The Adam Rippon Good News Thread

Fiero425 said:
Really? I think he talks too much and it was his own mouth that got him in trouble! He was putting down a marker days ago; "no way am I not going to the Olympics!" Well I can tell you, the mothers of the other skaters weren't the judges, but he got what he wanted anyway with such a poor performance! If I were him, I wouldn't be too happy! He just screwed another competitor; and not in a good way! :rolleyes: :scream: :kickass: :plush: :revenge:
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Okay, first of all, if you don't like him then why are you in this thread? This is the "Adam Rippon Good News Thread". There are better places for your comments, like the thread about Ross being out or the US Men's thread.

Second of all, I point you to these comments from Adam and Ross, courtesy of Lynn Rutherford and Jackie Wong:

Men's Olympic presser: Adam Rippon said the first thing he did when he heard about his Olympic selection this morning was text Ross Miner, congratulating him on his great performance last night. Miner immediately texted back his own congratulations.
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Adam Rippon: When I found out what the Olympic team was, I texted Ross Miner and I told him that I was proud of what he did yesterday and how well he skated. He texted me right back and told me he was very happy for me
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Third of all, yes I do think he deserved it based on BOW. He didn't screw anyone out of anything. The USFS made it very very clear that BOW was important for these decisions, that US Nats was just one of many criteria. All of the athletes knew that. Now you don't have to like the criteria, but those are the official rules and everyone was aware of them. In my opinion, Adam deserved it based on the official criteria. You can disagree, but that's my opinion.
From Lynn Rutherford:
More Auxier at presser: "The overarching theme is to select the team that will give us the best chance at medals....the key was not looking at one great performance ....We had to look at the body of work. Ross (Miner) has struggled at international competitions."
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From Jackie Wong:
Sam Auxier: The Tier 1 criteria (US Champs, Worlds, Grand Prix Final) allows us to look at more than just one competition. We look at other competitions to see who can perform best at the Olympics
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I'd rather not have an argument about this in this thread. Like I said before, it's not the place, so if you want to continue this discussion, let's move it to one of the other threads I mentioned, or you can pm me.
 
Be a fan all you like; I like Adam, but I'm not blind or delusional! I tell it like it is which some find disconcerting even in my family! People in this country don't like to hear the truth! I think they prefer t/b lied to; hence President Trump! :rolleyes: :duh: :kickass:
 
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Fiero425 said:
Be a fan all you like; I like Adam, but I'm not blind or delusional! I tell it like it is which some find disconcerting even in my family! People in this country don't like to hear the truth! I think they prefer to be lied to; hence President Trump! :rolleyes: :duh: :kickass: :respec:
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I'm not even American, so...
 
Well well well...

I called it last night.... Nathan, Vincent and Adam. And I had asked had they (usfsa) ever passed a skater twice in the process? Meaning in this case Ross? Passing a skater over twice, going for the 3rd placed skater and passing him again for the 4th place skater?

And Mr AngieNikodinovLove pats himself on the back once again as I predicted back in August that the team would be Nathan, Jr World Champ Vincent and the best of Adam and Jason.

Looks like I need to be on USFSA council!
 
I am really really happy for Adam. This isn’t how I wanted him to make the team but I truly do believe he fulfills the USFS body of work criteria best after Nathan. I feel deeply for Ross though. He truly had a spectacular skate and I can’t help but feel a little sad for him. Nothing but love for both these classy guys.
 
Fiero425 said:
Really? I think he talks too much and it was his own mouth that got him in trouble! He was putting down a marker days ago; "no way am I not going to the Olympics!" Well I can tell you, the mothers of the other skaters weren't the judges, but he got what he wanted anyway with such a poor performance! If I were him, I wouldn't be too happy! He just screwed another competitor; and not in a good way! :rolleyes: :scream: :kickass: :plush: :revenge:
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Why are you in this thread????????
 
Adam was right about going to the Olympics though. He knew he had the body of work, and assumed he would place well enough at Nationals that it would hold up. It did. If he was in Jason's position, it likely would not have, but he's not in Jason's position, he is pewter medalist.

It would have taken strong politics to advocate Miner over Rippon; but Miner's Mom wasn't on the selection committee to do it. Adam's statement was right.
 
Skittl1321 said:
Adam was right about going to the Olympics though. He knew he had the body of work, and assumed he would place well enough at Nationals that it would hold up. It did. If he was in Jason's position, it likely would not have, but he's not in Jason's position, he is pewter medalist.

It would have taken strong politics to advocate Miner over Rippon; but Miner's Mom wasn't on the selection committee to do it. Adam's statement was right.
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That's why figure skating will go down in history as one of the shadiest sports; probably only surpassed by BOXING! Advocacy shouldn't have anything to do with sport success, but we all know coaches are one of the things taken into consideration in moments like this! Truly SHADY indeed! :rolleyes: :scream: :COP: :kickass: :respec:
 
Fiero425 said:
That's why figure skating will go down in history as one of the shadiest sports; probably only surpassed by BOXING! Advocacy shouldn't have anything to do with sport success, but we all know coaches are one of the things taken into consideration in moments like this! Truly SHADY indeed! :rolleyes: :scream: :COP: :kickass: :respec:
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Advocacy DIDN'T win out here. Adam's competitive record did. Adam NOT going based on the published criteria would have been shady.
 
Skittl1321 said:
Advocacy DIDN'T win out here. Adam's competitive record did. Adam NOT going based on the published criteria would have been shady.
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If you say so! If there's no controversy, why is this discussion going on all over the internet and Twitter? I personally don't blame the USFSA for doing what they're doing, but they have to acknowledge, they're playing with other people's lives and dreams when they pull this stuff! All countries do it, but it's got to be acknowledged as SHADY! :rolleyes: :2faced: :COP: :judge: :revenge:
 
So happy for Adam! I was so disappointed for him last night when he popped those two jumps. But I think he has worked hard to make sure he best meets the criteria given for the selection process by USFS. Other than Nathan, he has been the most consistent US man. I hope he will get a chance to participate in the team event as well.
 
Adam article on NBCNews:
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc...skater-makes-u-s-olympic-team-history-n835741
"American figure skater Adam Rippon has qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, making him the first openly gay U.S. athlete to ever qualify for the Winter Olympics."
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Has Canada selected their team yet? What about Radford? Was he out last Olympics>
"Rippon may also be, according to research conducted by LGBTQ sports site Outsports, "the first publicly out gay man ever selected to a Winter Olympics team from any country in any sport.""
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MRani said:
I am really really happy for Adam. This isn’t how I wanted him to make the team but I truly do believe he fulfills the USFS body of work criteria best after Nathan. I feel deeply for Ross though. He truly had a spectacular skate and I can’t help but feel a little sad for him. Nothing but love for both these classy guys.
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I agree with all of this and will go a step further to say that I don't think Adam wanted to make the team in this way either. I was at the Friends of Figure Skating breakfast, and was next to another fan who asked him about the team announcement. Adam responded that while he's very excited, it was also very bittersweet to have happened in this way. I thought that was a very genuine response, which makes me appreciate him even more.
 
I'm very sorry for Ross. If he would've been chosen I would've had not complains, Adam's BOW or not. He finished in front of Adam so that would've been fair for me also. Having said that, I am thrilled that Adam is going cause I am biased like that. :p What can I say? :shuffle: I Luuuuurve him!:swoon:
 
I was going through the photos I took from Nats, and realized that I also had photos of Adam from 2010 Skate America on the same camera. :lol: Then it occurred to me that he might be the only skater I've managed to see live repeatedly, in the grand total of 6 competitions I've ever gone to. Enough to watch him grow up to the present day.

Adam has always been a nice skater to watch, even early on. But it was just that - just "nice." Nothing particularly special besides the Rippon lutz. I had to rewatch his free skate from 2012 Nats because I was most definitely there, but I didn't recall his program at all. :shuffle: (It's Jeremy's program I still remember to this day.)

And then to see him compete last week was a revelation. I'd seen some of his progress in recent years via YouTube, but to see the confidence and command he now has, live in an arena, it got me a bit verklempt. :wuzrobbed

I'm really glad he stuck it out this long. I think he's an inspiration, showing everyone that being yourself and being proud of who you are is how you'll get farthest. :respec:
 
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Feature article by Scott Reid of the Orange County Register (includes quotes from his mother about his journey): Adam Rippon finds himself on and off the ice on the way to the Olympics
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“Once he came out his personality started coming out,” said Chen, Rippon’s training partner. “His identity on the ice in both performances and his character became way more true. It was just cool to be able see that. Because we see that in practice. We see that in private. We know who he is.”
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Rippon is one of the last of a generation of skaters who entered the sport during the old 6.0 scoring system that emphasized well-rounded routines. His personality and showmanship are a counterbalance to Chen, the reserved 18-year-old who is revolutionizing the sport with his catalog of quadruple jumps; the artist and Air Chen.
“I think this sport needs people like Nathan,” Rippon said. “And I think this sport needs people like me. I think Nathan and I are a really good team because he is incredibly athletic. He pushes the sport . He gets all of those (big) points (for the jumps).
“But I fell in love with skating because of the performance and I’m not afraid to say what I’m thinking and I’m not afraid to poke fun at myself and I think sometimes in athletics we lose our personality. And I don’t feel like I lose my personality at all. And I think it’s really important to have some personality that’s engaging but also have someone who’s pushing the boundaries. But at the end of the day they’re both friends and they represent two polar opposite sides of the spectrum. It kinds of shows skating is for everybody.”
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Rippon began taking lessons in Philadelphia and then Hackensack, N.J., [mom] Kelly driving him the 2 hours and 10 minutes each way. If traffic was bad the drive could take three, even four hours.
“I kept telling myself it was temporary,” Kelly said.
It was. There were stops in Toronto and Detroit as he emerged as one of the world’s top young skaters. Rippon won the 2008 World Junior title and then successfully defended it a year later. In 2010 he won Four Continents for his first major senior international title.
But Rippon was not able to build on that early success in the years leading up to the 2014 Olympic Games.
“I think it was being young and dumb and fearless and you just didn’t think about pressure,” Rippon said. “I mean I just went out there and I just skated and I didn’t worry about anything and there were no expectations and right (around) the 2010 Olympics I remember everybody coming up to me at 2010 (U.S. Championships) and saying the next four years are yours. And I felt that pressure immensely. And I felt like I was letting people down if I didn’t skate well.”
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You're welcome, @BittyBug!

Adam also did a 9-min. interview recently with Robin Young for NPR's "Here and Now": http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/17/figure-skater-adam-rippon-olympics
"I had to become a fully evolved person before I think I would be ready to go to the Olympic Games, and I got to a point where I was like, 'You know what, I need to kind of take on this responsibility.' And I was in my really early 20s, and I told my mom, I was like, ‘You know what, Mom? If I can't pay for this myself, I don't want to do it.’ And there were a lot of days where I was a member of a gym, and I just would have no money to my name that I would take all of the Granny Smith apples that they had in the locker room, and I'd be like, 'OK, this is lunch and dinner.'
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Sylvia said:
Feature article by Scott Reid of the Orange County Register (includes quotes from his mother about his journey): Adam Rippon finds himself on and off the ice on the way to the Olympics
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I cringed at the skating reporting mistakes (Arutunian's name spelled wrong at least once...and who the hell is Japan's Jin Boyan? :scream: ) but Kelly is now on my list of awesome moms! :kickass:

People still walk up to Kelly Rippon and say, “I’m praying for you.”

“Or I’m praying against you,” she continued. “One person came up to me and said ‘I’m still praying he [Adam] just meets the right girl.’ And I’m thinking what? Aren’t there other things you should be praying for. World famine?”
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It's fantastic he's always had a supportive family. I have several LGBTQ friends my age, from various backgrounds, who are still ostracized from their own parents because of it.
 
Anita18 said:
I cringed at the skating reporting mistakes (Arutunian's name spelled wrong at least once...and who the hell is Japan's Jin Boyan? :scream: )
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Yeah, @Anita18, I also noticed those mistakes and sent a note to the journalist -- they've been corrected online now. :)
 
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