Ellen wrote:Jonas wrote:Back to 2018: Ok, I'm not saying that I have a boarding pass on the Trusova Train, but you gotta give the girl some credit. She clearly didn't have to try the quads to win, but she did anyway and she nailed both of them. Maybe she'll never land them again and there'll be no big rush from the other ladies to follow suit...who knows?? But I think the girl deserves some kudos!
Your thoughts...
Finally!
Something tells me that if an American girl jumped two different quads in competition, more people here would admire that
The coaches did not force Alexandra to jump the quads, she really wanted it. Jumps are her most favorite elements, as she once said. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Alexandra's coach Daniil Gleyhengauz (sorry for not perfect translation):
"- The most important thing is that Sasha herself really wanted this, and this is the most important thing, because the greatest danger is to get injured when the athlete is afraid, and you push him, tell: go, jump." With a quadruple jump, this does not work. Sasha wanted and asked: "May I jump the quad again, again please." And our task was to control this, not to let her jump more than necessary.
- Can we say that Trusova in this respect is a unique sportswoman who has what not everyone has?
- Of course, not everyone can do this. Just as not every boy can jump a quadruple. A lot depends on the talent of the athlete, his desire, the abilities. And very much depends on the coaching staff. If there is the right technique, the right approach, with warm-ups, drills, there are doctors in the group, and all this works together, then you reduce the risk of danger and bring the athlete to a level when he is close to discovering the maximum of his abilities.
Figure skating is developing very quickly. And we were very pleased that the audience was surprised that the girl jumped two quads. But it did not happen all of a sudden. Because we have been working on this for a long time.
Five years ago no one would have believed that Nathan Chen would jump in the program of six quads. Although not many boys who are able to repeat it. The same is true for girls. Here, of course, I repeat, much depends on the individuality of each athlete and his abilities and desire.
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Dragonlady wrote:
Not one of your lovely Russian super-girls is still skating at age 20, Ellen. They’re burned out, suffering from eating disorders, injured - gone. Radionova, the new girl in 2014, who was too young for Socchi, didn’t even make the team this year. The girl who won Socchi just came and went. She won the Olympics out of the blue and was too injured to skate again. When the Americans were doing this, we called it “Eating their young”.
The girls get a season or two in seniors, but they don’t last long. Their bodies change and they’re gone, or they’re injured and gone. This is not good for the sport in general, or the Russian program.
Dragonlady wrote:Sotnikova didn’t get “carried away by the shows”. She had injuries and other issues. She’s now training with Plushenko and hoping to make a comeback, according to a recently published interview about all of her difficulties after Socchi.
chuckiem wrote:BTW, why was Konstantinova sent to Worlds after failing to make the podium at Junior Worlds? She did even worse at Worlds, dropping from 16th place in the SP to 20th in the FS (and what a messy FS it was) for 19th place overall.
I am sure Radionova or Tsurskaya would have placed a lot higher than that.
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