2018 Olympic Figure Skating Ladies SP

[A.H.Black]

I didn't get to watch practice till Medvedeva. Did something happen with Karen Chen or did she just get a bloody nose?

 

[alyssamarie]

anyone know if the twitch stream will work today?

And good luck to all and remember to have fun!!

 

[shiroKJ]

Truly the only discipline I can watch while from beginning to end. Since the men's was pretty great in general, I hope that doesn't mean the ladies will flop

 

[lavenderblossom]

Go Diana! Nail that short! Please make the free! Please make the free!! Do not implode!!!

also go Zhenya!!! I have full confidence that she's going to slay today

 

[moriel]

This feels 10x more intense than worlds

This feels 10x times less intense than russian nationals

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anyone know if the twitch stream will work today?

And good luck to all and remember to have fun!!

check fslive youtube, the new stream address is in comments

 

[kimi492]

I’m worried about Karen - according to Jackie her jumps pretty much are the same as nationals - she needs to work with someone who can fix her underrotations

 

[GGFan]

Strangely enough this is the event I'm the most calm for. There have been very few times that my ladies favorite has won, so it doesn't phase me as much.

Also none of my favorites can realistically win

 

[Harriet]

Good luck to Isadora Williams, Diana Nikitina, Hanul Kim, Aiza Mambekova, Mae-Berenice Meite and Kailani Craine today! Wishing them all SB scores and places in the free skate.

 

[ks777]

I just want Mirai to skate clean, that's all.

 

[GGFan]

Great to hear the Shibs in a more candid light. They discussed the challenges of finding their style but also of looking different than others. They didn't mention it before because they just wanted to focus on working hard.

 

[chopinskate]

Great to hear the Shibs in a more candid light. They discussed the challenges of finding their style but also of looking different than others. They didn't mention it before because they just wanted to focus on working hard.

Wrong thread?

 

[GGFan]

Wrong thread?

They were interviewing them on the NBC pre-show called Olympic Ice.

 

[chuckm]

Judges for SP: SVK HUN USA JPN KOR CHN RUS KAZ LAT

 

[chopinskate]

They were interviewing them on the NBC pre-show called Olympic Ice.

Ah.

 

[Ylyzybyth]

My new home for the next few hours.

 

[ks777]

so I want Mirai and Bradie to skate clean. It would be nice if they ended up in the final group tomorrow.

 

[Metis]

I’d really like Medvedeva to win it all, as I think she has done quite a bit to push the boundaries of what it means to be a “feminine” skater. Her programs aren’t “ice princess”/classical but modern, even futurist, and she’s showing some new avenues for future skaters. As the girl who was kicked out of ballet for being 5’ tall at nine years old (and way past training bra stage to boot...), I never had much in common with the dainty ice princess thing, but the athleticism versus femininity paradox of the Harding-Kerrigan era is a false choice. Whatever her flaws or the issues with her scores, Medvedeva is at least breathing something new into the discipline, and I actually think her free skate is genius. (Hell, I love her program set to the soundtrack of “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” and I am not a fan of Jonathan Safran Foer in the slightest. How did he ever get hyped as the Milan Kundera of my generation? Literary critics have much to answer for.) (Okay, being a Russian lit nerd and just a bibliophile in general is also part of her charm, perhaps — not that Anna Karenina requires you to have taken Russian lit to know the gist. But she *nails* it.)

Mirai Nagasu already became America’s hero when she landed that 3A in the team event, but I hope she does well for herself tonight, even though none of the American women have a realistic shot of coming near the podium. Of everyone on Team USA, she’s the only one I actually like, and I hope she nails her short just to continue her absolutely epic last laugh against the USFSA.

Other than the aforementioned, it’s just Zagitova, who could certainly take herself out of the competition tonight, and to a lesser extent Kostner, but mostly I wish everyone a clean skate and am hoping to be surprised by a flash of talent or brilliance.

Oh, Mao. I miss you.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

My new home for the next few hours.

Yes, I've already nested. I've my milkshake, chips, soda, an apple, blankets piled all around me, heating pad, and Toto's Africa on repeat until the stream starts

 

[cheerknithanson]

Got my food here, got my pajamas on, streams up, and I'm ready to watch skating.

 

[jillredhand]

I would like Gabrielle Daleman to win with perfect scores and a secret 4T and the heavenly strains of angelic choirs accompanying her skating.

Or I would like Evgenia to win.

If Kaetlyn got bronze that would be cool.

I would also like Sotskova to get bronze and then tano copter into the stratosphere.