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No, saying "I was ill" is not an excuse. It's a reason. The proper reply is thus "I was sick, and wasn't skating my best. I hope to get healthy soon and do better next time."
I don't like the implication that if a skater (or any athlete) is not humble and accepting of defeat in their interviews, their behavior is not sportsmanlike and even, as you imply, a bad influence on kids. Yu-Na and Mao are both wonderful role models for a kid to have - hard-working, polite, talented and driven. There's nothing wrong with stating why you weren't at your best on a given day.
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I felt the same way. In fact, I thought Morozov was about to cry after Miki finished skating. I hope Miki does not feel discouraged - she really worked hard to improve her skating before this competition. She brought back her 2A-3T, challenged and landed 4S (underrotated, but still very impressive) and worked on her posture and spirals. And her LP dress is lovely.
I hope that she has enough time before Nationals and Worlds to work on those underrotations and get more comfortable with the program. :agree: It still looked a bit raw, but I think it has potential to be very impressive when skated with more power and confidence.
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I have the same feeling. I really hope she doesn't feel discouraged. Hopefully the experience will give her even more fire for next time
Yes, this is what I believe Yu-Na was expressing concerning her cold.
I do agree on you guys.
Anyway, I was impressed by Yuna hugged Mao tight with a huge smile on the podium.
All the bashers, yellow journalism, and corrupted federation have to shame on themselves.
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I didn't get a program with a poped jump and a fall have higher PCS mark than a program with only one mistake, a fall. Also to my eyes, i think Mao has more speed and spark, will difiniety have to watch on t.v again when it's air in Canada. I love Yuna, but her program is not to the standard she set it in SA or COC.
She just answered to the question how she thought on her performance today. Her answer was to the point: she made mistakes because she did not have enough stamina due to cold. In this questiion and answer, there is no point at all that she should mention other skater's performances. I don't understand why you are complaining. As far as I know Yu-Na is well-known for her humble attitude. You can find many posts about it here in GS archive.
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This is what we have to argue about? The other skater did better than her. That is an obvious statement and reflected in the scores. No reporter needs to ask her that to confirm it. The question that came before her statement isn't going to be "So why did you lose?" but more like, "What affected your performance today? or "How did you feel about your own performance?" These are questions directly related to her and not what other skaters did. Good grief!
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Yu-Na and Mao bots, please follow your idols: spread love, not hate.
Same here. Despite being disappointed by the turn of events, I found that happy place in my heart again when I saw these pictures.
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Yu-Na and Mao bots, please follow your idols: spread love, not hate.
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Beside the two mistakes at the second half of program, I think this LP is the best one among the three which she has this season in performance wise. She is really into the music and her emotion and expression with the music is way better than SA. I think in SA, her is very tentative.
Super happy for Mao. Two 3A in a program!!! What a history (Although she already done it in 2006 JPN Nats, but still
)BTW, I thought Joannie a bit disappointing when I saw her on TV. But she turned out to have scored relatively high. I think that the last several jumps really counted. 3-3 sequence and 2A-2A. She tended to falter towards the end before; but she sustained her focus here.
I felt that she had a pretty shallow edge going into the lutz. Is it the way she usually does her lutz? Or she messed up her usual form here?
In any case, her skating skills and spirals were fab. I just love them so much.
I felt that she had a pretty shallow edge going into the lutz. Is it the way she usually does her lutz? Or she messed up her usual form here?
In any case, her skating skills and spirals were fab. I just love them so much.
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Many congrats to the medalists and I'm glad the result did not have major controversies! It seemed the biggest challenge was to survive this GPF . . . so many of the skaters seemed physically, mentally, and emotionally drained whether due to illness, injury, or lack of training time due to very busy schedules. I hope they all get rested, trained, and healthy for the remainder of the season in order to skate their very bests!
SBS Journalist : “You made some more mistakes on FS performance today? What do you think about that?”
Yu-Na : “Today my cold has got a little worse, I haven’t sustained my stamina good enough. So I made some mistakes, of course, it’s a pity, but anyone can make mistakes and there will be soon further competitions, for which I should prepare myself better and in which I want to show some really better performance to you.”
Onto such question like “You made some more mistakes on FS performance today? What do you think about that?”, should she answer in only that way like "I didn't win because Mao skated better than me today" or “I feel miserable that I wasn't able to skate my best and promises to work hard to be able to skate better next time” and should she praise many of competitors - Miki for consistency, Mao for two 3A’s and Caroline for the layback, etc..?
Yu-Na : “Today my cold has got a little worse, I haven’t sustained my stamina good enough. So I made some mistakes, of course, it’s a pity, but anyone can make mistakes and there will be soon further competitions, for which I should prepare myself better and in which I want to show some really better performance to you.”
Onto such question like “You made some more mistakes on FS performance today? What do you think about that?”, should she answer in only that way like "I didn't win because Mao skated better than me today" or “I feel miserable that I wasn't able to skate my best and promises to work hard to be able to skate better next time” and should she praise many of competitors - Miki for consistency, Mao for two 3A’s and Caroline for the layback, etc..?
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Beautiful. Thank you! This can be such a heartbreaking sport. It's wonderful to see a friendship of competitors transcending all the pressures.
I haven't seen the performances yet so won't comment but thanks to all who did PBP!
I suspect those two girls understand each other.
congra to Mao, and sorry for Yukari.
I'm a bit crazy when I read the protocols, what's wrong with Yukari? Almost all her triple jumps are UR. Godness......Since nobody is perfect tonight, I still find it hard to receive the result--a winner with a fall.
Well...I think I have to watch the vedios carefully to find out why...
I'm a bit crazy when I read the protocols, what's wrong with Yukari? Almost all her triple jumps are UR. Godness......Since nobody is perfect tonight, I still find it hard to receive the result--a winner with a fall.
Well...I think I have to watch the vedios carefully to find out why...
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I finally saw it, and I'm afraid I have to disagree. There were stretches with very little beyond stroking, and she had some loooong setups on a few jumps. Don't get me wrong - she deserved to win - but I see no problem with a lower transitions score for Ms. Asada.
BTW, people complain about Carolina Kostner's PCS, but to her credit, she fell and immediately got up and back into her program. Mao (distractingly referred to as Maya on Eurosport) took a few seconds to find her way again, and I found it disruptive to the flow of the program.
It probably didn't help that it's not my favorite music.
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The scoring in this competition was scary & whack. It has nothing to do with the skaters though. Good job Mao for being 1st lady w/2x3A in int'l comp- such power & stamina from those skinny legs! Yu-Na, I cannot even fathom all the emotions you felt. And Carolina I loved your energy! Too bad you got too excited for the salchow. And Miki you become more beautiful each time I watch you & your costume.
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I am so SO SO happy for Mao. I love Yu-na too, but I think Mao needed this win. She needed to beat Yu-na.
good girl. Were both of her 3 axels ratified?
good girl. Were both of her 3 axels ratified?
Carolina's LP
Here's Carolina's hot mess of a LP. For the life of me, I don't see what the judges see in her. She skates the same way as when I first saw her. No improvement whatsoever. Here she struggled on almost every jump. I hope she didn't get positive GOE's for any of her jumps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrKLu3y4Luk
Here's Carolina's hot mess of a LP. For the life of me, I don't see what the judges see in her. She skates the same way as when I first saw her. No improvement whatsoever. Here she struggled on almost every jump. I hope she didn't get positive GOE's for any of her jumps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrKLu3y4Luk
