Loena Hendrickx
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I love Loena. Despite the Russians being at this event, she at least was able to add a tiny silver medal. I was worried they were going to put her below Trusova. A clean Loena short program skate, should put her into the final group, at the Olympics now that her PB best score has gone up to 76. I’m so proud of her and she shows what is possible with just clean triples, as a lady.
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Well deserved silver!Congrats to Loena on her small silver!
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Belgium is our good and friendly neighbour, so I wasn't that surprised when the Dutch skating website had a feature on Loena:
www.schaatsen.nl
In summary: The title refers to her name 'Loena' which is already worth a fairy tale. Loena still can hardly believe it that she got herself a small silver medal. It feels a bit surreal. She doesn't really believe she might get a final one because the Russian women are just so good, and do things she can't. She tries to focus on what she can do, and she'll be happy if she shows her best in the Free. Her back hurts sometimes (she has a back problem at the moment) but thankfully not when she's skating. Too much adrenalin probably to feel pain. She was pleased her skates arrived on time, as they had been lost for a while after the flight. Her coach and brother Jorik is so proud of her. He's also realistic. In the Free you will need quads, and that's not what Loena does. That will lead to a gap in the difficulty in the (technical) elements. He's not worried: 'as long as Loena focuses on herself, and then points and good placements will follow eventually'. They train mostly in The Netherlands (Tilburg) as her home rink closed down two years ago. The rest of the interview focuses on the lack of support in Belgium, although they do get some funding after Loena's 5th place at World's in 2021. They're a bit jealous of The Netherlands where there is more support, especially in helping young talents.
Vlaamse Loena, haar voornaam is al een sprookje waard op de EK
Ze was eerder deze week haar schaatsen nog kwijt op het vliegveld, heeft een rug die net zo breekbaar is als een lange vinger, maar weet sinds donderdag ook dat Russische meisjes op kunstschaatsen heus niet altijd onfeilbare, winnende robottypetjes zijn. Zaterdagavond kan Loena Hendrickx op de...
www.schaatsen.nl
In summary: The title refers to her name 'Loena' which is already worth a fairy tale. Loena still can hardly believe it that she got herself a small silver medal. It feels a bit surreal. She doesn't really believe she might get a final one because the Russian women are just so good, and do things she can't. She tries to focus on what she can do, and she'll be happy if she shows her best in the Free. Her back hurts sometimes (she has a back problem at the moment) but thankfully not when she's skating. Too much adrenalin probably to feel pain. She was pleased her skates arrived on time, as they had been lost for a while after the flight. Her coach and brother Jorik is so proud of her. He's also realistic. In the Free you will need quads, and that's not what Loena does. That will lead to a gap in the difficulty in the (technical) elements. He's not worried: 'as long as Loena focuses on herself, and then points and good placements will follow eventually'. They train mostly in The Netherlands (Tilburg) as her home rink closed down two years ago. The rest of the interview focuses on the lack of support in Belgium, although they do get some funding after Loena's 5th place at World's in 2021. They're a bit jealous of The Netherlands where there is more support, especially in helping young talents.
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Луна Хендрикс: русские девушки очень сильны, я знала, что они меня победят
Луна Хендрикс: русские девушки очень сильны, я знала, что они меня победят
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Loena is not only a beautiful girl and a talented skater, but also a wonderful person. I am very pleased that she received a small silver medal, and I hope that her health will improve.
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I wanted to congratulate Loena on the 4th place finish at Euros 2022! I know she wanted to perform better (and CAN!) in the Free, but she was sublime in the SP, and I hope that when she looks back on this event she is proud of herself because she has so many reasons to be!
I assume next up is Olympics? And for that I wish her a complete recovery of health, luck and everything else good.
I assume next up is Olympics? And for that I wish her a complete recovery of health, luck and everything else good.
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The RusFed is often criticized - and it must be admitted that there are reasons for this. But the Belgian Federation cannot (or does not want to?) finance the trip of one figure skater to the Olympics...
It is weird and I cant believe it really...Is it possible?404 - The page you requested does not exist | Loena Hendrickx
The RusFed is often criticized - and it must be admitted that there are reasons for this. But the Belgian Federation cannot (or does not want to?) finance the trip of one figure skater to the Olympics...
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Unfortunately it's true. This is her official website. In addition, in 2018 it was about the same. The support from the Belgian federation is purely symbolic. It's a shame that such a wonderful skater is forced to raise money in this way. Here is a discussion on another site:
https://www.another site.com/r/Figu...ena_hendrickx_needs_funding_to_go_to_beijing/
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Me too. I hope that there will be many donations from Russia for Loena, despite the fact that her name was used here in an extremely unpleasant way in order to put additional pressure on Shcherbakova (with a view to her subsequent replacement with Tuktamysheva). Sane people, of course, understand that Loena herself has nothing to do with these intrigues.
An article with a story about how Loena's relatives watched her performance at the European Championships:
Family sees Loena Hendrickx finish fourth at European Championship: “With more hunger for the Games” (Arendonk) - NewsWep
It was nail-biting for Loena's family and friends, Saturday in the Bemdkaffee. — © WOADArendonk - After her second place after the short freestyle, Loena
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And Loena's interview after the end of the European Championship. Here she speaks her native language. Sounds very interesting, but I absolutely do not understand anything:
but Belgium as a country is not poor without resources. It is matter of choices then. And these are bad choices
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I have noticed that the Russian media and Russian figure skating fans like Loena a lot.Me too. I hope that there will be many donations from Russia for Loena, despite the fact that her name was used here in an extremely unpleasant way in order to put additional pressure on Shcherbakova (with a view to her subsequent replacement with Tuktamysheva). Sane people, of course, understand that Loena herself has nothing to do with these intrigues.
An article with a story about how Loena's relatives watched her performance at the European Championships:
Family sees Loena Hendrickx finish fourth at European Championship: “With more hunger for the Games” (Arendonk) - NewsWep
It was nail-biting for Loena's family and friends, Saturday in the Bemdkaffee. — © WOADArendonk - After her second place after the short freestyle, Loena
And Loena's interview after the end of the European Championship. Here she speaks her native language. Sounds very interesting, but I absolutely do not understand anything:
This woman has had to stop due to injuries and then start again more than once but she's in a really good groove now.
But it's absolutely amazing that Loena comes from a country that has some money and a sports federation that has some money and she still has to raise money for a trip to the Olympics. Something doesn't add up there or they don't take figure skating seriously in Belgium. Belgium had some great tennis players for many years but not lately. Maybe the success of Loena will kick-start figure skating in Belgium.
Any chance Loena can learn an ultra jump or is she not small enough for that? I mean didn't Liza learn her 3A in her 20s?
