Some people should not be parents.Do you really think that ANY coach can stop Trusova from jumping when and how she wants? I am sure Trusova complained to Pluschenko about Tutberidze/Dudakov trying to control her jumping, and Pluschenko is going to do just the opposite. He also knows that Trusova's father does not like his daughter limited on jumps, and that father has a very loud mouth....
My goodness. Injury alone could end her career. That was reckless. She must really think her only trump card is her jumps. Sort of sad.
The judges gave her 13 points higher PCS than TES, so I think they do like the program! She's been doing well in PCS this season. It's a matter of bringing her TES up to match it.
Agree with all of this. Her technique is nowhere near the best.
The packaging reflects their skating personas. B/K are the classic, sophisticated champions; and M/G are the young, spunky challengers. Of course B/K are actually younger, but their vibe is "old skating glamour." Off the ice Boikova looks like a child.
Lol literally none of you have ever met this guy, what a thing to say.
Pushing your kids for quads even when they’re injured isn’t something a responsible parent would do. I don’t even think it’s a must for the kids to limit their quads, but once you’re hurt, back down, it’s normal and responsible.
Someone said she was injured. Then someone said her coaches shouldn't have forced her to jump. Then someone said her dad forced her. And you just assume it's true? If her dad forced her to jump injured, sure, that would be bad, but you're just guessing.
Ehm... have you seen Zagitova in shows lately? I highly doubt the current Zagitova could perform her Olympic content without < and << in many of her jump passes.
True, I apologize that I might have assumed her father forced her to jump while injured. Those were just rumors, as several rumors about her parents being a bit of helicopter ever since she was a junior. It’s true that we can not say 100% her parents forced her or encouraged her to do quads even when she is injured. Just rumors, so if those rumors were true, it’s truly ew.
I think Trusova jumps what she wants to jump and only metal screws will stop her. And Daddy and Plushy indulge. But seriously if she was in pain don't they know she could be seriously injured? Or is this how we overcome ourselves, Russian style? Sigh.
Current Zagitova obviously not...as she isn't training to skate competitively, but if she went back and trained "seriously" full time, yes, I do believe, she would eventually be able to do all her old content. She had at least 2 clean programs last year without < and << (Test Skates and Japan Open were both clean performances).Please tell me who hasn't had problems when going through puberty . (Tuktamysheva had issues as well for a year or two after winning Worlds). But she hasn't lost the ability to do triples because she doesn't have a "tiny" body anymore. Anways, nothing further that I want to discuss, I just took issue with that comment about Tuktamysheva's great technique and putting down others' technique because of "tiny bodies".
They believe they have a masterpiece. And it will not change. They will just practice themselves to the end of oblivion and present something so neat and tidy that whatever the French come with will be considered second rate. The Russians are gunning to get back to their winning ways in dance. So whatever backroom deals will be made they will. Nathalie Pechalat is out of her depth. Only an act of God will allow the French to beat them fair and square going forwards. Do you ever wonder why the rest of the world is always exceedingly nervous at worlds or COR or Europeans? Of course the level of competition is crazy but they are always wary of the Russian fix. If they make one mistake they will be slaughtered. So I really am not invested in them one way or another.
I watched Zagitova live from row 1 in NHK 2019 (before GPF which was her last competitive one) and I would say no, I highly doubt the current Zagitova could come back and execute her jumps at the Olympic without < and <<. Even if she goes back to Eteri’s regime, I highly doubt it.
It’s obvious that I do not expect Alina Zagitova to come back to competition ever again. And this is not throwing shade at her. She has won everything there is, where is the motivation to come back? And I strongly believe that she won’t be able to compete for the top of the podium even if she starts training seriously again.
Well, I doubt it too, but then again I don’t think it would be the body issue. I think she has already achieved the top of the achievements, the gold medal at Olympics every sportman/sportwoman dreams about, and it would be extremely hard to find motivation to do it again. And if there is not enough motivation, of course her fitness would not be the same. But her fitness could be worked on if there was motivation. So it doesn’t really get it down to whether she could do it with this body, but would she want it enough to do anything to win, including whip her body back to competitive shape. But do you blame her that she is not that keen? The pains, the stress, the sacrifices, wasted time and money that she could be spending by doing something enjoyable, all the rigid schedule full of denying herself... and all that for what? She can’t do better than last time, there is no higher place than gold, so all that just to match or do worse than the last time?
But in no sentence I blame it on her fitness anyway. Technically I said the same as you said. My point is, the last several times I saw her live, her jumps were not there and I don’t see the motivation for her to come back. And even if she came back, it is near impossible to jump 3A and quads to be competitive with the current girls. We all see what has happened to Medvedeva even though she still wants to compete. Without 3As and quads, it’s highly unlikely to be competitive at the highest level. Though none of this is Zagitova fault and she has done everything for the sport. I do not ask more of her.
Zagitova owes nobody a thing. The girl did everything she could and then some. Why the constant need to talk about her retirement, especially by Zhulin? Why doesn't he talk more about his own students? For example when will Hurtado and Khaliavin start skating together? Although to be honest one of my favourite programs ever is Picasso by Hurtado and Diaz. I miss that pair. Sigh.
Zhulin talks about Zagitova?
