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Alina Zagitova

Superb redemptive skate by Alina :thank: She looked fierce today and gorgeous as always. :love:

What an exciting Final we have in store, and even more so, after the GP season, a thrilling and testing second half of the season.
 
And a post from Daniil too, of course

The sixth stage of the Grand Prix series, NHK Trophy, is over! Gold �� and bronze �� for our beautiful girls! Congratulations to Alyona Kostornaya and Alina Zagitova for winning their medals and reaching the Grand Prix finals! Thanks to all our fans for supporting us.
P.S. Thank you all for your congratulations on my “Honored Coach of Russia” title.
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flanker said:
Now let's hope that in the finals Alina will skate in her best form. Even with 3A and Rika she is still strong medal contender.
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All top 5 are medal contenders.
I’d say, in her best form Alina can get her 82 and 158, which is 240 in total. A score which pretty much rivals Sasha and Aliona, so I’d say clean Alina is super dangerous ;)
 
Well done to Alina for delivering that beautiful clean skate today! She was unhurried, took her time with each element, finished bang on the music, and was smiling at the end. Her triple lutz-triple loop at the start just snapped off the ice, and was so huge, the charlotte into the axel was lovely, and that arabesque spiral she did - gorgeous! Please forgive my ignorance, as a figure skating newbie, but did she do a change of edge during that spiral, because it looked like it to me? She is such a wonderful skater, and I am so happy she got a SB for that free skate. And she's through to the GPF as well, right? A good day all round!
 
Zagipatra slays!

Just going to leave this here -

https://twitter.com/insideskating/status/1198165846830530560

Note the praise for her "overall posture". That is all.

New Shiseido ad pics -

https://twitter.com/lina_luna18/status/1198325636894535685

Olympic Champions -

https://twitter.com/mishubrunelo/status/1198313589423116289

Phil Hersch -

https://twitter.com/olyphil/status/1198253397591445506

Christina Carriera being an absolute sweetheart -

https://twitter.com/FSIgstories/status/1198227556773830657
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5N_hwYKmaK/

Максим Шарафутдинов @maks3d (ведущий новостей на первом канале) показал, как они все болеют за Алину Загитову! �� ⠀
1) Так мы болеем за Загитову за кадром
2) И вот так⠀
3) А в кадре так ⠀
⠀
....и тем временем видео с прокатом произвольной программы Алины номер 11 в трендах YouTube �� #Queen ���� ⠀
�� @_inspired.by.art_⠀


Maxim Sharafutdinov @ maks3d (news anchor on the first channel) showed how they all cheer for Alina Zagitova! �� ⠀
1) So we cheer for Zagitova behind the scenes
2) And so ⠀
3) And so in the frame
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A much happier interview! What a difference a day makes -

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5OF3x6qNsm/
 
TheBallerina said:
From the beginning Alina had her "game face" on, she meant business today and delivered an amazing free skate, like we all knew she could! :luv17:

She became a Champion of everything not by chance, but because she has a true champion's mentality, she is perfectionist and such a hardworker! Yes, she made a mistake in the SP (and I still think that all the calls from IdF rattled her a bit - she tried to have even a deeper edge on the Lz, she overrotated her flip, she held her final pose for soooo long), and she cried afterwards.

It broke my heart, and she did not cry because her competition is too strong, or because of her coaches, but because she did not do her best. We are watching Alina for quite a long time already, and we know what high principles she has. She never said she does not care what she presents on the ice, of course she does, she is a true champion and wants to show to the audience the best possible performance. And above all, Alina is a fighter, and she is always reborn after tough moments, she considers them motivation and moves forward.

And today she proved it. She proved that she can skate clean, that nothing is even close to over, that she can have a FS score close to other skaters who jump ultra-C elements. When she is on, her skating is on such a high level that she will always be a strong competitor. Yes, she won't always win everything, and she doesn't need to, but she is a true champion.
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Ohh, how I love that "game face", when she's super focused and looks like a fierce Amazon warrior! The fire in her eyes tells she could stand against any evil empire all by herself... :biggrin:
 
From FSO -

Bestemyanova: Zagitova fantastically skated an arbitrary program at the Japanese Grand Prix

“Alina’s free program was absolutely wonderful, fantastic,” Bestemyanova said. “It’s very unfortunate that she had this small breakdown in the short one, she couldn’t make the cascade. It seems to me that she was very well prepared, and the mistake in the short one was just "an accident, and arbitrary rental was exactly what was expected of her. She did what she knows and loves, and did at a very high level."

https://tass.ru/sport/7186471

More -

Zagitova can be on top and without ultra-difficult jumps. In Japan, she almost caught up with Kihira.
We need perfect rentals.

For a couple of days in the Japanese Sapporo, Alina Zagitova changed several times beyond recognition. The most striking contrast is between the expectation of grades after a short and free program. 66.84 points on the first day of the competition - the worst that Alina saw in front of her last name over the past two years. It was hard to hold back the tears.

Today the picture is completely different. In the image of Cleopatra Zagitova, she not only gave an almost perfect rental, but also showed her best result of the season - 151.15 points. The judges considered a slight shortage only on a triple flip from a complex cascade with double sheepskin and rittberger. Alina also lost a point on the rotation and track of steps - the third level instead of the planned fourth.

But that was enough to get on the podium in Sapporo and plan a trip to Turin. And just a little bit was not enough to get around Rick Kihira. The difference in technical assessment is 2.12 points. At first glance, it is surprising, especially considering that the Japanese skater purely performed two triple axels at once and did not make a single blunder.

In fact, there is nothing to be surprised. Alina doesn’t really have any ultra-si elements in her programs, but there is a valuable cascade of lutz and rittberger (the second most difficult in women's single skating) and very high-quality lutz, as a rule, in the second half, with a good bonus.

Me Voy and Cleopatra are a great example of how a competent arrangement of elements can influence both the evaluation and the perception of the program as a whole. Provided that during the rental there were no breakdowns and inaccuracies. It is Zagitova who still has the highest components. Kihira was even more appreciated at home.

https://sport24.ru/news/other/2019-11-2 ... -instagram

Radionova: “Zagitova again showed her fighting qualities”

“Alina Zagitova today again showed her fighting qualities. She has a very cool free program. This year, in general, the East was very successful for everyone. As for the failure in the short, it happens, there's nothing to be done about it. You always have to get out of this; Alina has shown that she can handle it. We need to go only forward, she’s doing it well now, ”said Radionova

https://sport24.ru/news/other/2019-11-2 ... -kachestva

More FSO via Google Translate -

A convincing and bright victory for Alena Kostornaya. And the unbending character of Alina Zagitova. Our girls have once again proved that they have no equal in the world.

Olympic champion Alina Zagitova will have to prepare for the decisive start in Turin. Her path to the podium at this stage was not easy. After an error in the short program, the right to the slightest misfire was not arbitrary. Maximum concentration!

“Today I controlled myself very much, I was very focused and thought only about the program, and I already have experience, since in the Olympic season I also had a very short failure; therefore, she drove the same thoughts into her head as the Olympic season, ”the figure skater admits.

In the free program, Zagitova purely performed all the elements, including complex cascades. The pace is growing every second. Ultrafast track of steps. And the triumphant pose of Queen Cleopatra.

https://www.1tv.ru/news/2019-11-23/3762 ... vogo_mesta
 
Love this -

https://twitter.com/alinazagistan/status/1198337210606669825

Her twitter handle is :love:

TAT! -

Honored trainer of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova commented on the performance of the Russian figure skater Alina Zagitova in the free program at the Japanese Grand Prix.

“This is what she rolled, jumped! And she showed the whole program. Yesterday it didn’t work out - you never know, for what reason. There is not a single person sitting in the hall. What a fellow!

She did a lot for herself. Because she knows: in a difficult situation, she can pack up like this and skate like this, ”Tarasova said on Channel One.

https://www.sports.ru/figure-skating/1080493627.html
 
Finley said:
From FSO -

Bestemyanova: Zagitova fantastically skated an arbitrary program at the Japanese Grand Prix

“Alina’s free program was absolutely wonderful, fantastic,” Bestemyanova said. “It’s very unfortunate that she had this small breakdown in the short one, she couldn’t make the cascade. It seems to me that she was very well prepared, and the mistake in the short one was just "an accident, and arbitrary rental was exactly what was expected of her. She did what she knows and loves, and did at a very high level."

The judges considered a slight shortage only on a triple flip from a complex cascade with double sheepskin and rittberger. Alina also lost a point on the rotation and track of steps - the third level instead of the planned fourth.

But that was enough to get on the podium in Sapporo and plan a trip to Turin. And just a little bit was not enough to get around Rick Kihira. The difference in technical assessment is 2.12 points. At first glance, it is surprising, especially considering that the Japanese skater purely performed two triple axels at once and did not make a single blunder.
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1) Nice to know that sometimes a mistake is just an accident, and not her imminent demise.

2) How many points is a "double sheepskin" worth? And does it need to be fully rotated?

3) Who is this "Rick Kihira" and why was he skating in the ladies competition. :scratch2:
 
lesnar001 said:
1) Nice to know that sometimes a mistake is just an accident, and not her imminent demise.

2) How many points is a "double sheepskin" worth? And does it need to be fully rotated?

3) Who is this "Rick Kihira" and why was he skating in the ladies competition. :scratch2:
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:laugh2: Double sheepskin is a new element in figure skating, a well executed double shipskin is worth more than a 4A! :biggrin:

Rick, he just sneaked into ladies competition! :roll5: I don't know how Rick did it, but he's been doing it for some time, oh mischievous Rick!
 
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