Vaytsekhovskaya's interview with Medvedeva

Coco said:
I wonder if they ever had conversations about putting the 3f3t in the bonus, or upgrading the layback spin to a flying combination spin that ends with layback variations. That's 1.23 in base value right there.
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Do you mean in the SP? They started with that at the beginning of the season, but she missed it a couple of times so it wasn't worth it. I think the choices in spin this season are about protecting her back - she had a pretty serious back injury after the Olympics. We'll see if they can spend more time fixing the spins now.
 
Coco said:
I wonder if they ever had conversations about putting the 3f3t in the bonus, or upgrading the layback spin to a flying combination spin that ends with layback variations. That's 1.23 in base value right there.
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not sure what upgrade Med wanted which Eteri did not want but that could be interpreted in a few ways.
 
Coco said:
I wonder if they ever had conversations about putting the 3f3t in the bonus, or upgrading the layback spin to a flying combination spin that ends with layback variations. That's 1.23 in base value right there.
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Yup.

Her original LP in 2017-18, to The Leftovers soundtrack, choreographed by Averbukh, featured a 1/6 layout, with only a 2A in the first half of the program:

https://youtu.be/Jf-u7vNSTeY

She only skated it at Nepela, before switching to Anna Karenina. I thought it was a stunning program, and had tons of potential. Rewatching it again right now, it's quiet and not as in-your-face as AK, but I think it's definitely the better piece of choreography and more impactful.

Incredible dress, too.
 
Looks like Medvedeva wanted to be competitive with Alina and coach said no. Maybe this is part of the reason for coaching change.
 
Finsta said:
Looks like Medvedeva wanted to be competitive with Alina and coach said no. Maybe this is part of the reason for coaching change.
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I think we also can’t underestimate the impact of her injury in the Olympic season. The 1/6 layout may have become impossible after she sustained that. I don’t blame Eteri for wanting to focus on consistency with her previous content rather than upgrading, even if it didn’t work out for Evgenia in the end.
 
Finsta said:
Looks like Medvedeva wanted to be competitive with Alina and coach said no. Maybe this is part of the reason for coaching change.
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I'm not an Eteri fan, but she clearly would have preferred Med to win. I think Med was too injured and didn't have the jump quality to win, If Eteri could have fixed that quickly, she would have.
 
I agree that with the injury, it was best not to try to up Evgenia's technical content. One can deplore Eteri's methods in general and still believe she made the right call in that case.
 
I don't think Eteri sabotaged Med either or tried to prevent her from doing more difficult jump layouts to preserve Zagitova or for other nefarious reasons. I think Eteri realized that it was much better to come up with a game plan where Med could skate clean and the judges will do what they will regarding GOE and PCS between her and Zagitova because trying for more may have not allowed Med to even have a fighting chance or even worse (falling from second to a lower place).
 
VIETgrlTerifa said:
I don't think Eteri sabotaged Med either or tried to prevent her from doing more difficult jump layouts to preserve Zagitova or for other nefarious reasons. I think Eteri realized that it was much better to come up with a game plan where Med could skate clean and the judges will do what they will regarding GOE and PCS between her and Zagitova because trying for more may have not allowed Med to even have a fighting chance or even worse (falling from second to a lower place).
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That's exactly right!

When Medvedeva felt that her original FS was not good enough, Eteri and Daniil spent 48 hours without sleeping, reworking in 2 days her "Anna Karenina" show number into the FS, so she can start practicing it immediately.

Then, Medvedeva originally had a black dress for "Karenina" programme, and had few problems during FS in GP events. When she returned after the break from skating, for the Europeans, Tutberdize said to her "let the past issues/problems stay in the past year, with the "black dress". I want you to have new and fresh beginning. Let's make you a new more colorful dress". And she paid for Medvedeva's new dress herself.

During the pre-olympic season, she told both girls, you have this advantage, and you (the other one) have that advantage, do your best, and anyone has a chance to win. It's been said before and NONE of the girls ever denied this, not even Medvedeva, although she had a chance to do so, directly and indirectly.
 
layman said:
I don't get it...the girls are abused and starved...yet when they get away from their abuser, they must give the abuser flowers? Thank the abuser? Give the abuser good PR? I don't think so.
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I case of Evgenia, she was also made into a two-time world champion and a star. Tutberidze put a lot of effort into accomplishing those goals. I heard that she is very involved in getting her students contracts with prestigious brands, in particular.
 
layman said:
I don't get it...the girls are abused and starved...yet when they get away from their abuser, they must give the abuser flowers? Thank the abuser? Give the abuser good PR? I don't think so.
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Can you give me one bit of evidence, other than your opinion, and/or "rumors spread by interested parties, or people who know very little or nothing about the situation"?
 
Tinami Amori said:
Can you give me one bit of evidence, other than your opinion, and/or "rumors spread by interested parties, or people who know very little or nothing about the situation"?
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But how do you know, word for word, what was said or actions taken? Sounds all drama
 
Tinami Amori said:
Can you give me one bit of evidence, other than your opinion, and/or "rumors spread by interested parties, or people who know very little or nothing about the situation"?
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How can you say this when 90% of what you post is rumours and assumptions? I agree people are making assumptions based on little evidence but you're the biggest culprit. People in glass houses...

I guess I'm naive but I thought this interview would lead to a discussion about disordered eating in the sport, not a debate on who, between Med and Eteri, is the worst person. It's easy to point to one or two coaches as evil people who starve their students, but this is about so much more than a few individuals, it's systemic. And it's encouraging to see how Medvedeva has been talking about her experience and the evolution of her relationship towards food. It's such a taboo subject, and as long as it stays that way nothing will be done about it.
 
Zazy said:
How can you say this when 90% of what you post is rumours and assumptions? I agree people are making assumptions based on little evidence but you're the biggest culprit. People in glass houses...
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No. either a link/a foto/a video is presented right under, it is something that has been presented before, or something said on other chats (but we can't forum drag).

Plus you probably don't read/see a lot of videos, articles, etc., that i see, in russian.

Most of negatives said about Eteri are myths, rumors, and speculations, spread and repeated too often, and start sounding like "facts".

Zazy said:
I guess I'm naive but I thought this interview would lead to a discussion about disordered eating in the sport, not a debate on who, between Med and Eteri, is the worst person.
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It would be nice if it remained on that subject. If you check the sequence of comments, the conversation went outside of "disorder eating" and turned into accusations against Eteri.

Finsta said:
But how do you know, word for word, what was said or actions taken? Sounds all drama
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Can you please rephrase your question. It does not make sense.
 
Tinami Amori said:
No. either a link/a foto/a video is presented right under, it is something that has been presented before, or something said on other chats (but we can't forum drag).

Plus you probably don't read/see a lot of videos, articles, etc., that i see, in russian.

Most of negatives said about Eteri are myths, rumors, and speculations, spread and repeated too often, and start sounding like "facts".


It would be nice if it remained on that subject. If you check the sequence of comments, the conversation went outside of "disorder eating" and turned into accusations against Eteri.


Can you please rephrase your question. It does not make sense.
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I do best I can with English. I ask to you how you know all these things you’re posting. Words spoken, actions taken- how are you certain what you post is fact and not garbage.
 
Tinami Amori said:
Can you give me one bit of evidence, other than your opinion, and/or "rumors spread by interested parties, or people who know very little or nothing about the situation"?
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Lipnitskaya had a serious eating disorder. Eteri was well aware of her "diet" and spoke openly and admiringly of it.

Medvedeva has spoken about being "dry" and "learning to eat properly".

Zagitova talked about not drinking water during the Olympics. https://deadspin.com/alina-zagitova-says-she-didnt-drink-water-during-the-20-1832459869. Direct quotes. Not rumors, insinuations, or baseless accusations. Perhaps Zagitova is just as much of a liar as Medvedeva.
 
@Perky Shae Lynn And the quote from Alina last season (at a worlds presser?) about how you could delay puberty or some other bs about optimizing your body for skating by restricting food intake.

And the literal video of Eteri and her team weighing skaters to the gram in front of each other - behavior that is well known to contribute to eating disorders. That followed by her skaters obsessing over their weight to the gram like Evgenia talked about in this interview.
 
Wyliefan said:
I agree that with the injury, it was best not to try to up Evgenia's technical content. One can deplore Eteri's methods in general and still believe she made the right call in that case.
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except if she was told by her team not to worry if she skates clean she has enough to win. Med skated lights out but did not win and so might have felt misled.She seemed to be bewildered and turned to Eteri and said but I skated my best.
 
wickedwitch said:
I'm not an Eteri fan, but she clearly would have preferred Med to win. I think Med was too injured and didn't have the jump quality to win, If Eteri could have fixed that quickly, she would have.
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I agree. I can't imagine Eteri sabotaging Medvedeva's chances to win. IMO, she would have much preferred Med to win, and was pretty heartbroken when it didn't happen.
 
Perky Shae Lynn said:
I agree. I can't imagine Eteri sabotaging Medvedeva's chances to win. IMO, she would have much preferred Med to win, and was pretty heartbroken when it didn't happen.
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She was, and so were we... Medvedeva's die-hard fans. Eteri could not control how judges will score..
https://i.eurosport.com/2018/02/23/2279203-47482850-2560-1440.jpg?w=750

Eteri and Zhenya were family, Zhanna, Zhenya's mother knew Eteri since they were both young skaters, and brought Zhenya to Eteri, because she knew her for so long and thought and knew she was the best...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BHKMQDodwJE/maxresdefault.jpg
https://im9.kommersant.ru/Issues.photo/NEWS/2018/05/07/KMO_163854_00046_1_t222_181239.jpg
https://cdnimg.rg.ru/i/gallery/4a74dddd/1_a6ebe53a.jpg
https://s14.stc.all.kpcdn.net/share/i/12/10605682/inx960x640.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...NnkcYTZHBwvRHeZSMcFG2VMiD-9tbEooSVk_euxbwyKWq
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...nBuweCOfYT2h0NjUuB4veQXYoR9ANyriXViPkg8_194t-
https://img.gazeta.ru/files3/399/8048399/upload-AP_790780205424-pic905-895x505-84917.jpg

11 years, like a family..... But then the actions..

Eteri puts her heart into every student, it's her art.... unfortunately there are only superficial fotos...
https://s-cdn.sportbox.ru/images/st...efabbaa10fdad87c12b5af05a1785fe4953966156.jpg

https://cdni.rt.com/russian/images/2019.02/article/5c546119370f2ca94e8b45ce.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...OdmNjLI511rn6jzH2Lr2jE-onQfkUtWCBawUn2GJMMOWA

https://pp.vk.me/1OkR5EI4s0jxiyP5b76i3CRQiKzj9HFwI7t1Ow/nG8U9fwzZsc.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...KTXsqu8T7RLHW9VF4KQpncrz74LjltEGLqIPU4pYB7fC8

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...mE29nUM6vRmVYwEZgnO-LWQwSRYvKPzRCq7wVRcXyig7g

oh, Eteri and Panenkova......
https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-...00abf17a98_5b5984599f536800a943eec9/scale_600
but then she found better...
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BrKJ6PWY-rQ/hqdefault.jpg
 
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Tinami Amori said:
She was, and so were we... Medvedeva's die-hard fans. Eteri could not control how judges will score..

But then the actions..
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You just don't get it. Whatever' Medvedeva's actions were (and you have no idea what happened behind the scenes), she does not deserve the pure hatred you and some others express towards her. Unless she killed Eteri's dog, set her house on fire, and stole her life savings. The hate, the slander, the insinuations, the rumor mongering - it's vile. But carry on....

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. Mark Twain.
 
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