Figure Skating Champions SURVIVOR: Ladies SEMI-FINAL

**SamuraiK** · 07-13-2012, 01:59 AM

And we have our first medallist.. Ok its just a pewter medal with no real value but still

Congrats for surviving so far:

4TH PLACE: MAO ASADA (48.60% of votes)

The real podium will consist of:

01. Michelle Kwan - USA - 1996,1998,2000,2001 and 2003 World Champion.
02. Irina Slutskaya - RUS - 2002 and 2005 World Champion.
03. Yuna Kim - KOR - 2009 World and 2010 Olympic Champion.

Already Eliminated:
05th Place - Lu Chen (38.61% votes)
06th Place - Shizuka Arakawa (39.06% votes)
07th Place - Tara Lipinski (37.15% votes)
08th Place - Carolina Kostner (41.39% votes)
09th Place - Maria Butyrskaya (32.67% votes)
10th Place - Miki Ando (24.90% votes)
11th place - Sarah Hughes (53.06% votes)
12th place - Kimmie Meissner (50.26% votes)

Who deserves the Bronze?? YOU DECIDE!

**blue_idealist** · 07-13-2012, 02:12 AM

Gonna have to go with Slutskaya, even though I think she was great. No one has the competitive record of Kwan, nor the artistic power, and Yu-Na is an Olympic gold medalist who basically creamed the rest of her field (she's no Baiul or Hughes or even Ilia Kulik, who I tried to vote out before a non-OGM winner in the men's poll).

**SamuraiK** · 07-13-2012, 02:17 AM

Multiple Links Post celebrating our three finalists:

MICHELLE KWAN
1994 Worlds
1995 Worlds
1996 Worlds
1997 Worlds
1998 Olympics
1998 Worlds
1999 Worlds
2000 Worlds
2001 Worlds
2002 Olympics
2002 Worlds
2003 Worlds
2004 Worlds
2005 Worlds

IRINA SLUTSKAYA
1995 Worlds
1996 Worlds
1997 Worlds
1998 Olympics
1998 Worlds
2000 Worlds
2001 Worlds
2002 Olympics
2002 Worlds
2004 Worlds
2005 Worlds
2006 Olympics

YUNA KIM
2007 Worlds
2008 Worlds
2009 Worlds
2010 Olympics
2010 Worlds
2011 Worlds

**UGG** · 07-13-2012, 02:40 AM

I feel like Tara got really screwed in this poll LOL!
Anywhoo-I am voting for yuna. I need some nostalga in my life! Kwan/Slutskaya showdown!!

**Macassar88** · 07-13-2012, 02:41 AM

I voted for Kwan because I felt that her programs on the whole were pretty empty and she mainly used the music to carry her through everything.

**manleywoman** · 07-13-2012, 02:44 AM

Tough to eliminate Slute, since she certainly had longevity.

**UGG** · 07-13-2012, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by Macassar88

I voted for Kwan because I felt that her programs on the whole were pretty empty and she mainly used the music to carry her through everything.

Obviously you have never watched anything between 1995-2001.

**shady82** · 07-13-2012, 03:52 AM

Slutskaya. She simply doesn't have the complete package. I would say she had the complete package with her programs for 2000-01, but that was it.

I rewatched Slutskaya's 2005 Worlds LP, and though it was an emotional program, I was shocked by how sloppy she was. Her program was memorable, but it certainly doesn't go down as one of the great progrmas of all time.

I don't see how you can put Slutskaya ahead of Kim, who has the complete package and can do difficult triple-triples, and skated the best Olympics LP in recent history. IMO, it goes without saying that Slutskaya should go before Kwan.

RD · 07-13-2012, 04:04 AM

Originally Posted by UGG

I feel like Tara got really screwed in this poll LOL!

She did, but it should be kept in mind that it's an FSU poll. A popularity contest at that. Seen from that perspective, skaters like Lipinski or Hughes had no shot at all from the beginning.

Anyway, based on this final 3 I'd have to say perhaps Slute. Although I could make a case for Kim as well.

**Macassar88** · 07-13-2012, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by UGG

Obviously you have never watched anything between 1995-2001.

Yeah and I really only enjoyed three of those programs.

**Excidra** · 07-13-2012, 05:58 AM

Voted for Yuna..

Kwan/Slutskaya Show down is much more exciting than Yuna /Kwan.

**t.mann** · 07-13-2012, 06:07 AM

Sorry, Heidi.
Although I like and respect you.

**judgejudy27** · 07-13-2012, 07:00 AM

The game is ending with a fizzle it looks like. Slutskaya voted out easily this round, then Kwan crushing Kim easily in the finals. I expect if this was just after Vancouver it would have been closer between the two than the final round will be.

**ciocio** · 07-13-2012, 07:11 AM

I voted for Yuna Kim even I like her more than Michelle or Irina. M&I's longevity are worthy and inspiring, IMO.

**senorita** · 07-13-2012, 08:52 AM

It has to be Yuna, I m way more emotional about Michelle and Irina. I think their skating was more sincere.

**Mafke** · 07-13-2012, 11:41 AM

Voted to boot Kim mostly because of Slute's longevity (including two different comebacks).

**love_skate2011** · 07-13-2012, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by ciocio

I voted for Yuna Kim even I like her more than Michelle or Irina. M&I's longevity are worthy and inspiring, IMO.

same I voted for Yuna

**babayaga** · 07-13-2012, 01:24 PM

I voted for Kim to go too.

**sk8ingcoach** · 07-13-2012, 02:05 PM

Voting Kwan because her technical ability is way low compared to the others

**berthesghost** · 07-13-2012, 02:09 PM

I see that everyone is buying into this longevity crap, so I decided to compare the results of their first 5 senior years, as that's how long Kim has skated, SO FAR

1st worlds
Kim bronze
Kwan 4th
Irina 7th

2nd worlds
Kim bronze
Kwan gold
Irina bronze

3rd worlds
Kim gold
Kwan silver
Irina 4th

1st olys
Kim gold
Kwan silver
Irina 5th

4th worlds
Kim silver
Kwan gold
Irina silver

5th worlds
Kim silver
Kwan silver
Irina not qualified

Also, by this time Kim had stop competing at nats already having won, Kwan had 3 nat tiles and irina had 0.

I started Kwan off in 95 to even it with the others, but even then, the current discussion seems to be irina vs Kim.

So....basically it took irina twice as long to reach Kwan and Kim's level. Doesn't that make her the weakest skater?

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