Mikhail Kolyada

[vorravorra]

The selfish fan in me says "No! I wanted to see his new exhibition program!" But it looks like we'll see it at Europeans and Worlds anyway :luv17: only if he's healthy enough, though. Maybe he should skip Euros?

After this competition, I'm starting to think Misha really likes the rush of competing. He may not be very good at it, but I think he likes it, especially when he's competing against the other Russian men

Sometimes it pays to listen to Misha's own words. He's said on a number of occasions that he likes competing, people just choose not to believe him. He has also said that the audience support is really helpful for him. As for competing against the Russian men - Misha usually does well at Nationals.

So when are we going to get an update on his health? That's the only thing that really concerns me.

And see, people love stories of a hero overcoming adversity. When you do not try to hide your health issues at any cost, you get actual support. Another "I told you so" moment...

 

[vorravorra]

I am at work and can't concentrate at all making some silly mistakes and helplessly searching for a stuff I know I just saw on my desk this morning, I am literally all shaking, not a good sign, yesterday I was calm and kinda knew it would pan out well...

And another not so good sign - Stanislava did exceptionally well and I noted that they rarely 'follow' each other

I wasn't terribly nervous actually. I knew Misha would do whatever it is he is capable of in this state. There wasn't the weight of expectations (on Misha himself too). I was concerned for his health but not his skate.

 

[QueenOfTheRoad]

I am so pleased with Mika and that they played strategically, knowing that such a program cannot win but can keep him on the podium. Very clever to put the beautiful 3A at the beginning, i was so nervous that they will go for 4S just to keep against Samarin and Kovtun. But perhaps having the cushion from the short against Samarin helped the right decision.

I hope he takes now some time to heal and only when he feels ok he will start to prepare for Euro.

But now the nay-sayer here on forum and in Russia have no power to say that he didn't deserve to go at Euro and World! (and this please me the most :dev3.

 

[rachno2]

Haven’t had time to watch this, but looks like a pretty long interview

https://youtu.be/4VnLFVnMAZw

"This silver is dearer than gold to me" :luv17:
"As soon as I get back to Petersburg, I'm going to go to the doctor's, do another consultation, see what they say" :thumbsup:

 

[vorravorra]

Haven’t had time to watch this, but looks like a pretty long interview

https://youtu.be/4VnLFVnMAZw

"This silver is dearer than gold to me"
"As soon as I get back to Petersburg, I'm going to go to the doctor's, do another consultation, see what they say"

Misha says he felt pain in his right sinus on Thursday during the SP runthrough at the evening practice (he obviously is very familiar with sinus pain). Then at night he woke with a shooting pain through his ear and realised he needs to do something, so he went to the hospital on Friday morning and was admitted. This was a total shock for him so shortly before Nationals. He had a sinus puncture, IV drips, washes, antibiotics, the whole nine yards. He could barely get up out of bed. He got discharged on Monday and took his last antibiotics on Tuesday. He didn't skate after that evening practice until the Wednesday practice in Saransk. He seriously considered withdrawing but decided to go by his physical state and see if it was at all doable. He wanted to at least try so as not to be sorry later. This experience will be very helpful in the future (I sincerely hope so). Once he is back to St. Petersburg he is going to the doctors for another round of examinations and consultations.

Misha looks so unwell his face literally scared me in the starting pose. His must be wiping his nose non-stop for there to be so much redness around it.

 

[rachno2]

He seems really happy and it seems like he genuinely learned from the experience. I hope he keeps us informed about what the doctors say.

 

[Maria Anna]

Misha is one of my favorite men skaters and I think he has the best carmen program. To be honest I was hoping for a gold medal but 2nd place is not bad at all

 

[vorravorra]

Misha is one of my favorite men skaters and I think he has the best carmen program. To be honest I was hoping for a gold medal but 2nd place is not bad at all

Gold in this state was rather unlikely but staying in at least third was realistic after the SP.

I think this is a relief for Misha because he was not weighed down by expectations that he must keep his title. Silver is a great achievement when you are this sick and he can be satisfied.

 

[vorravorra]

I have to say for the record I really hate all the "real man" rhetoric everywhere as if female athletes never compete sick and overcome themselves. And women in general refuse to get out of bed with a slightest cold, only manly men get to fight illness :gaah:

 

[QueenOfTheRoad]

Tehehe, i think that everybody knows that the women are the super-men when it comes to illness. Slutzkaya, anyone?

 

[evanescence9696]

Full translation of Mikhail's interview to Olga Ermolina on our YouTube channel

https://youtu.be/rD7qh-gp79U

 

[QueenOfTheRoad]

Full translation of Mikhail's interview to Olga Ermolina on our YouTube channel

https://youtu.be/rD7qh-gp79U

Thank you!

Love his smile in the video.

 

[coldblueeyes]

Looking back now after seeing him competing, the way he really appreciated the crowd and how he reacted to the news of his hospital stay, I'm kind of glad they got that scare. It feels like this condition has been maintained throughout the season, and if it hadn't got to the point of no return, he'd end up the season just like this, and it wouldn't be good at all. Maybe now they can reassess how to move forward because Misha himself seemed rather self-conscious in the interview. Maybe some good will come out of this, after all.

 

[rachno2]

Rewatching, I really am in love with this layout, coldblueeyes! I love the idea of easing his way in with 3A-2T....please consider keeping that, Misha. I’ve repeated this too many times, but it has always bothered me that he tried to do a quad combo right before that musical accent, just before Habanera begins. A solo jump looks so much smoother imo and gives him time to milk the drama of that moment. If he keeps the 3A opener and still wants to do 4S, I guess that is where he could put it? It would certainly be dramatic. I am honestly fine if he doesn’t bring it back, though. The one at CoR was good enough for me, just like his 4Lz at CoC was good enough for a lifetime

That 3Lz fall was so tragic. I actualy don’t think there was anything wrong with the landing of the jump itself; just a freak slip on the ice immediately afterward. Step sequence still isn’t quite right, but then he was barely breathing at that point.....hopefully it will all come together at a later competition!

Will one quad in the free be enough for Euros, I wonder? (This is all assuming he is fully healthy by then. Right now I don’t want anything more difficult than this layout, no matter what the trolls say)

 

[Flyflybutterfly]

Thanks a lot for the translation Vorravorra and also Evanescense
I have two feelings right now: I’m immensely happy for that silver medal that for me is much more than silver, it’s, diamonds. So, so happy for him. And I’m so, so worried about his health. I do wish he can get over it.
He skated brave; he fought and he did beautiful. Finally he could slap those who humiliated, insulted and hurt his proud after Olympics and other occasions. And as he says in this interview, this experience has been a lesson to him. Is he going to perform today at gala? He was rehearsing a new exhibition program I think, before hospital admission. But after this, return to Sant Petesburg, go to see doctors, stay at home with your family have a big rest and eat a lot of mandarines!!!

 

[coldblueeyes]

Will one quad in the free be enough for Euros, I wonder? (This is all assuming he is fully healthy by then. Right now I don’t want anything more difficult than this layout, no matter what the trolls say)

It's impossible to make a bet on what they're going to do, but at least for Euros I get the feeling they will try to think of something somewhat watered down for him--and take that with a grain of salt. I could see the FS being with a layout like the one he did this time, but with two quads and the 3l back. However, realistically the salchow will come back, because he won't be doing a solo 3s and a 2s on the combo, even though I'd rather he went back to his a 3lz-2t-2l.

But I don't think they're going to go with just one quad anyway, too many points on the table.

 

[rachno2]

I did not miss that 3Lo. Maybe that’s the real reason why I love the layout so much

 

[vorravorra]

"There are no available mental resources for worry and rumination due to crisis mode" is not a workable long-term technique of clearing one's head before a competition. I wonder if there is a way of clearing Misha's thoughts that does not rely on acute illness (or a bat to the head )

 

[vorravorra]

Looking back now after seeing him competing, the way he really appreciated the crowd and how he reacted to the news of his hospital stay, I'm kind of glad they got that scare. It feels like this condition has been maintained throughout the season, and if it hadn't got to the point of no return, he'd end up the season just like this, and it wouldn't be good at all. Maybe now they can reassess how to move forward because Misha himself seemed rather self-conscious in the interview. Maybe some good will come out of this, after all.

The main problem with powering through an acute illness like this is that the body hits a resource bottom and starts "borrowing resources from the future". Which means that even Misha's sinusitis doesn't worsen he is likely to come home and have trouble getting out of bed for the next couple of weeks due to bodily resource debt that needs to be "paid back". Or you could use the metaphor of using up emergency stores that the body must replenish before resources are available for less crucial tasks. I am going to stop worrying only when we know he is in the clear and I don't want to see him at any competition sick again.

 

[coldblueeyes]

The main problem with powering through an acute illness like this is that the body hits a resource bottom and starts "borrowing resources from the future". Which means that even Misha's sinusitis doesn't worsen he is likely to come home and have trouble getting out of bed for the next couple of weeks due to bodily resource debt that needs to be "paid back". Or you could use the metaphor of using up emergency stores that the body must replenish before resources are available for less crucial tasks. I am going to stop worrying only when we know he is in the clear and I don't want to see him at any competition sick again.

Yeah, I totally get that--and thankfully a seemingly worse outcome didn't happen. And of course, I'd prefer them to have taken care of this problem before, because in no way this hasn't been going on all season, especially if it blew up right now. I see that Misha seemed quite aware that this was bigger than he thought it'd be, and hopefully they'll work in a better way to the next competition and the rest of the season/career. For me it's interesting that he said they're going to devise a plan only after he's going to the doctor, so that's good.