Aliona Kostornaia is Engaged! Evgenia Medvedeva's shocking comments

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[@Jeremy-wp4yh]

Marrying your pairs partner before any competitions? I hope this isn't an impulsive decision.

[@paolala]

this is the definition of impulsive haha

[@ToePick]

@@paolala They're going full Mosley & Dorsey! If these 2 don't get a reality show billed as the real life Cutting Edge, I will go to Bravo myself and demand they make one.

[@cosmari245]

It definitely feels impulsive they don't even seem to have known each other for that long, but to each their own i hope things go well

[@Snowfang00andco]

Aliona’s always been very headstrong and loud so…. Idk

[@ToePick]

@@cosmari245 And if they go bad, we'll all be there for the tea!

[@NB-or8rs]

I feel like Alyona has either hit the jackpot or is about to go down in flames and that's horrifying.

[@KiffiStinkt]

It always triggers me so much how people try everything in their power to make evgenia looking bad by taking her quotes out of context and/or shortening/manipulating her quotes ….. of course it was “normal” for her, everyone in her environment had it that was what she meant so she knew no different … she talked openly about how important it is to be and eat healthy, so people just stop trying to bring her down 🥰

[@Angel-xe2tl]

they arent making her look bad, shes doing that herself. over the past year almost every time she opens her mouth she says something that makes her look bad. its clear that shes speaking her truth and its not a pleasent truth. its gotten so bad that im no longer a fan of hers. and many other people are in the same boat.

[@olgasmirnova4588]

​@@Angel-xe2tl🤡zagibot!

[@Lilly-rl6up]

@@Angel-xe2tl So she should lie and say it isn't normal for pro figure skaters, rhythmic gymnasts etc to have eating disorders? Why should she lie? She is telling the truth, it literally is the norm.

[@Alchamei]

Actually, in eastern Europe, or least where I live, it's common to not have another mineral on a wedding ring :) We often use plain golden rings.

[@rgribbonqueen]

haha yeah right

[@Noirellion]

In Sweden it can be both and I know many people with 'plain' (from an American perspective) engagement and wedding rings.

[@paolala]

oohh love this!

[@Deni-mt9bj]

Where I live, engagement ring should have some kind of stone, ideally one, max 3. The wedding ring is plain. I am from Central Europe.

[@Noirellion]

@@Deni-mt9bj Interesting to hear! :)

[@michellecontreras8301]

11:36 I hate the fact that Yuna’s medal was taken because we all know that she skated with her whole heart and soul, and it breaks me. But you know what? We all remember Yuna, we don’t even remember Adelina.

[@ihatebeingright3376]

I remember Adelina! Why bring another talented skater into this? You can feel bad for Yuna (I do to) and support her without bringing down other skaters

[@itsyaboybcstan1team675]

Evgenia just stated the facts, literally, nothing more, nothing less

[@koupatsai111]

i think Zhenya was misunderstood by many people about the way she spoke about eating disorders .A language barrier will always be a language barrier you can never truly understand what somebody says just by looking at subtitles .The tone of someones voice and their culture makes a big difference .She never looked down at anyone that has an ED .And like Zhenya said sports like figure skating and gymnastics force you to be very skinny and athletic as they rely on weight .

[@olaleciejewska8313]

It would be amazing if u covered ladies from 2014 Olympics. I think it would also be cool if u did an overview at the end of each season mentioning for example your 10 favourite programs, best & worst dressed ; best moment of the season etc.; u could also do a similar thing with skaters , meaning your favourite program or performance of each skater/ team including Russian girls but also legends like Mao, Yuna or Michelle Kwan. I think that is a great off- season idea and I would certainly be very interested in your opinions about this.

[@paolala]

omg i love all these ideas

[@martinavasileva6070]

1998 Nagano Olympics - The battle between Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan! It would be interesting to see what your opinion is about who got the gold medal.

[@alexandragabitto2573]

The quote by Tutbiridze was honestly so scary to me in terms of how nonchalant she was about it. As someone who suffered from disordered eating I don’t think it should ever be normalized, yet I know it is in many circles. I personally would love to see you do KPOP and Eurovision videos as both are very performance oriented!

[@joanneolsen5635]

Sorry she’s too young

[@gals_corner]

I got so scared when i saw she was getting engaged this young and only being with the guy for a pretty short time, really hope it'll go well

[@Ice62004]

I would LOVE a video about the Pluschenko & Yagudin rivalry! I feel like they REALLY hated eachother.... On the subject of figure skating couples: I feel like Gordeeva and Grinkov are THE OG figure skating couple and Gordeeva wrote a book about them and his early death. It's really sad but so interesting. It's called "My Sergei" and I totally recommend it.

[@dmuchawieclatawiec]

Gordeeva & Grinkov, a dream couple. Their performances are mesmerizing. It's heartbreaking that he died so young.

[@noemi5225]

Little Aliona was just a junior skater not that long ago!! I remember falling in love with her short program at the time, she's been one of my favorites ever since. :))

[@KoffiiTit]

When I saw ''Evgenia Medvedeva's shocking comments'' I though of what it could be, but when I saw why so many people are mad at her, it just rubbed me the wrong way. Yes, she could have worded It a bit better, but I think what she said wasn't even that bad. The question she got was invasive, and I think she tried to get the attention away from her own struggles by generalizing them, which I think we can all agree is pretty much true? Even if every other athlete of mentioned sports doesn't have a full blown ED, they at least have to be on a special, monitored and calculated diet, which even if they deny it, is a form of disordered eating, and it's still disordered eating, even if it doesn't damage their body, like we mostly see with figure skaters of today's age. EDs are all about the brain, and I myself think Evgenia isn't fully recovered yet, and is just trying to deflect all the attention thrown at her way because she spoke about her ED, and all of the responsibility the skating world wants her to have. I think this is a dangerous mindset from fans, as it could potentially scare more skaters from ever speaking about their ED publically. Plus, I think that it's not Evgenias responsibility to guide people to resources just because she's open about having had an ED, I think it's a responsibility of the adults, parents, coaches and the associations to help the girls. In short, I think Evgenia truly didn't want to come off in a negative way, but she's only trying to sort of distance herself from the topic of EDs recently, because she might be going trough a rough patch of her recovery, or maybe talking about it right now might trigger her. Not everyone who's had and has recovered from an ED wants to be an advocate and help other people, not because they're selfish, but simply because they really don't want to deal with it anymore, since recovery could be a long and draining process.

[@KoffiiTit]

As a recovered person, it just kind of made me sad people think the things she said here were super bad, because in the early stages of my recovery, if anyone mentioned to me that they had trouble eating that day, or that they felt bad for how much they binged the night before, I just couldn't respond. I froze, because I just didn't know what to say and how to say it, I didn't even want to acknowledge that I had an ED, and I think Evgenia is doing a similar thing right now, but can't really run away further because the media already knows she was struggling at some point.

[@idalia799]

I don't think it's right for you to hold Evgenia to a western standard when speaking about eating disorders in the sport. I can't say if the russian coaches directly encourage them to engage in such behaviour or if its a consequence of the immense pressures these girls are under to train for olympic glory and that then it's ignored because well...the girls are keeping the weight required. How it was done? *shrug* Evgenia lives in Russia, her whole life is there. She has everything to lose by speaking out or for encouraging the current generations skaters to not fall into those habits because it directly threatens the potential for Russia to gain medals. Individual skaters are disposable. That's the Russian way. I obviously disagree with how russia treats their athletes, but that's the reality. One side remark about how it's an occupational hazard might just be the most honesty you will ever see.

[@KiffiStinkt]

Finally someone said it 👏🏼👏🏼

[@drewspanic]

100% agree to not hold her to Western standards and hold her responsible to give resources. It’s fine for her to just answer the question and her answer made sense from her cultural context

[@becbec5878]

Couldn't agree more

[@soniquecat4745]

More of the reason though to ban their doping genocidal asses out of Olympics, until they get their shiiite together.

[@livenitup862]

Russian coaches for sure encourage it. Russian Beauty Standards are INSANE. the whole thing is to be thin. My mother is Russian and they are obsessed with thinness.

[@elinat2414]

I am Russian and have watched the Last Axel. It is sooo problematic it would cause a scandal if it was a Western drama. It literally glamourises Larry Nassar-type sexual abuse of an athlete. Basically it portrays the young girl (fake Kosternia) as a 'vixen' that is after the doctor, while the doctor is just a poor helpless man that is caught up in her sexual advances. It unironically includes a scene of this 40 year old dude sending a dick pic to a teenager and tries to make him appear conflicted/complex/sympathetic. Then this 'affair' gets uncovered and fake Eteri never reports it and just puts him on leave...sad that this part isn't too inaccurate from reality. Then, it portrays family violence in a cartoonish manner, basically making the protagonist's father look like a cartoon villain..implying that if the abuse doesn't involve throwing your partner around and force feeding her (that actually happens), it's not abuse. Not only that, the protagonist is almost raped by a character, and then they become besties again within 2 scenes like nothing happened. Not to mention the countless times the camera lingers pointlessly on women's bodies (including Evgenia Medvedeva, who appears in a pointless dance scene). I am not even an SJW...but the show was bad enough to make my blood boil....

[@kohlinoor]

I wish this was surprising, but it just isn't. *sigh*

[@Elong.]

Woah

[@montserratpantoja8620]

Where can i watch it?

[@elinat2414]

@@montserratpantoja8620 There are a few websites that have it. If you google something like 'последнии аксель смотреть онлайн', it will come up. Although I don't think it's available with English subs anywhere.

[@kerttu6323]

Yes i’d be so excited to hear your comments on any older competitions! don’t really care about which one, i just want more content from you😅

[@paolala]

gonna definitely keep more content coming! 🤗

[@nomyum7042]

Your forgot Eteri’s daughter Diana Davis and her ice dance partner Gleb Smolkin😅

[@Blue-wp1mw]

Please cover the fs ladies event for the past few Olympics Especially 2014 there’s a lot of amazing programs! Personally I loved Mao’s long program and Yulia’s short and Yuna was amazing as well.

[@andreagoldstein4070]

Another married couple are Diana and Gleb. Also married very young.

[@hanuraah]

I believe that Alena’s partner is 20 according to Google, but is people getting engaged is getting younger and younger 😭but I’m happy for her

[@katerynakukharicheva2456]

In Eastern Europe, especially in Russia, that is very common. “If you are let’s say 30 and not married, that means something is wrong with you”. This is from soviet times, most people got married being 1st or 2nd-year students.

[@hanuraah]

@@katerynakukharicheva2456 yes I’ve heard about these type of things from different countries, I’m mainly just surprised this early in their relationship.

[@rafaelasabchucalovato9439]

I got married at 21

[@hanuraah]

@@rafaelasabchucalovato9439 Congratulations! ✨

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@@katerynakukharicheva2456not true .

[@anhnguyenthingoc9504]

I love the idea about commenting about 3 recent Olympics

[@madkat1987]

How about the story of Plushenko vs. Yagudin? The rivalry was for the ages and they rather openly 'kinda hated each other'. Amazing showdown at the 2002 olympics (A Man in the Iron Mask vs. Carmen, both LPs easily available on YT)

[@wingedgrace4369]

going back to watching the old competitions, all the ones you mentioned would be super interesting to watch a video on! especially to reflect back on at this point with everything that's happened since then!

[@nomad2864]

What's happening with sherbs? After skipping the Kremlin award ceremony, I half expected her to be found at the bottom of a set of stairs after an 'accident'

[@watchmedo635]

she’s still skating on tours, shows etc, and has regained some jumps after surgery. she seems to be doing well

[@soniquecat4745]

I feel it would be bad look for Kremlin. World is already laughing at how people fall out of windows left and right. To kill barely legal girl that looks like she's 13 might be bit too much, especially since she is not really saying anything, she is just being the good obedient Anna.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@@soniquecat4745 are u a looney?

[@kimseokjindecember]

BRING ON THE ALIONA DRAMA (I am living for this pls keep updating) Also LOML Evgenia

[@Joog0444]

What drama? I’ve heard something ab that but I don’t know what exactly happened 😢

[@el22873]

I would love to see a video addressing synchro - there are many interesting competitions and the battle of it being included in the olympics. It would be great to see it being spoken about on a bigger platform!

[@Bupdeeboowah]

In a homage to Alyona's engagement perhaps you might want to make a video on the OG Russian pairs skating power couple, the incomparable Gordeava and Grinkov.

[@104snowstorm]

It pales in comparison with the Russians, but American drama is the "old" stuff i know. Worlds 2016, Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold (very sad trajectory), and Mirai Nagasu.

[@user-jy8zb2wc8l]

You should cover the Evgenia vs Alina years!

[@kohlinoor]

Watching your video on the curse of women's skating at the Olympics made me really curious about figure skating commentators and pundits around the globe. I'm used to the Canadian ones, and they can be a little too... polite and politically neutral when it comes to controversies. I love that the Italian ones I've seen/heard seem super enthusiastic, knowledgable and don't mince their words! Plus Katerina Witt being strongly in the Team Yuna camp was also cool. Maybe you could introduce us to some new faces/voices in an upcoming video?

[@AmandaJulina]

Paola I love the way you talk about this sport and literally I'd die if you ever did any type of like career deep dives on older athletes - I feel like the only athletes in the sport I've heard deep dives on consistently are either the russians or tonya harding. I feel like you'd provide a really great context that imo a lot of discussions about figure skating history totally miss out on!

[@paolala]

i'd be down for this 👀

[@004SouL]

Always enjoying your videos... As for ideas, you can make a video with tier lists (best to worst dresses, programs of certain skater, Olympic dramas)

[@mht4908]

I'm still a bit shocked about her getting engaged at 19 to her partner of maybe a year or so, but if she thinks it's the right decision, who are we to judge? Also, she looks so cute with braces! 💜 But yeah I always thought she already had nice teeth and didn't need them

[@zararose7669]

ive heard that they (russians) get married young

[@mht4908]

@@zararose7669 I guess Gordeeva got married at 19 and had a very happy marriage until Sergei died, so I hope that Aliona will be successful in both her marriage and in her pairs career

[@zararose7669]

@@mht4908 yeah me too

[@karupe9982]

Evgenia has permission to be pissed at the question and what to get rid of it, sometimes you dont react in a PR way, doesnt mean she actually doesnt care. Writing is always worst than having the whole interaction in front of you, so no, she isnt problematic i think. I think she indeed responded coherently, if something is normal to you, your instinct isnt to justify or sob over it, i do hope she gets the chance to go deeper into this sometime soon so people dont cAncEl her for NOTHING

[@user-ho4qh8qf5r]

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov are married

[@Natazavrik]

Can you do the 2 Olympic pairs competitions won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (1988 & 1994)? It’s such a heartbreaking story 😭😭

[@Natazavrik]

I had the same thought about the braces! There is a recent interview of them together, and it looks like Kunitsa also has braces. Maybe they are doing “pairs braces” in addition to pairs skating? :)

[@serenalizinnqui8474]

Anything with Yulia Lipnitskaya!

[@sophialiu4043]

Wow, what’s next? Alena’s now has five kids

[@user-iz7vp6ru5y]

She said she don’t like kids

[@sophialiu4043]

@@user-iz7vp6ru5y I know, it was just a joke referring to how quickly she’s growing up.

[@stabbedbyiago]

just watched the zhenya video where she reacts to figure skating in media, you can just auto-translate the russian subtitles to english. that's what I always do with these russian fs interviews and videos when someone hasn't already manually translated them, it can be a bit wonky but sometimes just gotta work with what you've got

[@ceo8619]

I also loved worlds 2019! would like to see a video of that one

[@deeangel6396]

Yes the Olympics have been tragedies for the women, so this is why there should be more ties in figure skating because our sport already is diminishing in the west mainly due to diversity in race. I stop watching (this and that)commentators because they are very cold to the youths in figure skating, they are very jealous of them its obvious.

[@ehpotatoes]

your storytelling and narrating skills are still as pristine as ever and even more engaging!

[@trixi1608]

Maybe you could do a little series about great figure skaters of the past like Yuna Kim, Carolina Kostner, Evgeni Plushenko, etc. I'd looove to see something like that.

[@trixi1608]

Katharina Witt and Brian Joubert come to my mind too.

[@audreyheng8275]

I would definitely love to hear about old figure skating competitions. Especially Sochi 2014 with the Yuna Kim Adelina Sotnikova Scandal. Or maybe some othwr scandal and big thing. What do you think of the people claiming Nathan Chen is overscored during GPF 2019?

[@strawberrylime33]

2009 world championships: ladies It's the year before the great 2010 Olympics and reputations are being set!

[@watchmedo635]

Would you consider covering the WTT from earlier this year? Also we need to see Eurovision songs as skaters! If you recap the 2022 Olympics please be kind to Anna, so many ppl online give her shit, I think people forget she had no control over the scores

[@VickyZhang-gs7sw]

I think something that I would love more content on is the junior skaters and the junior competitions both in and outside of russia!

[@ToePick]

They're literally speedrunning a real life Mosely & Dorsey scenario!

[@ToePick]

@Paola La They never competed as a pair, but Isabelle Brasseur and Rocky Marvel have been married for over 20 years and skated together in exhibitions after Brasseur's previous partner Lloyd Eisler retired in 2004. Besides G&G, I don't recall any other pairs skaters being married. EDIT: Caruthers & Caruthers of the USA skated together as a married couple in 1980 and 1984 and countless pro events. Brain fart missing them.

[@Ellie-jq5ck]

Pls cover the ladies event from the GPF (2019/2020)!

[@samsk8tes]

For old competitions to cover in new videos, I would love to see the 2021 Worlds for the Ladies! Tuktamysheva silver medal reaction alone is worth it.

[@xtaylor13x5]

Please do ‘gran premio d'italia 2021 figure skating’ I just find it funny how they gave the winners blocks of cheese instead of a trophy

[@polka_3194]

Have you already found a translation of Evgeniya's video? If you haven't, I think I can help you! I'm a native Russian speaker and work as a translator (and obviously I'm a figure skating fan) haha

[@paolala]

someone on twitter already translated it for me. But thank you soo much😁

[@Emma-dh7by]

Why does it matter if the ring has a rock or not? 🥴

[@owl_mountain]

Can someone please tell me where I can watch the last axel?😭

[@nikolaika7777]

Evgenia is right… not problematic at all. Honest and right.

[@watchmedo635]

This is so aliona lol, wishing them happiness and success!

[@chrisgomez860]

There will never be a love story in pairs figure skating like grinkov and gordeeva. I hope though that no other relationships like theirs ends in such tragedy.

[@sophialiu4043]

Can you please review 2018 Olympics men group 5 I believe has litterely all the most famous male skaters

[@user-vi2iw3dy9p]

Please do a video about Yagudin and Plushenko. You did not mention them at all in 2000 but they were very successful back then ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏👍🏼🎉

[@milie2422]

about that image that you used, the funny thing is that zach donohue (who married an unknown figure skater last year) and olivia smart dated for a couple or years so at some point they were dating while madison and adrian were too 😂 in ice dance, there is also the italians guignard/Fabbri who are married, and then in paris there's alexa knierim who is married to her former partner Chris Knierim, and there is also the estonian couple Solène Mazingue / Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko I'm not such that Evgenia can do much more about it tbh, i'm not expecting real changes in russian coaching methods in the next few years sadly

[@marijabundalo]

Does anyone know where I can watch the last Axel?!

[@chocolatecake9018]

I just did some research and Gregory is only a few months older than Alyona. I wish them all the best, I just hope they’re not being too impulsive

[@teaenthusiast2898]

I'd like to know your thoughts on Meryl Davis and Charlie White vs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Arguably Davis/White were the only real significant loss to Virtue/Moir but does the longevity of one couple make them better than the one that beat them? or is that due to the fact that after they won against them that they retired? I also love anything Adelina Sotnikova related because whilst she should not have won gold, she was still a good skater and I think the gold really ruined her career. What do you think would have happened in her career after the Olympics if she had gotten bronze or silver?

[@laughtersassassin2355]

Re Adelina- I def think that ppl forget her past achievements…she had some good qualities and tons of potential. 4 national titles, 2 european silvers, jr worlds and jgpf titles. “winning” in Sochi completely ruined her. I don’t feel a ton of sympathy towards her due to her behaviour after the fs but yeah, rusfed used her and let her go once they were done with her. Anyway this is my way of saying that I want a video about sochi too 😅

[@teaenthusiast2898]

@@laughtersassassin2355 This is exactly what I'm saying! I actually always hoped she'd go into pairs or ice dance because she does have some real merit as a skater and it would have been nice for her to show that. But just to clarify she should not have won gold when she did. What did she do after the FS?

[@laughtersassassin2355]

@@teaenthusiast2898 she had excellent spins and great speed, every once in a while I see an Adelina camel in a competition, it’s the only good part of the legacy she left on the sport tbh. After the fs she behaved like a spoiled brat, hugged one of the judges in front of the cameras the minute yuna’s results were up, stated *to the press* that yuna said that she deserved it only for yuna’s team say that they’ll sue anybody who spreads false info about her as she didn’t say it, left the press con in the middle because nobody asked her any questions. There’s ton of footage, it’s kinda sad. Yeah, sochi was truly a shitshow.

[@teaenthusiast2898]

@@laughtersassassin2355 Wow! I didn't know any of that. This is why we need a video!

[@laughtersassassin2355]

@@teaenthusiast2898 koola king has plenty of them but I’d love to see Paula do one!

[@lila2986]

Rodnina and her partners in figure skating and all competitions- this is an old one but how she managed to win.

[@denalowry8710]

Let's be happy for Alona and Gregory

[@Pikachu-kw4fv]

Do you have an eating disorder? followed by so, do you enjoy gardening is the line of questioning I am here for

[@luyumi9568]

Rostelecom 2016 as yulia's last competition and russian nationals 2020 with 3A are interesting options to me

[@noemi5225]

Bukin and Stepanova not being together was a great shock to me lmao

[@Xosidhe]

You’re funny, so I think any topic you’re really into would make an interesting video.

[@paolala]

thank you! I strive to entertain haha

[@ToePick]

11:58 @Paola, 1988 had a slew of storylines. The main event was the Battle of the Brians Orser and Boitano, but the forgotten one is Elizabeth Manley's Cinderella run from completely unheralded to silver losing to Katarina Witt by 10ths of a point. This overshadowed the BIG one which was Debi Thomas of USA being hyped as the great western hope to slay Katarina the Red Baroness. Thomas was being hyped Nancy Kerrigan style but flopped in the LP opening the door for Liz to shock the world and nearly topple Witt. Beyond this, we saw Olympic debuts for Kurt Browning, G&G, Viktor Petrenko, and Brasseur & Eisler. So Calgary '88 was a pretty great year for figure skating.

[@Pooh_Bella]

I don’t find her saying ED in skating is the “norm” as brave because that’s already obvious. Everyone pretty much knows that, it would’ve been brave to say that something needs to change about it and not continuing to let it happen. All she did was state the obvious The oh it’s the norm attitude is actually very problematic

[@user-bd7pm1kf7j]

What about an update about Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir? (I have seen your video about them I was hoping for another one) ❤

[@ancamaria3456]

Sinitsina and Katsalapov are figure skating couple. Got married recently

[@lauren1779]

All I want is what’s best especially for the queen Kosto I just hope this bring her true joy these girls deserve good lives just like everyone else!

[@randomstatistics7510]

1994 Womens Figure Skating- Tonya vs Nancy, Oksana Baiul winning, and Katarina Witt

[@shalomshaloms]

i am waiting for a video about sochi olympics scandal, cause i can not get over it

[@strawberrylime33]

When u do the K-pop video, pleeeease explain the differences/similarities of FIFTY FIFTY, aespa, New Jeans, and G Idle.

[@userdilyara25678]

Maksim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar are also a married couple and they even have kids🐸

[@OlaLidia]

aliona wrote it like this cause russian media sports 24 posted the news before her and didnt ask for permission. thats why sarcastic tone

[@user-tz6jd1ku8w]

You should get a bunch of skating edits from tiktok and then rank them!

[@lizzyqamushadze5868]

hey what abt boikova and kozlovski moving to team tutberidze?

[@oravenheart]

I think Kostornaia is pulling a Mustafina: by next year there will be a baby and the guy is out of the picture. She will pivot to coaching

[@irondragonmaiden]

Honestly, it bothers me when journalists ask about things like eating disorders for a puff piece to act like they're "being brave" for "getting to the truth!" or some bullshit. Everyone with a modicum of common sense knows that the world of pro athletes (and of acting or modeling or ANYTHING that has the person using the look of their body as the tool of their trade) has, at BEST, disordered eating because they need to have a super regimented diets (which YES, it's fucking disordered eating and that's a a form of eating disorder, end of story). At worst, they have outright harmful eating disorders. If you want to talk about eating disorders, make an actual piece on eating disorders in sports and how it's almost a fucking pre-requisite in order to have a career in professional sports. Talk to actual Olympic Committee members who make bank off these athletes who only see a very small fraction of the money their performances generate. Talk about what the actual heads and judges of a sport should do, NOT what individual athletes, who are mostly teens since sports have a SHORT career shelf life, do to better their chances at their careers. Not this half assed bullshit. As it is, Evgenia's answer was her describing the reality: you can't have a professional Olympics career without disordered eating (at best) and/or eating disorders, hence why she specified that you have to deal with it after you've finished your career. What? Do you want her to lie and blow smoke up people's asses? No, it's best that any pro athlete hopeful knows what they might get themselves into. And it eating disorders horrify you so much, how about you actually send letters of complaint to the Sports Committees that allowed for this to become the norm rather than dogpiling on a former athlete for telling you the truth about the reality of what being a pro-athlete is like in the present day.

[@Diana-ru6mt]

“They’re definitely skating together in some way or anther”💀💀 0:56

[@bridgetbinion8494]

Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov are an ice dance couple that are married IRL. In case you're interested.

[@bridgetbinion8494]

They're a sports couple.

[@bridgetbinion8494]

Please cover Midori Ito's triple axel!

[@Ricanuppy21]

I think you should review K-pop generations understanding how they branched off! You can do first generation and new groups debuting, also a history on the record labels are always a good topic especially the top. I just attended a mamamoo concert in New York and you can see the difference from a good label to some of these really bad labels (look up the travesty of Crayon Pop- a group they blew up and the record label couldn’t handle it so the group suffers) other groups like Kara, mamamoo, 2ne1, Hyuna, maybe a brief bio of “where are these groups today. Some groups have such a good history and deserve recognition for paving the way. Look at the abuse of the lead singer of 9muses. She was fired as leader and then terminated from the company and the group suffered after that. You articulate so well and you have a eye for good K-pop groups!

[@shirochancosplay]

omg the 1994 winter olympics??? I want to hear your opinions

[@dokkerdam3844]

Here’s my selection for ice dance pairs that you solicited. You won’t like it. 1st, Aliona Kosternaia and Anastasia Zinnina - the two best artistic skaters who have ultra-c elements. 2nd, Daria uUacheva and Sophia Akateva - both amazing ice dancers. If Sophia can stabilize her ultra-c jumps she will win gold at the next Olympics (If the Russians are allowed back but they shouldn’t be unless huge political changes are made). I hear Daria U. might be moving to ice dancing. I think that’s a great idea and if so I’ll start watching ice dance (though I did peek when Vasilisa and partner became seniors). Daria was going to win gold at the NHK when Trusova dropped out even without ultra-c components. She was better than any other country’s skaters. I wish Aliona K. had chosen ice dance rather than pairs. Enough with a sport that risks injuries and since Aliona is the best ice dancer already she could dominate that sport for years. I also believe she would’ve won gold in Tokyo had Yuri Placenta not tricked her into his camp. And his unwillingness to cover his Siberian sized nose with a mask during covid also led to her getting sick and interrupting her training. She certainly would have won any Olympics up to 2022. Finally, I don’t think Kamila should be held accountable for her positive drug test before the Olympics BUT ONLY IF the whore of Beelzebub and her team are banned from coaching for years. It would be interesting to watch if Sophia and Adelia would do as well without her - I think she has made a deal with the devil.

[@xsophiiax]

rings don’t need to have gems on them , my mum doesn’t have one and they’re just as nice

[@MelinaImmonen]

The French pair team is a married couple! The Kovelevs :)

[@lena1497]

Where can u watch the last axel?

[@minp2001]

I’m gonna make a petition for Paola La to do a full commentary on Ice Princess

[@paolala]

haha i would gladly do that if youtube doesn't take it down

[@Kirarandia]

Yes, the ring is a Russian thing.

[@rafaelasabchucalovato9439]

I absolutely love Ice Princess ❤ Wedding drama is so exciting

[@kyanlamear8751]

You should start covering Synchronized Figure Skating ‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@anayarey]

ISU GP finals 2019 in Turin. Zagitova was competing with all the younger skaters. SP was great (me voy), FS was kinda really bad. Also Kostornaia was awesome. Also Bradie Tennell had the best spins and great SP music.

[@flying372]

She's 19,he is 20