- Joined
- Nov 11, 2019
This off ice warm up should be off limits to media IMO. Notice how Aleksandra shrugs the presence of a TV camera off at first, but moves away after a while, uncomfortable being 'looked over the shoulder'. Yevgeniya no doubt watched everything in the mirrors, perhaps taking this spot to do her routine on purpose.
Yeah, it is definitely kind of uncomfortable. I think the fact that it feels more invasive than warm up for, say, show jumping or dressage is because it is in a closed area, which makes you feel that it ought to be private. Plus, senior figure skating ladies are so young, it's kind of like having the media filming junior riders, which ... just doesn't feel right to me.
Edit: I've just thought, as well, that (to continue with the horsey metaphor), having media in the off ice warm up is like having the media in the barn, while you're grooming and tacking up, which would just be awkward, while the on ice warm up is more like the warm up ring itself.