smirnov Stories - Required Elements
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...
NHK Trophy Final Thoughts
Rematches? We don't need no stinking rematches Kavaguti and Smirnov vs. Pang and Tong, Rostelecom Cup Redux It will be interesting to see if Kavaguti and Smirnov skate clean in the free for once to find out how these teams would stack up. But I was impressed with how the Russian pair regrouped...
NHK Trophy Grand Prix Preview
NHK Trophy is this weekend in Nagano, Japan. Here's what I think: Pairs Why to Watch: China's Pang and Tong beat out Russia's Kavaguti and Smirnov at their first matchup at Rostelecom Cup a couple of weeks ago. Who will take the rematch? Keep and Eye Out For: America's breakout pair of last...
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...
Europe Has a Championship Too
The European Championships have been well under way in Helsinki, Finland this week as well. The big news so far is that there isn't really any big news. Although Mukhortova were able to grab the short program lead on a great performance and errors by others, Germany's World Champions Savchenko...
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...
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