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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ilia’s arrogance did him in.[/quote]

Wasn't he heard saying after his performance waiting for his results that only if they had let him go to Beijing in 2022, he would be on that podium? [/quote]

Yes, you heard right.

And as he is local, let’s just say that my reference to his arrogance is from direct knowledge of who he is.[/quote]

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One doesn’t need deep insight to notice that he is unfortunately full of himself, which is not the end of the world for a 21 yo but I am surprised his parents don’t keep him in check.
He invented his own nickname, put it on a t shirt and wears it. He skates to his own inspirational quotes. 
It’s normal for a young person to feel that their thoughts and feelings are more significant and novel than they are, but there needs to be an adult to tell them it’s ridiculous. [/quote]

At the same time, he was extremely gracious to the gold medal winner, going to him immediately and congratulating/embracing him, and in his interviews afterward. [/quote]

+1 He's full of himself and overconfident, yes. But he's also kind and self-aware. He never says anything rude or unkind about his competition. After he lost, he said in interviews immediately after that I had been a mental problem, he had been on overwhelmed by the Olympic atmosphere, and that he had been too confident.

The only petty thing he said was the comment about "them" not sending him to Beijing in the kiss & cry, but I think it is reasonable, in recognizing how the mental side impacted him, to wish he'd had the trial run on another olympics. Sports structured around Olympic cycles can be brutal -- you look at the calendar and realize you are at the mercy of your physical peak coinciding with an event that occurs only once every 4 years.

Chock & Bates were asked about coming back for the next olympics to see if they can get an individual gold. Bates was kind of sarcastic in his response -- why not aim for Salt Lake in 8 years of we're hoping for things? They are 32 and 36.

Ilia is not in that position yet but with his quads -- who knows how 4 or 8 years will impact his skill set. This was his year, and he blew it with nerves. And he knows it.[/quote]

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