This Way Lies Pladness

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I think I kind of want one of these. It's mesmerizing. You could skate at ludicrous speed. How could any goalie defend against someone dressed like that? It's just not possible.

Olympics Note - Sasha Cohen fell on her tuchus and got Silver. Very sad for her. People will remember Michelle Kwan as the skater who kept getting beat. They'll remember Sasha as the skater who choked.

Both the US and Canada hockey teams have been bounced. It's only mildly disappointing for the US, because our team is old and slow. Which, really, is a sorry indicator on the quality of under-30 US Hockey players. It's crusing for the Canadians. They've got young players, they've got great players, how can they not even score against Switzerland? My expectation is either Finland or Russia for gold. I like Alex Ovechkin, but I have a longstanding practice of rooting for the Finns the minute the US is eliminated, for no reason other than I think Finnish names sound awesome.

Comments

[smithereen.livejournal.com]

Actually although Michelle fell in 2002 in her short program, in 1998 she skated both programs cleanly. Tara Lipinkski had two triple-triple combos to edged her out technically, but there was a lot of debate about whether Michelle should have gotten the gold that year because both girls skated well, neither girl had a fall, and basically one was stronger techically while the other was stronger artistically.

As far as Sasha versus Michelle there is also the fact that Michelle has won 5 world championships. Sasha hasn't won any. I think there's definitely a reason Sasha has that reputation for choking, and it goes beyond just the Olympics. But yeah...I was hoping she would break her pattern too because she's brilliant when she's really on.

Anyway, sorry to hijack...I'm just very yay! people talking about figure skating!

[blackcat333-99.livejournal.com]

1998... Hmmm. Okay, I’ll stand corrected. For some reason I’m thinking Michelle had a mistake then too, but it might have been that she doubled one of her triples and I just misremember it as a fall. I could swear there was *something* she did in her long that opened the door just a crack for Tara to sneak through, and Tara did. Ah well. I seem to remember that for both of the past Olympics that Michelle did compete in she skated better at Nationals than at the Games.

And yes, Sasha’s reputation for choking comes from her usual pattern, not just these Olympics. I’d love to see her break through, because she’s got the skills – it’s a mental thing she has yet to overcome.

And no worries for hijacking - I enjoy being able to talk skating with a fellow fan. Looking forward to Worlds next month. I do wonder if Johnny Weir is going to reuse this long program and try to just do better with it or if he’s going to revert back to the long program he used at Nationals. (And the commentators dropped the ball in either not noticing or at least not commenting on the fact that Johnny dropped his long program from Nat’ls and reverted to last year’s long program here at the Games.) Artistically I prefer this program, but technically his Nat’ls program was a bit stronger. And we all know what the judges are rewarding in the new points system (at this point in time – but that’s a whole ‘nother minor rant).