&C but it cannot cover the need to be there for your pupils every day like Eteri does.
I still think that Medvedeva can do better with a different coach. Even at her best she lost more than 10 points to her Olympic score while Alina did not.
But didn't alina grow like 8 cm this past season? So she would have to bet at least the same height? Cause I also thought that zhenya has grown a bit tallerZhenya said back in January that her height is 159cm, so I think she hasn't grown.
While the first sentence isn't true at all (hello Tara Lipinski) I am quite happy that Alina proved me wrong. I still think the programs are atrocious but clearly the fault is on her choreographer. You can tell she's an incredibly hardworking girl and anyone who has a heart must feel even just a tiny bit of joy for her after the season she's had.
I'm happy for Alina and Evgenia. Really, it was Alina's Euros performance that caused Liza to miss Worlds. Had Sofia not been the European champion, the Russian Fed would not have had to send her to Worlds. They just couldn't leave someone with a big, recent title at home.
Evgenia and Alina are at very different points in their skating careers. Right now, Zhenya is adjusting to her mature body, weight/muscle gain, etc. Alina is in the middle of growing, trying to stay as slim as possible to hang on to her jumps - I would say Alina is now where Zhenya was during the Olympics. The jumps take more effort than they used to, there is a need to maintain a very strict diet and low weight in order to accomplish the jumps, but there is no major adjustment to technique yet. Zhenya is at the point where she cannot be healthy and maintain the low weight/strict diet forever (as it caused the fracture she had last season), so she has totally changed her approach. Of course it won't all come together perfectly right now.
We'll see where Zhenya and Alina are next season and compare again.
By the way - are you suggesting that male skaters do not need to have their coaches there every day but that ladies do? That seems unlikely - it probably just depends on each skater, and maybe the ages of the skaters as well. Older skaters can handle more independence in their training. But if an older skater prefers more coach involvement like Tursynbaeva does, that's okay too.
if you watched closely over this season alina has progressively gotten quite a bit thicker to point where it must be intentional. i think her days of trying to keep her jumps are close to over. her jumps have been bigger, with more pop, much better than when she was stick thin. it seems like they've figured out that alina doesn't actually need to starve herself to have beautiful jumps and are focusing on more muscle power. she is significantly bigger than at the olympics (and i mean this in the best way) and her jumps still got better. all she needs now is her consistency
and there has been major technique adjustment,she's using her legs more and her body less. do you really think she's just been starving herself and trying the same thing when it was obvious that it wasn't gonna work anymore lol? obviously there was major overhaul in her training.
While the first sentence isn't true at all (hello Tara Lipinski) I am quite happy that Alina proved me wrong. I still think the programs are atrocious but clearly the fault is on her choreographer. You can tell she's an incredibly hardworking girl and anyone who has a heart must feel even just a tiny bit of joy for her after the season she's had.
Alina has stocky but athletic build like a taller Kostornaia
I find Zagitova. Kostornaia and Trusova more relying on muscle power which helps them when they adjust to puberty
I cannot say the same for Shcherbakova that looks like an upgraded Med version
even Med figure out to stop starving and is now putting on muscles, maybe Shcherbakova is just naturally skinny . Of all the Eteri junior Valieva is the one that wont survive puberty with unsustainable take off, iffy lutz and technique reminds me of Julia.
honestly i hope your wrong about kamila she's a such gem but i feel like there's a pretty high chance that you're right. the amount of body twisting she does right now to get her combos out doesn't make me optimistic about her jumps surviving puberty. but i'm sure her team will do everything they can to fix the issues before they turn into a huge headache when she gets older. i really want to see if they manage to fix her jumps a bit for next season, they managed to kinda fix alena's leg wrap so maybe they'll actually pull it off.
What were the Technical Judges thinking during Samodurova's skate? At first they thought her 3Lz was a 3F so when she did her third 3F they flagged it as a repeat jump. They corrected it later...
You don't know the first thing about coaching a figure-skater so I don't get your disrespect towards Orser.
if you look at Kamilas jumps she has a force take off, its scary they way she even toe picks. That is already an alarm her problem might be worse than Julia if this wont get fixed.