Recent content by jlai

Ooh they staged another head to head between Naumov and Torgy and some of the non top 3 ladies.

every time I see G/P I think wait they haven’t switched to Canada :D We need the second letters too like Gr/Pa

Gosh, is it 20 years already? :scream: eta: 19

Let’s just keep supporting her and wish her luck :)

Karen we all want this for the team. We just want this to discuss this like a hobby. Because this is a hobby for us after all. :) not our real life. There is enough stress enough in our lives a skater’s citizenship shouldn’t add to this. (It will add to Christina’s for sure and kudos to her...

Thx, this sums up what I was trying to say all along :)

I didn't say anything at all about the passport application in particular in my last post. Anyway, let's hope all that is sorted out anyway. I like them. eta: we do all kinds of speculation in this thread for all sorts of reasons as long as we made it clear these are opinions :)

I don’t remember throwing out December as the deadline. Isn’t Jan 6 and the end of December just a matter of days? I do remember mentioning this being a tight deadline which it is, especially not knowing when the government will reopen. Also I can’t help but wonder if Z/K’s score boosts may...

I don't root for Naumov or Torgy. None of them have a body of work that stands out. So I'm with whoever thinks nationals may end up being the deciding factor, not because the rules of the game changed, but because the bow points for all these guys are about the same. Tomoki did a teeny bit...

Fans are angry or are confused about the Shibs' return, and think this is stupid or naive. Comebacks are hard, very few succeeed. There are worse comebacks than this, and of course there are better ones. Depending on what their goal is, it may or may not be foolish. I mean they outperform the...

I think any skater who is allowed to come back can come back for any reason. It’s their life annd their choice r after all. I will worry if they get scored unfairly. But they haven’t competed yet, this may be more a Johnny Weir or Lysacek comeback than Alysa Liu comeback.

here is a dumb question. I know Kolesnik got his citizenship. But how did he get his green card in the first place? was it the exceptional athlete route?

She can still improve to the point of getting a 4cc or post Olympic world assignment

In the first place I actually am not sure the Shibs would make it.

Ideally speaking the verbal warning would have happened ages ago. :( Having been in a family with a successful elder brother that may have been the ‘favored one’, family taking sides is very unpleasant and it’s annoying to have these hurt feelings come up every time there is a family...