RE:Alexei has withdrawn from Japan Open 2008
(Date Posted:16/03/2008 19:33:10)
Thanks Lina! Without a doubt Laurie at AYDG does a great job! Also, another superb information detective - Ilona at GOTI who found another review article from Tomsk tv - http://ctc-tv.tomsk.ru/doc-1205558826.htmlKarenna "....thus far the artists skated their programs when into the range of our cameras arrived a person who looked very much like Alexei Yagudin. It was hard to believe that this was indeed the Olympic Champion himself before our very eyes. A week ago, Alexei underwent an operation in which his appendix was removed and therefore to appear at this show it seemed unlikely that he would be able to do so. In spite of this, the arrival of Yagudin became the main surprise of the show. For Alexei they specially changed his program. He "danced" and each specator's heart "died" a little when we caught a glimpse of his white bandages underneath his concert shirt ." That was so well put by the writer -"each spectator's heart died a little". I watched Alexei's performance of a segment of Winter and his speech afterwards in Krasnodar (AY Ching's great video clip) and I felt my heart die a little because he must have been in such pain just before he was taken to the hospital. I cannot fathom how he could perform when he felt this way. I've decided that a box of tissues beside my computer has become a necessary accessory - I can't get through some videos of Alexei without tears! Karenna
(Message edited by Karenna on 16/03/2008 19:58:45)
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