Thanks loved the pics of Mao happier, she should be so proud of that silver medal. Loved the clips of the baby american's
Thanks loved the pics of Mao happier, she should be so proud of that silver medal. Loved the clips of the baby american's
Whoever said they thought that only Mao and Mirai out of the top 6 would be at Sochi, I tend to think Lepisto will be there too. She's only 21 and in Europe they often stick around for longer, I'd love to see her continue to compete and develop consistency. If she keeps performing like she did here, I think she could potentially win a World medal sometime in the near future.
Also, does anyone know what Rachael plans to do next year? I mean she's gotten into Stanford already, I know she said she plans to continue skating but do people think she'll be able to maintain the level she's at now with all the changes she'll have to make in coaching, training, lifestyle etc when she goes to college?
Interesting news.
Lloyds syndicate in London is going to pay $1mil to Yuna
The great thing about Brian Orser and David Wilson is they know how to maximize every point possible from the COP!
Each move of Yu-Na, each entrance or ending to a jump or spin all earn points for GOE!!! Simply amazing
I think Yu-Na deserved her score because of their mastery of the COP!
I think Frank should also get David Wilson to help Mirai! Mirai is going to be the biggest skating star after Yu-Na! Since Mao is not retiring I am thrilled about the possible match up between Asada and Nagasu in Soichi
Soichi looks really promising with Nagasu, Gao, Zhang, Flatt, Wagner- battling it out in the US, Kanako and Mao, the Russian skaters, the new generation of amazing Korean skaters
No question Yuna has a great team around her. Tracy Wilson helping her with step sequence and Sandra Bezic choosing the Bond Music.Originally Posted by christinaskater
But none of that would have mattered if Yuna was not able to go down there and find it deep within herself to put the programs down when it counted. For that, this is her medal and she is the champion.
This is just a random observation, but after watching the medal ceremony (I taped it), I just realized that this current bunch of skaters isn't very "huggy" or interactive with one another on the podium (when they all step up to the top at the end). I remember Michelle Kwan, Irina Slutskaya, Sarah Hughes, etc. would talk to one another and put their arms around each other when posing for pictures...
The asian culture as a general rule is not very huggy and Joannie's mom just died so....yeah, not surprised.
She tweeted him, "Felicitations!" (Congratulations!) Saw him on CTV interview. He's kinda cute.Wonder what she thinks of her ex-bf winning a gold and bronze yesterday?
Mao and Yuna are not huggy with one another or other skaters in other comps either. Probably is the asian culture thing.
Ahh Joannie and Speed Skater boy broke up? Since when? I thought they were going to get married!
They were living together, but apparently they're still friends - I had read that he had to talk to the team psychologist after Joannie's mom died. Joannie's newer boyfriend is Guillaume Gfeller, Canadian ice dancer (4th at Canadians last year, 7th this year)
Yup
In the show, when he took back the program (with Wilson's choreography added) back to Galina (his coach), she decided to rework almost all of the choreography to "put her stamp on it," so to speak. Galina didn't go with Johnny when he was working with David Wilson (something that seems pretty counter-productive). David Wilson was very light-hearted and fun... he even wanted to put, as he called them "*** swivels" into Johnny's program lol, but Galina wouldn't have it. She wanted it her way or no way at all.
Wow, that didn't take long.
Well, it was even surreal for me to see all 3 of them welling up for different reasons.
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