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I still haven't given up on Polina E. I like her programs this season. I am hoping she skates well in France.
Granted Ashley is my favorite US lady. But I have "much love" for Karen, Mirai, Courtney and Polina.
I still haven't given up on Polina E. I like her programs this season. I am hoping she skates well in France.
Granted Ashley is my favorite US lady. But I have "much love" for Karen, Mirai, Courtney and Polina.
Tonia giving SHADE. How did I miss that?
impossible. urban legend.![]()
She didn't say it in the kiss and cry - the video is on YouTube. She was on the verge of tears but only really said thank you.Tonia giving SHADE. How did I miss that?
Yes, she was awesome at Worlds. It was a great way to end her eligible career.True Tonia didn't make the Olympic team but she did have her moment at worlds two months later. She was clutch and helped the US preserve spots for 1999 if I recall correctly![]()
IIRC from Christine Brennan's book, Tonia's comment about the soup cans was made before Nationals. I forgot the context (interview, etc.)...
I don't expect much of polina this weekend.
Even when she was in tip top shape she wasn't medalling in the gp
Edge Of Glory by Christine Brennan has an index so I was able to find the quote. The following comes after a description of Kwiatkowski's short program at Nationals:
But for all their joy, Heiss and Kwiatkowski were concerned that, all things being equal, Kwiatkowski wasn't going to make the Olympic team. Bobek, Lipinski, and Kwan were the three previous national champions, and they were appearing together in a Campbell's Soup commercial that was airing that week.
It was as if the Olympic team had already been selected.
"Hopefully," Kwiatkowski said, "I'll skate really well and they'll have to change [the soup cans]."
I was curious about this statement. I just watched Kwiatkowski and I didn't hear her say this in the Kiss n Cry in 1998. She didn't love her short program required scores, but seemed to like her presentation scores. In the long program, she looked sad but kept saying Thank you. Was this a statement in a press conference? I know many of us were thinking Kwan, Lipinski and Bobek were shoo-ins.
impossible. urban legend.![]()
Can you point out where this would be? The Nationals were on ABC that year and this has Tonia in the K&C and I don't see it.Yup, Tonia K whispered this to her coaches (Carol Heiss among them) during her final seconds in the Kiss n Cry. It was loud enough to be caught by the NBC cameras. Just saw it on my DVD. “At least they got the soup cans right!”
She didn't say it in the kiss and cry - the video is on YouTube. She was on the verge of tears but only really said thank you.
FWIW, Tonia also skated terribly in that FS, only two (or three?) clean triples. Low marks were not unexpected.
That said, there are no soup cans this year.
I can't remember where but I believe Tara Lipinski once said in an interview, a few years back, that after she fell in the SP and found herself in fourth she was approached backstage by a USFSA official and told not to sweat it because her spot on the Olympic team was safe regardless of how she skated in the free.
It actually stated this too in my local paper the day after the short program!
Yes, I recall that there was a lot of screaming from her fans that "she wuz robbed" because USFSA wanted to put the other ladies on the team. But...... It's not like she put out a skate that said "pick me"
That said, there are no soup cans this year. Heck, NBC is still showing promos with Gracie GoldI don't think advertising is what it used to be and since USFSA isn't getting much, if anything, from endorsements I don't think that's going to be a huge issue. (The sponsorship agreements are fewer, shorter term and I would bet for less money!)
Can you point out where this would be? The Nationals were on ABC that year and this has Tonia in the K&C and I don't see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6r1dBjcXQ
Wishing Gracie the very best; health and happiness, whatever her future holds.