Recent content by Guinevere

Oh yes she did, and I think she said Sergei hated him. But in another recent interview, she did say Zhuk taught them excellent basics and drilled home technical proficiency. I think she is able to separate how she personally felt about him from what she now realizes he had taught them. His...

Ah thanks. So it seems then that the Zhuk style was going out of favour for Moskvina's style then.

Very insightful and interesting interview. I never thought about what he said about quads and how jumping TOO high is actually detrimental. That's something I think no one but skaters would know. I would just assume "More speed, more height!!" Which is why I'm most successful sitting around...

Speaking of Shawn Johnson, she said she was only eating 700 calories a day to keep herself slim because of people’s idea of the “ideal” body. 700!!! While an elite gymnast!! I eat at least double that while sitting at a desk all day typing (and it shows of course...)...

I was just thinking about how even now, USA Gymnastics seems to keep hiring someone and then a reporter or someone on social media will dig up an old tweet or statement from said new employee supporting Nassar and then they would have to fire/let go of this person. I mean, it's so evident now...

Just wanted to add something very quickly that I heard watching the Canadian nationals this week. Commentators themselves sometimes make comments that they may think are kind and encouraging but can be heard in a negative way. For example, during the ice dance competition, Tracy Wilson, who I...

Totally agree. I don’t mean to take away from them as people and their work ethic and drive and determination, because that’s really not what I was watching when they skated. I just didn’t like their skating. It didn’t grab me (the Adele program was the closest to a program I enjoyed and I’m...

I started watching skating during the Tonya/Nancy debacle and I remember the first time I saw the brown skates was on Oksana Baiul. I thought it looked nicer like the leg flowed better and the white didn’t clash or stand out in her costume (ie. the Black Swan program). Personally I didn’t...

You know, I didn't like the MR program when I first saw it. I didn't realize the extent of the changes until I watched the GPF and realized the change in the music was a huge improvement (at least to me). I adored P&C's MS program. It was beautiful, mesmerizing, hypnotic. I thought there was...

Yes!!!!!!

I thought Tara had problems with injuries because she wasn't doing proper conditioning? I seem to recall chatter about her not stretching properly before or after her practices? If so, then her injury can't really be attributed to higher difficulty of jumps, but not taking care of yourself.

I would hazard a guess and say the elimination of figures in competitions is also a reason. In North American, it seems that once you can stand, you're taught to jump. Glide, edge control, all those are not taken as seriously as they once were in "figure" skating. You watch the old school...

Fair point, I could see that. I could see criticism of Brady but not quite the rancor and aggressiveness; it almost be more like saying Brady is "smart" for working the system, not hinting that it is almost a form of cheating. From the Canadian commentators I've seen, they more say that the...

I sort of thought the anger is more at the way she has managed to "work the system" because the way her program is structured is sort of against the spirit of the 10% bonus rule. I can't remember which commentators explained it, but they said the rule was made was because it was assumed the...

I still don't understand what the French skating president has against P&C? They are pretty much the face of French skating so why is he picking fights with them? He needs them more than they need him.