Namita Nayyar:
In the current pandemic situation, how are you training while staying at home?
Kailani Craine:
It took a bit to adjust. I was actually in Los Angeles training when our World Championships got cancelled literally 3 days before I was supposed to leave for the competition. It was a shock because figure skating competitions almost never get cancelled especially Championship events.
I was really disappointed because I had worked so hard to be in the perfect shape and I felt really confident in myself which was something I didn’t feel at this time last year. Of course I understand that health comes first and the right decision was made.
After that our Olympic team said I had to fly back to Australia, I was supposed to get new choreography after World’s and this was the first year in my whole career that I was organised to get new routines in April- usually I get them in June/July.
So I felt really deflated when I came home to Australia, I didn’t really know what I was supposed to be doing because we usually earn a break from the stress of Worlds, it’s like all this adrenaline was built up and I had nowhere to put it!
I had to completely quarantine myself immediately when I got home from the USA so I was just kind of hanging around on my own and I didn’t know how to keep myself motivated. It only took me about a week to snap out of it and find my motivation again, now I get to work out in the mornings which I never did before and it has made me feel amazing! This has been a great reflection time.
Namita Nayyar:
Advice and motivational words to the inspiring and upcoming athletes who all are your fans? Five tips to work upon their skills.
Kailani Craine:
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard”. I absolutely love that quote because it is so relatable to me, I never was talented in figure skating at all. I was never flexible, I was super shy, I didn’t perform, and I didn’t have any jump height or natural technique!
I had to really work hard at all of those things for a very long time, but you just take one thing at a time and tick it off one by one. Stay present and remember nothing beats hard work!
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