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Even tough I don't understand a single word in japanese, I loved every second of it!
Alina's interactions with everyone around her: her teammates, her mother, her pets, are so genuine and heartwarming 
Alina Zagitova
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Even tough I don't understand a single word in japanese, I loved every second of it!
Alina's interactions with everyone around her: her teammates, her mother, her pets, are so genuine and heartwarming 
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Hello everyone!
I’ve been a lurker on GoldenSkate for about a year now, but the culmination of a few events in my personal life over the past couple of months has caused me to finally come out with a post. It’s nice to meet all the people whose comments I’ve been liking!
I am lucky enough to have been a fan of figure skating since randomly rediscovering it in one of the YouTube recommended videos around two years ago (Gosh, has it been so long?! All the stuff that’s been going on in the FS world made me lose track of time). I remember observing Alina debut her senior programs, forming my opinions on her keeping her Junior LP, being amazed at her ability to backload all of her jumps, and watching her grow into the beautiful skater she is today. I rooted for her all of last season; I distinctly remember watching Europeans 2018 live while studying for exams and exclaiming “YES, SHE DID IT!” to a very quiet, and subsequently, very angry group of students in the library
. With each skate in the 2017-2018 season and 2018-2019, I became a bigger and bigger fan of not only her skating, but of her quiet, calm demeanor and her gracious personality.
(content warning: death, depression)
I am a high-achieving student at an insanely high-caliber university in the US, and sometimes I can’t even believe that I’m here. I’m from a very rural area, and to find myself suddenly excelling among the smartest kids in the country both surprised and overwhelmed me. While some might see it as a stretch, I like to compare my situation to Alina’s - with hard work and determination, one can achieve anything. However, like Alina, I have recently been having struggles. My younger brother passed away two months ago, and I found my entire life falling apart quite suddenly. Grades started to drop, homesickness soared, desperation set in, and before I knew it I was extremely depressed and nowhere near having the amount of fun I was having before.
But whenever I think of giving up, I always think of Alina. For various reasons that are mostly speculation on our end, she hasn’t quite been having the same season she has last year (but I mean, c’mon, she’s still doing amazing and I wish people would stop saying she’s had a “bad” season because this is far from it). From her standpoint, though, I’m sure she feels like this season is definitely not turning out quite as nicely as she’d hoped. But look at her tenacity! Her perseverance! Her desire, and sheer love for the sport! She trains far from her family, flies to competition after competition, is practicing quads, and is developing into an classy, gracious young woman. She takes each victory with humility, and each defeat with poise. I admire her strength, her bravery, and her determination. I feel as though the last year has been very tumultuous for both Alina and I, with very high highs and low lows. It feels nice to have someone to admire, to look up to, to mold yourself after, even though I’m a good 3 years older than Alina. I’m grateful for her skating, as it was one of the only constants in my life this past year. I hope she continues for a long time.
And, of course, I’m so grateful to you guys! You really keep things positive here, and you never know when someone might need that in their lives. Just as Alina has been a constant in my life, this thread's devotion to positivity while celebrating our Olympic Champion has gotten me through many sad moments. I hope this thread never changes I can’t promise to post often, but as you can see, I’m certainly capable of posting long 
. Thank you for your time, and good luck to Alina at the World Championships!
I’ve been a lurker on GoldenSkate for about a year now, but the culmination of a few events in my personal life over the past couple of months has caused me to finally come out with a post. It’s nice to meet all the people whose comments I’ve been liking!
I am lucky enough to have been a fan of figure skating since randomly rediscovering it in one of the YouTube recommended videos around two years ago (Gosh, has it been so long?! All the stuff that’s been going on in the FS world made me lose track of time). I remember observing Alina debut her senior programs, forming my opinions on her keeping her Junior LP, being amazed at her ability to backload all of her jumps, and watching her grow into the beautiful skater she is today. I rooted for her all of last season; I distinctly remember watching Europeans 2018 live while studying for exams and exclaiming “YES, SHE DID IT!” to a very quiet, and subsequently, very angry group of students in the library
. With each skate in the 2017-2018 season and 2018-2019, I became a bigger and bigger fan of not only her skating, but of her quiet, calm demeanor and her gracious personality. (content warning: death, depression)
I am a high-achieving student at an insanely high-caliber university in the US, and sometimes I can’t even believe that I’m here. I’m from a very rural area, and to find myself suddenly excelling among the smartest kids in the country both surprised and overwhelmed me. While some might see it as a stretch, I like to compare my situation to Alina’s - with hard work and determination, one can achieve anything. However, like Alina, I have recently been having struggles. My younger brother passed away two months ago, and I found my entire life falling apart quite suddenly. Grades started to drop, homesickness soared, desperation set in, and before I knew it I was extremely depressed and nowhere near having the amount of fun I was having before.
But whenever I think of giving up, I always think of Alina. For various reasons that are mostly speculation on our end, she hasn’t quite been having the same season she has last year (but I mean, c’mon, she’s still doing amazing and I wish people would stop saying she’s had a “bad” season because this is far from it). From her standpoint, though, I’m sure she feels like this season is definitely not turning out quite as nicely as she’d hoped. But look at her tenacity! Her perseverance! Her desire, and sheer love for the sport! She trains far from her family, flies to competition after competition, is practicing quads, and is developing into an classy, gracious young woman. She takes each victory with humility, and each defeat with poise. I admire her strength, her bravery, and her determination. I feel as though the last year has been very tumultuous for both Alina and I, with very high highs and low lows. It feels nice to have someone to admire, to look up to, to mold yourself after, even though I’m a good 3 years older than Alina. I’m grateful for her skating, as it was one of the only constants in my life this past year. I hope she continues for a long time.
And, of course, I’m so grateful to you guys! You really keep things positive here, and you never know when someone might need that in their lives. Just as Alina has been a constant in my life, this thread's devotion to positivity while celebrating our Olympic Champion has gotten me through many sad moments. I hope this thread never changes
I can’t promise to post often, but as you can see, I’m certainly capable of posting long . Thank you for your time, and good luck to Alina at the World Championships!
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Hello xcrunningstar and welcome! :2thumbs:
I am very sorry to hear about your brother and your struggles, but I want to thank you for sharing your story in such an honest way. I hope things will get better for you, and I am glad to hear being Alina's fan has helped you in some way. I'm sure she would be very proud of know she has fans like you as well, who draw strength from her on-going process of ups and downs just like anyone else (except at a specific elite level!).
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- Dec 5, 2018
Hello everyone!
I’ve been a lurker on GoldenSkate for about a year now, but the culmination of a few events in my personal life over the past couple of months has caused me to finally come out with a post. It’s nice to meet all the people whose comments I’ve been liking!
I am lucky enough to have been a fan of figure skating since randomly rediscovering it in one of the YouTube recommended videos around two years ago (Gosh, has it been so long?! All the stuff that’s been going on in the FS world made me lose track of time). I remember observing Alina debut her senior programs, forming my opinions on her keeping her Junior LP, being amazed at her ability to backload all of her jumps, and watching her grow into the beautiful skater she is today. I rooted for her all of last season; I distinctly remember watching Europeans 2018 live while studying for exams and exclaiming “YES, SHE DID IT!” to a very quiet, and subsequently, very angry group of students in the library
(content warning: death, depression)
I am a high-achieving student at an insanely high-caliber university in the US, and sometimes I can’t even believe that I’m here. I’m from a very rural area, and to find myself suddenly excelling among the smartest kids in the country both surprised and overwhelmed me. While some might see it as a stretch, I like to compare my situation to Alina’s - with hard work and determination, one can achieve anything. However, like Alina, I have recently been having struggles. My younger brother passed away two months ago, and I found my entire life falling apart quite suddenly. Grades started to drop, homesickness soared, desperation set in, and before I knew it I was extremely depressed and nowhere near having the amount of fun I was having before.
But whenever I think of giving up, I always think of Alina. For various reasons that are mostly speculation on our end, she hasn’t quite been having the same season she has last year (but I mean, c’mon, she’s still doing amazing and I wish people would stop saying she’s had a “bad” season because this is far from it). From her standpoint, though, I’m sure she feels like this season is definitely not turning out quite as nicely as she’d hoped. But look at her tenacity! Her perseverance! Her desire, and sheer love for the sport! She trains far from her family, flies to competition after competition, is practicing quads, and is developing into an classy, gracious young woman. She takes each victory with humility, and each defeat with poise. I admire her strength, her bravery, and her determination. I feel as though the last year has been very tumultuous for both Alina and I, with very high highs and low lows. It feels nice to have someone to admire, to look up to, to mold yourself after, even though I’m a good 3 years older than Alina. I’m grateful for her skating, as it was one of the only constants in my life this past year. I hope she continues for a long time.
And, of course, I’m so grateful to you guys! You really keep things positive here, and you never know when someone might need that in their lives. Just as Alina has been a constant in my life, this thread's devotion to positivity while celebrating our Olympic Champion has gotten me through many sad moments. I hope this thread never changes
Thank you for your post and the sharing of your own story and how figure skating and Alina have touched and strengthened you.
It is a mark of Alina's special nature and integrity that she is able to inspire positive moods and comfort, such that you have found, far far beyond her own physical sphere, to all corners of the world, and indeed even beyond her ken.
May you continue to find inspiration from these sources and among the positive community you choose to share these thoughts with, during sad moments to come, and also during all the bright times that always follow.
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Another great tribute showing Alina & co. in their behind-the-scenes life.
The screen's so busy, to watch Japanese TV, I find I have grow more...
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net...ed_slug.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20130526050405
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Translations?
I understood very little:
Masaru — Axel !!!
Masaru — Salkhow !!!
Mom and family is everything for me
I want to open a Japanese restaurant in the future.
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Hello, xcrunningstar, and welcome here among us. I'm sorry to hear about your loss as I know from my own experience what does it mean when such close person dies. And yes, Alina is the girl who can give you another impulse for not giving up. So, join us here and get as much positive feedback as possible, for your life and further education.
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Someone needs to draw this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtgAr_XIyAS/
Alina's new ad <3. I adore the caption she put. Though I miss the Japanese she also sometimes puts, guess there was no one to translate here
Alina's new ad <3. I adore the caption she put. Though I miss the Japanese she also sometimes puts, guess there was no one to translate here
Welcome! I hope you will help keep things happy and positive here!
Sorry to hear about your recent circumstances! Don't give up for sure. I'm glad you look to Alina for perseverance because she definitely is trying (and succeeding and I hope you do so too).
I hope things work out for you, you've come a long way and I'm sure you'll go much further! Have faith.
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More pictures from her Puma campaign
https://www.instagram.com/p/Btf99FjnpXG/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=8qrpz2ew1ccm
Her smile is so radiant
https://www.instagram.com/p/Btf99FjnpXG/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=8qrpz2ew1ccm
Her smile is so radiant
Hello everyone!
I’ve been a lurker on GoldenSkate for about a year now, but the culmination of a few events in my personal life over the past couple of months has caused me to finally come out with a post. It’s nice to meet all the people whose comments I’ve been liking!
You are very welcome here xcrunningstar! I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
but I'm glad that you were able to find inspiration in Alina. Alina is a young lady of outstanding character and sets an amazing example for everyone regardless of age, gender, or where we live.Go Alina!
Whas that the appartment she lives in? OMG She is the reigning Olympic Champion.
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