Loena Hendrickx

[flanker]

Loena about her season and injury:

In the Spotlight Loena Hendrickx (BEL) jumps into the top-five of the World - International Skating Union

She had struggled with injuries and missed the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in 2019 and 2020, but then she came back strong at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm (SWE) to place fifth – the highest result of a female Single Skater from Belgium and the best result...

www.isu.org

 

[DenissVFan]

Loena will no longer be coached by Carine Herrygers:

 

[RatedPG]

I was just looking at the entry list for Finlandia and Loena is a last minute addition. This means we finally get to see her skate next weekend

 

[ladyjane]

I am a big fan of Loena's and looking forward to see her skate next week.

 

[Vemvane]

Congrats to Loena on her fourth place finish at Finlandia!

 

[Azikin]

It was great to see her so happy and get such a big score.

 

[pete]

She gets better and better. I think she actually has a good chance to win the bronce at GP Italy

 

[Vemvane]

Happy birthday to Loena, who gave herself the fantastic birthday present of leading the women's SP at the Gran Premio d'Italia.

 

[alexocfp]

At this point, the dot on the radar is getting bigger. She has been flying under it for a while.

How about the dark horse pick to win an Olympic Medal?

 

[Vemvane]

Loena's SP (ISU YouTube channel, geoblocking warning).




A short snippet from her programme on instagram, including her lovely Ina Bauer entrance to the 2A.

 

[RatedPG]

Loena was so brilliant! Her tears when she found out she made the podium brought me to tears, as well. That was the best she has ever skated with her two programs. I’m so happy for her

 

[Vemvane]

Her joy!

 

[ladyjane]

She gets better and better. I think she actually has a good chance to win the bronce at GP Italy

Kudos for your prediction!

 

[apgold]

So happy for Loena to win her first GP medal in a pretty stacked field (although not as stacked as Canada). And it's so nice to see her share her joy with her coach/brother. I always enjoyed Jorik when he competed - talent and hard work run in this family. And it was also her birthday, so I can't imagine a nicer present than a GP medal and winning the SP.

I had faith in her and put her in 3rd for the prediction contest - she did not let me down!

 

[ladyjane]

I got rather emotional when I watched Loena - both in the SP and the FS. I was sniffing behind the screen. Of course her reactions were priceless and mad me cry, but the skates themselves. Wow! I know she hasn't got a 3A or a quad, but boy does she know how to skate. So enjoyable. She got a medal today, but even if she hadn't, I'm all for her. So proud of this Belgian star!

 

[Vemvane]

More photos of Loena's awesome GP Italy skates:

 

[alexocfp]

https://twitter.com/isu_figure/status/1462869074308911104?s=21

In the newest episode of The Ice Skating Podcast we talked with @LoenaHendrickx about her performance in this season‘s Grand Prix Series ⛸
This is a talk you don't want to miss...⁣
Listen now: isu.org/podcast⁣
#GPFigure #FigureSkating

 

[Alex Fedorov]

Loena's great interview:

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matchtv.ru

in Russian. I suppose the original should be in English as well, but I haven't found it yet. I can, of course, translate in the opposite direction.

 

[ladyjane]

Could you do that @Alex Fedorov ? Just a summary (I know it's a lot of work to translate the whole thing) is already insightful. I haven't found an original English one either.

 

[Alex Fedorov]

Could you do that @Alex Fedorov ? Just a summary (I know it's a lot of work to translate the whole thing) is already insightful. I haven't found an original English one either.

I don't have much time today, so I use regular machine translation with minimal revisions. Hope it doesn't ruin the interview too much.

part 1:

Q: I would like to start with the main thing - you have an awesome name. Why exactly it?

A: Oh thank you! (Laughs.) Honestly, I myself do not fully know why this happened and what is the reason. This name is not that very popular in Belgium. I think that's why my parents chose him - they wanted something more original, different from the another. And I definitely like it.

Q: Can you tell me how to pronounce it correctly? I found several variants on the Internet, but I'm not sure if they are correct. By the way, in Russia we pronounce it as Loona (Луна, the Moon on Russian).

A: And this is the correct variant! Only "L" is slightly softer than yours.

Q: Okay, the main thing I learned, now we can continue. You said in interviews that you have always had problems with jumping. What is the reason?

A: I think this is a consequence of the fact that I started to train hard rather late. Well, you know, in a really serious way - twice a day or more. It started around 13 years old. Before that, I trained once a day, about five days a week.

Therefore, my triples, so to speak, is simply too few years old. I started jumping all triples and double axels only at the age of 16. Of course, it is better to start doing this around 12 - then your body has time to get used to it, and in the future it becomes easier. This is probably where my jumping problems lie.

Q: Can you tell us how the athlete financing process works in Belgium? Do you receive any support from the state?

A: Now - yes, but the path to this was very long. When I first qualified for the Olympics [2018 in PyeongChang], I was told, “Wow, you are really talented! We will support you! " But all the same, everything works a little differently, as it should, because you pay AT ALL for everything. Therefore, I am very glad that during all these difficult moments my brother [Yorick Hendrix, a former Belgian figure skater] was with me. He has already gone this way, so everything was a little easier for me.

Q: And what have you done before?

A: Well, I trained for free, because Yorick already had a trainer [Karin Herrigers, she also trained Loena since she was 4], and I could train with him. We also had sponsorship to pay for travel to international competitions and additional training. This helped me a lot.