How is alina's training going? Is she still working her way back into a normal practice routine after the long layoff?
It's going to be a long road back for Alina and all figure skaters after missing so much time. They have to be careful.The only thing I've seen about Zagitova was like a 5 second clip of her on an elliptical, nothing on ice.
And I have the opposite feeling that after this, Alina will be reluctant to return. I mean - Sasha leaving, Alena leaving. All these girls retiring or changing sports - Tarusina, Kanysheva, Vasilieva, Tarakanova, Tsurskaya, Sotskova. At least Alina has won everything.
Interesting take! I could definitely see it going either way.
Well, she sure can get more attention now. But she has to be enough motivated to train hard during two seasons.
Does anyone have a clip of her practicing the 4F in a harness?
Now more than ever I think Zagitova will try to make a comeback. This is the perfect opportunity for her to try and gain a spot to worlds next season. Nobody knows what will happen with Sasha and Alena, and the only main Russian senior skater from TT would be Anna next season, so TT may want to give Alina more attention to have her steal a spot from Sasha or Alena. This would be the perfect revenge for leaving in ET’s eyes.
I think now is Alina’s time to act, as this could be her opening to potentially return to a second olympics.
Agreed. But you really think EG will be out for 'revenge?Now more than ever I think Zagitova will try to make a comeback. This is the perfect opportunity for her to try and gain a spot to worlds next season. Nobody knows what will happen with Sasha and Alena, and the only main Russian senior skater from TT would be Anna next season, so TT may want to give Alina more attention to have her steal a spot from Sasha or Alena. This would be the perfect revenge for leaving in ET’s eyes.
I think now is Alina’s time to act, as this could be her opening to potentially return to a second olympics.
And I have the opposite feeling that after this, Alina will be reluctant to return. I mean - Sasha leaving, Alena leaving. All these girls retiring or changing sports - Tarusina, Kanysheva, Vasilieva, Tarakanova, Tsurskaya, Sotskova. At least Alina has won everything.
Is the pandemic going to affect Alinas come back? I still expect her to make her come back and a strong come back but I'm wondering if the pandemic is doing anything to her mind about this.
I think that sums it up. I think we agree she needs to get used to the competitive atmosphere again in competitions not just in practice.On one hand with the season that is expecting us she can skip it and focus more on training, on the other hand it would be useful to get used on competitive atmosphere again, it's different to skate without pressure on the training rink and in competition. The pause shouldn't last too long IMO.
On one hand with the season that is expecting us she can skip it and focus more on training, on the other hand it would be useful to get used on competitive atmosphere again, it's different to skate without pressure on the training rink and in competition. The pause shouldn't last too long IMO.