Kim Yu-Na.
Last night was the final program in Women's Figure
Skating, the long program. Yu-Na Kim of South Korea
took the Gold, with Mao Asada of Japan and Joannie
Rochette of Canada taking the Silver and Bronze. I
really don't know what the judges were doing in this
one. Kim's program, like her short program, was tech-
nically masterful but lacked any emotion, passion.
Watching Kim skate is about as exciting as watching
someone expertly carve a turkey. They call her the Queen.
More like the Snow Queen if you ask me.
Personally I think that Rachael Flatt and Mao Asaday
should have taken the top two spots — with it being
a coin flip as to who would take the Gold.
As for Joannie Rochette I do admire her courage after
her mother died. And she did skate an excellent short
program. But last night she made several very obvious
errors. And at that level, last night on that ice and
against the competition she was up against, I have no
idea how she finished 3rd.
It seemed to me that Kim was given high points for
being technically wonderful but emotionless. Whereas
Rochette seemed to score high for a rather poor routine
filled with emotion. How can you have it both ways from
the same group of judges? I have no idea. I have come
to miss the old scoring system, where skaters were
judged in two sets of scores — technical and artistic.
And so after the event I returned to the same feeling
of frustration I had after the short program. I think
if I had to do it all over again I would have stuck
with the Alpine skiing, where the only judge is a damn
clock.
Alexei Grishin.
And no, the photo isn't upside down.
Alexei Grishin of Belarus won the Men's Aerial skiing
event. I wasn't going to watch the Aerials as it is
really not my type of skiing. But I ended up watching
some anyway. One thing I will say is that the slow-
motion shots of the skiers as they came down doing
their rotations and flips and such were very beautiful
— like something from Koyaanisqatsi. And now I find
myself wanting to watch more of that type skiing. I
guess you're never too old to pick up new things. At
least not if you keep an open mind.
The Canadian Women's Hockey Team.
And oh, Canada won the gold in Women's Hockey.
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Love the photo of the guy upside-down in the air. I feel like that most of the time.:lol:
LMAO. Maybe that will open up a whole new recreational area for you, Star. 🙂
Well…I'll be on time with this post and get to your yesterdays post next.I did watch most of these two events last night, the aerials and the ladies skating. I agree, love the slow motion of the aerials. Has it ever said anywhere how high they go?I thought Rachael's performance was great and she was delightful. Then was very surprised how many points the next few girls got which bumped her down several notches. I must have been interrupted in the skating performances because I thought one of the other Asian girls had one. I thought, it was whichever one it was that said her whole country would shun her if she didn't win gold. But I think several of the countries are like that. You are fodder if you don't win gold.
Yeah, the truth is that America and Americans really don't support ice skating like they do there in Korea and Japan. They said that Kim had earned 6 million dollars in endorsements. And the Japanese earn similar. We have that too, but I don't even think the high profile sports guys here make that much. Anyway, it's tough for American skaters and a lot of other type Olympic athletes.Well one thing about Rachael, her dad is a biochemical engineer and her mom is a biochemist or something. And evidently Rachael is highly into science and academics. So medal or not, 2014 or not, she will do well. :yes:Although personally I think she should study anthropology. :p
PS I don't know about the height of the jumps but I'll try to find something out and get back with you.
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
It looks like almost two stories up. Can you imagine the feeling of the very first time anyone tried this? I think I'd throw up.
I think I would break my back. :down::)
My cousin pushed me off a porch that was on top of a garage once, while I was in the middle of a cartwheel. Thought I'd never stop falling!Cracked my collarbone. Felt like I'd been hit by a truck or something.: owwww::D
Poor Star. Bet it didn't slow you down any though, yeah?I've never had a broken bone except for a few broken ribs. And they also sawed my sternum apart when I had my heart surgery. For the ribs I just wore one of those spandex/velcro wrap around things. Anyway I am so glad I never had to wear a cast, which I think would drive me insane.
thanks for the update Eddie,I missed most of the events last night,I had to stop by here tonight to see your review…You did a great job this year! thanks! :heart: you get a gold medal by me for reporting :heart:
Thanks for the medal! But gold may be too heavy for me to carry around!About two more days left. Strangely, Saturday's events will probably be skipped pn Sunday due to a Valentina post.
I always liked women in armor. Canada`s women team looks cute 😀
Agree. I never liked Kerrigan either. :down: :down:
Edward, I remember when Nancy Kerrigan was such a hot skater, but I never liked her. Technically, she was excellent, but there was no grace or expression of emotion in her skating. It was cold and robotic to me. While several, Christy Yamaguchi, Tara Lipinsky and Oxsana Bayul and there was a Japanese or Chinese girl, also, whose name I don't remember—but their skating struck an emotional chord in me because their movements and interpretations were so expressive. I didn't know that had stopped giving a technical and a separate artistic score. Not good.