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- Jun 21, 2003
Did anyone else watch (U.S.) NBC TV's coverage of Skate Canada and Cup of China today, with Johnnie and Tara?
Tara, on Skate Canada: Ashley Wagner was expected to win this event.
Karen Chen is coming out with a book next month, with forward by Kristi Ymaguchi. Probably a children's book about skating, I would imagine.
Johnnie: Karen's new LP is too "milk-duddy, " compared to the Carmen program that she abandoned.
Tara on Courtney Hicks: Every year I hope for her to make progress on artistry, but she never does.
On Shoma Uno: His jumps are wishy-washy today.
Cup of China, Zagitova:
Tara: The program is quite unbalanced with all the jumps at the end, keeping us waiting for something to happen. She will get credit for the second half bonus, but runs the risk of a hit on PCSs.
Johnnie: When I trained with Russian coaches they always taught us to use a long, unhurried set-up to the jumps. This would improve your vault into the air, air position and landing, compared to rushing the jumps one after another compromising the quality. When the new rules came in, they (the Russian coaches) had to change their approach.
My own observation, now that I have seen it on the big small screen instead of the small small screen. Kaetlyn Osmond is big and bold, but come on. That was not a good LP.
Between Zagitova and Higuchi, I could go either way. They were both outstanding, each in her own way. Johnnie and Tara agreed that they were close, but seemed to favor Zagitova as a legitimate rival of Medvedeva.
The men's LP was awful, except for Max, which we already knew. Vincent Zhou proved that if you can land half of your quad attempts you can run up the score and get second place.
Tara, on Skate Canada: Ashley Wagner was expected to win this event.
Karen Chen is coming out with a book next month, with forward by Kristi Ymaguchi. Probably a children's book about skating, I would imagine.
Johnnie: Karen's new LP is too "milk-duddy, " compared to the Carmen program that she abandoned.
Tara on Courtney Hicks: Every year I hope for her to make progress on artistry, but she never does.
On Shoma Uno: His jumps are wishy-washy today.
Cup of China, Zagitova:
Tara: The program is quite unbalanced with all the jumps at the end, keeping us waiting for something to happen. She will get credit for the second half bonus, but runs the risk of a hit on PCSs.
Johnnie: When I trained with Russian coaches they always taught us to use a long, unhurried set-up to the jumps. This would improve your vault into the air, air position and landing, compared to rushing the jumps one after another compromising the quality. When the new rules came in, they (the Russian coaches) had to change their approach.
My own observation, now that I have seen it on the big small screen instead of the small small screen. Kaetlyn Osmond is big and bold, but come on. That was not a good LP.
Between Zagitova and Higuchi, I could go either way. They were both outstanding, each in her own way. Johnnie and Tara agreed that they were close, but seemed to favor Zagitova as a legitimate rival of Medvedeva.
The men's LP was awful, except for Max, which we already knew. Vincent Zhou proved that if you can land half of your quad attempts you can run up the score and get second place.