Congratulations Alissa, on Grand Prix Final Gold!

[satchelpooch318]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsCsk...layer_embedded

Aww man, she does the Katarina Witt "butt eagle" -- but I can easily overlook that since everything else about her skating so über-stupendous!

[DORISPULASKI]

So glad to see Alissa skate back to back good programs! It can be done by an older skater!

Congratulations to her!

[Karpenko]

So proud of her, she deserves this.

[semogal]

I am so happy for Alissa. And I absolutely love her exhibition skate. She really has my favorite programs this season.

[alilou]

Interview with Alissa

Alissa Czisny - Through The Continents
http://worldskating.blogspot.com/201...inents_19.html

[RD]

I'm sorry to say that I never had faith in Alissa and felt like her nationals win was a fluke, but she has overcome any doubts I had with this GPF win. So confident, mature, and beautiful. Her last few competitions have been so solid and consistent - she really has become a new skater. (I don't want to jinx her for nationals though - but I think Rachael has become last year's Alissa, and Alissa has become last year's Rachael.)

Uuummm....I wouldn't say that....no, I definitely would not say that.

[DreamSkates]

Congrats to Alissa, and I hope she goes to Worlds and skates her very best, and gets the most points the judges can give for however she skates. How's that for, I really like her skating and was so happy she won the GPF and am cheering her on to a win at worlds (US Nats, too) but competition at Worlds will be tougher, altho in the judges minds she'll get a brownie point for having won the GPF. Plus it has probably given her some confidence she hasn't had so maybe that will spur her on to give her best performance yet which I don't think she quite pulled off at the GPF.