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Grand Prix Final Thoughts and Results: Ladies Short
In skating order (full results below): Akiko Suzuki, Japan (57.54): Great start for Suzuki!!! Think the crowd was expecting a higher score...it was hard not to get excited about the way she was skating. Ashley Wagner, USA (54.26): A good performance from Wagner, but her triple flip landing...
Grand Prix Final (Seniors) Day One Thoughts
Well, Day one of the Grand Prix Final is over and I think it was a pretty successful day - no complete disasters although there were noticeable mistakes here and there. Broken records and season and personal bests and some absolutely amazing skating left me quite happy at the end! Can't wait to...
Cancer.Net Skate America Results: Pairs and Men's Short Programs
Here are the short program results for pairs and men's short programs at Skate America. Men Some amazing performances by America's Evan Lysacek and France's Florent Amodio (exquisite footwork!). But some cause for concern as Lysacek was dinged with a triple axel downgrade. A better showing by...
Final Thoughts on Worlds/Required Elements Breakdown
Better late than never, here are some final thoughts on this year's world championships, mainly things that I didn't get to give due space to before: Most impressive: Yuna Kim's short program. Absolute perfection and a lesson on how it's done in a way that racks up the points and entertains an...
GPF Pairs Final Thoughts
This will have to be short since I watched them all more than a week ago. I don't have any memory of the short programs either. We'll try to kick it off with one word descriptions: SAD: When Russia's Mukhortova and Trankov started their free skate I didn't think they were going to do too badly...
Grand Prix Final: Men
Some thoughts about the men's Grand Prix final: Maybe it's a good thing that Canadian Patrick Chan came in last place. He's only 17, and he's been winning competitions with free skates that he makes a lot of errors in. That's not a great habit to get into. Maybe this "wake-up call," as he...
Practice Session News
The LA TImes'' Fabulous Forum reports that former World Champion Kimmie Meissner had a rough practice session yesterday at Skate America. Meissner, of Bel Air. Md., fell four times in her warm-up and again on a double axel while practicing her long program. She also appeared to be off balance on a...
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