Red Dog said:I agree. Shizuka's performance, while good and well enough to win that night, wasn't all that.
:chorus: Art imitates life!Zuranthium said:Sasha's performance was excellent as well because her falls worked with the music. They set up a kind of tragedy and considering she was skating to Romeo and Juliet, you really got the feeling of "wow, love can overcome anything" by the time she got done skating. Notice how the commentators (for both American and European coverage) don't say a word after the first two minutes - they are enthralled. Beautiful.
attyfan said:in '06, the OGMs in the mens and the ladies were clean, but not the skate of their lives
Zuranthium said:I disagree -- Arakawa gave the best performance of her life, even if the jumping wasn't the very best she can do.