If she's doing 3-3-3 at gala practice as reported not even 24 hours after the announcement, you can understand why people are suspicious.
I get that you don't like Zagitova, you've made that loud and clear from numerous posts. But really, stop taking digs at her. I doubt she herself told Ted Barton to say that. How Eteri's team manages publicity though, may be a different story. I say "MAY BE" because we don't really know what happened. Insinuating that someone is not really injured but just being a sore loser is just :noshake:
No it’s being a sore loser, plain and simple.
It was released to the media after they competed as an excuse for her losing to Rika.
If she’s skating today then the sprain can’t be so bad that it so severely impacted her performance. It was only released to the media to create excuses for her mediocre performance.
And I too have sprained my ankle many times, and been to the Dr who would tell you to stay off it, elevate it and ice it. Not perform in a gala where you could make it worse.
Just watching right now. It was nice hearing Eurosport Chris mention Jean Luc’s parents, it seems like he knew them back in the day.