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[B]"Not Our Sasha"/Article by E. Vyiatzehovskaya [/B]
Tinami Amori翻译自http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?79539
Tarasova parted with Sasha Cohen. The very second this information hit the official USFSA site, all internet forums were filled with speculations. The general tone of comments was: how could an athlete, who made such quantum leap under the supervision of Tarasova in less than two years, leave her coach two weeks before the US Nationals? And she goes where? To the coach of Sarah Hughes, whos obvious under rotated jumps became the talk of SLC Olympics.
It seems like nothing indicated a remote possibility of a break up. Cohen truly shined, and no other word can describe it, during the three GP events, which led many to rightfully predict: here she is, the 8th Olympic Gold Medalist of Tatiana Tarasova the Trainer. Not many thought of Turin games in terms of being 2 years away and hundreds of practices apart.
To be perfectly honest, Tarasova most likely agreed to work with this American skater, after the Worlds 2002 in Nagano, exactly because she saw the potentials of the 揙lympic medalist material?in her. (Once she got her) The process of elimination of Sasha抯 搘eak points?started immediately, from the beginning, where it should start. The whole pre-season practice was devoted to the 損hysical fitness?preparation, and for that purposes the best specialist, who is well known even back in USSR, was invited to come to America.
The results were obvious. Even the biggest skeptics could not deny: Cohen in 2002 and Cohen today are as different as 揹ay and night?
Tatiana was never a great specialist in jumping techniques, but all coaches around them uniformly agreed: if Sasha抯 jumping problem becomes drastic, her coach will immediately seek a professional to fix them in the shortest period of time.
But the problem came up in a different area. Even as early as the beginning of the competition season, when nothing suggested a possibility of malfunction of such winning mechanism, Tarasova mentioned that she never expected how difficult it would be to work with a student whos way of thinking (mentality) would be so different from a Russian student.
First indication of a problem arose just before the Pro-Am event, a rather secondary even from the stand point of the ranks of amateur competitions. Prior to the event Cohen became ill. Tatiana抯 recommendation to skip the competition was met with great opposition from Sasha抯 mother Galina, who for one single moment off the ice does not let Sasha out of her site. It was Galina who insisted that Sasha keeps her commitment to USFSA抯 event.
The results we all know. Cohen skated in Detroit with high temperature, and not just lost, she completely bombed.
During the Grand Prix Finals in Colorado, it was quite obvious that Tarasova is not holding any high hopes or faulty expectations about the possible results. Her pupil has not regained her form and lost for the second time during this season.
The opinion is, that it is exactly at this moment when the difference in mentality came head to head. We all know how quickly the American media can elevate a skater to high heavens, and it is not hard to imagine how high Galina felt the whole season. And what a blow it must have been for her to think about what will happen now when her daughter had two losses in a row.
Most likely, she (Galina), was searching for an explanation. Very probable, that exactly at that moment, the words of 搘ell-wishers?kept hinting that 揟arasova is not God?who can teach Sasha not to fall, and fell on fruitful grounds.
Tarasova, who抯 philosophy for many years was 揳ll must be sacrificed for the greater goal, especially all secondary? truly could not understand how could months and months of hard work be so advertently dumped into the grave by participating in a useless competition, and by such insistent involvement in the decision making process from a person who is very far from professional process of |
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