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- Nov 2, 2013
I think that Radionova always had unfortunate timing. Missing the Olympics by half a year - She could have been Lipnitskaya. Then the next season, she almost gets to start on a clean skate with a great opportunity to establish herself... And Tuktamysheva has her one single super season right then. The next season, Radionova also is in a great position and Tuktamysheva is now not having such a great season... And Radionova gets overtaken by Medvedeva during her debut season.
Still, I have to say that for all the criticism Eteri's "you skate to this music and that's that"-authoritarianism has received, Radionova really could have used some of that. I thought that her junior programs were fantastic and the 13-14 programs were alright, but then they just kept becoming worse and worse and worse and it all culminated on that atrocious Titanic program which to me is by far the worst program of the quad(Not counting the plain inappropriate ones like Lecavalier's). It was difficult to even take her seriously at that point and expectedly, her status didn't improve as might otherwise have been expected.
It's easy to forget that Radionova won the junior world championships twice in a row. No other lady's ever won the junior world championship twice.
Still, I have to say that for all the criticism Eteri's "you skate to this music and that's that"-authoritarianism has received, Radionova really could have used some of that. I thought that her junior programs were fantastic and the 13-14 programs were alright, but then they just kept becoming worse and worse and worse and it all culminated on that atrocious Titanic program which to me is by far the worst program of the quad(Not counting the plain inappropriate ones like Lecavalier's). It was difficult to even take her seriously at that point and expectedly, her status didn't improve as might otherwise have been expected.
It's easy to forget that Radionova won the junior world championships twice in a row. No other lady's ever won the junior world championship twice.
But it‘s really amazing what she did there, that‘s probably why people expect(ed) so much from her!
Yes, I am her fan. And no, a bronze medal isn‘t bad, I never said that. But yet, a few years ago people talked of her as if she was going to be the Olympic Champion. I‘m just worried about her because she has had growth issues and we all know pretty well how fast you get ruled out in Russia. I was just asking from those who might have seen her at shows how her jumps look like, whether she can get back to her old form or not. Because, yes, I really wish for her to do that. But I just don‘t know whether it will be possible. And just saying, in any other country placing 3rd and 4th at the GP wouldn‘t be bad. But in Russia with so many new young skaters turning up every year? Maybe disappeared was the wrong word. I just remember that a few years ago she battled with Zhenya for Golds so to me it seemed like that. Sorry if it offended anyone... 
