Savchenko - 3A and 4T with Harness

gsk8 · Jul 18, 2020

Will Mama Savchenko make a return? Is she possibly contemplating a 3ATh or just seeing how far she can push herself? Looking good!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCvf2QAq0kx/?igshid=15gliwxqg5bnr

And just recently, a 4T!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6BKmoq4fs/

ragdoll · Jul 18, 2020

She is unbelievable!

Fried · Jul 18, 2020

Yes, that's awesome and almost unbelievable for a young mother. I just looked again at what this woman has already achieved and was reminded of the discussion in the Russian Ladies Thread, where it is outraged that Alyona Kostornaia has not yet signed a sponsorship contract. This question could have been asked much earlier here. It is significant that a sponsor did not even report after winning the Olympic gold. Oh well. Figure skating unfortunately lacks popularity.

Dr. Jenn · Jul 18, 2020

She's such a boss! Seriously, harness or not, it's amazing that she is able to do a 3A, given her age and the fact that she (relatively) recently had a baby!

lesnar001 · Jul 18, 2020

Not just for pairs, but across ALL of the disciplines, I think she has to be one of the greatest competitors of all times.

yume · Jul 18, 2020

She's maybe a very convincing humanoid.

hanyuufan5 · Jul 18, 2020

Amazing! At least to my untrained (with regard to harnesses but not physics) eye, it didn't even look like she was getting that much help from the harness.

Side-by-side 3A in her future maybe? :biggrin:

sparklestan · Jul 18, 2020

What a queen!!! :2thumbs: :bow:

4everchan · Jul 18, 2020

i find it funny however that amber glenn's thread about her landed 3A without any help has like 2-3 posts, yet this one is collecting so much attention ... yes, savchenko is a queen and a beast... but with the foot help she got on the harness, she is far far away from landing a 3A of the quality amber got. shows to me how this sport remains a reputation sport.

fzztsimmons · Jul 18, 2020

4everchan said:
i find it funny however that amber glenn's thread about her landed 3A without any help has like 2-3 posts, yet this one is collecting so much attention ... yes, savchenko is a queen and a beast... but with the foot help she got on the harness, she is far far away from landing a 3A of the quality amber got. shows to me how this sport remains a reputation sport.

Honestly this post is finding comparisons and criticisms where there aren't any. Firstly, over on reddit there were loads of posts applauding amber's achievement and it is amazing that she is landing it unaided, and so unexpectedly. I really hope she can nail it in competition.

However Amber is young, expected to be at the peak of her career and trained. Aljona however is nearly in her 40s (twice the age of the best skaters at the moment) and has had A BABY which significantly impacts upon your fitness. The fact she is able to put on skates at this stage (her child is only 10 months old for gods sake) is impressive enough, never mind be challenging herself to master elements she wasn't trying at the top of her game.

Finally, Aljona is an olympic champion. I think her "reputation" is well-deserved.

yume · Jul 18, 2020

I wonder how much having a baby affect the body.
Miki Ando jumped this big 3-3 and 3lz at 26yo, 8 months after giving birth.
https://youtu.be/rhAxIfLtshc And competed at a CS just 5 months after the birth.
And Zoe Jones returned to competition in pairs at 36yo after having babies.

Honestly i think Aliona Savchenko will never land a 3A. Not even a 3lz or a 3F if she comes back. But it's fun to see her try.

Ic3Rabbit · Jul 18, 2020

fzztsimmons said:
Honestly this post is finding comparisons and criticisms where there aren't any. Firstly, over on reddit there were loads of posts applauding amber's achievement and it is amazing that she is landing it unaided, and so unexpectedly. I really hope she can nail it in competition.

However Amber is young, expected to be at the peak of her career and trained. Aljona however is nearly in her 40s (twice the age of the best skaters at the moment) and has had A BABY which significantly impacts upon your fitness. The fact she is able to put on skates at this stage (her child is only 10 months old for gods sake) is impressive enough, never mind be challenging herself to master elements she wasn't trying at the top of her game.

Finally, Aljona is an olympic champion. I think her "reputation" is well-deserved.

Nothing against aljona, she's a queen and a true champ, but your point being made about how it's miraculous that she even has skates on 10mos after popping out a kid is kind of outrageous. For an average person, what you said would be true, but not for someone at Savchenko's fitness level. It's quite easy for them to spring back into action not long after recovery from having child.

kolyadafan2002 · Jul 19, 2020

Ic3Rabbit said:
Nothing against aljona, she's a queen and a true champ, but your point being made about how it's miraculous that she even has skates on 10mos after popping out a kid is kind of outrageous. For an average person, what you said would be true, but not for someone at Savchenko's fitness level. It's quite easy for them to spring back into action not long after recovery from having child.

Adding onto what you said, skating coaches are quickly back on the ice coaching and demonstrating after having children. Whilst this is nothing like attempting 3A's (even in harnesses), they still "have their skates on", and are doing skating skills shortly after having children.

Harriet · Jul 19, 2020

Anyone who follows Aljona's Instagram feed will know how hard and systematically she's worked over the last several months to rebuild her strength and skating form, so from that angle it's no surprise at all that she's doing this - but it's still impressive!

ladyjane · Jul 19, 2020

Hurray for Aljona, even if she doesn't succeed in doing this jump without a harness. I admire this woman so much. Even trying a 3A at her age is just so fantastic...and I'm not even mentioning that she tried it after ging birth. I agree with Ic3rabbit that other fit women have sprung back into action after giving birth. But not many went for a 3A.....

Ic3Rabbit · Jul 19, 2020

ladyjane said:
Hurray for Aljona, even if she doesn't succeed in doing this jump without a harness. I admire this woman so much. Even trying a 3A at her age is just so fantastic...and I'm not even mentioning that she tried it after ging birth. I agree with Ic3rabbit that other fit women have sprung back into action after giving birth. But not many went for a 3A.....

On a harness.....

Harriet · Jul 21, 2020

...aaaaaaand now she's tackling quads too. :love:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6BKmoq4fs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

lzxnl · Jul 21, 2020

Wow
It's impressive for anyone to land a quad on a harness, let alone a 36 year old female pairs skater who only needs a 3T solo jump for pairs that just had a kid.
I don't have adequate words for this.

Ducky · Jul 21, 2020

I'm just impressed, and inspired, that someone in her mid-30's is attempting triples and quads that many younger skaters aren't doing. Even if it's on a harness, that is still going for it.

drivingmissdaisy · Jul 21, 2020

Ic3Rabbit said:
On a harness.....

Watching these make me realize how silly it was for Gracie's coach to suggest she was ready to take the quads off the harness when she was still having issues with consistency on the triples.

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