Mikhail Kolyada

[rachno2]

Ah, man, I know it's hard, but I'm already pretty jaded when it comes to his meltdowns and falls. I wish things had been different, but it is what it is. I still feel like his SP was good and he has to see that as a step up. It's still too soon after the way he was at Nats, and there's a new layout and combos. He has to work on those things, but he had such a good practice this morning, I hope he can build on that.

It's just the culmination of this entire season tbh. I didn't cry after the team event and I didn't cry after his Grand Prix assignments, but to be taken from those lows to the high of Russian Nats, the SP, and his successful practices to....this was like getting hit by a train.

I knew after Samarin and Javier that he wasn't going to win. I just hoped he would do enough to stay on the podium. But I wasn't prepared for anything like that, even the way he fell was so unlike anything I've ever seen him do before.

I try to be optimistic about the future, but again, I don't see how he is going to come back from months of disappointment. It's one thing to have messy skates and bronze medals like last season, and maybe a meltdown or two. It's quite another thing to have all the raw material to win—fantastic programs, fantastic talent, sometimes even a fantastic SP—and mess up so badly over and over again that you consistently find yourself off the podium. I'm really sorry for being pessimistic, and if I should delete let me know, but I'm just crushed by sadness right now and I don't know if I can keep watching FS this season.

 

[chopinskate]

Sure, he's a headcase.....what of it? There's nothing he can do about who he is, and surrounding him with negativity only makes it worse. I don't know why people can't understand that.

Oh I agree negativity is useless, and I really hope he doesn't beat himself up (media will be media, unfortunately). I hope it can happen for him next season (sending him to worlds might just be another beating mentally, unfortunately, but fingers crossed for him if he does get sent). My post was just... Wistful? He has great potential, so going "ah" when he falls is just... not pleasant.

 

[rachno2]

Oh I agree negativity is useless, and I really hope he doesn't beat himself up (media will be media, unfortunately). I hope it can happen for him next season (sending him to worlds might just be another beating mentally, unfortunately, but fingers crossed for him if he does get sent). My post was just... Wistful? He has great potential, so going "ah" when he falls is just... not pleasant.

I wasn't responding to you, don't worry just expressing my general thoughts

 

[coldblueeyes]

whole post

Everyone is allowed to feel how they want. I just think that this season was already a bit doomed from the start, because we knew what happened last season, how he didn't have time to decompress in the summer, how his health deteriorated throughout the first half, and I don't think you can bounce back from that in one competition. I don't know if right now was the time to test a new layout, but maybe it would have been different, we just don't know. He's been doing good in practices, but it's clear he hasn't gained his confidence back.

 

[coldblueeyes]

According to some fans, there was an ambulance waiting at the skater's entrance, but they don't know if it was for anyone in particular. It could be Misha going to the hospital for a check up on his hand, or not. We'll have to wait to know more.

 

[cathlen]

I'm heartbroken

 

[vorravorra]

He did go to the hospital, according to Kogan.

 

[coldblueeyes]

He did go to the hospital, according to Kogan.

Yeah, from the vk page he's been to the doping control and then hospital.

 

[chopinskate]

I wasn't responding to you, don't worry just expressing my general thoughts

On a lighter note, though. I like your use of "what of it?". So much more literary beauty than the annoyingly defiant "so what?" when used in that context.

 

[vorravorra]

I suppose if he seriously injured his wrist on the axel it is not surprising the rest of the program didn't go well. I am just hoping it's not as bad as a fracture.

 

[rachno2]

On a lighter note, though. I like your use of "what of it?". So much more literary beauty than the annoyingly defiant "so what?" when used in that context.

It's a genuine question.....what of it? Does calling him a headcase suddenly make him not a headcase? :whack:

 

[coldblueeyes]

It's a genuine question.....what of it? Does calling him a headcase suddenly make him not a headcase? :whack:

AS IF!

If it was for that he'd be landing his jumps left and right.

 

[Tutto]

Guys, what to say, it is just not his season, sometimes mo matter how much you try the powers above have their own plans and nothing you can do about.

Not worrying about anything but his health now, it is a blow but he proved once again that he is strong. I will believe in him no matter what! Love you Mika!!!!

From the moment I learnt his starting number for LP I could shake the feeling of a disaster looming.
That was a set-up (home pressure, a hype after the short, last to skate etc) requiring nerves of steel of Plush at least, so I am not surprised at the meltdown but couldn't he be saved from an injury?
I can't help feeling a bit angry at his team though, knowing what we know (and don't they know Mika's nerves a way better they we do!) why not simplify the layout on the go, take 4sal out, who knows things might have been different.
Mika please do not despair, the bad luck will run out in the end - just hang on there please
And thank you so much for all the excitment & happiness your SP brought!

 

[Imov]

I hope his wrist is okay

 

[vorravorra]

I just want to say let's wait for more news on his wrist and general state before panicking about an imminent mental breakdown.

 

[rachno2]

Mikhail: “I don’t want to say anything. The skate didn’t work out. I think it was a technical error because I felt mentally ready. But a negative result is still a result. So it doesn’t happen again I have to continue and try to do my best.”

https://www.fsrussia.ru/news/4190-i...marin-stal-serebryanym-prizerom-v-minske.html

Obviously a rehearsed answer, but maybe the layout/muscle memory (and then the injury) was the killer after all. He did look calm in practice.

 

[khtmyzr]

I’m just catching up. Reading the comments and tweets, I don’t dare watch the FS. Heartbroken for him... did the falls look bad?

 

[rachno2]

I’m just catching up. Reading the comments and tweets, I don’t dare watch the FS. Heartbroken for him... did the falls look bad?

Very bad. He had a nasty one on the 3A and then a really nasty one on the 3Lo. He was in visible pain afterward, and is now at the hospital getting his wrist examined.

 

[vorravorra]

Very bad. He had a nasty one on the 3A and then a really nasty one on the 3Lo. He was in visible pain afterward, and is now at the hospital getting his wrist examined.

Yes, I am kind of puzzled by what happened to Misha's falls. He is good at falling safely and rising quickly. The 4S was as expected more or less but the 3A, it's not just that he doesn't fall from axels, but he doesn't normally have such floppy falls from any jumps. And the loop of course, falling onto the hand like that. Something was going very wrong with those jumps in terms of control.

 

[rachno2]

Yes, I am kind of puzzled by what happened to Misha's falls. He is good at falling safely and rising quickly. The 4S was as expected more or less but the 3A, it's not just that he doesn't fall from axels, but he doesn't normally have such floppy falls from any jumps. And the loop of course, falling onto the hand like that. Something was going very wrong with those jumps in terms of control.

Do you think getting off the music spooked him? I think he panicked and had no concentration going into his jumps