Who at that rink even have time for this nonsense?Maybe they might want to make Aliona feel miserable for 2 months and then kick her to the curb, as a warning to any other students who might think about leaving for another club.
I understand your worries but really, when Eteri Tutberidze decided to take her back, it was really to take her back. With her usual commitment and all. And her assistants agreed too, otherwise she would probably have declined.I am not sure what Team T. really thinks of Aliona. There are many things we don't know about this situation.
Maybe they might want to make Aliona feel miserable for 2 months and then kick her to the curb, as a warning to any other students who might think about leaving for another club.
I am mainly worried that everything is not settled, and that the 2-month probation period will end with Aliona not being able to meet Team T.'s conditions, so she is left without a coach or a club.
Aliona said in one of her interviews (from 2018?) that the phrase that would describe her life is something like "journey of a 1000 missteps."
I think it took a lot of guts to take a risk to try a new club and coach, and I think it took a lot of maturity to realize her mistake, swallow her pride, and apologize. Trying and failing and learning from your mistakes is essential to growing as a person. I just hope Team T. sees it that way and gives her a fair chance.
And I also hope that Aliona doesn't lose her "rebel spirit" -- just learns to control it better.
Is this what you think coaches normally do? Or maybe Eteri shows some signs of sadism or psychopathy?
When you are an Eteri fan you are an Eteri fan. for Life! Same is true of course of alyona.I must confess: when Aliona left Eteri, I stopped coming to this thread. I am an Eteri fan. I never hated Aliona, how could I hate her after she gave me so much joy with her wonderful skating? But I felt helpless, I felt a big blow, because I really believed that with Eteri, she'd be very successful and made us all happy. I don't trust other coaches. Forgive me, haha.
However, once I heard that she wanted to come back, I got very excited. My first reaction was a big relief, both for myself and for Aliona. She hasn't abandoned me. I had no doubt that Eteri will take her back. I didn't think she should apologize to anyone. She's the one who suffered the most. I am not helpless anymore, because I can root for her now.
Not like you, a true fan, who always stays with her. Not like Scott, who would also like her to have other options. I am a "regular fan", because I only believe her success with Eteri. I just believe that Eteri knows Aliona's skating the best (haha, don't try to argue with me on this one, I am stubborn). Of course I cannot be 100% sure she will be success at this point, but Aliona gives me hope now. I am not even bothered by those "probation and conditions". In case Aliona does not bet back her 3A in 2 months, and Eteri kicked her out because of that, I will be only mad with Eteri, not Aliona.
EG is not looking to destroy anyone.
She just wants to win.
Yes, if she recovers "only" her level of last season (and with even better skating skills and a wider repertoire for expressiveness which she acquired lately though the said skating skills were harmed in competitive programs because of her exhaustion), she may not get an Olympic spot, but she is likely to be above Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, even if the latter manages to jump a quad and two triple Axels in her free, so this means more spots for Worlds for the team.When you are an Eteri fan you are an Eteri fan. for Life! Same is true of course of alyona.
Hopefully alyona will recover her great skating from last season but it will take time
EG is not looking to destroy anyone.
But with Alyona back in Eteris grasp gives the great coach another opportunity to have a skater to compete for an Olympic team spot besides Anna and KV and Maya and Dasha.
This also goes for the world championships after the Olympics next season if Alona doesn't make the Olympic team she has a chance to go to worlds because I don't think there's any way all 3 of the ladies from Russia that go to the Olympics will go to worlds. That could open the door for someone like AK to go to the world championships next season.
I agree with you and the whole thing hinges on if Aliona gets her health back and her confidence back. If she does she will be in the mix for everything.
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In other news, I'm surprised no one posted this already -- Aliona back in choreography class.
If they wanted to ruin her carrier, they wouldn't have taken her back. That would be almost certain she'd never get to the previous level.Well, you all have convinced me that I'm overreacting if I'm worrying about Team T. trying to ruin Aliona's career on purpose!
Heart inflammation?Well, you all have convinced me that I'm overreacting if I'm worrying about Team T. trying to ruin Aliona's career on purpose!
But I still worry about Aliona's health and her ability to get the 3A back in the 2-month timeframe...
I remain very concerned about seeing Aliona painfully gasping for air in the K&C after the FS at the Russian Cup Final.
I hope Aliona is getting health screenings on a regular basis (including checking for heart inflammation), and Team T. better have doctors present at the rink (and not just somewhere in the building). I certainly don't want any of this to happen to Aliona:
Basketball player dies during training in Serbia
Former Florida State center Michael Ojo has died after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade sayWith COVID raging, why are we even still playing college basketball?
The collapse of University of Florida star Keyontae Johnson highlights the dangers of playing indoor sports during the pandemic's winter surge.fortune.com
Please work hard but remember to guard your health, Aliona!!
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In other news, I'm surprised no one posted this already -- Aliona back in choreography class.
This is why the requisite, which seems to be "just" the 3A and not to a full run-through with a 3A, is reassuring. She can retrieve it before recovering her breathe and stamina, and in my opinion it means Eteri Tutberidze knows she may need more time to get back to full health and is allowing it and adapting her training program. Not letting Alena Kostornaia rest "lazily" either, she's Eteri Tutberidze you know!Well, you all have convinced me that I'm overreacting if I'm worrying about Team T. trying to ruin Aliona's career on purpose!
But I still worry about Aliona's health and her ability to get the 3A back in the 2-month timeframe...
I remain very concerned about seeing Aliona painfully gasping for air in the K&C after the FS at the Russian Cup Final.
I hope Aliona is getting health screenings on a regular basis (including checking for heart inflammation), and Team T. better have doctors present at the rink (and not just somewhere in the building). I certainly don't want any of this to happen to Aliona:
Basketball player dies during training in Serbia
Former Florida State center Michael Ojo has died after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade sayWith COVID raging, why are we even still playing college basketball?
The collapse of University of Florida star Keyontae Johnson highlights the dangers of playing indoor sports during the pandemic's winter surge.
Please work hard but remember to guard your health, Aliona!!
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In other news, I'm surprised no one posted this already -- Aliona back in choreography class.
And in fact such a constant but not too strong push to her limits of the moment may be the best way to healing.
i was wondering if we would see this post from her
also, i like how they made a point to not use any recent pictures from her time with Plushenko lol
I'm surprised they didn't use photos from the Angel/Vampire programsi was wondering if we would see this post from her
Actually that's the constume she used to exibith on that program, starting with the cape and losing it during the show
