ralucutzagy Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuzuangel Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 21 hours ago, Yatagarasu said: One thing I love about the season, and Olympic season at that approaching, is that interviews start and then come pouring! Anyway, a very good one with Gracie Gold: Olympian Gracie Gold opens up about body standards, pressure in figure skating Quite a few things there that can be talked about! I'm really glad to hear from her. Gracie and Karen are my favorite U.S. ladies' skaters (when their jumps are on). I think it's interesting to see her obsessing about looks because Gracie is the perfect "girl next door" and always has been in U.S. figure skating. Even Ashley has said that compared to Gracie she's more like that "girl down the street" or something (in reference to being less typical/marketable). It's also interesting to hear her say she dislikes her legs because I've also noticed (and Yuzu has also shown us!) that skating really really builds muscles on your legs, specifically your calves and thighs, and that can look disproportionate on the rest of a skater's small frame. (I'm actually surprised that Medvedeva hasn't bulked up her legs, but maybe it's just her body type and/or she hides it well). But what can you do? You need leg muscles to spin (i.e. sit spin is so hard to do and they make it look effortless!) and jumps of course. I know some skaters say that what they're looking forward to the most in retirement is eating whatever they want. I know Yuna has said she just wants to be able to eat whatever she wants for the first time in her entire life. Even in semi-retirement (when she took a year off) she couldn't do that because she had to still keep in shape and train. And we can see from recent pics that she's definitely added some weight and looks great...and healthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombreuil Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I feel really sorry for the American girls over the 'looks' business. The ladies singles seems to be their main focus, bit like ladies gymnastics- it must be an extra slice of pressure on top of everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yatagarasu Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Quick reminder that Glacier Falls starts today and we'll have Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, Polina Edmunds, Caroline Zhang and Kaitlyn Nguyen while Jason Brown, Grant Hochstein, Ross Miner and Sean Rabbitt for the men (plus the international folks). There is no livestream but I am sure there'll be videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaoCiao Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 14 hours ago, Yatagarasu said: Quick reminder that Glacier Falls starts today and we'll have Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, Polina Edmunds, Caroline Zhang and Kaitlyn Nguyen while Jason Brown, Grant Hochstein, Ross Miner and Sean Rabbitt for the men (plus the international folks). There is no livestream but I am sure there'll be videos! Every time I see new things on Team USA I'm afraid someone has chosen to kill himself with other quads, so it's great to have good news and I hope in new beautiful programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralucutzagy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Mirai's 3A!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katonice Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Any news on Glacier Falls results? First photo I could find: Jason quad fall, 3A held on, combo okay, steps and spins okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuzuangel Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 6 hours ago, ralucutzagy said: Mirai's 3A!!! omg she's getting better and better and better!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeyra Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Karen Chen's SP from Glacier Falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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katonice Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Videos of the junior and senior performances at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156389016022538&id=278550292537 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katonice Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Nice skate from Karen! Her jumps looked good and great flow on the ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I love Karen’s SP for last season and still miss it, but I like her new SP even though the music is a warhorse. Her movements suit the music very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatLakesGal Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Still do not like Jason's SP music. Also not impressed with much of Rohene's usual over-the-top choreography. Kori needs to rein him in (again) so Jason can master his jumps. He's rapidly running out of time. Jason is so talented. Can't help but wonder how much of a difference a coach like Brian Orser would have made for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katonice Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Men's results https://mobile.twitter.com/JasonBrownFP/status/891482642113216512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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