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Aljona and Robin skating together will never happen lol. They are not too fond of each other if I may say it lightly
Aljona Savchenko considering a comeback
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Aljona and Robin skating together will never happen lol. They are not too fond of each other if I may say it lightly
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(whispering) I feel exactly the same about Yuzuru (Shh .... don't tell anyone!
)As for Eric Radford, I'm pretty sure I recall that he was ready to retire from competing at least a year or two before 2018. He continued for love of Meagan Duhamel, and respect and commitment.
Aljona found magic with Bruno, period. I agree with the consensus that he'd be extremely reluctant to compete again. He's said that competing is stressful for him ... and that's on top of his back troubles, happiness in being a coach, and happiness in his personal life. Aljona OTOH loves competing and doesn't find it stressful,
I think the best formula for someone who can really compete with Sui and Han at this point is for a pair who has technical chops to develop consistency; and most importantly, to take to heart and emulate what Cong Han said recently about their ambition now: to bring heart and soul, and real emotion to their skating.
That's the previously missing ingredient that I feel Bruno Massot was able to bring with Aljona ... with the magical coaching team of Konig/Ballester.
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This is sort of how I feel. I enjoyed their Olympic LP and am glad she achieved her dream that she worked so hard for over the years. But I don't think that they would bring anything that's missing to the pairs event, either.
Maybe she would consider "a Big China" Zhan Hao as her new partner?
Great idea, Gordana - I would love to see that - they are awesome - both competed at five Olympic Games each, and with a combined age of 73.
Also, if Eric Radford wants to return, I'd love to see that pairing - he's one of the most beautiful male pairs skaters.
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Interesting considering a while back she accused Sui/Han magnificent free program of copying her olympic fs program.
This. She and her bad sportsmanship can stay in retirement forever tbh.
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Oh no, that's the impressin I got when they ended t heir partnership. Some of his comments led me to believe al might not be so rosy.
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Yeah, Robin talked about some of the issues they had during some of the German Aljona documentaries. For him their partnership was not always a good experience nor how it ended for him.
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What was wrong between them? What did he say?
Must be something in the water in Germany... the great 90s pair woetzul & steur didn't see eye to eye much either
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There are some things that aren't going to be spelled out. This isn't the National Enquirer, speculation is looked down upon in forum rules.
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why does it matter? she obviously loves the sport and has done it so long for that sole reason. why is it required of an athlete to "prove" something in order to keep competing? this could be said about quite a few athletes and i don't hear anyone saying this about Alina currently.
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I say if she wants to come back more power to her. Her life, her career, her business.
I'm not terribly excited by it but I think it could add more attention to pairs and pairs desperately needs more positive attention.
I'm not terribly excited by it but I think it could add more attention to pairs and pairs desperately needs more positive attention.
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If you're referring to Alina Zagitova, she's only 17 and has been to a grand total of 1 Olympics. Huge difference.
Savchenko's been to 4 Olympics, is 6 time World Champion and.....35 years old this year.
Wasnt there criticism of Plushenko(at age 32) when he came out of retirement for Sochi OG in 2014? Esp when he withdrew just before the men's SP.
What would be the point? How many Olympics has she been to already? I know some will say, it's her decision or her love of the sport or competing, but it is unlikely that her skills are still at top form. Age catches up with everyone. Does she really want to compete for something other than a gold medal?
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Is Aliona intending to compete at the next Olympics though? She's 35 now which isn't out-of-commission old to be competitive (Deanna Stellato is 36).
And if she's going to the Olympics it's clearly to just compete in pairs and medal in the individual instead of showing up simply to snag an easy team medal, which Russia/Canada/USA has enjoyed the past few years.
And if she's going to the Olympics it's clearly to just compete in pairs and medal in the individual instead of showing up simply to snag an easy team medal, which Russia/Canada/USA has enjoyed the past few years.
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I think it would be terribly difficult for the German team to 'snag an easy team medal', while I also think it wasn't that easy for any of the teams who captured such a medal. True a bad skate by one of the team members can be compensated for to a certain extent, but it's not as if the team event is 'easy sailing' for the participants. Having said that, I agree that Aljona would probably go for the individual (in this case couple) event in pairs.
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If Aljona, at her age, and this point in the quad cycle, can come back, and can convince a suitable partner to come back with her, and if they can reach the next Olympics in form to compete for medals, either individually or as part of a team, I will be cheering her on.
But I consider it extremely unlikely that she can.
But I consider it extremely unlikely that she can.
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I agree... that's what I meant - she would be making a comeback at the Olympics to not just get an easy medal (since Germany has no chance). Any Russian/Canadian/US skater though could come out of retirement and pretty much have an easy street to a medal in the team event no matter how well or poorly they skate.
