Medvedeva WDs from GPF
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Aw.. I think it's the right decision. You can not force recovery on ankle/foot related fractures. I really hope she takes her time to heal. Considering she was or (is still?) in a cast, she would need to work on getting back her strength and range of motion of her ankle. It takes time. I hope no further complications in her recovery too.
That said, let Zagitova battle it out in the GPF. I still think Med will come back strong and take that Olympic gold!
That said, let Zagitova battle it out in the GPF. I still think Med will come back strong and take that Olympic gold!
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I also want to give this emoji :/ to all the speculation that the Russian fed would have her skate in the SP only to withdraw her during it or after to prevent the first alternate from competing. Like cmon people? That would be basically painting a huge HATE ME on their backs and I believe that they do want more skating to be seen by everyone.
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I am sure she is disappointed but her health is more important in the long run. Best wishes Med for a speedy recovery!
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The problem is she already skated being injured at two competitions, had she skipped GPs she would have been healed by now, as it was relatively minor injury to start with. I wish skaters and their teams were more careful.
Speedy recovery to Evgenia!
Ankle? I thought it was the foot (metatarsal bone)?
It shows though, how important it seems to be, that you are on the ice, to build up your reputation. Her injury did not come over night, it must have been known for weeks, maybe months. Yet, she did compete from the first day on.
This calls for changes in the judging system, maybe the ISU could even go that far and put a limit on how many competitions someone is allowed to do. We have that in tennis (juniors tour) and it worked ok. I just don´t think that it is that good that athletes from young age on, have to skate each month multiple times.
Let´s hope she can recover, but the season is seriously tough to follow. No Gracie and Yulia, others are injured, no more Hip Hop
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I believe it is metatarsal. I corrected my original post. I had my ankle injured/fractured last year, and while my injury is different, any ankle and foot related injury is/can be complicated. I have no idea which metatarsal she broke. If she has the Jones Fracture (5th metatarsal), healing could take more time. It depends on how her body recovers.
That said, I wish Med all the best. She's still my favourite for Olympic gold. All the rest can battle out for Silver and Bronze.
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exactly what I feel
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Glad she isn't skating injured, but also super bummed that we'll probably see Alina easily walk away with the GPF title.
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Well lest we forget Wakababy and SAtoko as well as Carolina. Four ladies for the gold medal hunt - things are getting interesting.
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I don't agree with this one. I think everyone can win there, may be except Sotskova, because they all scored 210+ in the current season. Actually now it's becoming very similar to what we are going to have in juniors - a very small difference in scores between 4-5 contenders.
How so? What is different than if Medvedeva was still competing next week? Is her injury bad?
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Perhaps....I hope this is the case. Will be very interesting to see how Alina's LP PCS stacks up in this field.
I suppose I anticipate a mediocre SP result, and then TES through the roof and very high PCS in the LP to win overall, like all season.
I definitely think it ups the pressure. With Evgenia temporarily out of the picture, all the attention is on her.
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