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- Oct 22, 2005
Her sp will be charming with mileage, so cute. I think Sasha could give her some performance tips though. She had the charm, the style but not those jumps and it is going to be tough in Sochi with Kim and top Russian girls. They are all awesome, such depth. I think Grace could use tweets of good luck, but I don't do twitter. Hope her fans push her a bit. She will face a very confident Wagner. I vote Ashley but can't wait to see if Gold is a Tara or Sarah in 2 years. I hope she is a fighter like them.
I hope she doesn't start emulating Sasha or take tips from her. Sasha has improved her ability to draw an audience in while skating SOI but she's always left many people cold with her performances - they are pretty (and she wasn't Kwan) but they just don't touch a lot of people. Her style and Gracie's are totally different - Gracie is much more athletic and powerful and her personality is much more playful and quirky and much less diva-ish. I just want Scott Brown to bring those things out in her skating like he has in the Sp. She's so removed from the whole thing in terms of politics, etc, she's only concerned about how SHE skates (and Carley, too) that she may find "tweets of good luck" kind of odd...I think if any former Americans' styles are similar, I'd say Tonya Harding (when she was at her best trained), Debbie Thomas, and Elaine Zayak. All three were strong powerful skaters with determined athletic styles that were appealing to audiences and had some semblance of artistry.