Alina Zagitova

AkikoNana said:

I think we have witnessed the difference between teenagers at the first senior season with all their energy, hungry for victories, enjoying every moment of that new experience against the burden to be yet Olympic, euro, world champion with everything to lose and with a woman body that not let you to be explosive as in the past.
I think Alina managing quite well that...she fought until the last jump, spin, steps. For a while I was worried ghosts of Milan could come to her head but she finished the program with all she had.
Very proud of this young woman, she’s an example.

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comixarma said:

Does anyone know if Alina wants to learn any of the big jumps?

I mean, Rika's the same age, and she's evolving with quads & 3A. I personally think Alina could do them... So I guess it's about her motivation

Has she made any indication/willingness to give them a go?

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Lechat said:

Now, Alina maybe should drop some commercials or shows only to focus on her training if she wants to stay competitive.
I hope she will skate two clean programs for the nationals to stay on the national team.

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Scott512 said:

Alina Rika are at different points in their careers even though they're almost the same age. Rika as wonderful and adorable as she is often bombs one of her programs because of the difficulty of them and the triple axles and now she's trying to add a quad. Alina realizes that' without a doubt and I think she will hesitate on learning quads in particular. I think a triple axel is possible because her legs are so much stronger than they used to be. To me Alina looks so much bigger than her younger teammates. Puberty may not be affecting her the way it has nastya or Sofia but growing bigger and stronger has happened to Alina and she's dealing with it. Rika on the other hand is not being hurt by puberty.

I don't think she should skate Russian Nationals unless she's one hundred percent healthy. That is going to be a torturous advance for some of the ladies. I do not want that. For the reigning world champion and Olympic champion. So if she's not feeling good and ready to go she shouldn't. I would like to say it's a simple as that but we know it is not.

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BabySloth said:

So agree about RusNats. All the media attention, the fabricated and enhanced rivalries, she doesn't seem to be in the right mental state to handle all of that.

I think we don't have to beat around the bush anymore: She's not going to make the World team for sure.

She will get GPs and Challengers next year because of SB and WS. She doesn't need to endure RusNats if she doesn't feel like it.

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BabySloth said:

So agree about RusNats. All the media attention, the fabricated and enhanced rivalries, she doesn't seem to be in the right mental state to handle all of that.

I think we don't have to beat around the bush anymore: it's hard to accept but she's not going to make the World team for sure.

She will get GPs and Challengers next year because of SB and WS. She doesn't need to endure RusNats if she doesn't feel like it.

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Scott512 said:

Alina Rika are at different points in their careers even though they're almost the same age. Rika as wonderful and adorable as she is often bombs one of her programs because of the difficulty of them and the triple axles and now she's trying to add a quad. Alina realizes that' without a doubt and I think she will hesitate on learning quads in particular. I think a triple axel is possible because her legs are so much stronger than they used to be. To me Alina looks so much bigger than her younger teammates. Puberty may not be affecting her the way it has nastya or Sofia but growing bigger and stronger has happened to Alina and she's dealing with it. Rika on the other hand is not being hurt by puberty.

I don't think she should skate Russian Nationals unless she's one hundred percent healthy. That is going to be a torturous advance for some of the ladies. I do not want that. For the reigning world champion and Olympic champion. So if she's not feeling good and ready to go she shouldn't. I would like to say it's a simple as that but we know it is not.

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Skatefan15 said:

Was the only injury she got the cut on her leg?

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nussnacker said:

Alina feeling the love of her fans
https://www.instagram.com/p/B50Zp-bJeBQ/

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paji15 said:

Yeah. Alina and Rika are same age but Alina was eligible a year earlier, which mean she was prepared to win Olympic. Quads came after her. She was doing Lz-Loop combo and all jumps in second half. She was prepared for that. On the other hand, Rika competed one year with Sasha. When you compare the two of them, Alina’s skating is like 10 times more mature (with all respect to Rika).

For sure her body is strong enough to jump quad. She had of course different body than 3A, but she wa never as tiny as e.g. Annya, but she is still very tiny girl, but so mascular. She is still able to fo Lz-Loop combo, or add more Loops after that. I don’t see her body as limit, just see at Liza (which skating is of course different, she is concentrate on jumps and prepping for it big part of program). But body is one thing, head the other. And that doesn’t mean id she is not able to do it, she is mentaly weak. Not at all. It’s just so complex, you must get used to it falling a lot in prsctice again and so many things. That’s not easy.

In my opinion, she will try, because she’s fighter. Maybe we will find out maybe not. And in the proces she’ll see how it goes Andy if it’s worthy.

If she will not make a team this year, it doesn’t have to be all bad for her. She will have time to try those jumps in quite setting, not under pressure to have her programs ready for competition at the same time.

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Scott512 said:

Alina Rika are at different points in their careers even though they're almost the same age. Rika as wonderful and adorable as she is often bombs one of her programs because of the difficulty of them and the triple axles and now she's trying to add a quad. Alina realizes that' without a doubt and I think she will hesitate on learning quads in particular. I think a triple axel is possible because her legs are so much stronger than they used to be. To me Alina looks so much bigger than her younger teammates. Puberty may not be affecting her the way it has nastya or Sofia but growing bigger and stronger has happened to Alina and she's dealing with it. Rika on the other hand is not being hurt by puberty.

I don't think she should skate Russian Nationals unless she's one hundred percent healthy. That is going to be a torturous advance for some of the ladies. I do not want that. For the reigning world champion and Olympic champion. So if she's not feeling good and ready to go she shouldn't. I would like to say it's a simple as that but we know it is not.

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Giltedge said:

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 numerous "ALINA" banners - it was FANTASTIC - I heard you - I felt you.

For me, you are much more valuable than any gold medal. YOU ARE THE BEST and together we will move forward .

Let me THANK my friends from Shiseido and Puma for your continuous support, help and congratulations during all of the GP competitions.

And my SPECIAL THANKS to Eteri Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz and Sergey Dudakov,

and also to my lovely family.

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Decoder said:

Our Alina failed one competetion. Ok, not a big deal. She failed multiple times last season, and she finally won. Are we going to see a replay of last season? Very unlikly, because a historical trio has born and they have formidable tech. However, have we forgotten what Alina said at the beginning of the season? She said she'd skate for fun. Well, it seems that losing is no fun at all, and Alina must have realized it now. So time to rethink and re-plan.

What to do next? I am sure Alina and her coaches will figure it out and adjust accordingly. In the long term, failing this GPF might not be all that bad, because it allows Alina to start re-planning earlier if she wants to continue fight.

But first and foremost, stay healthy! I am glad coaches and alina decided to skip the demonstration.

I am happy to be in this thread and we all are with you, Alina!

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