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- Aug 27, 2003
For example, I keep wondering why so many think Gracie Gold is the next huge thing. It doesn't seem to be based on competition results, this year or last. I keep wondering to myself: what does Gracie Gold have that didn't cause this kind of excitement in all of the other post-Sasha contenders? Why is she the IT girl?
Gracie has shown the ability to land triple Lutz/triple toe and triple flip/triple toe combinations with some consistency. I think the excitement around her boils down to that. Most of the other post-Sasha contenders have either never landed those combos in competition or have not landed them consistently or correctly. I think that's the difference. In the wake of Yu-Na Kim's World and Olympic victories, won in large part due to the consistency of her triple Lutz/triple toe, everyone knows how important those combinations are.