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Yes!!! Thank you for letting her know. Balled eyes out is the new the "For all intensive purposes." ;)

I realize the Examiner is not the NYTimes but :yikes::wall: Looking forward to his upbeat short program. The Examiner writer probably thinks the audience will have a bawl when they see it. ;)

Congratultions to Yuzuru. Has his popuarity exploded in Japan? I know Daisuke is the really beloved one but I'm hoping to hear that Japan has really embraced this kid. Have they?

It sure did seem fake. Johnny said Adelina's short program scores were generous but by the end of the day he switched his stance. After Yuna skated her long program, he said Adelina might win because the event was in Russia but he told Bob Costas that it was not the case. Either he is a wishy...

While you're at it, find the quote by Adelina saying she's on cloud nine and it's the best day of her life. Like Ashley Wagner said, paraphrasing here, the world could blow up and she wouldn't know because all the athletes are in a bubble. If it took Oksana 8 years to realize that her win was...

Adelina probably doesn't know there is a controversy over her win. She's in a bubble right now at the Olympics being surrounded by screaming Russians telling her how wonderful she is.

Thanks, JJ. You mentioned a few I was thinking of and some I'd forgotten. Here are a few more. Bonaly was not better than Sato despite beating her more often than not. Ditto for Bonaly and Chouinard Goebel and Savoie Hughes and Nikodinov Barna and Wylie Maurizio Margaglio...

I do think Kwan is better than Cohen by a landslide, but this logic is flawed in so many ways. I could list many examples of skaters who lost the majority of head to head match ups to inferior skaters.

I never said anything about originality. I said versatility. Skating to the obscure music does not alone make somebody versatile. Original, sure. Versatile, no.

Well I finally found something pro-Kwan that I disagree with on this thread. I never found Kwan very versatile, certainly not in the style of a Bobek, or Yamaguchi in her pro years. I know people will cite Kwan's many different programs featuring different musical styles but I never believed she...

How exactly has knowing you're going to win ahead of time helped Patrick Chan skate cleanly?

You're hysterical, gordanlevitt. :rofl: If Sasha would have won so many competitions if she were clean, how can you also claim that Michelle was penciled in as the winner before the event even began? Which is it? :rofl:

Michelle attempted a 3Z-3R at 2001 Skate Canada so this isn't correct either. That's generally considered harder than either 3-3 you listed for Sasha.

Cohen has better spins and flexibility. That's all. Kwan by a mile.