What a day!
I took my mom to Kelowna this fall, where she got exposed to Hanyu, and I am afraid it was too much, because I got a phone call after the man’s free. So, between extolling Chen’s virtues and trying to get out of having to swim for Torino to rearrange the world to mom’s liking right away... I really enjoyed the day three.
Hanyu was beautiful and soulful, Chen was perfect in every way, demonstrating why bronze was the only medal left on the table. I am happy for Aymoz, he absolutely earned it, but I was also happy to see Samarin land that combo again. Except, of course, I though Uno in France was the saddest it gets, but Aliev delivered. Aww...
With junior men, i was a bit disappointed for Mozalev’s steady progression to be upset in the very end, but Sato’s skate was out of this world. The other guys were pretty darn good too, so was very fun to watch.
And the ladies... omg, I knew it was going to be epic, but it went above and beyond all expected epicness. Mind blown. And, yes, I loved Alina since the day I saw her in the 2018 Olympics, and I wish she had not had hard time, but it was still my favourite event out of the whole Grand Prix Final. I and, yes, Trusova came third, but she is my star — my mom favours Scherbakova and Valieva.
I immediately looked up where the next year’s GPF is, because I thought that would be the event i’d love to see live next year. Alas, Beijing is too out of the way for me, but I totally would go one year!
Overall, I love the current generation of the athletes, and I think I prefer the JGP/GP to the second part of the season competitions in terms of how cool it is to see so many skaters and how much good pressure it apply on me as someone who ‘follows’ it.
Huge appreciation to Ted Barton for excellent commentary and to Turin for hosting a lovely finale.
I am a fan
I took my mom to Kelowna this fall, where she got exposed to Hanyu, and I am afraid it was too much, because I got a phone call after the man’s free. So, between extolling Chen’s virtues and trying to get out of having to swim for Torino to rearrange the world to mom’s liking right away... I really enjoyed the day three.
Hanyu was beautiful and soulful, Chen was perfect in every way, demonstrating why bronze was the only medal left on the table. I am happy for Aymoz, he absolutely earned it, but I was also happy to see Samarin land that combo again. Except, of course, I though Uno in France was the saddest it gets, but Aliev delivered. Aww...
With junior men, i was a bit disappointed for Mozalev’s steady progression to be upset in the very end, but Sato’s skate was out of this world. The other guys were pretty darn good too, so was very fun to watch.
And the ladies... omg, I knew it was going to be epic, but it went above and beyond all expected epicness. Mind blown. And, yes, I loved Alina since the day I saw her in the 2018 Olympics, and I wish she had not had hard time, but it was still my favourite event out of the whole Grand Prix Final. I and, yes, Trusova came third, but she is my star — my mom favours Scherbakova and Valieva.
I immediately looked up where the next year’s GPF is, because I thought that would be the event i’d love to see live next year. Alas, Beijing is too out of the way for me, but I totally would go one year!
Overall, I love the current generation of the athletes, and I think I prefer the JGP/GP to the second part of the season competitions in terms of how cool it is to see so many skaters and how much good pressure it apply on me as someone who ‘follows’ it.
Huge appreciation to Ted Barton for excellent commentary and to Turin for hosting a lovely finale.
I am a fan