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I suggest you watch her 1992 U.S. Nationals skate again.I have all of Kristi's National, World and Olympic performances on tape and she wasn't clean in any of them.
I suggest you watch her 1992 U.S. Nationals skate again.I have all of Kristi's National, World and Olympic performances on tape and she wasn't clean in any of them.
soogar said:Kristi was lucky that she could win with a fall but Sasha has to compete with MK who doesn't fall very often and even rarely falls at Nats.
Ogre Mage said:I suggest you watch her 1992 U.S. Nationals skate again.
I would argue that four of five 6- or 7-triple performances, including successfully landed 3/3 sequences or combos in the three biggest, makes her a consistent skater.soogar said:*shudder* I'll take your word for it (Kristi was not a favorite of mine). One clean performance in her competitive career and she's the model of consistency? MK has had more clean performances than any skater out there.
equestrianguy said:Sasha, has what it takes to win the Worlds and Olympics.. IT's just she has never been clean in the LP after acing the SP. If she was to pull both programs together...there is no doubt in my mind that her classical skating would be first. The international judges love Sasha's classic Russian-like skating..
Kuchana said:There's no arguing that Sasha has what it takes to be a World or Olympic champion but so far she has yet to show us what she's capable of. Until then, all this speculating is pointless with all the ifs, could have beens, might, maybe, etc.
soogar said:*shudder* I'll take your word for it (Kristi was not a favorite of mine). One clean performance in her competitive career and she's the model of consistency? MK has had more clean performances than any skater out there.
Ifs and Excuses ease the pain of a fan's sadness. It's good therapy. However, Kwan is not the only one who gets ifs and excuses. Is she?millie said:All these ifs and excuses, the point is that she didn't win and no ifs,ands or buts about it.
millie said:If Michelle has had so many clean performances, how come she has not won the gold at the Olympics and has not beaten all those skaters with their so called unclean performances---Krisy,Tara,Sarah and so on and so on-----.
millie said:If Michelle has had so many clean performances, how come she has not won the gold at the Olympics and has not beaten all those skaters with their so called unclean performances---Krisy,Tara,Sarah and so on and so on-----.
I've never understood the demand of some fans to look at figure skating as if it should be in the style of classical ballet. I would like to see figure skating stand on its own steam and be an original art form not depending on outside influences.equestrianguy said:Chuckm,
I was thinking more so of the Russian pairs skating tradition...not the ladies. Also, I meant Sasha's very ballet-like influenced skating which is very evident in the Russian pairs skating.. So I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear.. I wasn't talking about Russian ladies single skaters.
VIETgrlTerifa said:Whoa, you had your sugar today.
Not winning 2 competitions that happens to occur every four years, whether or not if it's the biggest one, is not an indicator of any skater's consistency.
Let me explain it to you. Consistency means taking the whole track record and seeing how many clean performances a skater has. To see if one has good consistency, you compare how many clean performances that person compared to other skaters. However, a clean performanceisn't just limited to clean jumps, but landing all of or almost all of your planned content, so I don't think that downgrading three or four jumps would be considered a clean performance.
Then there are skaters who really are consistent with their performances but still don't win due to someone skating better that competition or them lacking in other areas. Them not winning doesn't take away the fact that they are reliable and consistent.