“Zagitova skated like a child, even though she jumped like an adult” – Rodnina

Three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina talked about the strengths Alina Zagitova in figure skating.

On Saturday, May 18, Zagitova turned 22 years old.

— Congratulations to Zagitova. We don’t know each other, I only know her from television. I remember her for the good skating of her children during competitions. She had a high quality children’s performance. Zagitova skated like a child. She jumped like an adult and skated like a child.

If we talk about her performances, it is the 2019 World Championships. Then, for the first time, I saw that Zagitova was struggling. And the performance at the Olympics was remarkably clean, good, but very childish. It’s just that at the Olympics I want to watch not junior skating, but adult competitions.

Would I like her to come back? Why should we go back to the old way? Additionally, Zagitova can no longer skate the same way she did in 2018 and 2019. Are the fans bored? But I’m not a fan. I am one of those who watches performances more professionally. “I have a different point of view, a different attitude,” Sport24 quotes Rodnina.

Zagitova won gold at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. The skater also achieved victories at the World and European Championships. In 2019, she put her career on hold.

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