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She is forgotten already.
She is forgotten already.
Since when has Kwan been a bigger draw than Cohen in Europe? That is the exact opposite of the general consensus and I'm not sure how you can state that so emphatically. For one thing, Cohen competed a lot more in Europe than Kwan ever did. And what makes you say Asia loves Slutskaya than Cohen?Outside of the U.S Sasha is pretty much yesterdays news at this point, not she was ever a big star in Europe which loved Slutskaya and Kwan, or Asia which loved their own skaters, Slutskaya, and Kwan.
I think it's something to due with different skates. If you go to the ice network backstage pics, the three girls are standing in sneakers and Gracie only looks a couple of cms taller than Adelina and Julia looks not as close to Adelina's height as in skates. On her formspring Adelina recently said she is 162 cm, which is between 5'3.5"-5'4", so if this is correct, judging from the picture of them all in sneakers I'd believe Gracie is around 164 cm, like 5'4.5". That seems about right as Christina Gao and Polina Shelepen are both only 165 cm (5'5") and look really tall on the ice and both appear taller than GracieIt looks like Gracie has grown since the fall, too. She and Adelina both list their heights as 163 cm on their isu bios, but Gracie looks at least 5 cm taller than Adelina in that photo. Julia lists herself as 151 cm, and she looks closer to Adelina than that.
She is forgotten already.
Only Americans even remember her...
...she will be forgotten even in the U.S.
There are not many skaters whose appeal is truly without boarders. Stephane Lambiel, maybe.
It only makes sense that Americans hold Sasha in greater fondness than do people around the world. The same is true of Michelle Kwan and Dorothy Hamill.
Since when has Kwan been a bigger draw than Cohen in Europe? That is the exact opposite of the general consensus
As for whether Sasha has been forgetten, do I even have to mention the heated discussion on every board that Cohen generated when she decided to come back for Nationals in 2010 after being absent from competition for almost 4 years?
Cohen has never received anything near that. I have never seen Cohen receive a major ovation from any European crowd, except perhaps to some degree her 2004 Worlds SP and only since it was spectacular.
Lipnitskaia will become the best female skater ever. She will win every Olympic and World gold 2014-2018 virtually uncontested. Nobody can compete with her considering the level she is already at at 13.
Lipnitskaia will become the best female skater ever. She will win every Olympic and World gold 2014-2018 virtually uncontested. Nobody can compete with her considering the level she is already at at 13.
Thats what they said about Caroline Zhang/Mirai Nagasu back in 2007. Look what happened to them, even though they bounced back. Neither have won a world title (Caroline has yet to earn a trip to worlds) and Mirai did place fourth at the olympics (when Caroline didn't even make the top 10 at nationals), Mirai is a bit of a headcase atm, and Caroline is still flutzing and her technique isn't 100% solid yet, but miles and miles better than what it was before, but still.
Then again, she could be a Tara Lipinski, small but wins big. Or a Michelle, who never got olympic gold but for a while was unbeatable. We'll have to see in the coming years.
Lipnitskaia will become the best female skater ever. She will win every Olympic and World gold 2014-2018 virtually uncontested. Nobody can compete with her considering the level she is already at at 13.