Gracies 3Lz-3T looks so good, all her jumps are looking so sharp. It's amazing how far she's come since sectionals/regionals. She's really worked hard for this and I hope she puts out two performances she is proud of over the next few days.
It’s such a huge and positive change since sectionals, isn’t it? Not just the jumps, but everything looks so much cleaner and the programs look so much more cohesive.
I’m guessing the crowd will have a huge emotional response to seeing her back on competitive ice again, and I’m so hoping that she is able to channel that response, feel the joy of being back out there, and put out a short program she’s proud of. Really looking forward to tonight!
I haven’t been able to watch her performance yet, but I am so proud of her for going out there and fighting. She is such a strong person and she deserves the world. She is definitely the highlight of my week, no doubt.
The crowd went CRAZY. I wonder if that’s more pressure.
The crowd went CRAZY. I wonder if that’s more pressure.
I hope some pressure is off her in the free. This competition is a beginning though, hopefully next season she’ll get more smaller competitions to get her legs under her.
completely agree, this is the biggest stage she's been on since Rostelecom (and honestly i don't really count that). Ashley Wagner mentioned Gracie in her instagram story and said herself how terrifying nationals ice is. i think if Gracie had skated clean with a 3+2 she would have been rewarded well for it, probably around 8th place behind Starr Andrews. i think if she has a solid outing tonight she'll be scored well also.
I really hope to see her 3Ltz-3T tonight because it is so beautiful and I want her to walk away proud about putting everything she could out there. It was heartbreaking to see tears in her eyes, I am so proud of her for being there. I just want her to be proud of her accomplishments so far. This is definitely a long game, two seasons to the olympics so she has plenty of time.
I hope that she doesn’t see it as pressure, but as support instead. I know that if I was at nationals I would be screaming my head off for Gracie. I hope that she has the Evgenia Medvyedeva realization of last season that the crowd is not there to tear you down, but to love and support each skater no matter how they do.
I hope so also, but there has been SO MUCH press attention. If she were a plain faced brunette and not Gracie Gold, I wonder if it would have been the same. I might not have helped by babbling about her to the news, but surely she wasn’t watching the local news on Tuesday. I do hope my flowers and what I told her helped. I loved her being all badass right in the middle of that sea of USA jackets in her black. That dress was fire. And I’m going to buy an ocean of Julep makeup.