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2019-20 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating

She said that she won't participate in RusNats and therefore will not go to any other competition either and will only skate in shows. She will continue to train though. It's really sad that her season is over, she had such majestic programs, probably the best she ever had. I hope she is still competitive next season.
 
Is there a video of Liza's FS at Golden Spin? I can't find one

A Croatian channel filmed Golden Spin and a YouTube user “Frida340” uploaded many of them. I do not know if she uploaded Liza’s FS, but she uploaded the exhibition. There is a Fancam of Liza’s SP by YouTube user “K”.

I can’t link because I am on my mobile, but the Donovan Carrillo and Jason Brown FanFests have their performances from Golden Spin from these users, so you can link to the YouTube accounts there.
 
She said that she won't participate in RusNats and therefore will not go to any other competition either and will only skate in shows. She will continue to train though. It's really sad that her season is over, she had such majestic programs, probably the best she ever had. I hope she is still competitive next season.

Is she injured? Is she staying with Eteri? Well that opens the door for Liza or Evgenia to be the lady in waiting I guess.
 
She said that she won't participate in RusNats and therefore will not go to any other competition either and will only skate in shows. She will continue to train though. It's really sad that her season is over, she had such majestic programs, probably the best she ever had. I hope she is still competitive next season.

I would like to see her at nationals but she’s doing shows at the same time. I hope she will still compete but it’s her choice.
 
Well, I guess only thing we have to hope is that her words about 'studying new jumps and entrances' are true and at very least, she will continue training... and next season we will see her back.This looked extremely like retirement speech but hope springs eternal.
 
So sad for Alina. :(

She always said she wanted a long career, but it's difficult to imagine her ever coming back to competition with the incredible depth in Russian ladies + already having won everything.

Hey. In case Alina would not qualify for EC and WC through RusNats by potentially ending 4th or 5th, the result would be the same, no EC or WC this season. But that is the scenario for another 15 skaters every year who still train and attend RusNats or Russian Cup stages in the next season. And nobody calls it "it's difficult to come back to competitions." So if Alina would want to compete next season the worst situation will be this. In reality it will be better, she has sure 2 spots at GP and she is Alina Zagitova.
 
According to https://www.sports.ru/figure-skating/1081292220.html, this is what Alina said:

“I’m not going anywhere, but I’m not participating in the Russian championship. I want to clarify that without selection I do not pretend to the European Championship or the World Cup, I have always been selected according to the sporting principle. In the upcoming season I will not speak. But I will participate in many shows, stay on the ice, I will train. I think that it’s even good, I will look for myself and learn new elements and new approaches to jumping. I stay with the coaches with whom I have come such a long way, the Olympics. I am grateful to them, the federation, the fans, the family, ”said the skater.

So she is staying with Eteri and might come back next seasons.
 
So... Eteri said that Alina wanted to do this for some time now but everyone tried to encourage her to rethink, she claimed that she is tired and she couldn't make her rethink it,so she needs to take some break to get rest and get that competitive spark back... According to Eteri she wont stop training so whenever she wants to come back, she is ready and return is possible for her.

From her speech, it looks like (or I want it to look like) Eteri thinks (or hopes) that Alina will get bored and get back soon, as much as I really want to believe this... I am not Stanislavsky, but unfortunately «Не верю»
 
But she said she will try to "learn new elements", so I assume she's talking about quads?

Probably. There is not much of other elements Alina would need to learn.

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And, do people truly need to remind that skipping the season is nothing unusual?
 
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