2012 Cup of China Ladies Short Program

[Victura]

I liked Mao's program and definitely enjoyed the joyful and youthful quality she brought to it. I do think that she could get a better costume though...Gershwin is not juniorish or childish, but this dress makes it seem that way.

[IleK]

I agree. Everyone else looked juniorish compared with Kiira. Her SP is just beautiful. I wish she could give us a clean skate out of it rest of the season.

Agree with you two, not necesseraly that she was robbed, I try to stay out of the conspiracy theories, but she clearly is a lady between girls. I have nothing against the others but her program was the only one that really caught my attention. In a half an hour we will see the long. I wish them all the best, I want to see good programs from all the ladies and may Kiira hit the 3-3 combo because she really can do it and she does it really nice. And I really really hope she will make the podium.

[brightphoton]

I thought Mao's costume looked familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfFDratp4_Q

[lowtherlore]

Looks are not a PCS mark. Mao and Mirai are quite terrific skaters, and they intended to convey a youthful energy in their programs. Their edges, stroking, and spins are not remotely juniorish.

Whatever skills they have as seasoned veterans, they failed to utilize them. Their programs looked lame and juniorish to me. Totally forgettable. JMO, of course.

[jasminum]

I liked Mao's program and definitely enjoyed the joyful and youthful quality she brought to it. I do think that she could get a better costume though...Gershwin is not juniorish or childish, but this dress makes it seem that way.

I agree. It looks like she had a dress for SP but she changed to the orange/silver one which she used for a show two years ago. There may be some reasons she couldn't use her original dress. I hope she will wear it at NHK.

[chloepoco]

I agree. It looks like she had a dress for SP but she changed to the orange/silver one which she used for a show two years ago. There may be some reasons she couldn't use her original dress. I hope she will wear it at NHK.

I think I read somewhere that her new sp dress was not ready yet.

[let`s talk]

It is not a mistranslation, it is Vaycehovskaya's (journalist) mistake. She badly retold Julia's words.

Finally. Someone else spoke wisdom. Perhaps when she writes that Ashley or Scott or Jeremy or Charlie or whoever was dumped by his/her poor parents and adopted by a rich couple, like she wrote about Dai two days ago, maybe then some people will finally understand how much trust her writing is "worthy".

[Art&Sport]

I thought Mao's costume looked familiar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfFDratp4_Q

The ubiquitous Carmen, no less.

Thanks for the memories of Mao!

[FlattFan]

Looks are not a PCS mark. Mao and Mirai are quite terrific skaters, and they intended to convey a youthful energy in their programs. Their edges, stroking, and spins are not remotely juniorish.

Looks are not a PCS mark. SS is.
You think for what they did, Kiira's SS is less than Mao's or Mirai's?
As for choreography, interpretation, performance, not even close.

You can't skate like a junior and get better CH, IN, and PE.

The Russian girls all want to be sexy grown-ups. Mao wants to be 12. It's ridiculous.

[ForeverFish]

This. And I'd add it's not just that you have nothing nice to say, it is how you say it. Like kwanatic says, the girl is 14. To compare her to a leopard print thong is, in my opinion, very inappropriate. I respect your views on the skaters, flattfan, and thing that, as opinions, they are as valid as mine. However, I try hard to think about how I say what I say. I feel sometimes like you go for shock value in your posts. Everything you say as a sentiment is acceptable but how you say it I think rubs many people, me included, the wrong way.

Normally I would try to avoid sounding like a prude, but FlattFan's comment was very, very inappropriate. Julia is fourteen...fourteen...and she still looks like a little girl. I hope you never make that comparison in public for fear of it being seriously, seriously misconstrued.