Kamila Valieva’s performance at the Russian Grand Prix in Kazan was her worst at tournaments since 2019

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1. It’s crazy and also sad to see what’s happening in figure skating since latest the 2022 Olympics, especially in Russia.
   Kamila’s doping case is still not decided, for almost 2 years the athletes have been waiting for their medals. Kamila herself also has to endure this ordeal for so long too. First it was the grandfather’s glass, now the physio’s tea or the ice cream of a stranger. The Swedish laboratory’s late analysis is also to blame. It’s just funny that Kamila’s test wasn’t marked as a priority like Anna and Sasha’s. There is no mention of the fact that RUSADA has exceeded WADA’s deadline twice. This in a country where more doping cases with trimetazidine are recorded than in any other. Currently, there are more than ever before – reported by RUSADA
   Nevertheless, everything in Russia is built on this one girl. Praise her, declare her to an idol, state hero. They wanted to make her a double Olympic champions with all their might. Would Anna and Sasha not have deserved to compete in the team tournament? They have recreated women’s figure skating new.
   Even last weekend at the GP in Kazan.
   Kamila was left without a medal. Delivered one of her worst performances of her career.
   You had to search for a long time in the media to find out who had won. Because there wasn’t really any talk or writing about it. Even in the live stream, the reporters didn’t care.
   Since the Olympics, Kamila’s incredible consistency and Ultra-C elements have disappeared completely.
   She was exhausted after less than 50% of the free skate and Physically completely exhausted at the end of the program.
   Of course, physical changes also come into play here. As this also happens with other athletes. She has grown, gained weight, puberty has come. But this doesn’t matter to her either. When Alexandra Trusova gained weight last season, which was probably also due to puberty, she was just fat and bad. It was torn apart by the press. All this is different with this one girl.
   She’s just 17 and, depending on what the CAS says, her career is over before it’s even started. The new rules will raise the senior age to 17 years from next season. From then on, the career was to begin. Not ending like typical Eteri Girls

   Has this been understood in Russia? The current Russian Champion Sofya A. will still be a junior next year and is already more injured than on the Ice. The current best figure skater Adeliya is 16 years and 1.44m and weighs less than 40kg. She looks like a child on the ice. Both are completely unknown internationally.
   This way is not the future. This should be understood slowly.
   Perhaps they should try to understand why the real stars of Russian figure skating Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova no longer perform? They are world stars with a fanbase that has never been seen before, internationally. Trusova is still breaking media records. She revolutionized the sport. Performed more Ultra-C elements in one program than all figure skaters in the current international and Russian GPs combined. She is only 19 and physically in perfect condition. Maybe better than ever. Is it possibly due to the unfair referee behaving. Or the bias of the RussFed.
   Influenced by Eteri Tutberidze!?
   Figure skaters up to the age of 19 can participate in junior competitions. In Russia, at this age, the top stars have already retired.
   Due to the blocking of Russian athletes, the current leading figure skaters are between 20 and 25 years young. Liza T. from Russia was also still on world level at the age of 26 and even with Ultra-C elements. So it’s possible.
   Also, I don’t think Adeliya or Sofia A. International will beat Sakamoto or Hendrix so easily like the 3A did. GOEs you have to earn over years. Both will be completely new to the international stage.
   Nor do they have not the incredible Talent of their predecessors – Sasha, Anna and not to forget Aliona. The 3A generation was, and it seems to be such a complete exception, perhaps the best generation of all time. At this the new ones are measured and they lose this competition by a huge margin. They should try to think long-term, hold on to athletes, give them time – they are human, no robots and give the younger “new” generation more time without so much pressure before they break.

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