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Rest in peace, Katya.
What a tragic waste of a beautiful, valuable young life.
Suicide is never the answer!
What a tragic waste of a beautiful, valuable young life.
Suicide is never the answer!
That is so easy to say. I would be less rigorous. No outsider can understand another's suffering.Suicide is never the answer!
Truer words were never spoken. Such a sad situation. Outsiders just cannot understand with somebody else is going through who does this. I’m sure it’s almost impossible for people on the inside to figure this out as well. Tragic.That is so easy to say. I would be less rigorous. No outsider can understand another's suffering.
The Sydney Figure Skating Club are hosting a celebration of Katia's life this Sunday. Due to poor weather forecast and tightened 'rona restrictions, this will be live-streamed.
Date: Sunday 26 July 2020
Time: 10:00am AEST
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwiaNPj_A_2s_5npcaGHUww
As far as I know this will not be geoblocked.
Do you know if it will be archived? I really hope it will be. Because I am sure I am not the only one that would like to see it, but will not be able to watch it LIVE. (Need a good night's sleep before the MotoGP).
I watched it. It was very moving and it was so bittersweet hearing how Katia made such an impression on everyone and made so many friends at Canterbury ice rink.
https://youtu.be/mgYRMmYcCEU - You can watch it here.
I watched it. It was very moving and it was so bittersweet hearing how Katia made such an impression on everyone and made so many friends at Canterbury ice rink.
https://youtu.be/mgYRMmYcCEU - You can watch it here.
It was just a shame that all of it except for the didgeridoo was drowned out by the background noise from the rink (it sounded like there was a resurfacing going on).
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I hope the weather was good enough for the outdoors part of the service that followed to go smoothly.
The background noise wasn't the rink or the ice being resurfaced.
Katia sent us rain. Wild, torrential, soaking rain. Simultaneously a gift for the dry lands that need it and an expression of our sorrow.
Rest in peace, Katya.
What a tragic waste of a beautiful, valuable young life.
Suicide is never the answer!
I didn’t know her mother didn’t move to Australia with her...I know not every skater is privileged enough to have their parents live with them in another country but she was so young to have moved so far, and already processing her grief in an unhealthy way.
That's a really dark article. Very tragic.
I didn’t know her mother didn’t move to Australia with her...I know not every skater is privileged enough to have their parents live with them in another country but she was so young to have moved so far, and already processing her grief in an unhealthy way. Perhaps her mom and the Australian federation felt that she would be okay because her coaches were Russians. But it seemed like they trained her and Harley really hard and barely reacted to her drinking problem.
I think ultimately, Katia was unable to cope with losing skating.
But I also believe that more could have been done to help her while she was still alive. What a tragic loss
It makes me feel even more for her poor mother, even above what we have heard about how grief-stricken she is. She must have thought it was for the best, for Katia's future, and now she has to live with questions for ever.
There's a link in this tweet
https://twitter.com/telegraph_sport/status/1296764151289667585
That goes to a version of the article that isn't behind a paywall.
P.S. There are a couple of related stories linked to in the "More Olympics" section at the bottom of the page:
- "Ice Skating Concussion: Katia Alexandrovskaya's Death Must Help To Shine A Light On The Sport's Dealy Risks" [I assume there is a typing error, and it should read "deadly risks"] (5 hours ago)
- "The Deal To Bring Katia Alexandrovskaya To Australia Was Legitimate, Says AOC" (2 days ago)
Unfortunately, when you click on them, you come up against the paywall.