Recent content by Elkmaria

I'm a Med fan, but, unfortunately for me and other Med fans, Zagitova looked more powerful and solid today. I felt that Med was a bit off, some of her jumps looked laboured, though she did her absolute best to stay clean and commit to the performance. She totally deserved silver, but missed the...

I rooted for her to medal... And I agree that she should have gotten way higher PCS for this amazing, exquisite program. I don't think I'm competent enough to cry 'wuzrobbed', but that's what I felt in my heart :(

Congratulations to Alina on this powerful performance! In all honesty, she is not the Russian lady I rooted for, but she clearly had a technical edge over everyone else today, and the judges seem to support her in terms of PCS, so good for her. I'll be surprised if she doesn't retire, but if she...

I'm heartbroken. Had to switch off the stream when the scores came up and she started sobbing. Poor girl, she did absolutely what she could, but she just doesn't have the strength to backload so much. I have nothing against Alina, but Evgeniya is a definite favourite. I hope she continues...

OMG, this is really rude, no wonder that you were upset. The Russian commentators (Elena Ilinykh and the football guy) also openly stated that they rooted for V/M, but they said a lot of really nice things about P/C. Though I'm a bit disappointed that we did not get Lipnitskaya for dance...

What a :drama: event, I couldn't help screaming out loud on several occasions (at a moderate volume though, given that it was 6 or 7 a.m.). My personal favourites: G/P - such an elegantly skated program, and her dress is to die for. Eagerly waiting for more great programs from them! B/S - I...

Honestly, I'm so sad right now. A costume malfunction that made a difference between gold and silver is an appropriately dramatic plot twist for ice dance, but it must be devastating for P/C. Their FD was gorgeous, better than their somewhat cautious performance at the Europeans. If only the...

Exactly! I'm surprised that people blame Candyman for their failure. Candyman did not prevent them from winning two GPs and the Europeans. But they had three major mistakes at the Olympics, and that's why they didn't medal. The program is not to blame, unless one believes that there is some...

I agree! K/S were never among my favourites, but that music choice was great. IMO Tchaikovsky's symphonies are underused in skating. They have so many lovely and grandiose parts in a variety of moods that would make an amazing impactful program.

What a curious thing to say in a cheer thread. Well, this is not exactly the podium I wanted - happy for S/M and S/H, but would far prefer T/M, J/C and even M/H or Z/E to D/R. But it is what it is, and I think the judging was fair, so have to live with that. As for music suggestions, I second...

I hoped against hope that they would still cling on that podium - for purely sentimental reasons, because their free was unfortunately close to a meltdown :( Anyway, they are still young and still have time to accomplish much more. I'd love them to stick to classical music, it works so well with...

At least Lipnitskaya and Miroshkin were really happy for them and could not stop repeating how brilliant they were :) I'm sure Tarasova is also in happy tears right now.

Wow, wow, wow! What an Olympic moment and what a historic victory! Bravo, Bruno! Bravissima, Goddess Aliona!:encore:I was afraid that S/H would end up higher due to their SP margin, but these 0.43 points brought justice to this world! I admit I was close to tears during their final pose. Such a...

I admit I missed this announcement, so I stand corrected. But anyway, in the minds of many people Ashley is still the one who didn't manage to get to the Olympics, while Alina did. And the context remains unchanged.

The problem with Ashley's tweet is definitely context. If taken out of context, her statement is quite accurate - I doubt that many people consider Alina's programs perfectly structured (for the sake of beauty, not points). But the context is that Ashley is Alina's direct competitor, and not a...