Recent content by olympic

not sure where to post this, but Christina Carreira received her US citizenship on 11/20 - https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/christina-carreira-earns-us-citizenship-takes-one-step-closer-her-olympic-dream So, Carreira/ Ponomarenko have a shot at the Olympics, though the road is a little tougher...

Fair points.Thanks for quanitifying them but after I posted, I pondered the emotional impact of Amber having the skates of her life and what that would do to the judges re GOE and PCS. Crowds love her and her story, it seems. Another thought I had was Amber's SP PB is at 78+ points and LP is...

Alysa is a good strategist. She threads the needle when it comes to competing with the JPN women. IOW, her consistency allows her to slip past skaters like Kaori (x2 now) and Ami when they have a mistake. But my big question is what happens when the top JPN women are clean? Someone is bound to...

Sincerely asking - Was there ever a question that they could be denied?

Didn't Max Naumov score higher at Ice Challenge? Terry, Johnny & Tara advertised the US men's best scores at SkAm last night and I think he was no. 3 (?)

Regardless of anyone's fave, I think all the arguments point to a fight for 3rd place at Nationals and an Olympic spot. Count me as one who thinks the USFS will select the 3rd place finisher at Nationals for the Olympic spot, except Jimmy Ma apparently LOL But seriously, it seems that the fight...

I guess it doesn't matter since Russia is essentially cancelled, but there should be a special drug-testing unit that focuses exclusively on Camp Eteri

Q about the 3As - Is Alysa still intending to try and put one / them in her program(s)? Does Isabeau really have the technique and power to do a 3A? It doesn't seem like she does.

^So, does this mean that Alysa's Lady Gaga LP is coming back this season? Sorry if I missed the announcement somewhere else. Anyway, I am satisfied with all of Amber, Alysa and Isabeau's performances so far on the GP circuit. No one was perfect but all were really solid, as they should be in...

Amber has a high ceiling for scores: She goes clean and skates with emotion, those scores will climb. Alysa can increase her score, but maybe not quite as much unless she is successful w/ a 3A and moving the 3Z-3L into the back half of her SP. The 3A is IMO a long shot. Isabeau has little ground...

Wow. Is it safe for her to skate?

In all seriousness, I preferred Ilia's simple black costume at Lombardia. It showed off his long limbs to his advantage.

Yeah. I was scratching my head because it was adjacent to Natalia Bestamianova's hair from the 80s

Good SP in France for Ilia, but why is he using Olga Markova's hairdresser???

Well, I would like to say that I'm also encouraged by Elyce after the LP in France. Pretty decent effort after many subpar performances recently