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Hey, for the 1st time in a while I'll be home from work before the competition starts on Friday 
Practice reports?
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Yuna and Daisuke are in great shape, they have the best chance to win! Steph's spin is dazzling as usual, still not sure about his jump quality. It's so funny to see everybody in men's training wears BLACK.
They must be in a depressing mood or ticked off at something
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Hopefully things will be brighter for the Men once the competition starts
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2imDVbheU
Maybe it's just me, but Mao's spins look much faster!
Maybe it's just me, but Mao's spins look much faster!
I feel that Mao's spins got faster than the last season. I don't know if she did from the TEB though.
I always feel kind of "wow" to see how skinny she is whenever I see her in a black practice outfit.
Also I am impressed to see how elegantly both Yuna and Mao dance on ice. In these practice videos, they wear simple outfits and are sometimes dancing without music. Then the beauty of each move just stands out by itself.
BTW, I felt excited when I could catch some of the words in Korean in this video, like "Grand Prix Final," "Kim Yu-na,""Asada Mao," "Figure Skating," and "Italy" (Too simple?
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Bennett, You're so cute!!
BTW we say Italy 'Italia' which I don't get at all. It sounds like a cheap italian restaurant.
From what I've seen from some practice clips, both Yuna and Mao are in good shape and it seems Mao is going for another triple-triple in her FS.
I hope they both skate great.
That said, I wish all the ladies skate their best!!
(It would be so cool to see some upsets!!)
BTW we say Italy 'Italia' which I don't get at all. It sounds like a cheap italian restaurant.
From what I've seen from some practice clips, both Yuna and Mao are in good shape and it seems Mao is going for another triple-triple in her FS.
I hope they both skate great.
That said, I wish all the ladies skate their best!!
(It would be so cool to see some upsets!!)
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Has anyone seen Kimmie practicing???
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I was just going to post this same question. Where is Kimmie?
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Weir does not even look close on that quad. Shades of J. Buttle.
Evan should have no trouble beating him at nationals.
Evan should have no trouble beating him at nationals.
You can find a nice interview with Mao here (second last post on the second page):
http://maoasada.logu2.com/competition-shows-discussion-f7/gpf-2007-t73.htm
She does indeed plan two triple-triples, the first one is going to be 3F-3T, and 3F-3L will be moved to the second half of the program.
http://maoasada.logu2.com/competition-shows-discussion-f7/gpf-2007-t73.htm
She does indeed plan two triple-triples, the first one is going to be 3F-3T, and 3F-3L will be moved to the second half of the program.
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Little clip of Johnny on practice, seems the same practice of the first video but this time Johnny's music is on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBWxeZs_4w&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBWxeZs_4w&feature=user
http://www.mediafire.com/?dsmo2jbfdyn
Here's a clip of Mao and Yu-na at practice. Yu-na lands a 3/2 as part of her program. Then Mao is shown landing 3 beautiful 3A's! She does them so effortlessly, they look like 2A's!
If she really skates a clean program including a 3A and two 3-3's, then she should go home with the gold medal.
Here's a clip of Mao and Yu-na at practice. Yu-na lands a 3/2 as part of her program. Then Mao is shown landing 3 beautiful 3A's! She does them so effortlessly, they look like 2A's!
If she really skates a clean program including a 3A and two 3-3's, then she should go home with the gold medal.
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Thanks for the practice reports.
We have an amazing crop of young skaters who are meeting the challenges of CoP, where one has to crowd in as many high difficulty moves as possible, as quickly as possible.
I am remembering my favorite skater, Alexei Yagudin, at practices. He would usually not do much jumping in the practices before a competition. He would just run through his music, practicing the body language, etc., and sometimes, he would not attend a practice at all, and they would just play his music, while some other skaters took the ice and practiced their programs. Over the years, I noticed that too often, other skaters would leave their best efforts on the practice ice, and then be a little burnt out when the time came for the competition performance. I always felt that one of the secrets of Alexei's greatness was that he saved his emotional and physical energy for the actual moment of rivalry, then let it burst forth like a flower in bloom.
We have an amazing crop of young skaters who are meeting the challenges of CoP, where one has to crowd in as many high difficulty moves as possible, as quickly as possible.
I am remembering my favorite skater, Alexei Yagudin, at practices. He would usually not do much jumping in the practices before a competition. He would just run through his music, practicing the body language, etc., and sometimes, he would not attend a practice at all, and they would just play his music, while some other skaters took the ice and practiced their programs. Over the years, I noticed that too often, other skaters would leave their best efforts on the practice ice, and then be a little burnt out when the time came for the competition performance. I always felt that one of the secrets of Alexei's greatness was that he saved his emotional and physical energy for the actual moment of rivalry, then let it burst forth like a flower in bloom.
Yeah, how about those amazing 4S's Miki was landing before NHK!
But I hope you're wrong, or at least wrong about Mao, and right about Johnny. I hope Mao will skate as well as she's doing in practice, and Johnny to skate much better than in practice.
