ITA. I don't like the way some people dismiss young skaters' efforts just because they are young or "not musical" according to their sense. Critizing some program is okay but only when it's fair. Like why you don't like this program because it makes you think the elements are rush, bad posture... But giving the credit to where the credit is due is a must.
Agreed!
I think the reason why these people think like that is either
- they are kinda agry about the fact that a 15(now 16) year old somehow places higher than 'more polished' skaters or their favorites. And because she is such a good skater and it's hard to find a really big weakness to push her down, they turn to the
"She is an immature child/she doesn't understand the music/ only does what she is told to/this is just a marketing thing to give her SL/she has no musicality....etc" ....notice sth? These are all things that cannot be proven or proven wrong by pointing at them. You can't see them, so they just state that it's like that and from then on it is a fact. ..
- or she just isn't the type of skater they like! Some people want to watch Carolinas (and I love Caro as well), skaters who obviously deliver a show together with their skate, who are "artistic and connect to the audience" in an obvious way. And they ONLY want to see that. They close themselves off for anything different. So when Yulia comes along and connects with the music and the audience in a different way, a deeper one and is successful
despite the fact that she doesn't fit their image of "great skater", it messes up their system and ego. .... so Yulia becomes the enemy
- and for some reason many people have the image in their minds that a skater needs to "earn" the right to medal or to be praised- but not by skating amazingly but by being around for a long time, by being a grown woman :scratch:
And it messes with their heads that a 'little girl' just pops up and comes out on top at such an early stage in her career, because normally skaters need several years to be as successful and especially to draw as much awe as Yulia does.
So there's sth new, a change in the scenery, sth they don't understand? Needs to be trashed.
I feel sorry for these people. They simply
miss out on this amazing skating and feeling Yulia has to offer.