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This will be a long post but I keep seeing different opinions & I come somewhere in-between. So I decided to have my own take on this, not diminishing others'. The shock from the Olympics hit Ilia hard & yes, he still has not recovered. I cannot forget how he froze on the Prague podium - no emotion, just blank stare during the anthem. As a young man, he reacts impulsively - trying to run away from a certainly bad moment in his life by doing 100 other things to cover it up. They won't cover it up, nothing will, unfortunately, and learning from such an experience does not come in the span of 3 months, no matter how old you are. But when you are just 21, there is an uncontrolled stubbornness of "you'll see that I am much more than what you thought about me" - yet, he is not entirely sure what this "much more" should be & what to focus on, so he goes all over the place, just to avoid his own not-so-positive thoughts. So, yes, age is a factor & it plays its tricks on all of us. He does everyone's typical mistake in our early 20s - "I know it all, I am capable of doing anything, and I will do it". You are strong & capable, yes, but there needs to be a focus, especially when you have already taken one path in life. This "one path" is not forever, especially not in sports, but it, for better or worse, defines you. It is not the question of quitting one thing over the other - it is about combining &, even more so, about prioritizing. It is hard to fight with a 21yo boy, yes, but there are plenty of ways to navigate him. Yes, there will be mistakes, undoubtedly, but they should not be disastrous - not on his mentality, not on his body, not on his career either. The balance is the key. Ilia still has not found it. And it is way too unrealistic to hope he will find it even at the time of Tampere 2027, if I am being honest - it is a constant work, with the right tools & people around. I just believe he will do it properly.

This will be a long post but I keep seeing different opinions & I come somewhere in-between. So I decided to have my own take on this, not diminishing others'. The shock from the Olympics hit Ilia hard & yes, he still has not recovered. I cannot forget how he froze on the Prague podium - no emotion, just blank stare during the anthem. As a young man, he reacts impulsively - trying to run away from a certainly bad moment in his life by doing 100 other things to cover it up. They won't cover it up, nothing will, unfortunately, and learning from such an experience does not come in the span of 3 months, no matter how old you are. But when you are just 21, there is an uncontrolled stubbornness of "you'll see that I am much more than what you thought about me" - yet, he is not entirely sure what this "much more" should be & what to focus on, so he goes all over the place, just to avoid his own not-so-positive thoughts. So, yes, age is a factor & it plays its tricks on all of us. He does everyone's typical mistake in our early 20s - "I know it all, I am capable of doing anything, and I will do it". You are strong & capable, yes, but there needs to be a focus, especially when you have already taken one path in life. This "one path" is not forever, especially not in sports, but it, for better or worse, defines you. It is not the question of quitting one thing over the other - it is about combining &, even more so, about prioritizing. It is hard to fight with a 21yo boy, yes, but there are plenty of ways to navigate him. Yes, there will be mistakes, undoubtedly, but they should not be disastrous - not on his mentality, not on his body, not on his career either. The balance is the key. Ilia still has not found it. And it is way too unrealistic to hope he will find it even at the time of Tampere 2027, if I am being honest - it is a constant work, with the right tools & people around. I just believe he will do it properly.

я размышляю не как фанат спорта я думаю сейчас о нем просто, как об обычном парне, который довольно рано столкнулся с огромным довольно продолжительным успехом и очень болезненным провалом возможно это его способ справиться с ситуацией

if kamila comes back to competition, i hope she's still overscored so yall's asses would be burning in rage