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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/sports/olympics/24skate.html?th&emc=th
Check it out. I think it is a very balanced article.
Joe
Check it out. I think it is a very balanced article.
Joe
I hope that others don't look on this competition and say, "Well, Shizuka won only because Sasha and Irina faltered under pressure." Shizuka won because she was better than Irina and Sasha in Italy. The end.
BronzeisGolden said:Good point, Jaana. This was not the same kind of competition as SLC or Nagano. These programs were packed with a lot more intricate steps and moves, transitions, etc. I don't think they can accurately be compared. I didn't find anything wrong with Irina or Sasha's comments, but I didn't much care for Hughes's quote. There was some truth in it, but it wasn't classy. It was almost an, "Well, she didn't win with a slam-bang performance like I did, but it was nice." Shizuka delivered a great performance under pressure.....under COP pressure. It is not the same thing. I hope that others don't look on this competition and say, "Well, Shizuka won only because Sasha and Irina faltered under pressure." Shizuka won because she was better than Irina and Sasha in Italy. The end.
Red Dog said:Shiz was better than the two of them THAT NIGHT but had one or both been clean, Arakawa would not be OGM.
Exactly.Jaana said:The writer seems to have the idea that Shizuka´s freeskate performance was something less that those by Tara and Sarah. Maybe she does not understand, that those performance from 1998 and 2002 would not win against Shizuka in CoP scoring, I believe. It is not just the number of jumps that counts.
I totally agree. Hughes's quoteBronzeisGolden said:Good point, Jaana. This was not the same kind of competition as SLC or Nagano. These programs were packed with a lot more intricate steps and moves, transitions, etc. I don't think they can accurately be compared. I didn't find anything wrong with Irina or Sasha's comments, but I didn't much care for Hughes's quote. There was some truth in it, but it wasn't classy. It was almost an, "Well, she didn't win with a slam-bang performance like I did, but it was nice." Shizuka delivered a great performance under pressure.....under COP pressure. It is not the same thing. I hope that others don't look on this competition and say, "Well, Shizuka won only because Sasha and Irina faltered under pressure." Shizuka won because she was better than Irina and Sasha in Italy. The end.
Red Dog said:what about Irina? She was AFTER Shizuka.