Alina Zagitova

[flanker]

But why doesn't she have friends?

Time. 7-8 hours a day on the ice or in the gym, there has to be time for studying. I don't think she is no friend with her team-mates, but they all have the same issue. Most of time training, some time for school in some form, and rest for some rest
It is little sad but that kind of loneliness is not uncommon in sport at such a high level. So it is understandable she desires for someone who will comfort her when she feels alone as dogs do.

 

[Umi24]

Does anyone have the full event of the short and free ladies programs from NBC and Eurosport? all content of nbc and eurosport is blocked in my country

 

[lappo]

Actually there are more that you can understand. She loves pets because she doesn't have friends and pets helps her to cope with loneliness. She isn't going to school and she is having mostly private tutors. She can't eat anything in the evening except drinking tea. Also that she is missing her family very much and that she lives in very small apartments - which is a shame for Oly champion, tbh.

As a person who went through ED, this makes me worry more than the friend situation...even though I completely understand that at 15 she can miss the presence of family and friends way more...I truly hope that she is well cared for by her family and that they are given proper advice about nutrition and health.

 

[Tulipstar]

well, getting along does not mean being friends.

But... I though her and Evgenia are big friends... or maybe it's some wishful thinking from fans?

Maybe she means friends outside the rink?

She might be friendly/friends with Evgenia etc, but they are also rivals on the ice. Even the girls she doesn't directly compete against yet (like Trusova and Tarakanova) will be rivals in a 1.5 years.

 

[Tulipstar]

Well, there are lots of people not having friends, btw. Me included ) It's common occurence nowadays, in modern society. I think she has rather limited amount of people with whom she usually is communicating - and considering that those people are not neccessarily compatible with her character or her shyness/introvert type of temperament - it's not that surprising.

I hope you get into an environment where it will be easier for you to make friends:thumbsup:

 

[Elucidus]

I hope you get into an environment where it will be easier for you to make friends:thumbsup:

Thanks
Meanwhile I've just found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqGT9j7bgl4 of her fooling around with one of her friends(?) 3 years ago Well, I am glad there was a fun in her life, after all :agree:

 

[chopinskate]

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[Scott512]

I seen about four performance of this show and all were sorta messy.

Lighting was horrible, not just DARK but all those patterns of lights...musta been hard to skate on such ring.

Maybe they thought that the tiger number would inappropriate for "pride of the nation" labelled show. Still. Why let her do her insanely hard, but yet not that great free program? why not something light and fun and enjoyable?

I Am with You Alina zagitova and the others should be saving their best and toughest programs for the world championships and not for an exhibition Gala with poor lighting. she should be doing something fun and enjoyable not trying to match her Olympic performances which were brilliant and a freaking Gala.

 

[Scott512]

Actually there are more that you can understand. She loves pets because she doesn't have friends and pets helps her to cope with loneliness. She isn't going to school and she is having mostly private tutors. She can't eat anything in the evening except drinking tea. Also that she is missing her family very much and that she lives in very small apartments - which is a shame for Oly champion, tbh.

If Alina was an American she'd be set up to make millions of dollars a year for years and endorsements living in a multimillion-dollar houses well not some small tiny apartment. but maybe a small tiny apartment will keep Alina hungry for years trying to make it to another Olympics.

 

[YetiOnIce]

If Alina was an American she'd be set up to make millions of dollars a year four years and endorsements living in a multimillion-dollar houses well not some small tiny apartment. but maybe a small tiny apartment will keep Alina hungry for years trying to make it to another Olympics.

I bet she will start getting some endorsement deals now. The oil company Tatneft has been paying for her apartment in Moscow, maybe they can upgrade her to a nicer one now that she has proven herself as a gold medalist.

 

[thedude]

So I just re-watched the performance and went down the youtube hole of watching the other related videos. I remember watching the performance and thought how bizarre the spectacle was after Evgenia came in 2nd. Watching Evgenia distraught and compose herself at the same time Alina looking like she wanted to burst with joy but just channeled all of her emotion into that Sambo 70 doll.

For whatever reason, I started to watch all the youtube videos like the documentary, and the gala fan videos, and the most recent Japanese interview. I honestly have never felt so bad for some one who just won Olympic Gold and should be on top of the world.

Her coaches: It seems like they were grooming Evgenia to be the bride and Alina the bridesmaid. Somehow within the last few months, with Evgenia's injury and Alina's victory at the European championships, their plans went awry. Even then I have feeling the coaches assumed that Alina would slip up the biggest stage in the world or Evgenia's best would be better than Alina's best. Judging on how they reacted to Alina's high scores, it almost seemed like they were worried that they created a monster. The women coach had a look of disbelief. The old guy looked perpetually angry. At least the younger guy mustered a smile. Their body language after Evgenia got 2nd, was like they suffered a brutal defeat, like all 3 of the coaches just moped. Your 2 skaters were within a hair of each other for gold and silver! As adults they should have been prepared for either outcome to celebrate with the gold medalist and comfort the silver medalist. Personally, I'm sure they preferred Evgenia's skating but your Alina rose to the occasion and and surpassed your expectations

Alina :
1. Her reaction on the ice pure joy - the fist pump at the end. But once she stepped off the ice, she was looking at her coaches for a cue to celebrate or at the very least enjoy the moment regardless of the outcome. Instead all I saw was indifference and the slow realization that Evgenia might not win this without her lifetime best performance, like watch the replay, their facial expressions is "Oh! No!". Watching Alina shake that Sambo 70 doll, like she was channeling every high and low emotion she ever had into that doll. Someone tell that girl that even if Evgenia is your good friend, it's okay to jump for joy and celebrate like a fool.

2. It's is amazing how different she looks without the makeup and uniform and next to normal size people. You can tell she's a fifteen year old kid. Slightly chubby cheeks, scrawny, teen angst of finding friends and burden of realizing the financial sacrifice her parents are making. Living with grandma for a teen can't be great no matter how great grandma is. Childhood friends gone, normal highschool friends non existent since skating is all she does, parents far away.

3. Even at the gala, it didn't seem like anyone wanted to include her in their selfies, especially the other Russians.

In the USA, she would be probably at the Oscars today.

 

[Ladogaboy]

So I just re-watched the performance and went down the youtube hole of watching the other related videos. I remember watching the performance and thought how bizarre the spectacle was after Evgenia came in 2nd. Watching Evgenia distraught and compose herself at the same time Alina looking like she wanted to burst with joy but just channeled all of her emotion into that Sambo 70 doll.

For whatever reason, I started to watch all the youtube videos like the documentary, and the gala fan videos, and the most recent Japanese interview. I honestly have never felt so bad for some one who just won Olympic Gold and should be on top of the world.

Her coaches: It seems like they were grooming Evgenia to be the bride and Alina the bridesmaid. Somehow within the last few months, with Evgenia's injury and Alina's victory at the European championships, their plans went awry. Even then I have feeling the coaches assumed that Alina would slip up the biggest stage in the world or Evgenia's best would be better than Alina's best. Judging on how they reacted to Alina's high scores, it almost seemed like they were worried that they created a monster. The women coach had a look of disbelief. The old guy looked perpetually angry. At least the younger guy mustered a smile. Their body language after Evgenia got 2nd, was like they suffered a brutal defeat, like all 3 of the coaches just moped. Your 2 skaters were within a hair of each other for gold and silver! As adults they should have been prepared for either outcome to celebrate with the gold medalist and comfort the silver medalist. Personally, I'm sure they preferred Evgenia's skating but your Alina rose to the occasion and and surpassed your expectations

Alina :
1. Her reaction on the ice pure joy - the fist pump at the end. But once she stepped off the ice, she was looking at her coaches for a cue to celebrate or at the very least enjoy the moment regardless of the outcome. Instead all I saw was indifference and the slow realization that Evgenia might not win this without her lifetime best performance, like watch the replay, their facial expressions is "Oh! No!". Watching Alina shake that Sambo 70 doll, like she was channeling every high and low emotion she ever had into that doll. Someone tell that girl that even if Evgenia is your good friend, it's okay to jump for joy and celebrate like a fool.

2. It's is amazing how different she looks without the makeup and uniform and next to normal size people. You can tell she's a fifteen year old kid. Slightly chubby cheeks, scrawny, teen angst of finding friends and burden of realizing the financial sacrifice her parents are making. Living with grandma for a teen can't be great no matter how great grandma is. Childhood friends gone, normal highschool friends non existent since skating is all she does, parents far away.

3. Even at the gala, it didn't seem like anyone wanted to include her in their selfies, especially the other Russians.

In the USA, she would be probably at the Oscars today.

Thank you for bringing that up. There has been a lot of talk about all that on Russian fansites over the last days. Virtually everyone in the Russian FS community is treating Zhenya as the "true" champion and implicitly (or explicitly in TAT's case) portray Alina as a one hit wonder, or accidental winner. Apparently, Eteri asked a TV- interviewer to not call Alina the Olympic champion on-air before said interview, and in Eteri's VK-group mods are handing out bans to anyone saying it there. I can't confirm these last statements beyond doubt, but if true, it's terrible.

 

[YetiOnIce]

Alina :
1. Her reaction on the ice pure joy - the fist pump at the end. But once she stepped off the ice, she was looking at her coaches for a cue to celebrate or at the very least enjoy the moment regardless of the outcome. Instead all I saw was indifference and the slow realization that Evgenia might not win this without her lifetime best performance, like watch the replay, their facial expressions is "Oh! No!". Watching Alina shake that Sambo 70 doll, like she was channeling every high and low emotion she ever had into that doll. Someone tell that girl that even if Evgenia is your good friend, it's okay to jump for joy and celebrate like a fool.

It was definitely a delicate and awkward situation as the scores came in for Zhenya. It's like, who do you give more emotional support to in that moment? The devastated girl or the happy one? I thought it was really sweet that Alina did her best to be humble in her victory upon seeing how emotional Zhenya was. At least once things settled down and Zhenya had graciously congratulated Alina the team all had big, genuine, smiles for the podium presentation and were laughing as they left the ice.

Hopefully as Alina spends more time on the senior circuit (and maybe learns some english) she will get closer with the other skaters.

 

[Finley]

I just want Alina to get a bigger apartment. I know the gold medalists from Sochi got new apartments. Surely this will happen for the 2018 gold medalists as well?

Also I hope this dog is already house trained, leash trained, socialized and does not have a strong prey drive. Otherwise I am concerned for the well being of the cat, chinchillas and Alina's truly impressive collection of stuffed animals!

 

[j00mla]

del

 

[Scott512]

I bet she will start getting some endorsement deals now. The oil company Tatneft has been paying for her apartment in Moscow, maybe they can upgrade her to a nicer one now that she has proven herself as a gold medalist.

Alina absolutely helped save a terrible Olympics for Russia and she should be rewarded for winning their first gold medal of the games a mere two days before the games ended.

 

[Scott512]

I just want Alina to get a bigger apartment. I know the gold medalists from Sochi got new apartments. Surely this will happen for the 2018 gold medalists as well?

Also I hope this dog is already house trained, leash trained, socialized and does not have a strong prey drive. Otherwise I am concerned for the well being of the cat, chinchillas and Alina's truly impressive collection of stuffed animals!

the stuffed animals are probably safe. and if the Akita puppy is a puppy then it can grow to think of the cat and the chinchillas as part of the family and not as chew toys.

 

[j00mla]

her Akita is 2 y.o. already

 

[Scott512]

Thank you for bringing that up. There has been a lot of talk about all that on Russian fansites over the last days. Virtually everyone in the Russian FS community is treating Zhenya as the "true" champion and implicitly (or explicitly in TAT's case) portray Alina as a one hit wonder, or accidental winner. Apparently, Eteri asked a TV- interviewer to not call Alina the Olympic champion on-air before said interview, and in Eteri's VK-group mods are handing out bans to anyone saying it there. I can't confirm these last statements beyond doubt, but if true, it's terrible.

I hope all of is drives Alina to more greatness because I am annoyed with the disrespect shown this special girl. I sure hope that is not true what you said eteri said. If it is true it should be the last straw for Alina Zagitova with her as her coach.

I do not want the stress and pressure and people preferring someone else to get to Alina Zagitova the way it did to Adelina Sotnikova in 2014. Maybe Alina is just too good and tough to be bothered by it.

 

[lappo]

I hope all of is drives Alina to more greatness because I am annoyed with the disrespect shown this special girl. I sure hope that is not true what you said eteri said. If it is true it should be the last straw for Alina Zagitova with her as her coach.

I do not want the stress and pressure and people preferring someone else to get to Alina Zagitova the way it did to Adelina Sotnikova in 2014. Maybe Alina is just too good and tough to be bothered by it.

But at least in 2014 Adelina was recognized as the true Olympic champions by her people; this is even worst, IMO, your coach should be super happy for the placements regardless the order of the skater. I have never liked Eteri and never will and the whole situation make me team Alina all the way!