I have been worried too, the practice reports was so and so and we know she have been dealing with injury, but unsure how it affects her now. I didn´t want to give myself too high hopes.I guess I was worried for nothing. Better to be worried for nothing than for something, eh?
The ..interesting thing I’ve noticed is that she didn’t get a standing ovation, and she’s typically gotten one.
Does this mean people are used to her being back and just expecting her to do well? Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?
I think she liked my flowers y’all
If i´m not mistaken she will also skate as the second skater in the last group. Isn´t that like the best start order you can have? (I think I heard skaters or commentators say that before). It gives you time to mentally prepare after the warm up, but not wait too long. I hope this pressure isn´t too much for her, I don´t know what her goal is, but if she can have a decent enough skate she can be picked for 4CC if Worlds team will be too difficult (they are not picking the same skaters or?)
And she seemed to really like the roses moonvine! Also the reaction right after the skate, where she even fist bumps and said some words to herself!
I was super fed up with her score. She got 67 points in Philly in early August with similar skate from International judges. Nationals is known for score inflation so I’d expect it to be higher.Gracie seems to be in even better mood then last year in K&C, she was so chatty, even sending kisses to James
And that flip, she works so hard getting the flip back, even though it gives her struggle and edge calls. Finally it gave her som decent points!
She is probably a bit fed up with the 67 points for a cleanish SP though, didn´t they even give her higher PCS last year? Just damn it give Gracie 70 points judges
I have been worried too, the practice reports was so and so and we know she have been dealing with injury, but unsure how it affects her now. I didn´t want to give myself too high hopes.
It was a joy waking up this morning, checking the results and see she went clean again and is now in a bronze position. She is much closer to the podium this year. I guess she was really determined, once again Gracie is far from done
Is this the flowers you gave her?
Now i´m going to watch the SP, i´m excited!
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I sure hope so. Most of all I hope she gets that hip taken care of. I did look and she was top 8…which is slowly creeping upwards. I halfway expect her to continue. Terry Gannon says she is “chasing her own dream of perfection” and I can’t imagine last night would have been it.
if we think back to her first years on the senior level, she was never consistent. she's never been consistent. for Gracie, it's a mind game through and through and it's likely something she'll always struggle with.
i think she's had to learn how to compete again since she came back and it's a different game now. it's not as automatic as it used to be for her; she has to think about it more while she's out there. taking significant breaks from competitive skating really, really changes everything when you come back. your body is completely different and so is your mind, and it never comes back quite the same way it once was. in a lot of ways it's like learning how to walk again. i'm not sure if we will ever see Gracie as the competitor she was before her break, but it's truly amazing how far she's come the last 4-5 years. this might be her peak.
She knew I was there too. I always make sure she knows.
It’s like Terry Gannon said - she’s chasing her own ideal of perfection. I saw her skate that long better in Philly though. She can skate it better with hip healed. Whether she will want to grace us with another year I do not know. I think there’s something she wants to accomplish - 2 clean programs at Nats? I know not.
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I wonder what other injuries she hadsas Gracie is wearing a boot on her left foot in a recent picture. I don't think a lot of times commentators including Dave lease aware of what's really going on with skaters. This might be a recent issue though but it might explain why she struggled at us championships in the long. She just looked so good earlier in the year.
