Recent content by VGThuy

I mean, we’re in a thread talking about Gracie Gold and how the adults and other players in her life may have played a role in where she got into a place where she wrote this book detailing all the traumatic things that happened.

To be fair, Kwan gave a lot to report on in that light. She didn’t always get positive press either as evidenced by splitting with Frank and her withdrawing from the 2006 Olympics. The lack of otherwise negative news was due to Kwan just being mostly private, figure skaters not receiving the...

Yeah, Vincent isn’t an idiot and knows more about this whole process than most of us here since he’s lived it.

Creativity with no restrictions is like rebelling against nothing. Creativity requires something to be new and innovative as to push the boundaries of an existing form/authority. Without much of a form or authority, then there’s standard to push forward and in new directions. It’s not “creative”...

I feel like even the most innocuous things skaters do are treated like some world crisis.

She probably wants to be careful in case things don’t pan out because of social media reaction. Liu knows how vocal intense disappointed fans will behave on her Instagram and other social media accounts.

In the end, it’s just harmless speculation. I don’t think we need to lose sleep over what people are speculating.

Have you seen their latest IG posts where they recreated their 2018 FD performance?

I wonder if anybody would be interested if I created a gymnastics thread dedicated to talking about old competitions as to not clutter up this thread with those posts as this thread is more about the current gymnastics season and the upcoming Paris Olympics. I've been watching some old...

On top of CAS handling this case as opposed to the IOC, who directed Speedy to come up with a solution, and he came up with a quick one in order to not keep the Olympic games burdened with that dark cloud. I think the last thing the IOC wants is a double award of medals. The incident at SLC...

I can definitely see that. I think what may have led to some perception on Pat Lipinski's part was that there was a lot of data points leading up to the idea that Kwan was not only favored by the USFS but by the international judges as well. First, Tara's win seemed to be perceived by many...

Your posts inspired me to rewatch 1994 Euros, and I had forgotten that Torvill/Dean placed behind Usova/Zhulin in the FD initially, and were second there and overall before Grishuk/Platov skated. The looks on their faces in the KnC as they saw themselves ranked second said everything … and you...

Yeah, I don’t think it affected Gracie. I do think it kind of affected me as a fan when it seemed to be popular to hate on Gracie for what felt like five seasons where it seemed to be motivated by some more vocal fans who bought into the whole “poor mistreated unsupported” Ashley narrative. It...

I don’t miss the judging, but I do miss how much more natural and “bouncy” and quick footed ice dance used to be. It really did look like dance… well, until the dramatics came during the FD with shredded costumes and constipated faces as the dancers stabbed themselves with invisible daggers that...

I think the muted audience reception and the fact that they lost the FD to Grishuk/Platov at Euros made them panic and redo the first 2/3s of their FD to add more show skating and signature moves from their repertoire to get the audience and Olympic tv viewers on their side and had hoped that...