I've heard reports from people who are not Yu-na ubers that Suguri was shadowing Yu-na in that practice.......
Anyway, I hope all skaters can skate perfect, injury-free. I just can't wait for LP performances of Elene, Yuna and Rachael this evening.
I have learned it is best to ignore these people. I used to argue with them but they have an agenda and become very rude.
They must not be skaters or they would know that everyone takes relatively the same path to do a jump so everyone is shadowing everyone. Also, close calls are somewhat common at freestyle. Theres a lot going on.
One of these poeple kept putting vulgar, racist remarks on a youtube video I put up. They kept changing their you-tube ligon but I could tell it was the same person.
Just ignore them and maybe they will go away.
There are skaters who do shadow other skaters in practice as a form of gamesmanship. I think that a lot of the youtube videos are ridiculous....
Does she have 3l-3t???? Wow!!!
ETA: You mean she planned it and practiced it in her practices? What she did in the program was just 3-2.
There are skaters who do shadow other skaters in practice as a form of gamesmanship. I think that a lot of the youtube videos are ridiculous....
She said she was SICK. (Note that in my post I said "sick / injured")
Internet is part of the media.
I'm not exaggerating it. How many US or European athletes had to leave their home countries because of the media intrusion? Yuna left in part b/c the media wouldn't let her practice in peace.
P.S. I understand that Korea does not have a rink for figure skating, but given her talent and international competition results, they would've given her a rink if she'd insisted on it.
I think it's gotten more attention than necessary b/c some Korean rags decided to run a story on how Suguri interrupted Yuna right after SA SP. It's just getting ridiculous.
This is another exaggeration. Some Korean media just quoted what some fans were saying on boards. They never stated it as a fact or as a report. Obviously, they don't know what happened.
She said she got cold. So, you are saying that if she hadn't said so, Korean media would have crucified her. Really? Then, you don'tneed to worry about her. If she fails to win OGM, she can just say she got cold. No problem. How easy!
You are not only exaggerating it but distorting it. YuNa didn't go to Toronto because of media intrusion. Three years ago, she was not that popular. She went there, because Orser, Wilson are there in addition to nice Cricket club.
During Yuna's official rehearsal,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZztPum8skM
Something DANGEROUS happened to Yuna at 00:16, and she failed on flip. This has happened to her many times before during her official rehearsals in the previous competitions. What do you think? (I heard Yuna telling her coatch that she was nervous at the kiss & cry zone after the short program).
Just another accident? like many others that've happened to her before?
She said she was SICK. (Note that in my post I said "sick / injured")
Internet is part of the media.
I'm not exaggerating it. How many US or European athletes had to leave their home countries because of the media intrusion? Yuna left in part b/c the media wouldn't let her practice in peace.
P.S. I understand that Korea does not have a rink for figure skating, but given her talent and international competition results, they would've given her a rink if she'd insisted on it.
I actually preferred Julia and Fumie's program over Racheal's. Julia was just great and was very visibly pleased with her performance, so too was Fumie until the score came out.
Hope these two veterans can have a got free skate (good luck to others as well) and i wish Japan had like 5 olympic spots rather than 3.
Same here!
I hope Julia does better in LP. I know her previous GP was a big let down.
P.S. Does anyone know why Rachael scored higher than Julia?
Sasha Cohen, with both John Nicks and Tatiana Tarasova, milked the crap out of the CoP. While she didn't win, Sasha's team figured out how to use the code to her abilities and make up for her technical limitations. The US skaters should have taken note instead of trying to become the Next Whoever.
Eta: Welcome to the board!
The Youtube Video War started (or perhaps it was always there but intensified) b/c SBS reported that Yuna blamed JP skaters for interrupting her practice. The only problem was that Yuna NEVER said it. She just mentioned that sometimes it can be hard to practice b/c other skaters can be in the way and that at some competitions it's disruptive / too much, but she never named anyone or mentioned nationality, etc.
Since SBS is a big media outlet in Korea, the JP media picked up the story, and a lot of JP fans, etc. became very upset. The JSF requested clarification from their counterpart in Korean Federation, and eventually the JSF told all their skaters to avoid doing anything that can cause misunderstanding overseas.
SBS apologized to Yuna, but as far as I know, they never apologized to the JSF or the JP skaters.
Absolutely right. What non-Koreans need to remember is that SBS is EVIL. For you American fans, they're like the Fox News of Korea...
I think it's really sad that the U.S. ladies aren't taking advantage of COP to maximize their points. Joannie Rochette, on the other hand, apparently does. I don't understand the specifics, but I heard that she packed her programs with lots of transitions that really boost her score even when she doesn't outperform the other skaters on jumps. I think Rachael and Caroline could really benefit from that approach. Both of them, under ideal conditions, could up their SP score by about 10 points. I am not sure where Wagner is, but I would wager that even she is far from maximizing her SP scores. (As for LPs, I don't really know how many more points the U.S. ladies could squeeze out of them.)
I think she might have planned a 3-3 by the way she was rotating in the air. She's a lot faster on ice and her rotation in the air is much more quicker than the previous seasons..