You know…she didn’t LOOK unhappy - I mean she didn’t look HAPPY but I remember 2 years ago at Cranberry she was so disappointed in herself she didn’t even stay around for the scores. I think she knows she’s injured and she did the best she can with it. I take issue with the judges on those spin levels.
Dear Goddess I hope not. I like some sort of drama in who is going to win. Even NC didn’t win 10 years in a row.Will it now be Ilia and Isabeau for 10 years in row?
Starr was on the podium. Pewter medal is a medal and there is a space for it on the podium. So after lo these many years of “she has to leave Derrick Delmore, she has to leave Derrick Delmore” well, guess what? Derrick Delmore now has a GP medalist and a U.S. Nationals medalist. I think she had to get her heart condition fixed and she did and she’s improved a lot, in my opinion.While I would've loved to see Starr on the podium, I'm not mad that Amber is the bronze medalist. This is Starr's best placement, and I hope that she's proud of that.
Now, I hope that she focuses on stopping the popping next season, and gets her Lutz back.
I liked the back of her dress a lot. The important thing is that she likes it since I’m sure it cost thousands of dollars.
I think Bradie looked great in both programs. She seems healthy, fit and ready to compete and finally found her groove and programs and suit her style.
I thought Starr was far more interesting years ago. Okay, yay, she's on the "podium", but didn't I read somewhere that there is no more "pewter medal"? Let's have a glass medal, then a paper medal, etc etc. Everyone gets on the "podium" with some kind of medal.
Rohene Ward doesn't look like he's aged a day in 20 years - all kinds of fine and one of the two most heavenly, super-humanly beautiful skaters who ever lived - the other being his choreographic protege Jason Brown! Really enjoyed both of Gasparotto's joyous performances.
Agreed, I don't think there's a reason for them to deviate from placements here for Worlds. And since 4CCs is in the USA this year we may see the same team named, though I do think it's possible Bradie opts to skip 4CC since she has the furthest to travel from her training base (France) and may prefer to conserve her competitive energy for Saitama, especially given the altitude factor in Colorado. In which case Starr would likely be named in her place. Amber trains in Colorado, so I don't see her skipping it, and Isabeau has never been to the event before so she probably would want to go.
You know who made it interesting for me? Sonya Hilmer. She's memorable.
Ok I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve watched numerous awards ceremonies this week and the pewter medalists receive a medal just like the other medalists. Personally I’ve been saying for years I wanted them to do it horse ribbon style and name 1-6.
Josephine Lee with her clean fs says hello.
She is. And does her own choreography and designs her own costumes. I can see a lot of ways she could remain in the skating world (if she wants to) after she retires.
This is one of those posters who always makes comments like this regardless of what actually happens, at US Nationals or basically any event that isn't Russian Nationals. Isabeau came second at the GPF with a much worse free skate than the one she put out here, Ava Ziegler won a Challenger event, Starr and Amber earned silver medals on the Grand Prix but sure, this event is a joke and US ladies are never competitive internationally
I truly hope she is enjoying this because watching her I am not sure I see much joy and this is getting a bit tiresome - decent sp and then a let down in the freeskate. Like a moment of home then the balloon bursts. But with the state of women's skating she might get funding and be a back up for for 4cc's and worlds?
Maybe the next junior world champion if she skates like that!
I think the poster is looking at the past with rose-colored glasses, conflating the top skaters of the 80s and 90s with the lower or mid-finishing skaters of today, and imagining that everyone at Nationals in the 80s and 90s skated with sublime artistry and edges and a full set of triples. They didn't. There was Midori Ito, and then there were the top skaters with three or so triples, and then there was everyone else. Take Gabby or Josephine or any other skater who did their program well tonight and plop them down at Nationals anytime in the 80s or most of the 90s and people would think they were goddesses. I can hear Dick Button now - "I've never seen jumping like this - triple loop, flip and lutz, in one program, and even in combination, I'm just beside myself." Plus, in case the poster failed to notice, the world has kind of gone to hell the past three years - give these skaters some credit for training and keeping it together as well as they have.This is one of those posters who always makes comments like this regardless of what actually happens, at US Nationals or basically any event that isn't Russian Nationals. Isabeau came second at the GPF with a much worse free skate than the one she put out here, Ava Ziegler won a Challenger event, Starr and Amber earned silver medals on the Grand Prix but sure, this event is a joke and US ladies are never competitive internationally
I so agree. Interesting what Johnny said about her not expecting to be judged fairly—and she was actually rewarded for once. I feared about NBC and USFS driving the narrative and about the favoritism among the US and international judges. I’m worrying about them sending the top three to 4CC, Bradie bowing out (and honestly she would have a good excuse and why tarnish her chances when she’s a sure bet at Worlds) and then them sending Starr. Then they could have an excuse not to send Amber if Starr skates lights out and Amber doesn’t or isn’t scored fairly. They want social media buzz. Even on this site Amber gets very few mentions. I freaking LOVE that girl.
