Ladies go for Gold! Free Skate

[Antilles]

Holy crap. Good for her, but I can't believe it!

 

[soogar]

I would like Irina to get the gold for her beautiful career. But that's not possible.
Irina ends 3rd

Damn.. now she and Michelle are even (1 silver and 1 bronze in consecutive Olympic games). Maybe they have a cosmic connection.

I wish Fumie got the bronze, she deserves it more than Irina. Fume's SP was better and it sounds like her LP kicked a$$ as well.

And Sasha gets another silver... Though I bet Sasha is darn happy with that medal. She could have finished off the podium.

 

[CDMM1991]

Irina did everything, except she had a couple scratchy landings, doubled a triple flip, and fell on a triple loop.

 

[Kirkbiggestfan]

Congrats to Shizuka! She is such a beautiful and complete skater!

 

[sk8fanconvert]

OMG, Arwakarwa wins! Good for her. And good for Sasha with the silver.

HOOORAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CDMM1991]

I don't think I can remember the last time Irina fell on a jump.

 

[Frau Muller]

Final top ten:

21 ARAKAWA Shizuka JPN 3 66.02 1 125.32 1 191.34
20 COHEN Sasha USA 1 66.73 2 116.63 2 183.36
22 SUGURI Fumie JPN 4 61.75 3 113.48 3 175.23
17 ROCHETTE Joannie CAN 9 55.85 4 111.42 4 167.27
23 MEISSNER Kimmie USA 5 59.40 5 106.31 5 165.71
15 HUGHES Emily USA 7 57.08 6 103.79 6 160.87
16 MEIER Sarah SUI 10 55.57 7 100.56 7 156.13
18 KOSTNER Carolina ITA 11 53.77 8 99.73 8 153.50
19 GEDEVANISHVILI Elene GEO 6 57.90 12 93.56 9 151.46
10 LIU Yan CHN 15 49.84 10 95.46 10 145.30

Well - 3 golds and one bronze for Russia ain't shabby!

Lots of crying by Shizuka, I can hear!!! She is beside herself!!!! BRAVO, JAPAN!!!!!

 

[Dee4707]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok I'm happy now!!! :chorus: :chorus:

Dee

 

[MissJanet]

I wanted Irina to win, but since she fell, what can I say, the gold medal is where she belongs imho. But silver would have been fair for Irina - well, what do I know, congratulations to the winners.

 

[CDMM1991]

Wow. Another surprise Oly Gold medalist. Obviously she's not sixteen but she definitely is a surprise! Who would have predicted!?

 

[Nmsis]

Only 4 triples from Slutskaya?

5, my mistake

 

[SusanBeth]

Congratulations to Shiz, Sasha, and Irina! At least the ladies gave us a competition. Thank You Ladies for all of your efforts!

 

[soogar]

Shizuka!!! GOLD!!! Never would have guessed. Ever in my life. And Sasha is silver again. Go figure.

The most beautiful OGM skater ever!!

 

[equestrianguy]

I am happy for Shizuka, but sad for Irina... She, like Michelle, will probably never have Olympic gold....

 

[Jasper]

OMG! This is so shocking. Woooooooooooow.

Both Slutskaya and Kwan will just have to settle for Silver and Bronze at the Olympics.

Congrats Shizuka! 9th at Worlds last year but you have risen again.

 

[Frau Muller]

.... Though I bet Sasha is darn happy with that medal. She could have finished off the podium.

Humm...I wouldn't be so sure. She said she wanted nothing less than gold BUT she did beat Irina.

I am SOOOOO happy that Shiz won...if not Ira, then Shizuka!!!!!

 

[SugarCranberry]

Michelle did not have to injure herself with all those 3-3

 

[Nmsis]

Arakawa wins gold
Sasha is following
Irina is third (I would have place her in front of Sasha)

 

[equestrianguy]

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[Kikigirl]

Yes! Go Shiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!