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I'm sad neither of them won, especially because either of them could very easily have been 2x OGMists with stronger performances in the LP.
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Then there are skaters like Sarah Hughes and Adelina Sotnikova who had zero world titles and came away with the OGM.
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Mao Asada I was genuinely sad she never won Olympic Gold. I still believe that is every top athletes dream in any sport.
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St Louis. Do not recommend. 0/5 stars. Hope Gracie likes her roses.
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Wow, that’s a trek! And you drove?! Were you by yourself? On a completely unrelated note, I took my son to St Louis for the Olympic Trials in gymnastics this summer. I had never been, we enjoyed it a lot and the City Museum is amazing!
Wow. I hope you didn't do the drive in one day!
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Yes. I was by myself. Last time I came to Boston to see Gracie skate I was with my late sister - for Worlds in 2016. It’s a lot better with another person.
Wish you had had a better Olympic trials to go to. 4 years ago they were much more fun. The zoo here is also first class and free.
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Oh no. 2 and I can barely walk today.
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Men, too. Off the top of my head: Robin Cousins and Alexei Urmanov.
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However Robin Cousins was twice silver medallist at Worlds and Bronze so I wouldn't say his Olympic gold came out of nowhere.
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I only know this being British and we have had very few successful male ice skaters
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Yes he did. However, Elvis was the reining World Champion and the "Buzz" was that Elvis was the favorite going in.
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Don't get me wrong. Robin Cousins is one of my favorite men skaters.
The discussion concerned OGMs who never won a World title. He's in that category. There was no intended slight to him or his reputation.
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I'm going to add Adelina Sotnikova to this list. Yuna was the reining World Champion heading into 2014 and Adelina wasn't even the top European at that time as it was Carolina Kostner . Yuna Kim was the reining champion and heavy favorite going in as Adelina had finished 9th at 2013 World Championships.
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I’m nervous for Alysa tomorrow. I hope she leaves out the lutz loop combo. She doesn’t need it. If she can’t be the top American, I will root for Amber over Mariah. Young You looked fantastic earlier this season and should knock out one of the top American Ladies off the podium. Also, rooting for Madeline Schizas! Izzo is also one to watch. I’ve set my alarm clock to watch the entire short program live. 24 competitors. I’m so excited!
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Alysa Liu’s short program! Seems as though Alysa will be attempting the 3Lz3T and not the 3Lz3Lo. Also, no triple-Axel attempt.
https://youtu.be/1JKBW42rTlE
https://youtu.be/1JKBW42rTlE
Though it looks like she was attempting it outside of the program. During Audrey’s program when she’s doing a spin halfway through, you can see Alysa in the corner of the frame attempt and fall on a 3A
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I don’t know if the attempt is “q” or <, but I found this video on Twitter.
The attempt during Audrey’s run-through seemed to either be a < or <<.
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