My favorite Olympics so far, hands down. I grew up admiring Michelle Kwan and Alexei Yagudin and never thought that Korea would have someone who would be mentioned in the same sentence with those great champions. Yuna - I am so proud of her and happy for her.
Yet there were so many more "Moments" in this Olympics, and unlike Yuna's gold, this was somewhat unexpected for me. Shen and Zhao finally realizing their dream. Pang and Tong delivering that wonderful FS. Virtue and Moir delivering the kind of performance that made me truly appreciate ice dancing for the first time. Johnny communicating with the crowd in a way that only he can do. Plushy coming back and delivering those magnificent jumps. Watching Stephane's spins and realizing that it's likely that I'll never see better spins from men as long as I live. Daisuke coming back from that horrendous ACL injury. Evan skating perfectly when he needed every single bit of perfection. And it was capped off by final group of ladies, as every one of them delivered. Rachael was the rock that we've come to count her to be. Mirai delivering that lovely and sparkling Carmen and giving us a glimpse of bright future. Miki giving her all after that heartbreak in Torino. Mao making history with three 3As after struggling with them all season. Joannie skating with exceptional courage and heart in the midst of such tragedy. And, of course, Yuna.
I just recounted so many great Moments as they came to my mind, and yet I am sure I missed some. Truly amazing. So many great things happened in such short period of time that it feels like it's almost too good to be true, yet they happened.
Every one of them was under immense amount of pressure and gave us something special to remember despite all of that. I've come to cherish and appreciate skaters who were never my favorite (Evan and Miki) for all they've done, rather than what they haven't done, and renewed my love for the sports. From now on, I think I'll try to remember Vancouver whenever I feel disappointed in figure skating. And I thank every skater who competed in this stage for that.
Yet there were so many more "Moments" in this Olympics, and unlike Yuna's gold, this was somewhat unexpected for me. Shen and Zhao finally realizing their dream. Pang and Tong delivering that wonderful FS. Virtue and Moir delivering the kind of performance that made me truly appreciate ice dancing for the first time. Johnny communicating with the crowd in a way that only he can do. Plushy coming back and delivering those magnificent jumps. Watching Stephane's spins and realizing that it's likely that I'll never see better spins from men as long as I live. Daisuke coming back from that horrendous ACL injury. Evan skating perfectly when he needed every single bit of perfection. And it was capped off by final group of ladies, as every one of them delivered. Rachael was the rock that we've come to count her to be. Mirai delivering that lovely and sparkling Carmen and giving us a glimpse of bright future. Miki giving her all after that heartbreak in Torino. Mao making history with three 3As after struggling with them all season. Joannie skating with exceptional courage and heart in the midst of such tragedy. And, of course, Yuna.
I just recounted so many great Moments as they came to my mind, and yet I am sure I missed some. Truly amazing. So many great things happened in such short period of time that it feels like it's almost too good to be true, yet they happened.
Every one of them was under immense amount of pressure and gave us something special to remember despite all of that. I've come to cherish and appreciate skaters who were never my favorite (Evan and Miki) for all they've done, rather than what they haven't done, and renewed my love for the sports. From now on, I think I'll try to remember Vancouver whenever I feel disappointed in figure skating. And I thank every skater who competed in this stage for that.
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