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- Nov 12, 2011
Yes, thats what I think, too. In Canada, the environment is much calmer. She has Gabby there who isnt really a serious threat and Jason and Yuzu who are simply friends and dont even compete with her at all. Some people might thrive in a place like Eteris because the constant awareness of her rivals breathing down their necks pushes them to do even better and work harder but Evgenia... she doesnt need this to my mind. She sets the goals and the bars for herself and just because she moved to Canada doesnt mean she suddenly forgets her rivals in Russia. Id even go as far and say that staying with Eteri wouldnt have been healthy for her entire health, physical and mental. The former because of Eteris approach (run-throughs etc) and the latter because you simply cannot train with a bunch of kids who are trained to defeat you one day + your biggest rival who literally crushed your dream of winning the most important competition in your life. She might be as mentally strong as few but this wouldnt have ended up well. Evgenia was clever enough to realise this and brave enough to actually take matters in her own hands and make a change.
i think she saw the writing on the wall if she stayed with eteri. there was a bigger chance of having a shorter career, more injuries, her health and wellbeing not being top priority, etc. in her mind i think she knew she didn't have another choice but to act to have a chance at avoiding those.