Pairs Free Skate
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Maybe it's just the release of what must have been unbelievable stress. ???
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Well, I'm assuming she is crying because she knew a clean skate would have given them gold tonight.
Congrats to all medalists! So happy that Pang and Tong finally had their moment. I hope Aliona and Robin don't retire. I know he is no spring chicken, but I still feel their best is yet to come. Xue and Hongbo are marvelous competitors and people. So pleased for them and Yao Bin. I can finally breathe a little, at least until tomorrow.
As for all the wuzrobbed talk about P/T, they would still have lost even with the timing violation, which they have incurred several times before. As good as P/T were in the SP, S/Z were much cleaner and more precise with all their elements executed bigger and higher and faster. Their margin after the SP was completely justifiable.
P/T's FS score was the highest they've ever gotten by a mile (and well deserved) a truly Olympian effort. Shen and Zhao are not the first and will not be the last to win an Olympics without winning the FS.
This is a wonderful moment for Chinese skating, let's not ruin it.
As for all the wuzrobbed talk about P/T, they would still have lost even with the timing violation, which they have incurred several times before. As good as P/T were in the SP, S/Z were much cleaner and more precise with all their elements executed bigger and higher and faster. Their margin after the SP was completely justifiable.
P/T's FS score was the highest they've ever gotten by a mile (and well deserved) a truly Olympian effort. Shen and Zhao are not the first and will not be the last to win an Olympics without winning the FS.
This is a wonderful moment for Chinese skating, let's not ruin it.
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yay! it finally started for me!
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agree agree agree i don't care what happens for the rest of the figure skating in this olympics. Yes yes yes
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ITA I exchanged all the other medals for this one, now I can watch the rest of the competition at ease!!!!
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Phew, now I can rewatch Pairs LP relaxed knowing how each pair performed.. totally ready to enjoy these amazing performances once again!! I just couldn't keep my eyes open when S/Z was doing throw sal..
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I'm so happy for S/Z, P/T, S/S, and most of all, Bin Yao (who just cracked a small smile 
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Congratulations to all!
).Congratulations to all!
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Still teary eyed from watching the medal ceremony! So much love and pride. I do feel bad for Ali and Robin but tonite shouldn't take away everything they have done in the past couple of years. They (along with Ingo) should be proud of themselves.
Interesting fact: Torino's 3rd, 4th, and 6th place finishers went into Vancouver as one of the highest ranked skaters from the last games. In the end, they went 1, 2, and 3!
Oh and sorry to gloat but... RUSSIAN SHUTOUT!!!!
Now let's hope the happy mojo continues tomorrow. Dreams really do come true!
Interesting fact: Torino's 3rd, 4th, and 6th place finishers went into Vancouver as one of the highest ranked skaters from the last games. In the end, they went 1, 2, and 3!
Oh and sorry to gloat but... RUSSIAN SHUTOUT!!!!
Now let's hope the happy mojo continues tomorrow. Dreams really do come true!
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Yes, being a gold medal favourite is an extremely difficult situation to be in. I do hope Aliona and Robin stay on, though. If S/Z can win a medal in their 30s, I'm sure Aliona and Robin can.....
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I am so happy for P/T and S/Z. I am sooo upset that I didn't get to see them though. My feed works fine during speed skating, luge, etc., but will never fail to die on me when it's figure skating. Oh well, at least I got to see the victory ceremony. Finally, P/T have gotten an olympic medal. They deserved bronze four years ago.
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Congratulations to S/Z!!!!!!!! I am soooooooooo happy for them!!!!! And congratulations to all the medalists!
Finally, the fairytale ending!!!!!!!
I don't care their little mistakes in LP. I don't care whether there is any controversy or not on the judging. The most important thing is they won!!!!!!
My dream podium, and my dream gold medalists! One discipline's done, three more to go. Love it!
Finally, the fairytale ending!!!!!!!
I don't care their little mistakes in LP. I don't care whether there is any controversy or not on the judging. The most important thing is they won!!!!!! My dream podium, and my dream gold medalists! One discipline's done, three more to go. Love it!
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Actually, the title of greatest pair skaters in the history of the sport belongs to the Russian pair Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov. S&Z have not been skating all that long to be in that category. The Protopopos are legends and have skated for years and inspired many pair skaters and single skaters along the way.
http://www.lifeskate.com/skate/2008/01/clip-of-the-w-1.html
http://figureskating.about.com/od/olympicchampions/p/protopopovs.htm
P/T looks very happy. They don't look like they were robbed. This is figure skating and they are ranked by both SP and LP! S/Z gave themselves a cushion after SP. Just by the way they went out and nailed down the SP no one could catch. That means a lot of Olympic figure skating. And S/Z did their job in the long too. If they made mistakes like others did, except for P/T they wouldn't have won. They were so close to the other top two from the SP. Olympic Gold is won by both SP and LP, as all the other medalists in Men, Dance and Women will find out.
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I have to say so far I'm impressed with how little the NBC commentators are talking through teh performance... then again I've only gotten to see Caydee and Jeremy 
