miki-ando Stories - Required Elements
Grand Prix Final Thoughts and Results: Ladies and Pairs Free Skates
Pairs Shen and Zhao, China: Amazing. Although if I am nitpicking, their side by side spins were in different time zones. But, I will not pick against them again! They just do everything the best. Pang and Tong, China: Hand down on the side by side triple toes. Still, this program is great...
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...
Drumroll Please....
Your Grand Prix Final competitors (barring injury or another type of withdrawal) will be: Pairs Shen and Zhao (China) Pang and Tong (China) Mukhortova and Trankov (Russia) Savchenko and Szolkowy (Germany) Kavaguti and Smirnov (Russia) Zhang and Zhang (China)* *Tied for points with Ukraine's...
Stars Stripes and Skates Gets Mention at E!...thanks, Kate
Well, the addition of Kate Gosselin definitely raised the profile of this year's Stars Stripes and Skates event that took place over the weekend in Danbury, Connecticut. The event benefited the Heritage Foundation of 9/11 and was set to feature Johnny Weir, Miki Ando, Oksana Baiul, and others. ...
UPDATED: 2009 World Championships Exhibitions
UPDATED: I have added the Yu-na Kim link kindfully submitted by commenters! Enjoy! I have gotten a few emails about whether the Worlds exhibitions were televised. I don't think they're being televised in America. I have put some links below that I found on youtube of the exhibitions. I have...
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...
Yu-na Kim Wins World Championships by more than 16 Points; America Wins Only Two Olympic Slots
Well, there really is no competition. Yu-na Kim is in a class by herself, or at least she was in this competition. She wasn't even perfect; she botched a triple salchow late in her program. But she was so superb throughout and on every other element, that she could have made several errors and...
Lamenting the American Ladies
This Washington Post piece is one of the myriad articles being written right about now about the lack of medal potential in America's female skaters, so here you go. Nothing really new or particularly insightful unfortunately. But I do have to say something (of course): Some figure skating...
A Grand Prix-View: Singles!
Well, the skating in the Grand Prix Final from Goyang City, Korea starts on Friday (way before the crack of dawn for those of you in America with me). If your favorite skater didn't make it or doesn't win, just think "Jeffrey Buttle, Jeffrey Buttle, Jeffrey Buttle," as Buttle did not make the...
Final Thoughts on NHK Trophy
First of all, forget NHK. The competition I want to see, which is bound to be the most drama-filled of the season, the Japanese National Championships, ladies division. I mean, whoever decided that each country should only be able to send a maximum of three competitors to the world championships...
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