^^^^^^You mean it's "nice to see someone with big jumps?"
I liked both of these girls a lot. Samantha, like Agnes, is tough and sexy--something different from "delicate, dainty princess skaters" who seem to have taken over the last few years (and girls like Rachael who are not delicate or dainty, but try to emulate them unsuccessfully).
I just hope that one of these ladies is or will be soon, a real medal contender at Worlds and Olympics. We don't need more good-but-not-great-or-inconsistent skaters who can come in from 5th to 12th but is never really a podium threat. Watching the gymnastics tournament this weekend, it was nice to see our national champion actually competitive with national champions from other countries. It used to be like that in skating, too. Now it's like, wow, I wonder if she'll make the last group to skate?
I liked both of these girls a lot. Samantha, like Agnes, is tough and sexy--something different from "delicate, dainty princess skaters" who seem to have taken over the last few years (and girls like Rachael who are not delicate or dainty, but try to emulate them unsuccessfully).
I just hope that one of these ladies is or will be soon, a real medal contender at Worlds and Olympics. We don't need more good-but-not-great-or-inconsistent skaters who can come in from 5th to 12th but is never really a podium threat. Watching the gymnastics tournament this weekend, it was nice to see our national champion actually competitive with national champions from other countries. It used to be like that in skating, too. Now it's like, wow, I wonder if she'll make the last group to skate?