Recent content by viennese

I guess the current and recent skating seasons are also insanely long. But 2001 not only started the top three or four women facing each other in August at Goodwill Games, then the Grand Prix events had the top 3-4 facing each other multiple times even before the Grand Prix Final.How many times...

Looking back at that season, that whole time, pretty much broke me. I had not forgotten the sadness of that year in the world. What I had forgotten, though, was how insanely long the season was for athletes. The first big event was the Goodwill Games in late August, the top skaters competed at...

Cinema Paradiso is a good choice for Levito, it really suits her. Zou Bisou: Whoever suggested this tune is an evil genius. It's going to be stuck in everyone's heads all season.

In the system as clean

He did really well at 4CC. It's great to see him finish the season on a high note.

A great skater and legendary sports commentator - he made it cool to love figure skating, to care about the history and progress of the sport, to be a scholar-athlete, and to be smart on TV. I admire him more for all he did for skating and I'm grateful for every Scrabble word or crossword...

I'm going to try!

This is the saddest morning. I am thinking of al the skaters, coaches, parents, USFSA officials - and everyone who is waiting for news of their loved ones - I am sorry for your pain and loss.

I thought I'd lost my chance for tickets but I snagged a couple over the weekend.

I'm still sulking that I didn't get picked to volunteer.

Christina Carreira Lilah Fear Allison Reed Olivia Smart Emilia Zingas

That was interesting, their point of view. I don't share it, but then I've never been an elite athlete.

Requiring a layback spin or without a Biellmann: YES . I'd vote for including a layback or side-leaning spin as a required element in both men and women's SP. And this spin or combo should not include a Biellmann or a Y position. So few skaters do a great Biellmann. When they pull their skate...

I had forgotten about Kevin Reynolds music issue

It's weird how this issue didn't come up when skaters used movie soundtracks with orchestral scores. You didn't hear about the composer and arranger for Gladiator or Last of the Mohicans when their music was used at the Olympics or Worlds.