NBC to show 2 hour commemorative of American skating Sunday afternoon at 2 PM EST

[VGThuy]

I think it’s because Adam nearly lost his Olympic berth with that Nationals performance. They’re only showing what they picked as the best Nationals performance of this past decade.

 

[Sylvia]

Johnny is talking to Gracie now.

 

[mjb52]

One last comment, sorry @Sylvia, just have to mention that I didn't in any way mean to imply that the resentment was necessarily JUSTIFIED lol... I just can't let even the possibility of that misinterpretation stand in the universe. The stoking of the resentment contributed to the situation, but that's sort of the issue... things blew up because North American commentators had been trying to build this weird Cold War-esque narrative (I hate that word but in this case it fits) for years. I don't have a strong opinion on the actual pairs scandal, but I do think the Cold War nationalism fed into by NA commentators was annoying and absolutely destroyed my interest in the sport for some time. In the end though, the new system, while unsatisfying in some ways, has worked out ok so fine. There are things I liked better about the 6.0 era but we're seeing a lot of incredible skating now and obviously Russia has shown itself to be resilient...

ok back to US skating

 

[VGThuy]

There’s something strange with the way Weir pronounces his words. It’s like not always the right words he means to say. Like instead of “training” he asked Gracie Gold how “straining” was going and its other words he did things like that with.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

There’s something strange with the way Weir pronounces his words. It’s like not always the right words he means to say. Like instead of “training” he asked Gracie Gold how “straining” was going and its other words he did things like that with.

It reminds me of when someone is getting used to veneers.

 

[Wyliefan]

That was an excellent interview with Gracie.

 

[Sylvia]

Gracie's 2016 Nationals winning free skate performance to Firebird.

 

[rfisher]

Gracie laying an egg during Firebird was one of my favorite memories of that program. I still can't believe they choreographed that into the program.

 

[VGThuy]

Gold, the last American ladies skater who could beat a top Russian during that time. Of course beating Med in 2016 was a lot more doable than the top Russians now.

 

[VGThuy]

Oh lord, Johnny’s commentary about Gracie being the firebird and fire on ice. It sounds like someone trying to convince the audience of a story being pushed by the producers/networks.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh lord, Johnny’s commentary about Gracie being the firebird and fire on ice. It sounds like someone trying to convince the audience of a story being pushed by the producers/networks.

I was laughing at his "this could come down to program component scores" when Gracie still had a spin left to go and was clearly about to climb above Polina's TES.

 

[jlai]

I started late, is it just Adam and Gold so far?

 

[Simone411]

Well, I reset my DirecTV HD terminal, and the schedule updated. I'm watching on NBC. So Yes!!! Skating!! And I loved seeing Gracie's FS again! I'm happy now!

 

[maureenfarone]

I started late, is it just Adam and Gold so far?

yes

 

[Colonel Green]

I was laughing at his "this could come down to program component scores" when Gracie still had a spin left to go and was clearly about to climb above Polina's TES.

In fairness, Polina had a big lead after the short program.

 

[jlai]

I was laughing at his "this could come down to program component scores" when Gracie still had a spin left to go and was clearly about to climb above Polina's TES.

it is true though. Gracie needed like 8 points to catch up and she needed some pcs to do so

 

[Sylvia]

Wheeee, Jason's Riverdance FS at 204 Nationals!

 

[Simone411]

Oh my gosh!!! It's Jason!! Clippy should be very happy!

 

[tony]

The bigger mystery than S/P and B/S to me is how Tom Hammond kept his skating commentary job from the 90s into the 2000s, straight into 2014.

 

[ilovepaydays]

I’m surprised that they didn’t show Jason’s Riverdance first.

 

[rfisher]

Still not impressed.

 

[VGThuy]

The bigger mystery than S/P and B/S to me is how Tom Hammond kept his skating commentary job from the 90s into the 2000s, straight into 2014.

I wonder if he was cheap.

 

[missing]

I loved seeing Riverdance but I especially loved seeing the Flag folk.

 

[Simone411]

I just LOVE the Riverdance (Jason)! I could watch his program over and over again!

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley Wagner's 2015 Nationals FS to Moulin Rouge - "I'm terrified" she says to Arutunian before she began.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh my gosh, smiling Raf.

 

[VGThuy]

Tara not agreeing with Wagner saying she’s terrified before a skate. I see Tara’s killer instinct champion mentality taking over.

 

[sk9tingfan]

I really hope they include Nathan Chen in this television event.

Cannot imagine that they wouldn't feature his 2018 long program.

 

[rfisher]

I wonder if he was cheap.

Since he did commentary for other sports for NBC, he must have had a secure contract.

 

[VGThuy]

I don’t remember, which one was better, this nationals performance or 2016 Worlds?