Well, it was a crazy weekend in Beijing. Pigs flew overhead the city. No one sent me a picture of the meteorolgical feat, unfortunately, but I know it happened because...
Alissa Czisny won the Grand Prix Final! She's the loveliest skater in the world and she didn't fall once! It was a pretty lovely group of performances for Czisny and she really did deserve it. Rachael Flatt, on the other hand, battling tendinitis, either had a complete nervous breakdown or showed up completely unprepared. In the latter case, she would have done better ceding the spot to someone else. And if you think that's harsh, read what Phil Hersh has to say about her performances here. Carolina Kostner put together some nice performances for silver and Japan's Kanako Murakami just missed second and had to settle for bronze. Miki Ando won the free skate but started too far back for that to matter.
On the men's side, Patrick Chan of Canada won his first Grand Prix Final and it sounds like it was the possibly one of the first Grand Prix competitions he's won that he actually probably outright deserved to win. BUT I haven't watched yet. Also, it doesn't sound it was a great competition.
In pairs, Pang and Tong are still ironing themselves out as they were outclassed by Germany's Savchenko and Szolkowy. Chinese upstarts Sui and Han won the bronze.
Ice dancing saw Davis and White win the gold easily, Pechalat and Bourzat win the silver easily, and Crone and Poirier emerge with the bronze.
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