PicturesAnastasia Martiusheva and Nikita Mikhailov got married today
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PicturesAnastasia Martiusheva and Nikita Mikhailov got married today
Anything involving Dadygin is not worth even wasting time on, nevermind translating.Worth translating. I hope we will get transcript of this talk-show. It is fire! https://tvzvezda.ru/schedule/programs/content/201605251339-mua8.htm/201811301642-ydk2.htm
But there is not only Dadygin but Butyrskaya, Mishin, Minenkov, Gerboldt, Bestemianova commenting. Of course Bestemianova's comments are -Anything involving Dadygin is not worth even wasting time on, nevermind translating.
Worth translating. I hope we will get transcript of this talk-show. It is fire! https://tvzvezda.ru/schedule/programs/content/201605251339-mua8.htm/201811301642-ydk2.htm
I even don't know who is worse there - Dadygin or BestemianovaDadygin is there. It's enough to make the whole room smell bad.
Weight, weight, weight, it’s always about the weight. These interviews break my heart.
And we wonder why so many skaters leave the sport from anorexia.
Personally, that's why I stick to pairs - less drama and less deranged fans, not to mention awesome skating.
[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]I think we’ve all been lulled into a false sense of security with pairs because the OGM in 2018 was probably the most universally acclaimed and accepted gold in recent history.
Don’t worry I’m sure that pairs will have the ability to get controversial soon. We have the next Olympics in China after all.
I have really mixed feelings about the whole Zagitova/Medvedeva situation. They both seem like really nice girls and are obviously way more talented than I could ever be. They both have their strengths and weaknesses as skaters, but in general I think they're about equal in talent.
I frankly wasn't too invested in the ladies' event at the Olympics (an Olympics without Wakaba Higuchi, Anna Pogorilaya, or Ashley Wagner should be cancelled IMO). I was rooting for Evgenia because I had seen her over the past few seasons and liked her personality, while I didn't really know much about Alina, but I wasn't going to die if Alina won. They both skated amazing. Alina gave a dazzling performance and I was happy for her, but at the same time, I felt soooooooooo bad for Evgenia because she did everything she could and to lose by such a small margin must've been beyond heartbreaking. I wish there could've been two gold medals. I know it's such a cliche thing to say, but it's true.
I was honestly shocked after the Olympics to see how much mud-slinging was going on between the Zagitova fans and the Medvedeva fans. It was brutal. Evgenia's fans were claiming Alina stole the medal out from under Evgenia's nose, Alina's fans were saying Evgenia was a horrible skater who could never compare to Alina, and then there were the people who hated both of them, because some people are just sour. Literally, the only time I ever saw worse fighting was about Sotnikova versus Yuna Kim - and that's another story I could go on for hours about.
The issue is, it's not about the skaters. It's become a war between crazy fans who have taken it too far. The same thing happened between fans of Virtue/Moir and Davis/White, and continued when it was Virtue/Moir versus Papadakis/Cizeron. Personally, that's why I stick to pairs - less drama and less deranged fans, not to mention awesome skating.
The fan wars got even worse when Evgenia moved to Brian Orser - on both sides. People who hated Evgenia for years were suddenly jumping on her side screaming "WE LOVE YOU!!!", all the while bashing Alina relentlessly. On the other side, some Alina ubers are literally calling Evgenia a traitor for leaving Eteri. Now you all know my opinions on Eteri and I'm not going to start on that again. I don't blame Evgenia one bit for leaving, and I can see why Alina is still there. They both have their reasons and they have the right to make their own decisions without judgment from people who don't know them. No matter what, I support both Evgenia and Alina in their careers. The last thing they need is people causing chaos around them.
I think sometimes we forget we're all arguing over two teenage girls who love figure skating. Let's just watch them and enjoy two talented skaters trying to do their best.
What's wrong with Med/Zag drama? It's part of Russian skating and thread is about it.For god's sake, can we get a different thread for this Med/Zag drama please?
You are jealous it's not about them against my queen pogoFor god's sake, can we get a different thread for this Med/Zag drama please?
Congrats to Russia for qualifying 24 of the 48 teams/single skaters between GPF and JGPFs. It is really impressive, especially qualifying 3 teams in the ice dance event.
Did that already soon after GPF teams were finalised.Tell that to @caseyedwards
Where is @caseyedwards to mourn the death of Russian ice dancing
Sorry I blocked him...He will have to do withoutTell that to @caseyedwards
It would definitely be interesting....and we would avoid having the monopoly winning of a single lady as it happened with Medvedeva during her dominant years (and it might happen now with Zagitova) which is surely boring.I think we’ve all been lulled into a false sense of security with pairs because the OGM in 2018 was probably the most universally acclaimed and accepted gold in recent history.
Don’t worry I’m sure that pairs will have the ability to get controversial soon. We have the next Olympics in China after all.
I have this fantasy that Tuktamysheva and Kihira will win everything therefore silencing the Zagitova/Medvedeva fan wars...
Then it will be just as long and monotonous as "I am furious/Wagner", "Ross Miner/no Olympics", "Karen Chen/boots", "V/M vs. P/C", and as annoying as "Kwan vs. anyone who won Olympic Gold" which lasted for 10 years and still does.... At least the current format mixes in few issues.For god's sake, can we get a different thread for this Med/Zag drama please?
.. and hosted by Fetisov himself. (2 times OG champ, NHL Stanley cup winner (and once runnerup), 9 worlds gold, multiple other medals of OG and worlds, Canada Cup winner, etc)Skating is big in Russia to have such a show aired on TV!
Anything involving Dadygin is not worth even wasting time on, nevermind translating.