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Well, one could hardly describe Ryan Bradley as boring. Inconsistent yes, boring, no.
Perhaps Agnes, too, will surprise you.
Perhaps Agnes, too, will surprise you.
U.S. Ladies Prediction & Speculation Thread
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I don't get the hype for either of them *shrug*
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You're not alone.
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Well who DO you think is worthy of hype? The only other up-and-comer besides Agnes and Christina who is worthy of hype is Yasmin Siraj, IMO.
Saw a Phil Hersh article. It said Nagasu has been released by US figure skating officials to compete in CoC. Apparently Phil had just talked with Frank Carroll by phone. Frank reportedly told Hersh that he had a knockdown, dragout with Mirai a few weeks ago because she wasn't working hard enough. It also quoted Frank as saying its never easy with Mirai.
If Frank is trying to work Mirai harder, maybe he believes she is not ready yet. Or maybe its just business as usual.
If Frank is trying to work Mirai harder, maybe he believes she is not ready yet. Or maybe its just business as usual.
Interesting, have you a link?
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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/
A Frank vs Mirai knockdown, eh? That would have been worth being a fly on the wall to witness.
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Mirai has a feistiness and a frankness that is very appealing. She's very lively and passionate. She lets you know what she's thinking at all times, very much wearing her heart on her sleeve. I like her!
Mirai has a feistiness and a frankness that is very appealing. She's very lively and passionate. She lets you know what she's thinking at all times, very much wearing her heart on her sleeve. I like her!
Not your typical ice princess. I like her candor and honesty. I hope it doesn't go away with age (although I bet it will).
As a certain skater proclaims in her twitter bio, I'd say it applies to Nagasu too: viewer discretion advised.
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Here is Agnes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSg-poIwkg&feature=channel
A nice SP debut and hope she keeps it up tomorrow.
ETA: Alissa and Cynthia also on the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSg-poIwkg&feature=channel
A nice SP debut and hope she keeps it up tomorrow.
ETA: Alissa and Cynthia also on the link
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agnes should been gotten a ding on her 2nd triple, is was ur's but other wise skate was okay, a bit slow
but she shows more presentation than rachel.
she should have been relaxed no pressure going into it.
she is light on her feet, i though her lutz looked ur'ed but it wasn't her was how she landed and brought her foot around.
nice job.not as wonderful as kanako who looked like she was having fun, but decent non the less
but she shows more presentation than rachel.
she should have been relaxed no pressure going into it.
she is light on her feet, i though her lutz looked ur'ed but it wasn't her was how she landed and brought her foot around.
nice job.not as wonderful as kanako who looked like she was having fun, but decent non the less
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I'm at work and haven't seen all the performances. But Agnes looked really good.
Well, well. Time to resurrect this thread once more.
Everybody watch and everybody pay attention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-ZN6upxhY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9yVN_fjzlk
...and now, let the discussion resume.
Everybody watch and everybody pay attention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93-ZN6upxhY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9yVN_fjzlk
...and now, let the discussion resume.
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Thanks for the interview link R.D. It was great to see her smile so much... and what a beautiful smile she has. She really is an angel.
I'm happy for her, I'm glad she won, and I'm glad that this dark cloud hanging over the American ladies has finally been lifted (temporarily)- we FINALLY have a winner of an international event for the first time in three years. THREE years!!
That excitement, of course, is tempered by the fact that we're talking about Czisny here who did it- a skater who always seems to start out well and then fizzle out. The big difference I see in her is that she appears a little "looser" than I remember her being- I think the change in her technique has really upped her scoring potential. Maybe she will benefit from the phenomenon of "wiggle room" I was talking about earlier. I mean, they gave her 116 in the FS- WITH A FALL. Clean Czisny last year (or was it '08?) scored in the low 100s.
As for the other two ladies, I'll copy what I said from the thread in the SC folder:
Add this to Flatt's great performance at NHK, and the eggs laid by Wagner and Zhang at NHK.
That excitement, of course, is tempered by the fact that we're talking about Czisny here who did it- a skater who always seems to start out well and then fizzle out. The big difference I see in her is that she appears a little "looser" than I remember her being- I think the change in her technique has really upped her scoring potential. Maybe she will benefit from the phenomenon of "wiggle room" I was talking about earlier. I mean, they gave her 116 in the FS- WITH A FALL. Clean Czisny last year (or was it '08?) scored in the low 100s.
As for the other two ladies, I'll copy what I said from the thread in the SC folder:
Add this to Flatt's great performance at NHK, and the eggs laid by Wagner and Zhang at NHK.
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Well, I think this year the absence of some key competitors - among them Joannie Rochette and Yuna Kim - as well as Mao Asada's jump problems make it a lot easier to score a GP win than it would be otherwise.
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Skate Canada: CHECK.
Up next, GO MIRAI!
I think Mirai can totally win CoC this week but she'll have to be on her game as she has Ando and Suzuki as competition, and maybe even Leonova though in my mind Mirai is way superior. Should be an exciting competition, I expect it will be a battle between Mirai and Miki for the gold, Akiko and Alena to make the podium, and then the rest of the competition should also be exciting as we have a lot of comparable ladies - Joshi, Amanda, Kristiene, Min-Jung, etc so the competition between those ladies should also be fun to watch.
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I seem to recall somebody saying something about Alissa having to compete at Sectionals. This is because her 2nd GP event does not conflict closely enough. Oh well. :sheesh:
