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- Feb 27, 2014
She took off half the season last year and if she were to decide to not compete this year, that would mean walking into the Olympic season cold from competition for awhile. I think it would be better to see what she is able to score against the skaters that she will be competing with for a spot at the Olympics. Hopefully she has gained or is able to gain a quad or triple axel soon and can use this season to get used to competing it, Shcherbakova and Trusova both went through some consistency pains with competing the quad.
For sure Alina needs to compete against the top girls from her country to know where she's at so soon before the Olympics if they stay on schedule and that's a big if at this point. I don't think taking off half the season as you put it has killed her competitive Fire and Desire. We looking forward to seeing Alina skate again competitively.