The ladies SP was last night and I must say it was a nice surprise. Of the top 6, 5 had clean skates (no falls) Only Miki had a small problem (from this code I call it a small problem) That being said Joannie Rochette having only a 2 point deficit to the best SP of the night (IMO) was really a bit much for me to handle.
I wrote my original article about rooting for Joannie when it was still an emotional topic for me. I came back to my senses and what happened last night just wasn’t fair.
Joannie had a nice short but she was void of emotion as she usually is when she skates. I realize it must have been tough for her and I agree she should have been in third place but to only be 2 points behind a triple axel combination and the performance of Kim Yuna is a great travesty to the sport.
I liked Kim Yu na’s SP last night but I wasn’t wowed by it. I have seen her do it much better. I will never compare Kim Yu na to Michelle Kwan but I think right now they are both in the same kind of situation. Michelle had so many perfect performances in her repertoire that if she wasn’t perfect it showed. Kim Yuna had that problem last night. While she was still great it wasn’t one of her best but seeing how she has had so many bests that doesn’t mean she didn’t deserve her outcome.
Yes I might be wishy washy on this SP for awhile.lol
For me personally I was more impressed with Mao nailing her SP and that is probably why I enjoyed the performance so much. That is also probably why I won’t argue with the actual results of the first two though IMO the scores should be closer.
All and all I thought it was a great night for skating. Everyone we saw did a good to great job and I can find something positive to say about every single SP I witnessed last night (I did miss Alena Leonova last night so this is probably why I feel this way:)
The Long Programs are tomorrow night. Below is the skating order. Marai lucks out skating last and Rachael gets screwed again starting first in the last group. Back to back dueling LP from Mao and Kim should set the night up perfectly.
Group 1
1 KARADEMIR Tugba 21 50.74
2 LAFUENTE Sonia 22 49.74
3 LIU Yan 19 51.74
4 GLEBOVA Elena 20 50.80
5 GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia 24 49.02
6 HECKEN Sarah 23 49.04
Group 2
7 PHANEUF Cynthia 14 57.16
8 KORPI Kiira 17 52.96
9 LEE Cheltzie 18 52.16
10 MEIER Sarah 15 56.70
11 SEBESTYEN Julia 13 57.46
12 KWAK Min-Jung 16 53.16
Group 3
13 LEONOVA Alena 8 62.14
14 SUZUKI Akiko 11 61.02
15 KOSTNER Carolina 7 63.02
16 LEPISTO Laura 10 61.36
17 MAKAROVA Ksenia 12 59.22
18 GEDEVANISHVILI Elene 9 61.92
Group 4
19 FLATT Rachael 5 64.64
20 ANDO Miki 4 64.76
21 KIM Yu-Na 1 78.50
22 ASADA Mao 2 73.78
23 ROCHETTE Joannie 3 71.36
24 NAGASU Mirai 6 63.76
Tags: 2010 winter olympics, joannie rochette, kim yu-na, mao asadA, marai nagasu, miki ando, rachael flatt, yuna kim
February 25, 2010 at 4:05 am |
I really think that if Joannie got a boost in the scoring, it was for being Canadian & the reigning world silver medalist. I think she would’ve been scored just as well had her mother not died, considering the marks we saw for Dube & Davison, Chan, and Virtue and Moir.
If anything, I think Yu-na leading Mao by five points is ridiculous. She wasn’t THAT much better. She’s damn near untouchable now. It’ll be awesome to see them go back to back again tomorrow. I hope Mao can handle being second this time.
Miki is so boring, I just don’t care.
Frickin’ sucks about Rachael’s draw…but I remind myself that Evan had to go up first as well. Hah =)
February 25, 2010 at 4:20 am |
My like of Rachael is purely because she gets no credit at all from anyone.
She seems like such a nice kid and she works her butt off but people are just so nasty to her. Not just nasty but down right mean and bitter. It borders my dislike of Nastia ha ha:)
February 25, 2010 at 5:46 am |
yeah, I was pretty indifferent to Rachael until I realized the level of ridiculous vitriol being leveled at her. she’s not a gorgeous skater, but she seems to be well aware of that and seems to be one of the hard-workingest, most determined skaters out there. I mean, dislike her skating, but damn. most girls have to do something more than not be super pretty to make me dislike them a lot. y’know, like have a bad attitude, be an attention whore, etc.
also, she’s a dork, as evidenced by her schoolwork & the fact that she’s a spokesperson for Reading Is Fundamental, and I am also a dork and therefore must support her. =)