Alina Zagitova

[Lunalovesskating]

What?????Nooooooo. Please tell me it's not true.....

 

[flanker]

Alina live:
https://www.ontvtime.ru/general/ort-3.html

At the beginning Alina confirmed she won't be at Russian Nationals.

 

[leilaraj]

To clarify, she is done with this season but will be appearing at shows and will see if she comes back in the next seasons.. but it sounds like she‘s done for good

 

[Autumn Leaves]

At least she is avoiding to say anything for the next seasons. I have the feeling that she is leaving the door open.

 

[Edwin]

That was a very, very brave thing to do for Alina. Facing the nation in the main news program. Shows to us all how serious she is and how responsible she feels about her sport, her trainers and rink mates and her worldwide fan base.

She was visibly struggling at first, but managed to hold herself together. Thankfully, the host was gentle and supportive.

Better retire at your peak, healthy and strong, than slowly fade away. For a comeback, giving the speed at which figure skating progresses around her, and especially in her 'home rink', will be a very tough call?

Eteri Georgiyevna also giving an interview, with emotion on her voice.

 

[Decoder]

Please clarify for us, please! Is she retiring completely, or just ending this season?

 

[flanker]

She officially retired! I am crushed

If I can believe my poor understanding russian, she did not say she is retiring, but she will not compete in RusNats.

 

[saturdaysun]

I'm devastated.

 

[leilaraj]

She said that she is done with competing this season and she will see what happens in the next seasons.. she will attend training and preparing for shows.
She is vague about future competitions but it really sounds like she is done and she mentioned that she already won it all

 

[flanker]

Alina also said she will learn new elements. So, that's definitely not farewell to competitive skating, at least not now.

 

[taylor1]

oh go no. i don't know what to say. i want to cry

 

[Decoder]

Alina also said she will learn new elements. So, that's definitely not farewell to competitive skating, at least not now.

Big relief!

 

[leilaraj]

She did not say she will learn new elements. She said that she will train but not in a capacity like before and focus on other things too

 

[taylor1]

also what did Eteri say in the video???

 

[Aichwan]

She did not say she will learn new elements. She said that she will train but not in a capacity like before and focus on other things too

and in the world of a competitive athlete that is just as good as saying she is retiring...How sad.

 

[leilaraj]

Eteri Georgievna hopes that she will come to her senses when she will miss competing and comes back.. so maybe there is Hope for a return

 

[Finley]

I am sad.

 

[taylor1]

wait actually? So this was entirely Alina's decision then? Huh, I'm confused.. Just yesterday Johnny was saying that Alina intends to have a long career

 

[leilaraj]

Eteri talked about Alina fighting for the last 1,5 years but wanted a break right after olympics and kinda never had that time

 

[flanker]

She did not say she will learn new elements. She said that she will train but not in a capacity like before and focus on other things too

No, this is what (or how) she did not say :handw:

She said she will not skate on RusNats, EC, WC, but she will do ice shows, she will attend trainings and (among other things) she later explicitely said she will learn new elements.