Heartbreak Olympics: Beijing 2022
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2022
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Hii guys! Just wanted to let you know that because of the difficulties with copyright in my last video this one has a lot less video and is more picture based. Links for fancams used is in the description box. And link to the original editor of the picture as well. In minute 17:57 i mean Anna not kamila 😅
The story with Kamila is tragedy. The whole situation's aftermath, however, is the best thing that could have happened to her, so long as she isn't left embittered.
If the drugging hadn't been detected, she would have had two or three more years of success under this coach and then faded away. Indeed, we are already seeing she is getting far more attention than a gold medalist would .. will it turn out for the best, will she be able to find a path to a sustainable approach, or will this throw her off?
About her future skating career, it is something that was enabled precisely because of the scandal, or else she would have ended on Tuberidze's scrap list, medal or not. So what needs to happen now if she wants to pursue figure skating moving forward is to find the best coaching setting in the world, whether that be in Russia or US, Australia or Japan. There is a great risk that either the scandal will turn her into a media doll or that she will keep being a sl*ve under the Russian system and Tuberidze.
@@Dan-uf2vh I don’t think anyone is considering Australia 😂 plus, she doesn’t speak English so she would need a Russian coach, meaning Japan isn’t an option either. Raf speaks Russian so I would consider California an option. Most likely she’ll move to Plushenko.
What's the best way to send you figure skating tea? In one of your videos you mentioned you have a discord. How do I join?
Where you are from? ☺️
“Meddling”
Brilliant.
People need to realise Sasha never had a temper tantrum, she literally had a mental breakdown. She told the cameramen to leave but they kept filming. Also translations on Twitter are wrong. She never said she hated eteri or anyone, she said she hated the sport. As a Russian from what I heard anyway. It’s sad these mistranslations are happening too, it’s giving her a bad rep.
Yeah I realized it was mental.
А то, что тренерский штаб сказал Саше прыгать тройной аксель, и тем самым подставил её это тоже трудности перевода? Когда на самом деле Саша не раз говорила, что это её идея и никто её не отговорит. Всё-таки авторша канала привирает как ей вздумается для пущей драматичност. И фотосессию интерпретирует как ей удобно, якобы тренерский штаб ВЫБРАЛ Камилу и Аню для продвижения 😂😂 На деле у кого контракт с "Мир", тех "Мир" и "выбрал" для фотосета. Удивительно, что русскоговорящие на канале есть, а поправлять фантазершу не спешат.
@Черный Барон именно это я и говорю, что Саша и её упрямство - причина риска с тройным акселем, а не Этери, которая сказала ей прыгать тройной, как утверждает фантазерша-автор этого канала.
Thanks for clarifying about the translation :-).
@@user-xg9nv5cx5j you need to remember that we're not hearing all this information like you guys are. No-one here said anything about the 3A being Sasha's choice! Paola isn't being deceptive, she's saying it like it is perceived here. We simply did not know that, in the Western media 🤷🏼♀️
What also breaks my heart about Trusova, is she must be aware of the "expiration date", so she knows this was probably the only chance she had at the olympics, and she never stood a chance, because her team never believed in her winning gold to begin with.
It has nothing to do with expiration but with amount of competition. Next generation have quads and pcs. And it would be impossible to win over them unless she lands 5 quads every time.
I have grown to love both Anna and Sasha. I hope they remain friends. I love Sasha's fiery, honest personality. They both have worked so hard, and I wish them happiness.
@Черный Барон ну, теперь и без чм
сашу жалко
@Черный Барон их нет в списках
@Девочка на шаре I think now we can agree all three Olympians are finished. Plus they're forcing Trusova to find a new coach- goodbye Eteri bonus. Given she got a lesser award from the Kremlin than the other girls it also says they're embarrassed by her and trying to phase her out
I wish Trusova had been chosen for the free skate in the team event. Even if she wasn’t going to win gold in the individual, she deserved the honour of being the first woman to land a quad at the Olympics.
I totally agree
It seems downright insulting that they didn't allow her that honour. She led the quad revolution in women skating practically from the start, and to have her coaches give that honour to Kamila instead must've felt like a slap in the face
And now it might backfire if they strip them of the gold medal because of Kamila - wouldn't have happened with Trusova 🤷♂️
@@townfool4682 but how much can you really call that a quad? It's pre-rorated like a LOT.
@@Nickayz2 To be fair, I think Kamila would've skated the short program regardless, so they would've still likely been in the same boat
Russian here and I want to clarify one thing. Sasha said “I hate it” multiple times ([nenavizhu]) and “I hate this sport”.
She NEVER said “I hate you”.
It was heartbreaking.And I don’t think they would let her win. They all “knew it all along”.
On a side note:
When I saw Anna’s gala program at EC last month I thought “that program is for a gold medalist, not silver or bronze”.
Also, I blame Danii G. He should have done his work better and gave Sasha a stronger program. Her FP is empty, I can’t argue with that.
Sasha isn’t capable of doing a real program because her whole senior and her late junior career have been focused on jumps. She literally has zero skating skills, they were improving under plushenko but then she threw it all away and came back to eteri to do more jump drills. That’s why they give her such programs because they know she’s not capable of more. Also even if they wanted to, Sasha only wants to jump quads, Danny G and even plushenko in interviews said that all she wants to do in training is to jump and it’s hard to get her to do anything else, so Sasha herself would never agree to a more balanced program. She’s only sabotaging herself at this point
I felt the same with Anna’s gala at EC, however at the beginning of the season when I was comparing my fave skater Kostornaya’s programs with Trusova’s, it communicated to me clearly, that more thought was put into music selection as well as choreography for Sasha’s SP&FS than Aliona’s, so I don’t entirely agree with you. It’s also obvious to me that Sasha *is not* a performer, she’s a competitive athletic beast (I mean that in the most positive way possible) and she will “eat up” the connective transitions etc as long as she gets the jumps (quads) done. Because she never got the memo skating is not just about who can do the most amount and most difficult jumps. I too would be so frustrated if I were her, but she really needs to do something about the interpretation, projection, musicality part apart from attacking the jumps.
I am very happy she got onto the podium because as a female quad revolution pioneer, she most definitely deserves/d a medal.
@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 fully agree^^
@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 I still think that they have to find a way to make it work for her. She’s no Kostornaia or Medvedeva, but they still can do something. Girl sees her score. One judge even got her a 7. That’s insane and shouldn’t be this way, she has so much potential. They need to work on that together.
No no no! About Shashas programs are all right. I like her program this season more as anyone else from this group (Maya too but she didn’t be here, and Tarasova/Morosov short, Kamila-Short because it’s the Kamila) the problem ist not a programs, but shashas jumping content -she gave no time for choreo and don’t want to improve her skating skills 🤷🏻♀️ she is concentrating at jumping. I hope that she will think about it
Sasha said the truth: “I hate this sport” and “You knew everything”.
she said "I hate it" not "I hate this sport," the translation was a bit off, just clarifying
@@cosmari245 oh, thank you 🧡
@@cosmari245 she did
@@cosmari245 i hate it meaning i hate this sport..
@@katbaby or it could be i hate not being able to get gold? idk
Not a focus of this video, but I love that Kaori made the podium because she is 21 and it shows that women's figure skating has not entirely become a girl's sport. Adults can still be competitive and still be Olympic medalists.
Katelyn Osmond was 22 when she won bronze in 2018, let's not forget her please.
@sasa anwar Yes, exactly!
I swear, Kaori was the only one who was happy and well-adjusted in that podium
Carolina kostner was 27 bronze medalist in 2014 olympics a true legend
@@amyparker9816 it's because it's more recent that so many people became sure that no adult could beat the younger skaters and at 2018 people were still shocked that such young girls could win in the first place
People who think there’s no way kamila could’ve skated that poorly without it being intentional has no idea what the kind of pressure she was under can do to somebody. I’m shocked that she got out there and managed to land anything, or finish the program. It would be hard for a seasoned adult who had been mentally prepping for a shitstorm to withstand it without breaking, for a 15 year old child, away from her family, favourite to win, hated by the skating community, at her one chance at the olympics, to even get out onto the ice is a miracle. It has been said that skating is 90% mental 10% athletic. I don’t doubt for a second that she truly tried her best to podium.
On a first view I thought she collapsed under the pressure, as most did, however the more you look into it you find out the far more plausible scenario is actually this:
She really was doped on that drug and got detected as a result of bad timing by the entourage who is in charge of drugging her. Very likely all of the athletes had the same treatment but their timing wasn't failed. Confronted with the inevitable retraction of her victories after investigation, I believe she and the team tacitly decided to forfeit her victory at the Olympics rather than compromise to the IOC's no ceremony terms, since there was no purpose to it.
Eteri feigned disappointment but you can figure out from the behavior and reactions of the other two medalists what is really going on. Kamila's tears at seeing her Olympic dreams shattered were real as she was the one forced to beat in that final nail with her calculated throw. She even managed a perfectly 4th placement, just out of the podium.
I believe that this disaster regarding her lifetime aspiration for the Olympics will turn out MUCH better for her, if only she can see beyond the idealization into the actual facts: she has gained far more popularity in this way and still has all her skills. If the drugging hadn't been detected, she would have had two or three more years of success under this coach and then faded away. I wouldn't have even heard her name if it wasn't for this unfolding.
Agree¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ id how she even skate, i cant imagine the pressure in Kamila, she almost even land her 4S, idk how¡¡¡
@@Dan-uf2vh I agree with you. The timing on her jumps was WAY off from normal. She was pulling everything round the corner imo. Even the salchow fall and step back in the combo looked contrived to me.
She was distraught at having to do that, and the smirking in the kiss and cry said it all for me.
Sasha's "I can't believe you'd do that" was for a reason imo, and I think the meltdown started after she found out what was planned.
I may be completely wrong, but I know technique and how Kamila jumps, and that didn't look like a meltdown. Eteri's berating of her after she skated was for show imo.
Only people who don't know figure skating at all could think that. She clearly tried to rotate all of those jumps- suppose she wanted to intentionally fail- what if she landed one of those accidentally? Too risky. That was not intentional at all.
@@eleonorad even the slightest deviation, which doesn't even have to be concealed, is enough. What, would you expect her to throw herself on the ice?
I think what’s also heartbreaking about Sasha is the fact that she didn’t get to claim the title of first woman to perform quads in the Olympics. She completely revolutionized quads in women’s FS, is *the* quad queen, but after all her hard work, the title goes to Kamila. I really do feel for her. In her mind, she’s losing everything and the entire universe just seems to be against her. She can never seem to win gold in any competition and now she can’t even have something as simple as a title.
Actually, Anna was the first girl to land a quad in practice. But because she broke her foot training that quad and had to learn how to walk again, Sasha got to land the first quad in competitions before her. Anna never said a thing about it until now. So, we know she doesn't mind not making history nor creating rifts in the group. If you don't believe me, check Russian resources or the Tutberidze team resources.
@@samelis6546 it was strange that anna wanted to do it first before trusova when it was trusova who started training on quads...
@@Moons_dreams5050 As far as I know, Sambo70 mentioned that Sasha and Anna started training quads at the same time but Anna landed it in practice first. Then, Sasha landed it first in competitions. In the interview after the Olympics, Anna mentioned that she's simply curious about the quads when they told her to start training it, so I guess she never minded nor thought to do it. It was probably Sasha's idea and passion, but she was not the first to land it.
@@samelis6546 нет, Саша была первой, Анна была первой кто исполнил 4 флип
I imagined Kamila would fall in the FS, but Trusova's breakdown was really surprising and heartbreaking. She always looked so strong, guess there was a lot of suppressed frustration in her
Makes a lot of sense for her to be this distraught, she's been working so hard for a gold for so long, it's such a shame it worked out the way it did
She wouldn’t be coach-hopping had she not been frustrated.
Those girls are trained to feel bad if they don't win gold, they are trained to believed than jumping is the only important thing, and if you jump more than anyone else, you should win.
So it's no wonders why she got so mad.
@@fskatingspain if it was only jumps that were important for them, then Aliona, Anna, Kamila, Maia, Daria etc. would all be jumping all the quads like Sasha, but they chose a more balanced approach, because they bank on other aspects of the program along with one or two difficult jumps. I think that's reasonable in terms of the overall progress of this sport.
Sure as in every starlet of eteri that gets pushed away for sbd new in fingersnap after all she did
I got Hunger Games vibes from this. All three of these girls are victims. Thrilled for Kaori.
Agreed! Mk ultra breakdowns, abuse, and humiliation!
Agree
I felt so bad for every girl. Anna standing there all alone looking somber after she just WON was heart wrenching. Kamila beaten down by the whole world and only to then let herself down was tragic. Sasha's breakdown was raw and real. I understand her--she beat a record no one thought possible even 10 years ago. Never getting first can drive a young, unsupported girl insane. I hope they get better guidance. It was so hard to watch.
she just too stubborn to understand skating is not only about jumps. All she wants to do is jump. And she keeps doing 3 axel when shes never even landed it properly...
Not about Kamilla, but the way people are treating Trusova’s reaction to not getting gold I think is harsh. She’s 17 and she’s being psychologically abused essentially. She’s been trained to this gold is the only real win. She also did 5 quads and that has its merits. Based on her social media and interviews, she seems like a perfectly nice kid. I think this one moment on global television is a little unfair to judge her on.
Yeah if I dedicated my entire childhood, "12 hours per day, 7 days a week" (according to Tutberidze) ... then I'd prob want to flip out if I didn't have much to show for it either. I think the heartbreak for her was more about her career winding down... and not having any 1st place finishes to show for. Lol, she doesn't want to end up being the Dan Marino of ice skating 🤣 ... Anyway I hope she wins a World Championship this year or next year 🙏🏽
Not only psychically abused but probably physically as well :/
@@brandondaniels9471 So, Anna is Joe Montana?.
@@theprinceoftides6836 Yea or Tom Brady
@@ariseira_ do u mean mentally abused?
When you said, having the same choreographer just creates a mess and you've never seen such a disaster. I thought, imagine Dance Moms at the Olympics. That's what this was
This has been giving me such Dance Moms vibes
Lol! Dance Moms on Olympic Ice + DOPING
@blue chimera FR though - and that's honestly saying a lot. Though Abby, in her own very messed up way, actually cared for the girls and their long term careers. Can't say the same for this couch.
@@marhadeli exactly! abby sucks but at the very least she cared. Eteri treats them as replaceable tools
@@townfool4682 exactly. But instead of Maddie Vs Chloe, it’s Anna Vs Sasha
People are also forgetting that Sasha, not so long ago dealt (and probably still is) with a foot injury on her right leg. Just the amount of pain she had to indure to regain her 5 quads back ( from test skates), she is the only skater I can remember who didn't water down her routine due to injury.. Poor girl..
the sad thing is that you could still hear Trusova's breakdown when Kaori was skating to the podium
I read on Russian twitter that at that moment (like right before she got on the podium) she said to Eteri "i will never EVER forget this. this competition ruined my life"
Also watching Trusova shaking on the podium and silently glancing around was startling. Almost like a scene from a superhero movie... where a good guy FUCKING SNAPS and becomes the villain 🤣 (eg, Harvey Dent)
@@valerie8679 Rumor has it that even Putin fears Trusova's wrath 🔥
I feel so bad for Sasha, say what you want, aint nobody want to have a mental breakdown in front of the world on purpose, the child genuinely was torn apart.
Literally everybody cried except Anna, the OGM, who sat there alone, emotionless. WHAT IS THIS ANYMORE??
Those shots of the Olympic champion are heart breaking, she should be overjoyed, on top of the world but no she looks soo sad, like she has lost.
How was Anna supposed to react while Kamila was sobbing and Sasha was screaming? Anna is a smart girl - she knew that any “celebrating” on her part would have felt inappropriate. Anna was left alone because the coaching staff was dealing with the other two.
Anna is the one I feel badly for. People saying she only won because Kamila faulted. She earned her gold and should be able to celebrate.
@@kathleenkeeley3194 i dont feel bad for anna at all, she knew she would win, sasha deserved gold
@@katbaby she knew she would win? Is that a joke? Kamila was believed to win the olympic gold and Anna with Sasha were expected to fight for silver medal. No one could even think that Kami was going to fail her fp.
Watching this live was insane - you're sitting there watching like "this exact footage is going to be in so many movies/shows/documentaries". The clip of Kamila saying "now they can have the ceremony" and then breaking down sobbing gets me every single time. I literally cannot fathom being under that amount of scrutiny and pressure, especially as a kid. I also read somewhere that Sasha said "this competition has ruined my life forever". This was all heartbreaking. I hope somebody watches out for these girls and they can come back in 2026 if they want to
hopefully with a different coach
Hope that sh*y war ends until then
They'll be replaced though
as a trusobot, seeing those pictures of sasha just fully breaks my heart. she has always accepted the silver/bronze with a smile, but i guess she genuinely was lead to believe that landing those 5 quads in competition would for sure give her the gold. knowing how hard she worked on those quads, i do wish she would've gotten a gold medal (even for the team event, i would've been happy). i just hope she leaves eteri for good.
Yeah, she probably felt like she deserved it when she did 5 quads.
I think she was told in the kiss and cry that she'd done enough. You can see Eteri hold out 2 fingers to her (like well, Anna only has 2 quads, so you've won this). I reckon they bigged her up, making her think there was no way Anna could beat her, so she was crushed when Anna won
I'm sure Eteri has been gas lighting her and the other girls the whole time :c
honestly stop blaming everything but sasha for her ugly behavior. just bcuz she hasn’t won anything doesn’t give her the right to act this way
@@coolkidsneversleep2490 do you even know what landing FIVE quads does to your body? This
Little girl auto destroyed her body to win. She did something people thought was impossible
It was awful and heartbreaking to watch, the ceremony felt like a funeral. I feel so bad for Trusova, those KIDS going trough THAT much trauma all by themselves and some half a** shit* coaches who literally could not care less.
This is probably the best description.
I disagree with that last part. Dudakov was shown on camera trying to give Kamila a suggestion/reassurance as she was waiting to go out onto the ice. Plus he tried to console/calm down Trusova as she was starting to have her meltdown. He really seems to care.
to what you said about sasha, i remember seeing somewhere in training she said my excuse for having no golds yet is that i’ve been trying to land all the quads, and when i do i will win gold, and then she did just that and still couldn’t win, i could only imagine the heartbreak and devastation she felt in that moment, knowing she did every jump possible and still wasn’t “good enough”
@Jessica Messica I guess that's the irony of being in a subjective sport like figure skating. You see Nathan Chen winning gold performing that many quads, and yet when you do it, you end up with silver, which goes to show that in many ways, it's all out of your hands.
Nathan does have a choreography tho
@@CAROL986 he has choreo now, but he didn’t always have.
@@JustSmileBiitch and he struggled before too
@@CAROL986 wdym nathan has been winning gold for years
I feel so horrible for Sasha. Her breakdown is just all over the internet, videos and photos when she just wanted to be alone and frustrated and now people are calling her entitled. I've seen people make EDITS of these girls' breakdowns but this is fucking trauma used for clicks and views. I'm so fricking mad.
It's pretty entitled to feel that even a silver medal isn't good enough. She truly embarrassed herself...
@@uui219 man did u even watch the video
Sasha’s outburst did not strike me as a childish tantrum but as righteous anger, a sense of betrayal, and raw trauma.
even understanding Trusova's justifiable emotional outburst, for me the most touchful moment - in the worst way possible - was Kamila saying that "at least the medal ceremony will not be cancelled" after seeing her FS score and then broke down herself in tears.
Anna sitting alone with her gold, her goal, she won the olympics. And the world is just falling apart around her and she’s sitting there realising that nothing was worth it. She has everything that she should’ve wanted and realised her dream had fallen apart long before she had achieved it. That broke my heart.
Just think how crushed Trusova must have felt. In addition to everything you said, she probably realizes this is most likely her first and last olympic games and maybe her one chance for gold...unless she changes camps again and corrects her skating as she grows... I was in speechless shock as I watched this
sadly i think this is the last Olympic experience for all the girls, even kamila. Unless there are not 3 new juniors but 2 instead that take over.
@@paolala yes kamila will gain weight and another girl will replace her. I hope i dont sound rude, im just stating from the pattern ive seen from tutberidze girls
@Черный Барон yeah, because they're physically and mentally exhausted from over-training for years. Your body can only take so much training and being made to skate through pain and injury when you should be resting.
@Черный Барон It also matters that most of her pupils seem to get serious (mostly back) injuries, because of the extreme (dangerous) training. Your body is not supposed to break at the age of 18 and that a sport forces young girls to do this to themselves is horrible.
@Черный Барон they can train so long because they are all DOPED UP!
this olympics gave me pyeongchang 2018 flashbacks. medvedeva/trusova hysterically crying after getting silver, zagitova/shcherbakova standing by themselves with no one to congratulate them.
Actually Danny g went to congratulate Alina and gave her a big hug when they found out she won. evgenia had just gotten her scores so they couldn’t have run towards her straight away because they were with evgenia in the kids and cry but they went to her eventually
Evgenia also only cried a little bit because she was disappointed, she didn’t have a full on rage session like Sasha, and then evgenia went on to hug Alina and they were together before the venue ceremony.
@@toxic-low-key-ghost7934 People react to trauma and abuse differently.
Thank you, Kaori, for keeping Eteri from obtaining her goal to have an Eteri sweep of the women's podium at the Olympics. She's the real hero.
Grazie a Kamila che e caduta apposta per permettere alle altre ragazze russe de salire sul podio,se Kamila fosse nei primi 3 ,niente premiazione.In Russia Kamila adesso é un eroina
@@NM-gy4zj yes ms doping queen only fell on her free program not short. If she fell purposely then she didn't want to be at the podium then why did she have clean skate at short program she was first during that performance if she didn't want to be at the podium then she would fall deliberately at both programs not just one. It's clear mentally she was disturbed otherwise why did all of these coaches fight for her to even participate if she wouldn't want to be at the podium Russians please make sense
Anna has always been overlooked and less people are talking about her just because she is never in the middle of a drama and people do love drama
She is an amazing athlete, her power of will is insane and her story is a story of overcoming, especially this year. Her performances on these Olympics were magical and I still can't get over them. I hope she'll be able to fully celebrate her victory though I think it's hard with everything that happened
and I hope very much that her relationship with Sasha will survive. Their friendship deserves to be long and happy
I do agree because it’s not either girl’s fault, but I think based on what Sasha said, she knows that. She knows it’s Eteri’s fault.
Anna's short program was probably the most overlooked/underrated performance in the whole Olympics...
This channel hates Anna so much I'm shocked your comment wasn't deleted.
100% agree. I love love love Anna’s short and free program so much and watched them so many times. Extremely happy Anna won Gold. She delivered amazing performances and fully deserved to win.
@@MrGenexxx really? i thought this channel supports anna
I still feel so bad for Wakaba, imagine how unfair everything must’ve felt to her with how strongly she was underscored
Same :"(
Totally agree. Wakaba is a beast. The 2018 Worlds she went from 8th to silver medalist with the Skyfall performance. I’ve always liked her but she doesn’t get much love from the judges.
@@luvl1344 but they didn't want to? sasha asked for them to stop filming her, but they literally follow her out
i really hope this doesn't affect anna and alexandra's friendship, both of them being in eteri's camp is already like going thru hell and having someone who is going thru the same thing and being with you is so important.
sadly，anna seems like have already hired marketing group in China to attack the name of Sasha already！ I‘m Chinese, all of a sudden , Anna’s fans in a crazy size, accusing Sasha of being too selfish to hug Anna after her winning and being dramatic! And there are too many other
horrible stuff which have been fabricated on Sasha, even fans hate to mention Anna now!
@@highcarbyang4147 stop man, that’s not accurate at all. Quit spreading rumours and pitting these two girls against each other.
@@alleimerb so sasha should be the silent victim of all? And you haven’t see how horrible those words were used on sasha by Anna’s fans on Weibo, go search yourself!
@@highcarbyang4147 you are delusional… crazy.
@@klediiiww5528 yah!
After Sasha's free I was screaming, I was so happy, I was shaking I was celebrating. 15 mins later I was plunged to hell. I was so heartbroken I wanted to pull Sasha out of there and just hug her.
Honestly Sasha's breakdown made me cry. While I do think that she the artistry is not her strongest point, I'm sick of seeing people saying that she has no artistry. Artistry is 1. subjective and 2. not equivalent to soft and elegant movements. Sasha IS artistic, but in a powerful and fiery way. While Sasha was overscored in PCS, Anna's TES were way to close compared with the technical part of Sasha's fs. That being said, I do think that the OGM is in good hands. Trusova may not have gold medals, but champions can be forgotten, legends on the other hand are remembered forever. Also can we make a petition for Sasha to go back to Plushenko (and his badass costumes) and skate a fs with 6 quads to "look what you made me do"??
I'd sign that in a heartbeat!
I agree, artistry is subjective. However, I disagree that Sasha's FS was artistic. Artistry doesn't have to be softness and elegance, but it does have to be expressive. She didn't really express much of anything. Her movements between technical elements were stiff, minimal, and like an afterthought. Like in dance, movements look good when the person goes big and fully commits, and I didn't see that from Sasha.
@@jc3drums916 I agree. She was rushing through everything, her focus was clearly on the jumps and she was overscored in PCS. But again in the program there was also not much to rush through ahahah. Sasha has clearly been working on the artistic side of the sport, we can see this side of her in the sp. At the end of the day, she is no medvedeva or kostornaia, but to say that she has zero artistic skills is a bit insulting at best.
oh god i would do anything to see her skate to that song. i can already picture her killing judges with her eyes (just like in her frida program - bc i can't be the only one who saw how fiery her eyes looked in that program) and eteri.
sasha is such a reputation girl
as a fan of both trusova and taylor I would die if she performed to lwymmd, but also don't blame me or I did something bad would be so iconic
***EDIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! The comments under this are turning negative and I want to say this: I did not write this comment as an invitation for anyone to hate on Alexandra Trusova OR Anna Shcherbakova (or any skater!) Let's remember that these girls are all talented and hardworking. They all deserve success. Please think before you write something nasty, it says more about you than either of these girls.***
I felt SO MUCH for Sasha in that moment - you could literally see all the years of work and hope crashing down around her. I wonder if Kamila had won the gold would Sasha have reacted the way she did? As much as they are friends, Sasha and Anna are also old rivals... perhaps this was just one time too many for Sasha to see Anna with the gold medal on her neck. She finally landed all the quads yet Anna, once again, pulls through with a miracle performance (I believe she hadn't been landing her quads well during practices before the FS) And then Kamila, against all odds, falls down to fourth and Anna gets the gold. In Sasha's mind it must seem like everything always works out for Anna and nothing works out for her. It must ache to know she came so close to gold when Kamila fell, and that once again her old rival (who has already won so much) wins again. Anyone who knows what its like be placed second best to someone for a long time knows exactly what she was feeling. I would have had a mental breakdown too.
God I wish they'd just had a happy olympics!
cant blame her i'm sick of Shcherbakova too
Tbh Anna was doing really good at practices. She was landing like three quads and was supposed to do the lutz in the FP too. Like you can dislike the end result but don’t shit on another skater to do so
Their dynamic feels like something out of a sports anime tbh.
@@am1369 im sick of Sasha showing us jumping quads throughout with 0 artistry and yet still scored so highly
i don't think she would. everyone expected kamila to win, but to land 5 quads and still be put under Anna is probably what did it for her.
Miss Anna standing there after achieving her biggest accomplishment on her career broke my heart
Schcherbakova, for me, is that transfer student who sits quietly in the back of the room and looks like she's a bit helpless and nothing special, but then she solves the hardest math problem while simultaneously doing backflips lmao
Trusova is like a rockstar, she's been working so much only to realize she's intended to not win gold- it's OBVIOUS Eteri planned gold for Kamila, and for the other two other medals in whichever order. Kamila was like a boiling kettle, it was very hard to watch and I hope she's fine.
Tho I must say the show was for me stolen by the Japanese and the Korean ladies, Korean ladies being graceful and feminine, Japanese ladies showing so much PERSONALITY and strength it was so endearing to watch them
the way trusova was crying made me deduce that she really suffered to achieve this goal...
Actually it was just a rumor that Trusova didn't want to leave after the free, she said it herself. After she did her doping test, she waited for the bus alone for an hour, and after that she had to go back inside to get the internet, because she needed a translator. But eventually they found her a ride and she made it safely to her hotel room.
Actually, the coaches left early during athletes’ press conference, and the girls did doping tests after the press conference, after the test Sasha wanted to leave early but she missed the 12:40 shuttle bus, so she waited outside and wanted volunteers to find her a ride to leave, and she left at 1:15 (not a shuttle bus), Anna and Kamila left together at 1:30 (shuttle bus).
@@kakakeke4653 that makes me wonder, I mean, I don't know how this works, but aren't coaches supposed to be around their athletes especially when they are underage? I understand that they give them space, or time when they want to interact with other athletes, but that seemed like abandoning them in moments they need supervision or support
I felt so bad for all three Russian girls, but mainly for Anna. This young girl who had just won the Olympic gold medal sat there looking sad and dejected...
And Sasha's outburst was heartbreaking too. She's the sassy one that seemed so above everything...
i never thought the 2022 olympics would be more dramatic than 2018.........
Trusova doesn't care about gossip and entertainment. She trains hard, look at her muscles, has her own beliefs, and is disciplined, open and honest about expressing herself
Honestly I was rooting for Anna the most bc I felt so bad about her being overlooked for other girls. Both her SP and FS were amazing but I feel the same about her winning as she herself said she does: empty. She's never going to get past this whole thing and just be able to say "I was the best". This ordeal was upsetting. Thanks to figure skating gods for letting us see Kaori's beautiful happy face at the very least!
But she was the best? She was the only one out of the contenders to perform 2 picture perfect programs so it wasn't surprising that she won. Sure she probably wouldn't have won if it wasn't for Kami's situation but the situation happened, Kami fell, Sasha wasn't clean, had no artistry. Anna was the best that day and won gold deservedly
Can we talk how Ekaterina Kurakova was 1st all the way through 1st half of FS as the first figure skater from Poland since 1994? I am so proud of her, definitely a highlight 💜 🇵🇱
the way she pinched herself at the end to make sure she wasn't dreaming!! what a fantastic skater 🥰
Yeee her artism and feeling is amazing 🤍🤍🤍
I’m a gymnast, not an ice skater, but nonetheless I think it would be very difficult to throw a routine like that. I have no problem slamming on the ground by accident, but if I tried to fall mid skill, I think my body would stop me. If I recall correctly, she had at least one hard fall. To do that on purpose seems scarier than the actual skill. I love your videos, I felt a lot more educated this Olympics. Thanks!
Nice point there
Trusova has a mind of her own. She was going to attempt the 3A in the short, no matter what. She’s stated that many times. She’s not someone who plays it safe.
I really want her to come back with a 4A as an "FU" to the whole world 🤣
I'm honestly scared for these girls' mental health at this point. All three should be accompanied by trusted, well informed adults for the time being. They have been put into an impossible situation, where even the most strong willed adults couldn't survive without a massive trauma. And they're teenagers. They're too young to handle pressure like this, especially since their brains are still developing. They need mental health help, they need people to make sure nothing irredeemable happens. Because if they're left alone and let down by the adults in their lives again, something's got to give. And, as unfortunate and terrifying as it is to think about, most often it's the teenager's will to live.
im russian so I’d like to clarify some things. im in NO WAY pro Eteri and her coaching methods. Anna and Camila had a photoshoot together without Sasha because that photoshoot was organized by the same sponsor that both of them have a contract with. (Sasha doesn’t) and Sasha also have said before that’s it’s her choice to do 3A. she even said it’s “not negotiable” and she’s gonna do it no matter what.
That day, third place went home the happiest
Thank you for your kind and empathetic analysis. The media has been way too hard on Trusova, when in fact, she’s very traumatized. She’s not just crying about the medal, there’s more there for her to grieve.
My first reaction to Trusova’s outburst was: ‘Girl is acting like a complete child…but she’s not really a kid anymore, she’s turning 18 in June!’.
Then I realised that for these girls, their development isnt the same as that of other 18 year olds. They grew up in an insulated environment where anything other than gold was failure. No wonder they are this distressed. I feel so bad for these girls, they must feel like their entire life’s work so far has been a faliure :/
Exactly. My first thoughts were how childlike she behaves and then I realized her mindset is completely different. She was living for this moment and was let down by her own people. I think this outburst was needed for people to see what a toxic environment team Tutberitze is.
Absolutely. And not only that, but (and I say this as someone with a Master's background in adolescent psychology and sociology), at 17 or 18 your brain is FAR from developed. She may almost be legally an adult, but she is far from the end point of psychologically growing-up. This would be an immense amount of pressure and scrutiny for a teenager to handle in the best of cases. Given how brutal their training is, and how seemingly unsupportive the coaching environment, it's no wonder she reacted this way.
She’s gone through shit that a lot of adults couldn’t even handle gracefully, never mind a child whose mental and emotional growth has been stunted, that’s been abused for some woman’s ego, and whose whole life has been skating…she sees her chance at being a champion fading. She may well be thinking that she has absolutely nothing left, or that all her work has been for nothing. Someone get a time machine and go back and hug and comfort these poor kids, they’re more than a medal.
@@itsjustnatalia I agree. Initial comparisons that came to mind were Medvedeva and the gymnast Jordyn Weiber in 2012. Both were teenagers, both lost out on their dreams. Yes, they cried a little. But there is a difference between wiping away some tears and going into a full blown rage. By 17/18, usually person's sense of emotional regulation is well-developed, and teenagers are very aware of how they are perceived. Ironically, being on camera and watched by millions would increase the extent to which a person regulates their feelings. The pressure holds them back from fully expressing the whole scope of emotion.
Even if they can't put on a happy face, most people work hard to get a grip on their emotions while they are on camera.
The reason Trusovas reaction stood out to me was because she lost control completely, which struck me as a reaction of someone much younger. But considering the pressure and the context, I can see how it's justified.
@elinat2414 not to mention that these aren't "normal" well-adjusted teens, they have literally been subjected to physical and emotional abuse by their coaches since childhood. So fkn sad.
Trusova LOST many times and she never reacted this way! She always had good sportmanship...why are people so mad at her? Leave her alone😭
nobody is mad at her, all of you are mad at Anna that she dared to be better.
This Olympics has actually made me get into figure skating. It has made me hate Eteri and love her skaters. I am now a diehard Trusova fan. She is a defiant genius. The Wonder woman gala program has given me a new appreciation for her. I hope after this she goes and finds a coach (maybe Nathan Chen's🤔) and bounces back to a gold medal. She looked so incredible at the gala. Also I love Kaori.
Same! I never followed figure skating. Ever. But I sat down to check out some Olympics on what I believe was the first night of competition, and the very first skater I saw was Valieva. I was wowed by the fact that she was 15 and considered the best in the world. I watched Kamila perform again in her 2nd performance (along with others), and then the next day is when the bombshell was dropped about the Valieva doping scandal.
I then followed the story extremely closely, with it all culminating in what we saw here in this video.
Amazingly, despite how dark this entire competition was - it somehow hooked me in as a fan. I'll be following some of these skaters and their careers going forward. Of course I have particular interest in how this Russian trio does going forward. Can Kamila somehow recover from this? Or will she never be the same? Can Trusova find redemption from just barely missing out on an Olympic gold? And Anna won me over as a fan - her interviews in English are gold. She's such a sweet kid.
Now I want to watch the worlds competition in March. Before these Olympics I would have had zero interest in that.
I do hope she finds another coach but going to the USA to train with Nathan Chen’s coach would be nearly impossible (except she pays it from her own money), there’s no way the Russian federation will pay her training abroad
You are ignoring the fact that Trusova is DOPED UP. Accept that ALL of the Eteri girls are on the same dope during training. They are ALL cheaters. Trusova can't go to a different coach and perform so many quads, because they wont be doping her during training!
@@JosedeJezeus Sasha and Anya were also drug tested at the same competition as Kamila and no banned substances were detected
@@townfool4682 exactly. The Russians are expert DOPERS, and they know when to cut off the athletes dope in order to pee clean drug tests.
The Valieva incident was a HUGE F-UP! She was most likely dehydrated which resulted in dope being detected.
Russia can only compete in the Olympics under the "ROC" name because THEY WERE ALREADY CAUGHT DOPING THEIR ATHLETES.
Put the pieces of the puzzle together. Connect the dots.
Eteri's team does super-human things BECAUSE they freaken DOPE their athletes so they can train harder and keep their body fat so low that it delays puberty.
All of you Eteri lovers are refusing to connect the dots. because it would be too distressing, but you should never fear the Truth, because it will set you free.
I literally woke up and went "Where is my Paola La?" You must have heard me. Always love your videos!
awww thank you!!! I must have haha
I reside in the Eastern Europe. When Paola La uploads something I usually get notifications when I wake up the next morning in my time zone. I knew this one was coming and also knew that it is going to take her some time to process all of that. So there were basically at least three mornings when I was like "Where is my Paola La?".
Here's my personal humble opinion:
1. Kamila threw it herself, she just wanted to stop, quit, but her original passion and Eteri's pressure was tearing her up, and in the last moment gave up in order to give others to have a chance at the podium (ISU said no medal for everyone if Valieva wins), I mean she did well in the short programme even after all of those pressure, imo she was just thorn and in the end made her choice (her falls were very uncharacteristic)
2. Trusova was not breaking down 'cause she lost or being childish, she was breaking down 'cause she realised her TEAM wanted her in 2nd or 3rd place, it's like realising her most dreaded nightmare is becoming real
question - why does trusova’s team want her in second or third place?
@@razorx777 because she left them for Pluchenko… her jumps has much more calls (under rotations and edge calls) than Anna and Kamila, who alsmost never get any calls even though they should.
I agree with you.
18:13 Kamilla crying, getting consoled by a freaking stranger woman, Sasha crying, cursing at the world, man trying to calm her down Danil daydreaming, Anna in sixth dimension confusion. I am like what species bitch is their coach that she literally has two literal children crying and she doesn't give a shit
That was a such a whirlwind of emotions that day. I literally was crying for all the girls suffering on television. I’m so happy Sakamoto was the shining light in all of this drama. I really hope there will be some reform in that Russia boot camp and these girls can heal.
What we saw on that ice, on that day was so irreparably damaging, and detrimental. The adults surrounding these young girls have failed them all. These girls are only potential medals to them They only see them as products who can just as easily be discarded. They deserve better, they deserve more
This Olympics was so emotionally damaging, I’m never going to fully process it all.
Kamila’s comment about the medal ceremony after seeing her scores, immediately followed by her crying just made me shatter. Truso’s mental breakdown was so devastating to witness and should’ve NEVER been recorded. Anna, OGM, literally just sitting there and saying she felt no emotions leaves me so heartbroken.
The amount of emotional trauma these girls are going through is horrible to see. I truly hope change is coming to protect them, so they can enjoy their sport in a healthy environment ❤️
PS Bing Dwen Dwen, you saved this Olympics
I NEEEEED FS to raise the age limit. Period. We will always have people trying to dope but at least this way we can protect literal children from a lifetime of trauma.
They won’t because then eteri will be out of business and Russia has too much power over figure skating now
this Olympics was a whole mess, I hope all the athletes get over this cause woah…
On the stream I was watching, the commentator said, ‘whatever happens we must remember that she is a human being, and a very young one,’ after Kamila’s free skate, and my goooood, that resonated. I feel so sorry for her. Also yay Kaori!!!
I just love that interview with the three girls where the interviewer asked if Anna deserved to be at the olympics and now she’s won the gold
I kept thinking about that, too!! Still looking for the "well, THAT comment hasn’t aged well” meme.
That interview was so disgusting. Those reporters were so rude. Anna answered all those nasty questions "professionally!" Answered them like the gold medalist she is! Kamila was shocked and bothered by that olympic question, and sasha loved it, grinned and wanted to hear the anna's answer.
It's obvious that sasha and anna aren't close. Kamila and Anna are friends - it's obvious.
If Trusova had won, Eteri would have been criticized over her lack of components and skating skills. That's why they were more so fostering Anna to win, and why Trusova felt so betrayed
The last 3 winter Olympics have been a lot.
Im still shook how Kurakova went from 24th to 12th I was in sad tears in the short programme and happy ones in the free. She outlasted two groups TWO
i really thought Anna was beautiful on the ice.. i always loved her performances.. she always dances and engages. anyways i hope she got the chance to celebrate with the people that love her and support her for real.
i did ope you talked more about her and her performance tho.. once again overshadowed with all the drama
Anna is such a sweet kid. And phenomenal figure skater. While I am heartbroken for Kamila, I am also so happy for Anna.
This channel hates Anna lol, don't expect any sort of Anna love coming from these videos
She was never going to talk about Anna, she and the rest of the fandom hates Anna and annoyed that she delivers in free skate.
Since the end of last season they wished she would would break like Zhenya (as sort of gotcha! about her tech) and wished that she doesn’t qualify to Olympics (unlike Zhenya). So they get to parade “expiration date” about her.
I feel so bad for all the girls, but especially for Shcherbakova. So much drama surrounding Valieva (and to clarify, none of it is Valieva's fault) that she basically had her Olympic Gold moment robbed of her. Knowing how much Valieva is being embraced by the Russian media right now, she's probably being brushed aside in her own country a lot too.
One positive moment - Kamila made a post on insta where she puts everything like "my FIRST olympics have just ended" so at least that`s giving me hope and if she makes it to the next olympics it will be a miracle itself, even though she will be 19 at the moment. Maybe raised age limit for women will help this happen.
As Trusova fan, numbers are that 2A in the free would not be enough either, so she risked it all 😭
I honestly think Sasha said everyone has a gold because she could’ve had a gold form the team event. Instead of putting kamila to skate the fs she should’ve done it, she should’ve been the first women to land a quad at the Olympics. It was a slap in the face to Sasha. Even if kamila didn’t skate the fs, ROC still would’ve gotten gold. So I understand why Sasha is mad and said everyone has a gold except her
How could anybody call that a temper tantrum? After years and years stress, drama, starvation, overtraining which lead to so many injuries, losing your childhood dream and your innocence while being alone in a foreign country in front of all the press? I'm surprised Trusova didn't just completely lose it and flip this whole team off while yeeting a bunch of chairs at their heads. Bruh
Anyone doubting Sashas performance skills, should take a look at her programs from before she started throwing quads around like candy. She had genuinely decent presentation skills back then, in contrast to right now.
Yes yes yes. Her Romeo and Juliet program from last season was beautiful
and take a look at the score she had got, you will know why she thinks focusing on quads is the only way to go
@@elye0987 I meant the Programms from before she debut her quads in 2018. It makes you ask, "what happened"?
The coaches did tell Trusova not to do the triple axel. Trusova stated in her interview after the short that „the triple axel has never been, is not being and will never be discussed“.“
Anna was also a sign of hope and grace as well as the woman who got bronze. Anna was in such an awkward and horrible and lonely position due to the issue with her teammates. She just continued on with absolute class and grace. 💜
I totally agree- Wakaba and Kaori were the bright spots in the women’s field!
I love Wakaba. She’ll always be one of my faves
She was really undermarked imo. She should have been fourth.
It’s very important to know that Sasha (Trusova) was not angry at Anna for getting Gold! She was angry with her coaches!
I think she is very happy by the fact that Anna got gold and nobody else! They share a room and posted pics after the Olympics!
They are such power friends
I think it’s so funny how so many people are comparing Eteri to Cruella de Vil and Trusovas free routine is LITERALLY called “cruella” and based off Cruella de vil
im from germany and saw this live in tv. after this they showed Katharina Witt, a german figure skating legend, who was invited to the channel who shows olympia. and Katharina Witt started crying feeling with the three girl, especially Kamila
this was sooo heartbreaking to watch
I'm just glad there's no drama whenever I win a gold medal for figure skating on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. 😅
Also agreed Alysa has mentally improved greatly. I mean she got to perform K-pop at the gala, HER passion! She ended her Olympics with a bang, so it's pretty clear she is livin' the life and showing the haters the door
Russian Team: having a mega freakout
Kaori: Holy shit, I got third place! This is awesome!
just want to point out a mistake... actually both Plushenko and Eteri have told the media that they have adviced Sasha that not doing the 3A or 5 quads will give her better chance at wining competitions, but Sasha insisted...
I’ve only recently got into figure skating and I’ve learned so much from your videos. One small critique, I think it would easier to follow if you referred to people by their last name only or their first name only. You tend to switch between first and last name and it got confusing at certain points if you’re not familiar with the skaters
This happened last year and it's strange knowing that I along with millions of other people saw this live on TV, it's still unreal to know this happened at an Olympics, hopefully this doesn't happen EVER AGAIN!
Wakaba was robbed. Her free program made me cry it was so beautiful
I was also so so so happy and touched for kaori when she won the bronze, to me, that’s a win and hope that teaches me not to give up doing your best and seek quality coz people will see it and you will be prepared to receive the acknowledgment you deserve
Kinda new to figure skating. I watched the whole female free skate event, I have to say I love Ekaterina Kurokova.. Made me want to root for her. She is like sunshine, the way she pinched herself at the end of the program to confirm that she was not in a dream. She really made my day, until it got ruined at the end of the competition LOL
I adore Kurakova! She was amazing at Europeans. I'm just sad she had such a bad short programme. You've no idea how HUGE that was to pull up 12 places after the free programme. Epic! 👏🏻
She has such a beautiful nature. Her interview had ne in fits of laughter!
Oh she’s such a sweetheart
Katia truly is a sunshine! Such a lovely, charming girl. And she is THRIVING, I'm so happy that she escaped the clutches of rusfed and found herself a new home. Same for Gubanova. I was so happy to see those two girls live their Olympic dream and be the stars of their federations.
She decided to skate for Poland in order to be able to compete at the biggest international events (Olympics included) and she's overjoyed for doing a clean free skate at the Olympics and placing 12. This is in such a stark contrast to those girls from the Tutberidze team, who've got it all but still are devastated or "emptied". This really should make you wonder what really matters in life and what the priorities should be if you want to live a happy life. And yeah - Katia really is a sunshine.
Love her skating too🤍
What I love about Anna is all throughout this whole fiasco drama of her team and at the same time dealing with the olympics herself, she remained calm and respectful towards the whole situation, she handled everything with class and grace. From the very beginning I observed how she's reserved and incredibly mature for her age, she answers every questions with such eloquence and care. Like she said she's always been unbothered about her competitors, she does her maximum and enjoy her performance. While others focus on technique, Anna's artistry shines. Also she's unfazed by the media, you can tell that she knows how pr works, Anna is incredibly intelligent. She's lucky and she deserved the gold medal for remaining strong and she pulls through. Little Girl with Nerves of Steel as they call her, but she's sweet and gracious to everyone. She's truly an Angel. Well done Anna! Couldnt be more proud of you, continue to do what you love.
Well said. Love how Anna is mature and composed. So happy she won Gold
And the interview towards the end when she was asked about Kamila vs when Sasha was asked about Kamila. Anna showed kindness and compassion.
@@bridgetbinion8494 Sasha is outright selfish, I'm sorry but it is what it is. And Anna is an angel sent by god
@@tiziankempe4890 I don't disagree. But in a way I do feel bad for Sasha. She's grown up in an authoritarian culture that puts heavy weight on getting gold medals. She was told that her five quads would help her get gold but that wasn't the case.
@@bridgetbinion8494 yes I also understand why she was so upset but still the way she behaved is not befitting a 17 year old and is not okay.
I CRIED for Sasha, I really cried. She is my favorite forever💔
I am a a dance teacher and I was SO distressed watching Anna sitting there by herself with her teddy after the judging.
All those years of work and she doesn't get to enjoy a second of it. :(
I hope she's doing okay, but I feel like that might have been the whole teams worst day of their life 😔🙃
Regarding Anna's and Shasha's friendship I truly hope with all my heart they can stay close. I personally don't think Anna is the dream breaker, as she has said in many interviews her job is to skate not to give the scores. On the other hand there really is no way to describe the heartbreak Sasha must be feeling, however, I do hope that all the world understands this is not about two girls against each other, is about a whole system trying to pull the apart.😢
Is it bad that I’m happy that Aliona was injured and thus incapable of going to the Olympics - glad she didn’t have to experience this!
Same, because Aliona is my fave out of all of them (when she’s in form).
Yes, me too. Because the image of Eteri girls are bad after all the doping scandal. Sorry, inglish is not my first language.
Omg, I wondered what would have happened if Aliona competed during the whole event, I am not even sure if Sasha or Anna would have stayed home.
@@fenjaxx5820 that would've been really interesting :)))
I WAS WAITING, ETERI IS LITERALLY CURSED AT THE OLYMPICS
No, Eteri is the curse lol
My heart broke for Sasha - I was rooting for her and I was so proud of her in both of her skates (especially when she stuck her 5 quads) I believe Anna was overscored in the technical elements especially when compared to Sasha!!
I could’ve cried for her!! They set her choreography and that restricted her ability to get points and they lost her the gold!
She didn't "stick" her 5 quads actually. One was downgraded, and the other got negative GOE's for being underrotated.
I wish she had though. Too many mistakes to win, sadly.
Actually, all the Russian girls are overscored. In the case of both of them, Anna in technical points while Sasha's in artistry points. The ones underscored are the Japanese skaters, Kaori and Wakaba. I think all the medalists this time is deserving of their medals. They're all gold for different things. Sasha for history making, Anna for consistency, and Kaori for clean program. It's really true that Sasha could've easily won if she had chosen to do a double axel in the short and didn't mess up. It comes down to Sasha's falls. She decided her medal this time.
@@samelis6546 I don't know if I fully agree. It seems like the judges would've found an extra point or two for Anya if that was all it took. The judges gave Anya the highest PCS of any skater in every category but Skating Skills (where she was a close 2nd), and arguably Anya being rated 1st in all PCS is nearly just as inflated as Sasha being rated 4th/5th in all PCS. They also did not review practically any of Anya's elements while they reviewed most of Sasha's, even when there were some glaring issues. And for the ones that both she and Sasha landed "cleanly", they gave Anya the higher GOE (even though Sasha generally has stronger jump technique). I think Anya is a beautiful skater, but it does not seem like she did enough at the end of the day to surpass Sasha's history-making skate, especially with how quads have been treated in FS for the past decade or so. But the judges will make their decisions regardless of how others may feel, as they always do
Edit: I should specify that this is just based on the long program, I haven't been able to dive back into the short and the short scoring in the same depth
Dude. I just found you the night of all the drama .. I have been waiting for a video from you! Your knowledge of skating is amazing!!
As a coach and a former jr Olympic athlete myself.. there was SO much that unfolded before the world!! The pressure .. the drama .. the real scandals!! This is going to make a great docuseries!!
But truly sad for all the young athletes involved!
Ekaterina Kurakova free skate was the highlight for me, she just looked so happy skating
Aww she skated like a dream in the free! She was amazing in Euro's too.
Ekaterina's free at Euros was the highlight of the event, for me anyway.
The coaches did tell Trusova not to do the triple axel. Trusova stated in her interview after the short that „the triple axel has never been, is not being and will never be discussed“.“
And she never said „I hate you“ to Eteri. She did say the rest.
Kaori was my champion! What an incredible young woman, and such an amazing human.
Wakaba hugging her just made my day tbh. So many amazing skates further down to celebrate too.
I was gutted for Loena though. She just looked so nervous, and cautious going into jumps. My heart went out to her. Big fave of mine.
Just to clarify some things. Trusova was warned about her 3A in SP by coaches, she decided to do it anyway. I am not trying to put away some guilt from couching team but just to be fair. The person who hugged Valieva is teams psychologist. But these girls definitely need a big team of psychologist.
Kamila was the big favorite. And Sasha knew there was no way she could beat Kamila without the 3A. If she switches to say a 2A and nails it… Kamila still prob wins. It was 3A and 5 quads or bust! Tho I think it might’ve been a little smarter to try a 2A+3T for slightly less base points.
I've been checking your channel so often waiting to see you post a video about this. Your videos have become an integral part of my experience of the figure skating would
I hate how the cameras just continued filming when she clearly was not happy and do not want anybody to film her having a mental breakdown. I think her crying and breaking down honestly has a deeper meaning then just not being able to win gold.