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I'm still wishing Zhenya would make the Olympic team. I know that the competition is crazy. But Zhenya is one of a kind.
Evgenia Medvedeva
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I wouldn't count her out. She is a true competitor. And I'm totally hopeful. She is one of a kind.
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If she skates well next season, I don't see any way that they do not send her back to the Olympics. She is the best performer in the sport, and while she doesn't have Ultra C elements, she has beaten girls who have 3As, and quads are pretty inconsistent across the board. Besides, she would be the biggest story of the Olympic games, and the IOC and the ROC both love her. I think that beyond her health, which she can't entirely control, her future is in her hands, and I believe in her.
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I'm holding out hope for it too! If their strategy is to send two skaters with the highest tech potential and one as a 'safe bet' who can deliver consistency and high PCS then Zhenya fits that category to a T. Plus I am so so intrigued as to what her plan will be next season in terms of jumps and programs, I think that will give us a good idea about the strategy with Zhenya for the Oly season.
And if she doesn't make the team then she will be a great support for the skaters who are chosen and can help them make the most of the amazing opportunity - as we saw from the 'team of firsts' she's the best cheerleader there is
And if she doesn't make the team then she will be a great support for the skaters who are chosen and can help them make the most of the amazing opportunity - as we saw from the 'team of firsts' she's the best cheerleader there is
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I really hope she comes back and keeps Alegria/Masq - that itself I think gives her an advantage as Alegria is such a unique program and Team Tut has like 15 programs to choreograph. I think if she is healthy and skates clean, she can make the team. I think nerves will play a huge factor next year but Zhenya has already been through this all before @ Olympics. I wouldn’t count her out either - this year kind of proved you don’t need quads to win.
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Zhenya getting ready for the Marathon
"For a while I took off my skates and ... put on sneakers.
Ahead is my first race: 5 km at the Moscow half marathon. And it's on May 16th!
The official partner of the event, Ozon, helped me with the equipment, and the trainer of the Running Community helps me with the preparation.
Thank you all for your support, friends! #оzon_together_on_sport @ozonru"
"For a while I took off my skates and ... put on sneakers.
Ahead is my first race: 5 km at the Moscow half marathon. And it's on May 16th!
The official partner of the event, Ozon, helped me with the equipment, and the trainer of the Running Community helps me with the preparation.
Thank you all for your support, friends! #оzon_together_on_sport @ozonru"
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A young skater in Zhenya's W.E. costume. So cute
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Tv
She looks so in shape now.
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I love this. It's so cute.
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She looks like she's back to August's form!
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New clip with Ozon for the marathon
Here the orginal on instagram
Ozonru inspires running! Evgenia Medvedeva @jmedvedevaj - two-time world champion in figure skating - is already with us. Now we want to inspire you to run too! Participate in the competition and get prizes: 346 certificates of 20,000 rubles each. What to do? 1. Capture inspiring running photos and videos of your runs from May 4-25, 2021. Post a photo or video of your runs to your Instagram feed. Check @ozonru and the hashtags ..... On June 2, World Running Day, a jury will select the winners."
Here the orginal on instagram
Ozonru inspires running! Evgenia Medvedeva @jmedvedevaj - two-time world champion in figure skating - is already with us. Now we want to inspire you to run too! Participate in the competition and get prizes: 346 certificates of 20,000 rubles each. What to do? 1. Capture inspiring running photos and videos of your runs from May 4-25, 2021. Post a photo or video of your runs to your Instagram feed. Check @ozonru and the hashtags ..... On June 2, World Running Day, a jury will select the winners."
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Well, she is playing Kitty after all.
Not gonna lie, I‘m pretty heartbroken but I respect her decision. The way she recovered after her illness + surgery to land 3-3 again, even if it‘s just for a show, is still very inspiring.
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It's not the cast for the whole show run time. The Averbukh show account replied in the comments that the cast will likely change at certain points. Past Averbukh shows had 2-3 different casts who would switch after a certain amount of shows. Dorothy also had two different casts for the main stars, Zhenya did the last week of the show and so far there is no announcement which cast will do which show on the ticket sales website. No need to plan a funeral in advance when the dates of her participation aren't even known yet. We don't know if she will do the show for 1-2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks and from what I have read the show will be on 2 days per week. She will definitely not do the show at the end of July/August she is in Japan at that time. Let's be patient and wait for the National Team list or September.
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I think it’s pre-mature though until she announces something - why get in such amazing shape and restore all those jumps if she only plans on appearing in shows… it doesn’t add up imo… I don’t know I really hope she is back competing but I get what you’re feeling since I am also starting to lean towards she may not return after this announcement - hopefully she announces something soon either way.
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Well, look, I don't want to argue again. I'll just say that I hope you're right. But for me everything - the Averbukh show + OG in August, the fact that to even return to her 2019-20, she'd have to start from the beginning, which means a lot more required training time - points to another non-season. Which doesn't have to be all that bad either, I guess. She got at least 3 new sponsors and participated in a lot of interesting events. She'll never have a shortage of opportunities. It's just that I wish those were in international competitions at the highest level. She's one of the few skaters I keep watching figure skating for, after all.
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Team Moonbear just deleted the post on VK that confirmed Zhenya's participation btw.
They usually get their news from Zhenya about her participation in shows etc. If they deleted it they might have gotten different information from her team. When Averbukh announced her participation in the Ice and Fire show they also quickly took it down when it came to be known that Zhenya would not participate
That is why I said let's be patient until we have official news with dates. Averbukh and/or his team jumps the gun a lot. His team posts announcement after announcement and then immediately delete them .. and it turned out things weren't as people thought.. he gives me whiplash. I will wait until we have the exact dates or news for the shows and not some vague hints by him..
If there are some official news at a certain point I will support her decision either way.
Edit. Team Moonbear not AB. Sorry
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I think it is the shroud of secrecy that is so apparent with Team Tut that annoys me personally- at least if she was with Brian we wouldn't have to second guess whether she is competing or not. Sigh. I hope you're right about Aver.. I will also support her decision either way - I just hope it is announced soon and not right before test skates in September.
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So that means I can keep my hopes alive? Thanks for letting me know.
I was pretty hopeful when she restored the 3-3 so quickly after literally being hospitalized a mere two months before. You don't do that if you're not serious about making a comeback. I didn't think she'd make it to the Olympics again, but I thought she'd give it one last shot either way. She's loved all over the world and in Russia even more so - the audience wouldn't care if she didn't have quads. In fact, the crowd's reaction to her Rostelecom performances in 2019 were unmatched. And it's not like you can't win any medals without ultra-c elements. You just can't win gold and make it to Euros/Worlds/OG. But there's GP stages, Challengers, comps like Winter Universiade, WTT...
I can understand if this isn't something worth fighting for - we're talking about a World champion after all. In fact, this season has shown that she could make a lot more money if she retired and probably gave up a ton of opportunities by even staying after 2018 and moving to Canada. But she loves this sport more than anything else, so I want her back, if her health allows it.
So, my stance is this: We don't know her health situation but she seems to be doing better. I think it would be worth a shot - if only to have a brilliant farewell performance at Nationals. But if these news of her performing in Averbukh's show turn out to be true, I just don't see a way for her to train at the level needed for international competitions.
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