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What would it be?
I nominate a few going back 20 years.
In chronological order...
1994 Olympics. The sheer excitement of the Tonya Nancy showdown. Who would rise above and skate well? Nancy had the skate of her life- a miraculous skate give the assault. stunning in the best dress ever. Return of Witt skating for Sarajevo and parents. And the surprise world champion from 93 who had the most amazing balletic sp and the other skaters were slac jawed. What a final. Such Drama.
1998. The battle of the teens. World Champion Kwan against world Champion Lipinski.
Drama of the favorite beloved Kwan skating what many say was the perfect program for her Lyra. Would Michelle be able to do the jumps after broken toe and time off? Lu Chen had so much Drama and was the reigning bronze medalist. So much drama with her jumps and struggle, at 25 her fed was trying to keep the reins on this exotic Chinese beauty. Would she hold it together? Well u saw how close it was and is still debated today. Lulu did show up and the elegance and maturely skated program was so lovely. Her dress was one I never forget.
2002IH Arguably the best ladies threesome we sent to an Olympics. Before scrupulous replays tracked every ur every edge call thisOlympics was the last of the top 6.0 trained skaters. It was a cliff hangar. All 4 top ladies skated well but Sarah flew and made history. Kwan and Irina were tight not top of game but the four top skaters were impressive and 3 Americans on us soil. Very exciting nail biter esp for kwanites who wanted it bad for her. Whew wow. Sarah and her coach collapse on floor when they realize.
2010. Yuna with huge momentum. Mao with three triple axels and a great effort at those Tarasova programs. Then the death of the expected bronze medalist mother joannie Rocette on home turf. Heroic impossible skates and she gets third when some feel Nagasu had won the medal for two incredible skates. The Mao Yuna fight on the ice with the pressure hugely on both -4 year rivalry. Japan Korea historic backdrop to the sport. People were split about the Joanie performances that made the world sob. What a feeling in that building I can only imagine as Canadians screamed their support fo Rochette.
2014 Sochi is close in our memory. the Russian girls skating to partisan crowds and Yunas amazing comeback. Maos courageous amazing freeskate albeit too late was moving and the woman who won my vote Caro kostner. Podium was reversed for me. Again great great skating and worthy of three way tie. Each very different and the teen again makes off with the medal with a huge upset over the reigning gold medalist.
Of these or other Olympics ladies finals what would you spend your money to see? Which final was most compelling and why.?
There were others not on podium that may have impressed you deeply. If I could see just one what Oly ladies comp. would I go to? I still cannot decide amongst these above I remember!!!!
Time travelers please chime in!
I nominate a few going back 20 years.
In chronological order...
1994 Olympics. The sheer excitement of the Tonya Nancy showdown. Who would rise above and skate well? Nancy had the skate of her life- a miraculous skate give the assault. stunning in the best dress ever. Return of Witt skating for Sarajevo and parents. And the surprise world champion from 93 who had the most amazing balletic sp and the other skaters were slac jawed. What a final. Such Drama.
1998. The battle of the teens. World Champion Kwan against world Champion Lipinski.
Drama of the favorite beloved Kwan skating what many say was the perfect program for her Lyra. Would Michelle be able to do the jumps after broken toe and time off? Lu Chen had so much Drama and was the reigning bronze medalist. So much drama with her jumps and struggle, at 25 her fed was trying to keep the reins on this exotic Chinese beauty. Would she hold it together? Well u saw how close it was and is still debated today. Lulu did show up and the elegance and maturely skated program was so lovely. Her dress was one I never forget.
2002IH Arguably the best ladies threesome we sent to an Olympics. Before scrupulous replays tracked every ur every edge call thisOlympics was the last of the top 6.0 trained skaters. It was a cliff hangar. All 4 top ladies skated well but Sarah flew and made history. Kwan and Irina were tight not top of game but the four top skaters were impressive and 3 Americans on us soil. Very exciting nail biter esp for kwanites who wanted it bad for her. Whew wow. Sarah and her coach collapse on floor when they realize.
2010. Yuna with huge momentum. Mao with three triple axels and a great effort at those Tarasova programs. Then the death of the expected bronze medalist mother joannie Rocette on home turf. Heroic impossible skates and she gets third when some feel Nagasu had won the medal for two incredible skates. The Mao Yuna fight on the ice with the pressure hugely on both -4 year rivalry. Japan Korea historic backdrop to the sport. People were split about the Joanie performances that made the world sob. What a feeling in that building I can only imagine as Canadians screamed their support fo Rochette.
2014 Sochi is close in our memory. the Russian girls skating to partisan crowds and Yunas amazing comeback. Maos courageous amazing freeskate albeit too late was moving and the woman who won my vote Caro kostner. Podium was reversed for me. Again great great skating and worthy of three way tie. Each very different and the teen again makes off with the medal with a huge upset over the reigning gold medalist.
Of these or other Olympics ladies finals what would you spend your money to see? Which final was most compelling and why.?
There were others not on podium that may have impressed you deeply. If I could see just one what Oly ladies comp. would I go to? I still cannot decide amongst these above I remember!!!!
Time travelers please chime in!
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Though in 2002 I think there were a lot of amazing skaters/skates maybe more than 4. And I don't think too many would suggest there was anything really controversial about Joannie Rochette winning bronze in 2010. In fact ifyou look at the skating skills and transitions Joannie believe it or not may have been better than Yuna and Mao but never given such credit. She had amazing in-betweens, flow and edges and like Carolina (though Joannie had more content generally) that should have held her up over Mirai - who remember while skated the skate o her life also did not capture Carmen but rather was more of a Miss Smiling America type skater through her Carmen. What I am saying is Joannie should have had enough pcs to win over Mirai - moreover, technically her jumps were more powerful and had amplitude other than the tiny errors - still with Goe's on the other j umps she should have beaten Mirai.
