This was the second time Sasha has skated this program without jumps on TV. Nationals was the first. This program had jumps in it this summer and at the winter cheesefest. If my memory serves correct, Sasha always falls during the exhibition after a competition (for the past few years), so maybe that is not the last impression she wants to leave with the audience. Or maybe her lingering little injuries don't want to be bothered by jumps when they don't have to be.Tonichelle said:Sasha is an amazing skater... but didn't she take OUT the jumps that were in the program? Or was I imagining remembering jumps earlier this year? If that's so then I think the injuries and fatigue really has been a factor!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. It all makes sense now.DORISPULASKI said:Zhangs were skating to the march of the elephants from Disney's jungle book. I guess that makes Hao Zhang one of the elephants and perhaps Dan Zhang is Mowgli?
Lucy25 said:This was the second time Sasha has skated this program without jumps on TV. Nationals was the first.
This is the second or third time I've seen her do this program without the jumps. I think it's great!!!cosmictears10 said:Never noticed this before and correct me if she's done it differently in the past, but that gala program didn't include any jumps...
Math, you just make me laugh all the time. I like hanging out with you. :agree: I like to laugh.Mathman said:Phooey on the CoP.
Lucy25 said:This was the second time Sasha has skated this program without jumps on TV. Nationals was the first. This program had jumps in it this summer and at the winter cheesefest. If my memory serves correct, Sasha always falls during the exhibition after a competition (for the past few years), so maybe that is not the last impression she wants to leave with the audience. Or maybe her lingering little injuries don't want to be bothered by jumps when they don't have to be.
This jumpless program certainly highlights her strengths, but I really hope she has a new COI program. I am tired of this one and absolutely hate the song.
The name of the song Stephane skated to was 'I Don't Wanna Be' by Gavin DeGraw. I think he did ad-lib the program since on ESPN they said the name of the song/program was 'Improvisation'. He probably improvised since he most likely was going to skate to 'You're Beautiful' which was his exhibition at the Olympics, but Denkova/Staviski skated 'You're Beautiful' and he probably had to find something else quick.Mathman said:Lambiel rocked! Did I hear right? Was the name of his music "I just want to be the son of a prison guard?"
His spins were so much better than in his competitive program. Why didn't he spin like that in the competition? This was ad-lib, right? Rather than a program that he planned out in advance?
cosmictears10 said:Never noticed this before and correct me if she's done it differently in the past, but that gala program didn't include any jumps...
antmanb said:She did it this way at the olympics too - though maybe theree was a split jump in the Olympic one. I didn't watch her exhibition in Calgary though, i tuned in too late! In its first outing though there definitely were some jumps - i think at least a triple toe and double axel. I don't know when she re-did the program to have no jumps in it.
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