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Did Zhulin say that re S/B? I am of a similar mind that S/B would probably have been politicked into bronze medal positions at Milano 2026, not necessarily silver medalists because I do think RUS would not have found an 'in' to get S/B ahead of the Americans C/B, who have so many world titles...

Jutta Mueller's female pupils used to have a signature jump landing where they landed up w/ the back straight holding an arm out like they were presenting something, but they had flow. OTOH - Eteri's pupils completely muscle their jumps which doesn't permit an even flow of the blade out of the...

I'm sure someone has mentioned the huge difference in energy between the end of the 2026 v. 2022 Women's Olympic event. :shuffle: I saw some semi-viral instagram reels of Amber and Alyssa interacting w/ Adeliya Petrosian during the final warm-up group. Bots (supposedly) were accusing Amber of...

Trumpers picking on a young, vulnerable woman who probably has done more in life at age 27 than any of them.

After yesterday, I was a bit nervous and it seems like we must be more careful in our predictions. I realize that their experiences are a bit different than Ilia's and as someone posted above, they are not favorites to win and I assume they understand up front they don't have an overwhelming...

I think perhaps Ilia was a victim of his own huge media success? 'Quad God' really took off. Everyone from Novak Djokovic to Simone Biles were coming to see him skate. I don't think Nathan quite had that level of intensity and he competed at an Olympics to nearly an empty stadium due to YKW. I...

Nope. Very relevant to what happened today

Bump - The USFSA needs to pay Katarina Witt to give an hour long seminar at Champs Camp on skating strategically based on the performances of your closest rivals!

hmmm. Makes you wonder if this has anything to do w/ Gabi Papadakis ...

WOW. I was sifting through the comments. Lots of wuz robbing! One poster brought up Michelle v. Tara. LOL ------ I do want to say that I am so proud of C/B: They leveled up this season w/ the Flamenco program and by today, in the words of DB, it sung. They met the challenge of FB/C and fought...

But we've seen it before by others. I agree though that Angela had so much potential -> I think it was at 2000 NHK (?) where she and Sarah Hughes competed against one another and the international judges placed Angela w/ a doubled jump ahead of a clean Sarah in the SP. I hope I am not...

The number of US women who could shoulda woulda from 2007 to say 2021 is legion! And while she had an Olympic / World medal count, we can back up a bit to include Sasha from 2003-06, who splatted at horribly inopportune moments thus never standing atop the podium. I had never been so frustrated...

IMO - Based on likelihood, Petrosian will be in the top 5 after the SP, and Mone will have an issue in the SP or Ami will whiff on the 3A. But, it will be close.

Me neither, but after watching him a couple of times, I kinda figured :)

Actually, this type of diversion probably helps keep them distracted from the drumbeat of medalling, etc.