Ladies go for Gold! Free Skate

[Frau Muller]

Joannie Rochette - Canada
Falling Leaves

landed 3 flip!

3 lutz - 2 toe!

HUGE 3 loop! "Look at that height!!!" Euro guys say.

hangs on to 3 sal....

2 lutz solo (planned 3ple)

3 - 3 - 2...hard to understand but she did something big near the end!!!

Lovely spiral to sweeping music.

ENDING MUSIC - Audience already bravoing, cheering, yelling!!!! GREAT! "The performance of the night so far!!!!" "She will move up - how high?"

Carolina on the ice...but we still wait for Joannie's scores!

YES!!! 111.41 LP.....into 1st!!!! Only 7 skaters to go!

17 ROCHETTE Joannie CAN 9 55.85 1 111.42 1 167.27
15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 2 103.79 2 160.87
16 MEIER Sarah SUI 10 55.57 3 100.56 3 156.13
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 5 95.46 4 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 6 94.55 5 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 8 89.48 6 143.22
9 SOKOLOVA Elena RUS 18 46.69 4 95.66 7 142.35

 

[soogar]

yes, Jane2 - that's what I meant by 'melt-down.' Time to dump Heiss!!! Miki down into 5th.

Miki's scores, in relation to tohers:
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 2 95.46 1 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 3 94.55 2 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 5 89.48 3 143.22
9 SOKOLOVA Elena RUS 18 46.69 1 95.66 4 142.35
14 ANDO Miki JPN 8 56.00 6 84.20 5 140.20
6 KORPI Kiira FIN 20 44.84 4 92.36 6 137.20
7 LIASHENKO Elena UKR 13 52.35 8 81.73 7 134.08
12 SEBESTYEN Julia HUN 16 49.58 10 79.68 8 129.26


Emily Hughes up next!
Glazunov 'The Seasons'


Huge 'bravo!' on 2 ax. roll eyes

3 flip-2 toe!

3 luts - 2 toe - 2 loop SLOW but - hey! it's done!

falls on 3 loop

good solo 3 lutz

3??? "only a double"
lovely 3 sal - 2 toe

END - Lots of energy! "Gt to see smile as big now as at the start!" "A gutsy skate...after 3 loop fall, just kept going."

Should be 1st after this - for a while. A NEW LEADER BY A MILE!!!!

15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 1 103.79 1 160.87
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 3 95.46 2 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 4 94.55 3 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 6 89.48 4 143.22
9 SOKOLOVA Elena RUS 18 46.69 2 95.66 5 142.35
14 ANDO Miki JPN 8 56.00 7 84.20 6 140.20
6 KORPI Kiira FIN 20 44.84 5 92.36 7 137.20
7 LIASHENKO Elena UKR 13 52.35 9 81.73 8 134.08

Yay!!! Bah to all the haters who said Baby Hughes wouldn't do well!!

 

[Nmsis]

Emily has a lot of energy on the ice. It was a pleasure to see her skate. 1st place deserved.
Sarah Mier: great! Not perfect but promissing. Allez la Suisse !

 

[Kwanford Wife]

Yay!!! Bah to all the haters who said Baby Hughes wouldn't do well!!

Yes, Soogar. You were right. We were wrong.

 

[Nmsis]

Rochette first. She was great !

 

[Frau Muller]

Carolina Kostner (the Pride of Italy!)
Four Seasons - Winter


3 flip - 2 toe "little elev but did the job"

lands fwds on 3 lutz...all over the ice

"good girl - recovers 3 loop"

***slow music

"How on earth did she land that?...2 axel..." [hard to hear]

"Oh dear...not happening for her...2 ax - 3 toe combo fell
fell on yet another thing
audience 'reaching out' to encourage

***music quickens Audience claps in time....

END "It was too much, I'm afraid. All of the expectations on her." "Nothing but disappointment for Italy at the Palavela..."

Whistles and boos....99.73 ....4th pl overall..."judges very kind to her," says Chris.

Euro guys call it 'a thank you for hosting the games"...would have placed a lot lower in 5 component marks.

17 ROCHETTE Joannie CAN 9 55.85 1 111.42 1 167.27
15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 2 103.79 2 160.87
16 MEIER Sarah SUI 10 55.57 3 100.56 3 156.13
18 KOSTNER Carolina ITA 11 53.77 4 99.73 4 153.50
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 6 95.46 5 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 7 94.55 6 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 9 89.48 7 143.22
9 SOKOLOVA Elena RUS 18 46.69 5 95.66 8 142.35
14 ANDO Miki JPN 8 56.00 10 84.20 9 140.20
6 KORPI Kiira FIN 20 44.84 8 92.36 10 137.20
7 LIASHENKO Elena UKR 13 52.35 12 81.73 11 134.08
12 SEBESTYEN Julia HUN 16 49.58 14 79.68 12 129.26
11 HEGEL Idora CRO 17 47.06 13 80.01 13 127.07
3 EFREMENKO Galina UKR 24 41.25 11 84.12 14 125.37

 

[cosmictears10]

poor carolina! that was a bit of a mess, I think the pressure was too much for her

But big YEYYYYYY for Joannie! what a skate!!!

 

[Frau Muller]

I can't wait to see Joannie's LP. She's guaranteed 7th place, at least.

These will make top 10: Rochette, Hughes, Meier, Kostner

Now the final six are on the ice!!!! In this order:

Elie G.
Cohen
Arakawa
Suguri
Meissner
Slute

 

[Frau Muller]

Elene G. (Georgia)
Armenian Rhapsody

lovely start 2 ax - 3 toe!

3 lutz - 3 toe HUGE!!! WOW!!!!

***slow music
"ah...." something happened to 3 flip

beautiful on 3 lutz solo

3 sal

***fast music/drums
audience clapping in time...

END "BEAUTIFUL!!!!" says Chris. "Just turned 16 a couple of weeks ago...amazing." Other than one jump, fabulous! From transcript: She skates beautifully to Armenian Rhapsody by A. Gevorkian. MASSIVE APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE!!!

WHISTLES - BOOS!!!!
into 5th??????

17 ROCHETTE Joannie CAN 9 55.85 1 111.42 1 167.27
15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 2 103.79 2 160.87
16 MEIER Sarah SUI 10 55.57 3 100.56 3 156.13
18 KOSTNER Carolina ITA 11 53.77 4 99.73 4 153.50
19 GEDEVANISHVILI Elene GEO 6 57.90 8 93.56 5 151.46 10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 6 95.46 6 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 7 94.55 7 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 10 89.48 8 143.22

 

[Mathman]

Thanks, Frau M.

I gotta go now. I'm going to try to be unspoiled for Sasha to the end!

MM

 

[Frau Muller]

Sasha Cohen warming up on the ice as we await Elene's scores!

 

[CDMM1991]

Sasha has a new dress! It has the same style but it's burgandy with gold, instead of all gold. GO SASHA!

 

[Frau Muller]

Sasha Cohen (USA)
Romeo & Juliet, Rota version


ah...problem...'she better be good from here on end..."

disastrous first minute

"CRIES OF ANGUISH from Americans in audience"...now skating for some sort of medal....

applause in middle but no talk from Chris & Simon [I type whatever Simon & Chris say]

"well done 3 flip-2 toe!!!"

3 toe - 3 sal!!!!

***music quickens - piano - her footwork

HUGE applause during music for her spiral

about to go into final spin....END Bravos from audience!

"That was a fighter...as world seemed to be crashing, she held it together at the end." "Made two crucial mistakes at start but fought after..." "Wasn't what she wanted."

Not to worry - Yamaguchi won with a fall in '92, eh?

Scores: shd be 1st for now...but by how much?

20 COHEN Sasha USA 1 66.73 1 116.63 1 183.36 17 ROCHETTE Joannie CAN 9 55.85 2 111.42 2 167.27
15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 3 103.79 3 160.87
16 MEIER Sarah SUI 10 55.57 4 100.56 4 156.13
18 KOSTNER Carolina ITA 11 53.77 5 99.73 5 153.50
19 GEDEVANISHVILI Elene GEO 6 57.90 9 93.56 6 151.46
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 7 95.46 7 145.30
8 LEUNG Mira CAN 14 50.61 8 94.55 8 145.16
13 POYKIO Susanna FIN 12 53.74 11 89.48 9 143.22

 

[CDMM1991]

Sasha fell on her first element Triple lutz.

 

[equestrianguy]

Pull yourself together Sasha and DO IT!!!

 

[CDMM1991]

And she just fell out of the flip. Oh no. Did the triple loop though.

 

[Nmsis]

I doubt that Sasha can stay on the podium after the free. The gold should be definitly out of reach.

 

[Kirkbiggestfan]

Sashasplat?

 

[CDMM1991]

Yep. Everything else since has been fine though, with the exception of maybe a two-foot on the first triple sal.

 

[Eowyn]

Sashasplat?

Sounds like it.

Arakawa needs to have the skate of her life.....*prays to skate gods* Or Kimmie Meissner....either one.