God I really hope not doing her exhibition was Alina's choice and she wasn't forced to pull out by Eteri because I wouldn't put it past her. In the video when she was waiting to give her short speech, she looked very upset and sad like she didn't want to be there(
Yeah of course she is, she was not as tinny as them even at the Olympic. But I simply refuse to hear she is *too big* to land Quad. As she said, she must lost like 3kg for its safety, which her team probably know the best, as much as I'm not a fan of weight loss, 3kg is not a disaster in her case, if they think it is for the best then they know better. Anyway, if the loose those kgs, the still will be the same, not like 3A. She just matured but that doesnt mean she cant land it. 3A will matured too, if they will be lucky then not untill Olympic, but no one can guarantee that. You need muscles to land those jumps.
Alina's message from her own ig:
The Grand Prix Final is over and it was a great honour to be among the strongest skaters of the world.
THANK YOU to my fans; I saw your nume
Yeah of course she is, she was not as tinny as them even at the Olympic. But I simply refuse to hear she is *too big* to land Quad. As she said, she must lost like 3kg for its safety, which her team probably know the best, as much as I'm not a fan of weight loss, 3kg is not a disaster in her case, if they think it is for the best then they know better. Anyway, if the loose those kgs, the still will be the same, not like 3A. She just matured but that doesnt mean she cant land it. 3A will matured too, if they will be lucky then not untill Olympic, but no one can guarantee that. You need muscles to land those jumps.
I dont get this mentality. Of course its hard to learn quads later, not only body wise but also mentaly, but years ago the same discussion was about triples. Triples was new and seen as for young girls, now everybody has them. She is able to do all jumps of her era but she is young enough and athleticaly strong enough to go for bigger difficulty it too. She still has the hardest layout without 3A or Quad. I seriously dont get why people are that much questioning her body..... IT IS GOOD ENOUGH to do whatever she wants to do. Yes when person is lighter its easier cause otherwise he or she need more muscles for more power but she has that. She is able to do combos in the end and jumps out of nowhere from crazy entries, she sure is able to do quad at the beging with an easier one. If she will land it even if she try is a different story but her body is not a limit. Look at the gymnastic those girls are flying high and are definitelly not as skinny as figure skaters. Seriously people should wake up and stop shaming or questioning figure skating girls for their bodies.
And to make it clear this is in general not at all attack on you Scott
No offense taken.
We don't know if Alina with that Schlatter syndrome in her left knee can withstand years of quad attempts. I'm also dubious of her losing six or seven pounds and even wanting to lose six or seven pounds to give a serious attempt to quads. Would that even be healthy for a girl who probably weighs 105 lb at the most? These are the things that are unknown to everyone except a Alina herself. Whatever she wants to do or not do I fully support her for her decisions. I also think when you are already one of the greats of your sport there might not be in need for her to put the physical pressure on herself to do quads and lose the weight to do quads. Quads are risky and we don't know how long we will have Anna and Sasha at a high level and they punish their tiny bodies every day in practice. Alina knows this as well. What I want to know is her double axel big enough to do a triple axel especially since her legs are much stronger than they used to be?
