Unfortunately, just 10 days before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Russian figure skating men's singles player Mikhail Kolyada had to withdraw from the roster due to a positive COVID-19 test. It will be replaced by a men's singles substitute, his teammate Evgeni Semenenko.
The Russian Ice Association then briefed Kolyada on the details. It is understood that a few days ago, Kolyada felt unwell. During this time, he did not participate in training himself, nor did he go to ice with the rest of the group. The Russian Ice Federation was scheduled to start a closed training camp for figure skaters from the national team in Krasnoyarsk on January 26, and before flying to the training ground, Kolyada tested positive in a nucleic acid test.
Very, very sorry! Kolyada, in his season of recovery, missed his second chance to participate in the Winter Olympics at the last minute.
As a representative of the traditional "Russian aesthetic figure skating", Kolyada, although the competitive state has often fluctuated in recent years, he has never given up the pursuit of higher goals. Especially after getting married in 2019 (yes, Duck Duck was born in 1995, a year younger than Yusuke Yusuke, but has been married for two years!). He surgically resolved sinusitis, which had plagued him for years, and transferred to Mission in the 2020-21 season.
After undergoing major changes in all aspects, Kolyada's competitive form and the four-sided jump have been greatly improved. At the 2021 Figure Skating World Championships involving the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Kolyada finally finished fifth, and together with her teammates won three full men's singles winter Olympic places for Russia!
In the 2021-22 season, although the status of the duck is still up and down, it still won the silver medal at the year-end All-Russian Championships to determine the qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics. And he has changed several times this season, and the two sets of programs that have been finalized are very Russian classical figure skating beauty programs, which makes people look forward to it very much.
Kolyada also suffered an injury during his final preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics after he withdrew from the European Championships with a sprained right foot. But just a few days ago, the coaching staff had made it clear that the duck's injury had recovered well and would not affect his journey to Beijing.
Who would have thought he would eventually be blocked by the coronavirus on his way to the Olympics. What a real pity!
So we always say that the Olympics is really a competition unlike any other competition, once every four years, it requires a lot of persistence, a lot of effort, and, some timing and luck.