Figure Skating

[cassiesmom]

I thought that 10-year-old Nathan Chen was amazing! I hope he will have a very bright future as a skater.

I didn't know Dick Button was the first to complete a double Axel in competition. He IS mellowing with age! I wonder what he thinks of today's competitors doing triple and quad jumps?!

I thought it was very neat that all the Olympic winners were introduced from Dick Button to Sarah Hughes. Very cool. The girls who won weren't even born yet when Scott Hamilton and Brian Boitano were Olympic competitors. I remember those two Olympics so well.

And I thought Mirai Nagasu's program was more artistic and Rachael Flatt's more athletic. I wish 3 women could go. I thought Mirai Nagasu should have won, but then they showed the problem with her jumps in very slow motion and I understood why she finished second.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Hi Elyse,

Sometimes the ones you hope will have a great future somehow don't make it, for whatever reason. It's fun to watch over the years and see how things pan out.

Seeing the past Olympic Gold Medalists was really cool.

My BIL took my sister, my Mom and me to see Peggy Fleming in the Ice Capades (or maybe the Follies, I forget which) after she had won the Gold medal. I'd had a tooth pulled that day and the next thing I knew I was being shaken awake in my seat to get up and go home, the show was over. I MISSED seeing Peggy skate! All I have to show for it is the program from the show!

The cheated jumps is nothing new. It's so hard to see it without the slow-mo. The cheated Lutz jump, too, is kind of hard to see...many women skaters especially take off on the wrong edge, making it a "flutz", which isn't as difficult a jump as a Lutz. They shouldn't get full credit if they don't do a true Lutz. I guess this new judging system makes sure that gets checked more so than the old system.

[Grace]

Interesting article about Johnny Weir.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Gretchen, I'd have to agree with most of that article saying how Johnny's style and persona and costumes are leaning more towards "schtick" these days.
There used to be a purity to his skating that was so beautiful.
What he does off the ice can't help but have some effect on how people view him on the ice.

When he skates well, there is nothing like him, but I haven't seen him skate well, securely, and passionately all at the same time in a while.

[Bonny]

Johnny reminds me of Rudy Glenda anyhow his style of skating & his choice of clothing. I like his confidence & artistry. When he skates he seems to be trying to relay a story along with the music he has picked & trying to put all the required elements into it. He has his work cut out for him along with all the others skaters from the USA.

[Momto4FemaleFelines]

Rudy is SO much fun to see in person! His show numbers were usually a lot different than his competitive numbers. It was so thrilling to see him win US Nationals in '96 in his home town.

[Grace]

I found two more interesting articles in the NY Times - about pairs and ice dancers, finding a partner - and some strange representations.

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