except this is not accurate
I think todays result was an eye opener that will aid Ila for future competitions. Losing hurts even more when those around you re-enforces the good and not the bad. He should spend sometime talking to Nathan who had the weight of his country on his shoulder at the 2018 Olympics.
I don't argue with the PCS that Malinin got. I'm not saying that he didn't deserve to go down in the standings. And 9th isn't unreasonable for Ilia. I just think it doesn't seem as fair, when you look at the other guys messing up and not dropping as much. Sure Shoma & Yuma are good, but they aren't Gods.
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Oh, come on! Who doesn't want an exuberant, happy coach after becoming a World Champion?!! Do you remember the scene at the OLympics when the Chinese pair won----there was a group mash the size of a small town, with just about anybody who was anybody in Chinese pair skating! There are moments to be reserved and moments to let it go. Also, I noticed that Shoma was very emotional at that moment; he seems to be kind of a shy type, so maybe he wouldn't think it bad that someone was blocking him from view for just a short bit of time. At any rate, I don't think he would think Lambiel was "treading on him".
It’s really not. He trained his entire life for that moment and ended up spending it isolated in a room not getting to experience any of it. That would be an extremely traumatic experience. Skating is his life and he has sacrificed so much for it. I can’t even imagine what that would be like and how to get over it. I’m so glad he won this medal. He deserves it and should be proud.
I get it. But Vincent got to go to the Olympics in 2018, and he skated extremely well. At one point over this quad when he was attending Brown University, Vincent thought about quitting skating. So, again it's not for me to judge but I think Shoma and Vincent in particular seem to have very sensitive, hard to figure out personalities. Part of it for Shoma, as someone was saying, is his shyness. Plus, being adulated as a skater from such a young age. That's kind of like child actors who are fawned on by adults, and begin to lose a sense of self, or don't gain a sense of who they are and what they want because of being caught up in something all-enveloping that they are prodigies at, when they are very young and their personalities, experiences, and perceptions are still developing.
Yes, it's a learning experience for Ilia. Seemingly, Ilia's parents try to balance being coaches with being parents. I don't get a sense that they're pushing him, though I could be wrong. Just from watching interviews with Ilia himself, he seems self-motivated, ambitious, confident, and very happy about skating and accomplishing goals in skating. Still, he's young, and he'll obviously go through a lot that when you're young it's not easy to contemplate or put into perspective. His parents and coaches will be there to help guide him. I believe that Ilia will be taking some instruction from Raf in California too.
Parents and their approach make a huge difference in a young skater’s development. The answer to why some people seem more sensitive and struggle vs those who are more grounded can usually be found here.
He could have easily politely walked by and said excuse me. No, not him. Yes, cigar.
Or waited until he was done. Gone around? Found a different way?
Of course. If he's brilliant enough to write an Einstein level thesis, he's brilliant enough to find another way.
