Originally Posted by EyesOfLove
Yes. And I'm thinking Brian did a great job of peaking his student at just the right time! And boy it was great timing indeed....
Yes. And I'm thinking Brian did a great job of peaking his student at just the right time! And boy it was great timing indeed....
Kwak did a fabulous job in LP. She landed all her jumps I believe and she was really happy with her score. She came 13th I believe. Canadian commentator Rod Black called her "Mini-Yuna".
What an amazing night of figure skating. I am so awe-struck and impressed by the top 4. And we couldn't have three more deserving medalists. Yu-Na compartmentalized all that pressure and FINALLY skated a perfect long with all jumps in place and landed beautifully. Tonight was the night to do it. I sure hope she stays in the competitive game because she can master any type of music! Meanwhile, Mao's triple axels were simply historic. They were so on in this competition. She deserves so much credit for that technical mastery, although I am happy Yu-Na was around, as she possesses more of the complete package in terms of all aspects of skating. I don't even know what to say about Joannie; she is a hero and has such a strong will. Wow. Mirai is definitely on track for an Olympic podium finish in the future, and how fitting that she beat the other American who is so uninspiring and contrived in all of her movements. Mirai had the best spins of the final group.
Thank god the final group also had no falls and was predominantly clean! What a change from Torino when the top women for all a mess, especially Sasha and Irina.
Yay! Something to look forward to then! Do you think she'll be a podium threat come 2014?
Actually, now I believe Yuna will carry on. If anything, Korea needs her to earn them spots for WC.
Congratulations to Yuna, who was so perfect tonight! And to Mao & Joannie, all the rest of the skaters!!!
Congratulations to Yu-na !
Mao...in fact, the silver medal is for Joannie not for you... Mao, you're a jump cheater...You just don't deserve it.
Even Ando was way better. Mao, you're such a cheat.
DesertRoad, I was replying to someone who didn't like Yuna's program for lack of fire. Sorry there were so many new pages so I didn't go back to quote it.
Thank you guys both for elaborating what I felt about her program much better than I did.
Glad you mentioned the Salchow between the footworks because from that part to the second 3Lutz is my favorite portion of the program. Not that other moments of the program is any less charming, but I think it showcases her versatility very well in a minute's matter of time.
Last edited by breeze; 02-26-2010 at 02:18 AM.
I agree. She seems very, very promising, but 4 years is a long time and anything could happen. She has a good guide in her coach, and she has made a very good beginning. Should she endure till Sochi, though... I wonder if she will be affected by association? (i.e. training mate of "gold-stealing, un-manly skating" Lysacek and his eevil coach Frank) :D Sorry, just kidding. 'Mirai' will certainly be someone to look forward to in the 'future'.I really liked Mirai today too, but let's not hand out gold medal for Sochi just yet, that's just not fair to Vancouver that has just given us one of the greatest Olympics ever when it comes to ladies' figure skating
O.K. here comes the idiots
Did anyone see the medals ceremony? It was very surreal to see all three women crying for three different reasons. I enjoyed so many great programs tonight, I think this was the cleanest Olys ever! Felt bad for Mao- she looked heartbroken. She should be very proud though. She made history too!
Oh shut up, any other Olympics and the gold would have been Mao's. She wrote history tonight with her program and I can't wait to see where she'll go from here.
Well said. And this doesn't even mention that Kimmie excelled in an era of less particular judging. Her 3-3s were *always* cheated. Once the judges got tough, she didn't last. So her winning performance at 2006 Worlds doesn't hold up if we look at it under a microscope - those 3-3s would not have been ratified last season or this season or tonight. It certainly was the best performance that night in that event, but then again her biggest jumping competition came from Suguri and Sokolova. Thankfully for us, the international field is much deeper in 2010.Actually Kim would have scored 266.08 if she skated in 2006 lol They had qualifying round which gave skaters extra 20-40 points. Mao would have scored 238.43 and Joannie 235.46. And Kimmie Meissner actually scored 218.33 at the 2006 Worlds!
The qualifying round is your free skate score factorised by 0.25... It's gone now!
Kimmie would have came 9th with her score in 2006 behind Laura Lepisto at this Olympic games!!
Tweaked? You say Tweaked? Did anyone with ISU or IOC actually hold a press conference and officially announce that the "Pre-Tweak scores do not count" ?
Also, Aftertherain, I have a life, and I was not addressing that remark to YOU, but to the officials and the announcers who think that a mere "tweak" is enough of a change to justify calling the pre-tweak scores meaningless, or rendering them meaningless in the official records of Figure Skating.
You hear that, jsteam4501s? That's the bell 'cause you just got schooled.Actually Kim would have scored 266.08 if she skated in 2006 lol They had qualifying round which gave skaters extra 20-40 points. Mao would have scored 238.43 and Joannie 235.46. And Kimmie Meissner actually scored 218.33 at the 2006 Worlds!
The qualifying round is your free skate score factorised by 0.25... It's gone now!
Kimmie would have came 9th with her score in 2006 behind Laura Lepisto at this Olympic games!!
Funny, maybe I've watched the same TV program with you, but had the different impression. I didn't have negative or blaming atmosphere. Didn't you hear Yukina Ota's comment cheering up Mao? But it's OK, each person has each impression.
Actually, an extra celebrating Mao's silver has issued. Of couse I know the gold is better, but I'm really proud of you, Mao-chan.
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