Thoughts on today
No as it happened, sorry, but a few thoughts about the day.
First of all, it was a very early start with 7 AM and it were the "little ones", who made my day, once more. It is incredible how mature these kids are on ice, with their costumes, the make up and everything and then at the VC´s, they look like the kids I coach at home, in pants, sneakers or and this was my absolute highlight today "star wars jerseys", which
Marsha brought to the VC.
Said Russian, was unhappy with her performances, but she is a little star, her programs are so beautiful and emotional, she is such a sweet lady, so much grace, just lovely. A 5th place is not the end, I hope she knows that and that she will always remember how beautiful her skating abilities are.
Beautiful was also
Nathalie, seriously had she ever a better FS? In my opinion she didn´t, the composition is breathtaking, it´s a very thoughtful program, where she is not loud and noise, as usually, no she is very calm, with great attitude and a very passionate skate. For me, Nathalie´s best program ever, it suits her so much.
Lea Johanna, did also wonderful, she has been working on that artistry "weak spot" that she has and it shows. Almost 30 points above her total PB, that´s just wonderful and so was Angela!
That lady has so much grace on ice, her arms and the posture, it´s amazing and she can grab you with her personality on and off ice. What a fun person to meet and what an artist to enjoy, she is!
America had a great day in general, the novice ice dance sweep, with three fantastic teams was surely not the last podium for them, with
Vincent coming on strong tomorrow, fighting for the FS TES for worlds.
The Korean lady was fantastic, our former Turkish ice dancers, now pairs skaters who are coached by Daniel and Maylin, damn what a great job today, just think about the circumstances that they have to skate in, or
Maria Katharina ... seriously, they all have things going on in their life and they just come here and say "so what", what a spirit! We can all learn a lot from these people and quite often are huge achievements, not seen by many, as they only look at the top of the podiums, but more than often, are the true winners those behind.
I was also proud of
Karoliina, she promised me to land the double Axel and she did it, what a great kid and check out her layback guys, she fought until the end and can be proud of herself!
Josefin, the pocket rocket, oh boy was she fun to watch, what a speedy Gonzales on ice, fabulous or
Aimee, with that incredible touching skate, she is so beautiful on ice or
Elif, that girl shows what FS is all about, having a good time on blades, leaving the crappy world we live in, behind us!
It was also wonderful, to see that British junior dance pair again,
Emily & James - they are so charming, that balance is amazing, I can´t wait to see, what they bring tomorrow and a big shout out to
Flora & Pietro, you guys showed what ice dance or any dance is all about, it´s about fun and entertainment, about joy and they captured this beautifully today in a not that easy ice dance marathon, with sadly too many errors, but again, the circumstances are not the easiest and tomorrow we will have the crown of figure skating, the Free Dance!
I just wanted to write these lines before I sleep,
sorry for not writing much more detailed.
P.S.
I also met a lady today, she was a former ice dancer, so wonderful and she agreed that we need to work on this sport more, we need to bring it back into the public and make it easier to understand for those, not that knowledgeable. It´s so simple things like "why is someone a senior", "what rhythm do they dance to", "what is the difference between Lutz and Toe Loop" - we need to teach these things better, to those around us and not treat them badly, just because they ask more questions
P.P.S.
Nicolas :luv17: what a skater and performer, well done, I was grooving on my bench!
GN
arty: Skate Canada published a short article on their success: 
