Thanks for posting that, I never saw this before. Her outfit is very risky ...
Thanks for posting that, I never saw this before. Her outfit is very risky ...
I miss her, but not desperately. For me she is one of the finest skaters that ever was and very probably the finest skater of her generation. When I think of how skating should look like I always see Carolina flying down the rink. And I don't think that TV broadcasts ever did her justice, if you haven't seen her live you just don't know what set her apart.
Agree. She is stunningHave y'all seen her Ave Maria? It doesn't move you? Who out there can do what she does????
She was never my favourite, but she aged well like wine. These youngsters can only hope that three Olympic cycles later they would have only developed for the better like Carolina. Half the time she was a hot mess, but when she was on, she was the only one to challenge Mao, Kim, and Miki. I'm all for supporting the future and not staying stuck in the past, however, there is nobody in the current field of children (yes, they are children) that captures, let alone sparks a surge of inspiration and creativity.
Basically, apart from Ashley Wagner- who at the moment is like a grandma compared to the field, the crop of younger skaters grew up watching a group of well rounded skaters who knew how to spin, and do a spiral, and perform actual choreography. However, by the time their turn was up, the system did not reward those aspects as much as they used to, and in turn these skaters just became a jumble of what was and jumping prowess.
None of them were taught as well in the basics, probably because they could jump and that's all that mattered. With the exception of the Japanese skaters and a few Americans (Mirai came in at the cusp of change, and Ashley.) the rest of the field turned into a bunch of jumping prodigies with a poor skill set and frantic arms. And there you are with the Russians, and the Canadians.
Going back to the OP, all this does make me miss Kostner because of quality. No point having a field full of promise and potential that right now is going the drain.