Tara Lipinski On The 20th Anniversary Of Her 1998 Olympic Gold Medal Win

[skatingguy]

For those people (there must be one or two, somewhere) who didn't get enough Tara during the US Nationals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oVb7F5nfoI

 

[AxelAnnie]

That was so fun to watch.

 

[aftershocks]

Interesting, but what is Tara talking about saying, "They would have had to take Mirai off the team for Ashley again." I don't get what she's trying to say. Even Ashley concedes the others should go. If there was going to be any examination of BOW between Ashley and the others, it wouldn't go against Mirai. USFS weren't going to go that route in the first place.

Karen was being backed, and Ashley was out after how well Bradie performed at SA, vs Ashley withdrawing with injury. I have problems with the judges putting Karen in front of Angela Wang in the sp with Karen's mistake which was similar to Ashley's mistake in her sp.

Whatever she believes, Tara is going to go with the party line in her position. A good interview otherwise.

 

[antmanb]

Does the discussion of Olympic selections have to be dragged into every. Single. Thread?

 

[Carolla5501]

How could anyone have missed it's the anniversary of her win? Wonder if NBC will be able to bother telling us who wins this year between the Tara hype segments

 

[DreamSkates]

Interesting, but what is Tara talking about saying, "They would have had to take Mirai off the team for Ashley again." I don't get what she's trying to say. Even Ashley concedes the others should go. If there was going to be any examination of BOW between Ashley and the others, it wouldn't go against Mirai. .

Ashley won silver at last year's Nationals, went to Worlds, and won bronze medal at a Grand Prix event in 2017. Compare that to Mirai's BOW in 2017, 4th at Nationals, and a medal at 4 CCs. I think there would have been a major uproar had they sent Ashley instead of Mirai.
Karen was gold medalist at Nationals and 4th at Worlds in 2017, so that is a better BOW than Ashley.
That said, I am SO glad Mirai is going to the Olympics.

 

[bardtoob]

For those people (there must be one or two, somewhere) who didn't get enough Tara during the US Nationals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oVb7F5nfoI

I feel like I would have felt this tread more in a month.

 

[skatingguy]

I feel like I would have felt this tread more in a month.

Probably.

 

[aftershocks]

Ashley won silver at last year's Nationals, went to Worlds, and won bronze medal at a Grand Prix event in 2017. Compare that to Mirai's BOW in 2017, 4th at Nationals, and a medal at 4 CCs. I think there would have been a major uproar had they sent Ashley instead of Mirai.
Karen was gold medalist at Nationals and 4th at Worlds in 2017, so that is a better BOW than Ashley.
That said, I am SO glad Mirai is going to the Olympics.

USFS is only using BOW as an excuse as well as a hammer, apparently. They apply it (harshly) if and when they wish to do so. As far as Mirai vs Ashley, let's face it that Ashley overall does not have the degree of talent Mirai possesses, although it is rather a wash in terms of recent hardware results, with maybe an edge for Ashley. But I say, actually look at their recent performances. Mirai's 3-axel weapon is huge, even despite Mirai needing to consistently tame URs and improve her focus on presentation. But in any case, the sport rewards technical expertise more than presentation. USFS was never going to remove Mirai for anyone once she skated as well as she did. Being on the podium was Mirai's to lose, and she didn't this year.

As to comments from people who tire of reading about Olympic athletes and recent Olympic team selections, maybe you should avoid threads with "Olympic" in the title, or not. It is rather funny how the media likes to discuss Olympic athletes and Olympic team selections in the lead up to the Olympics (especially with broadcast announcers who are former Olympians).

 

[Carolla5501]

Is it really necessary to do the body of work debate in Little Miss Tara’ promotion plan thread.

But if we beat that horse to death maybe somebody will change their mind

 

[aftershocks]

Is it really necessary to do the body of work debate in Little Miss Tara’ promotion plan thread.

But if we beat that horse to death maybe somebody will change their mind

You're obviously in the wrong thread. Or maybe you'd like to start a new one.

 

[Carolla5501]

You're obviously in the wrong thread. Or maybe you'd like to start a new one.

Did you read the post above mine? An entire paragraph on the body of work debate.

 

[aftershocks]

Like I said, you must be in the wrong thread, not to mention apparently having no sense of humor. Forget about a sense of the ridiculous.

And maybe some of us have lost our senses/ sense of perspective after so many gut-wrenching skater disappointments, not to mention loss of sleep. But stay awake for at least another half hour for Cdn selection committee news. And maybe Tara will give another interview to sound off authoritatively. And then we can find another way to discuss in the wrong thread nonexistent/ faulty BOW, this time re Cdn Olympic selection announcement.