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Anyone watching the Family Skating Tribute on ABC? It's on tv right now where I'm at.
It's not on here in California. Where are you? Who's skating?
Anyone watching the Family Skating Tribute on ABC? It's on tv right now where I'm at.
He did coaching in the US a few years ago. (He was my coach at one point!) He moved back to Russia recently to do something skating related.
Hey Russians, it's me again. With all this talk about a Russian Man not making the GPF, I started looking and I remembered a skater who doesn't get mentioned very often. His name is Alexander Apt, He was the third Russian at Worlds in 2001. He was Goooood Loooooookin' :agree: Does anyone know what he's doing these days??
(and based on his expression at the time Yagudin thought so too).
I was wondering if there have been any other high level skaters from Poland.
Indeed.
It says on Wikipedia:
"Abt retired from competition and participated in the Russian TV show Ice Age (2008). He played one of the main roles in a Russian soap opera about figure skating, My Hot Ice (2008–2009). Abt has skated in Japan for Prince Ice World and in Russia on the Ice Symphony tour. He coaches in New Jersey."
And forgive me, I think he actually went to Belarus.
The use of impact singular is correct. The fall had a negative impact on an otherwise strong program. The fall impacted the rest of the program is not correct.
I have lived too long if "impact" has snuck up on me and become a verb while I was looking the other way.
Actually, I think this happened back in the 1970s when people took a sudden interest in protecting the environment. Everyone had to write an "Environmental Impact Statement" before embarking on any big building project. No one really knew how to do it, so many pages of verbiage were generated to comply with new government regulations. Bureaucrats started saying (the language went nicely with the notion of an "Impact Statement") things like, "This dam will impact the nesting habits "
Instead of, "The dam will affect the nesting habits." Hey, this isn't an Environmental Effect Statement, peeps.
(As always, I reserve the right to be wrong, just in case anyone can bring in some quotes misusing the so-called verb "to impact" in this way before 1970. )
I know, I know. Old people die. Young people talk how they want to. Language evolves.
Much to your dismay, impact is a verb. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impact As mrice stated above, impacted is not though. This makes "This dam will impact the nesting habits" correct. According to Mirriam_Webster the first known use was 1601.
Guess who? Do you guys remember Anna Rechnio? She was a skater from Poland. I was wondering if there have been any other high level skaters from Poland. Why do I care. Because I love Basia. She is a Polish Singer who was very popular in the "Studio" side of show business who had 1 big album. I always thought her song "New Day For You" would make a great short program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5GKHqU35Y
I think the pairs team of Zagorska and Siudek are best known. They won quite a few international medals in the late 90s - early 2000s.
"=cathlen;1310906]I can't imagine foreigners saying Basia's last name "
It's nearly impossible spell and even harder to say. I remember searching the internet to find a clip of her saying her name and she when she did.....I was like...
The only "Sport" I was ever good at was Tennis and I've followed closely since the 80's. So, I have a question for you. Is Agnieszka Radwanska popular in Poland? With all this talk about how skaters look different in person, it's certainly true about female tennis players. Unlike the Men. The ladies are usually playing with their hair slicked back into pony tail or bun. Some just wear Hats or Visors and little to no makeup.
I saw Aga at a tournament in California and she was doing a meet and greet. She is Beautiful!! She was very nice and very natural when speaking English. However, when Polish Fans came up to her she lit up and even though I had no idea what she was saying, the people she was talking to were very happy.
I don't follow tennis closely, so it's just my impressions and it may differ from reality, but... Most polish fans are a little volatile & and they change thiri opinions on sportsmen/sporstwomen quite easily. I think Agnieszka has as many admirers as critics actually, though she's undeniably best polish female player of all time. It's not for me to judge her beauty and English, but I'm sure she would be glad to hear what you think about her And she clearly likes to be around people who has connections to Poland as her two best friends on Tour are Caroline Wozniacki & Angelique Kerber (as she said herself), both with polish roots. And I think everybody likes to hear their mother language while being abroad for so long as she is during the season
Does anyone know where the GP final is being held next year?
I believe next season's GP Final will be in Marseille, France.
I believe next season's GP Final will be in Marseille, France.
So I have a tights question, are the tights that fit over a lady's boot the same as the ones that fit inside the boot? or are the ones that go inside more like pantyhose (with an enclosed toe)?