TONIGHT! - Wednesday, MARCH 25 at 10pm UTC/6pm EST/5pm CT - 2001 Worlds - Ladies Top 18

[VGThuy]

That program is a beauty.

 

[Colonel Green]

"And you have to hope that her time will come..."

 

[rfisher]

At least she got a giant bear.

 

[shan]

Lovely Nikodinov.

 

[Kateri]

We really had a lipliner problem back then, huh?

 

[shan]

I forgot how much I love Michelle Kwan.

 

[rfisher]

When she starts the final footwork sequence and smiles and you know she has it, is when I started standing and crying.

 

[VGThuy]

Omg. From the combo spin to the footwork to the Fw-to-triple Lutz to backwards spiral straight to the split falling leaf to that death drop to sit spin to scratch. That’s how you end a program.

 

[Colonel Green]

YEAAHHHH!!! Fourth World title, second straight for my girl Michelle! She's on fire, ain't nobody gonna stop her from getting that gold next year in Salt Lake City!

 

[Kateri]

Kwan!

 

[shan]

I always love that blurred image of the American flag in the background of Michelle's ending pose.

 

[VGThuy]

I effing love Michelle Kwan.

 

[VGThuy]

Hughes stole an ordinal from her. Kwan probably thought she lost the title after those marks.

 

[shan]

Is this the chicken feeding program for Irina? Or was it card dealing?

 

[VGThuy]

Is this the chicken feeding program for Irina? Or was it card dealing?

That was 2004 and 2005 Worlds. This was something more telegraphed.

 

[VGThuy]

It’s like Hughes and Slutskaya went to the same costume designer for their Don Quixote programs.

 

[VGThuy]

You can tell hearing Kwan’s ovation wigged her out a bit. That performance was self-conscious.

 

[rfisher]

Slute was gifted with that silver. Too many mistakes. Just one little flaw? Seriously?

 

[Kateri]

I forgot Simon was such a raging Slute fanboy

 

[Colonel Green]

Oh, Sarah weren't you lucky they didn't call underrotations back in the day.

I confess, any time we go back to watch 6.0 skating I'm instinctively calling "insufficient revs!" when they do spins.

 

[VGThuy]

Has Chris said anything? Did he get sick again for Irina? I think Simon’s commentary is just covering his bases because he has no idea what he’s talking about.

 

[VGThuy]

Irina stomping out of the KnC is one of my fave moments.

 

[rfisher]

And she was always such a gracious loser. Bless her.

 

[VGThuy]

This program is about liberty and free choice and fighting against the tide happening in early 2000s Russia.

 

[shan]

The height on Volchkova's jumps
The landing of some of Volchkova's jumps

 

[VGThuy]

Seriously, is this a skating program or just her launching jumps and spinning?

 

[rfisher]

The height on Volchkova's jumps
The landing of some of Volchkova's jumps

And how odd that this is the exact technique she teaches her students.

 

[shan]

While I wait for Volchkova's music to be done, oh my word it's monotonous.... I was thinking of another Russian skater who landed 3 axels at a GP in the late 90's I believe. Anyone remember her? Ludmilla something

 

[VGThuy]

While I wait for Volchkova's music to be done, oh my word it's monotonous.... I was thinking of another Russian skater who landed 3 axels at a GP in the late 90's I believe. Anyone remember her? Ludmilla something

2002 Skate America, Ludmila Nelidina. She complained that she lost to Kwan who stepped in last minute when Hughes dropped out. Then she disappeared.

 

[VGThuy]

Maria Butyrskaya coming up! Love