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Joesitz said:I can't believe the silver medal is THAT much of a disappointment. She's getting all the hype that the gold medalist would get if she was an American. And she appears to be eating it up.
Joe
Yes she loves it.
Joesitz said:I can't believe the silver medal is THAT much of a disappointment. She's getting all the hype that the gold medalist would get if she was an American. And she appears to be eating it up.
Joe
Joesitz said:I can't believe the silver medal is THAT much of a disappointment. She's getting all the hype that the gold medalist would get if she was an American. And she appears to be eating it up.
Joe
Red Dog said:In danger of throwing a possible damper on the discussion, I need to ask that if she won the bronze medal instead (which I could argue that she should have gotten instead of Irina) whether she would have made the rounds and done all these interviews. Besides, I don't even see any other bronze medallists around. I think bronze is considered a true failure in the US- never mind silver/
soogar said:Well Timmy was making the rounds with his bronze medal. If you go on his site, there were photos of Timmy and celebs with his bronze medal.
And no way did Irina deserve a silver medal for that mess.
daisy said:Swift wrote in SI, that Cohen had groin injuries prior and post Nationals (minor injuries). While in Italy, she was undergoing daily ultrasounds, and practiced at all times with her both legs wrapped. NBC caught her on tape leaving after the Thursday morning practice, it looked to me as if she's been limping all the way to the bus.
Sports psychologists say that silver medallists often feel down in the dumps for a while because they think, oh if I just had done this, or hadn't done that, I could have won the whole thing.Red Dog said:... I don't even see any other bronze medallists around. I think bronze is considered a true failure in the US- never mind silver...
Mathman said:Sports psychologists say that silver medallists often feel down in the dumps for a while because they think, oh if I just had done this, or hadn't done that, I could have won the whole thing.
But bronze medallists are happy because -- hey, at least I won something for that mess I put out there.
MM
Arakawa was not an upstart. She was the one of the three top skaters going into the Ladies competition.She won it and deserved the GOLD.
Since when is a bronze medal a failure? The way some posters talk about gold being the only medal, and now changing it suddently to include silver is quite obvious.
I can answer one question, will Mao intimidate Sasha? No way. Sasha's worst intimidator is some nebulous skating God hiding in some black nebulous cloud.Joesitz said:To set the record straight:
Arakawa was not an upstart. She was the one of the three top skaters going into the Ladies competition.She won it and deserved the GOLD.
Since when is a bronze medal a failure? The way some posters talk about gold being the only medal, and now changing it suddently to include silver is quite obvious.
Sasha's first Olys there was NO medal. A third try at the Olys, will she be too old? Will she be stagnating? Will the pressure get to her? Will Mao intimidate her?
The above are not my questions but they were filling up the pages earlier in the season. Just wanted to see if they are still valid.
Joe
soogar said:Well Timmy was making the rounds with his bronze medal. If you go on his site, there were photos of Timmy and celebs with his bronze medal.
And no way did Irina deserve a silver medal for that mess.
attyfan said:IIRC, Nicks said that Sasha was not injured, she just needed sleep when everyone was wondering why she missed the practice sessions. I just thought she had the wrap as a preventative.
Red Dog said:I know, Joe. I was specifically referring to the once-in-4-years fans who have no idea who Arakawa is.