2010 Vancouver Olympics

sevda

thanks manon Smile

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Maarjake

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10022010/58/winter-olympics-sale-plushenko-awful.html

that is very similar to what I think about Plushenko! well said!!

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lonnie · Untouchable Number of posts: 109 Age: 44 Registration date: 2009-10-18

Maarjake wrote:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10022010/58/winter-olympics-sale-plushenko-awful.html

that is very similar to what I think about Plushenko! well said!!

I think Ms. Sale is quite rude. I never liked Plushenko's style, but I have to respect his amazing abilities. Just to come back from where he was a year ago - overweight and doing those ridiculous Eurovision-style shows, and after the recent knee troubles, and to skate like he did at Euros - that takes a rare individual indeed.

It doesn't seem that he has an unfair PCS advantage over the others, like he had in 2006 (I am beginning to realize that the 2006 advantage was not all-that-unfair, as well) - the judges at Euros didn't favor him over Brain or Stephane in PCS.

I wish with all my heart for Brian to win gold in Vancouver, but if he doesn't, I'd rather see Plushy win again, that would give some of the transition-crazed something to bitch about. And for God's sake - no quadless-miracle on the podium (at least not 1-2)! That would kill men's skating for me.

Four more days to go. I'm getting hyper already.

Lonnie

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And for God's sake - no quadless-miracle on the podium (at least not 1-2)! That would kill men's skating for me.

Totally agree with you on that part!!

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girls i had alsmost no time lately to read here and i am not sure when i will have time again to write before i come back from vancouver.
so i wish you all to have fun and try not to have a heart attack during the competitions.
good luck to our boy and talk to you all when i get back.

love for everybody and allezBrian

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Have a tremedous time, Irina!! Safe trip, too!

You haven't left yet and I'm already anticipating all the cool stuff you'll have to tell us when you return and can post to the board, LOL.

Mary C.

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have a wonderful, wonderful time, Irina!!! ...and I'm sure you will!!! Danseuse01

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schiele

lonnie wrote:

Maarjake wrote:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10022010/58/winter-olympics-sale-plushenko-awful.html

that is very similar to what I think about Plushenko! well said!!

I think Ms. Sale is quite rude. I never liked Plushenko's style, but I have to respect his amazing abilities. Just to come back from where he was a year ago - overweight and doing those ridiculous Eurovision-style shows, and after the recent knee troubles, and to skate like he did at Euros - that takes a rare individual indeed.

It doesn't seem that he has an unfair PCS advantage over the others, like he had in 2006 (I am beginning to realize that the 2006 advantage was not all-that-unfair, as well) - the judges at Euros didn't favor him over Brain or Stephane in PCS.

I wish with all my heart for Brian to win gold in Vancouver, but if he doesn't, I'd rather see Plushy win again, that would give some of the transition-crazed something to bitch about. And for God's sake - no quadless-miracle on the podium (at least not 1-2)! That would kill men's skating for me.

Four more days to go. I'm getting hyper already.

Lonnie

Oh Lonnie, I soooooooooo agree with you, especially about that transition-crazed part.. Enough already.. Transitions alone do not make good skating and Im sick and tired of transitions being treated as the 8th wonder of the world. Where was all this hype back in 2004 when Lambiel was still doing a programme full of transitions.. People should skate in their own styles and the system should not try to mould them into a single style.
I don't think I'll survive this event, Im very depressed already and if I see on the podium what I think I'll see, I don't know how I'll get my enthusiasm back.
Oh and Ms. Sale, you had no decent choreography yourself back in the day.

PS: A belated thanks everyone working for the card, hope you'll be able to give it to Brian. And I hope he'll have the skate he wants.. Drapeau

alusa · Mexican Hat Dance Number of posts: 29 Age: 26 Registration date: 2009-11-10

Have a good time in Vacouver Irina. Enjoy your stay over there sunny

oana24

Irina, Sheena, Jeanne & Klam, have a wonderful time in Vancouver! cheers

Cheer as much and as loudly as you can for Brian and hopefully he'll give you THE reason to celebrate! Danseuse01

What these infamous transitions are concerned, i think it's absurd to make transitions to be as important as jumps or even compare them, let's take the quad for instance - i think it must be 1000 times harder to do than some crazy

arm flapping, or any jump actually has to be a lot more difficult to do than transitions. If you're a good skater, you rely on the jumps, if you're an average one you stuff your program with transitions. Brian explained it very well in an interview that you can do a lot of transitions in a program where you only jump triples, but when you do a quad or a 3A you can't allow yourself to put so many transitions before those jumps because more effort and concentration are required for the jumps (i'm not sure this is exactly what he said, but it was something like this Razz

).

And of course figure skating is a great deal about artistry too, but it's a sport in the first place, imo the skaters first have to be athletes who can do jumps and all sort of difficult technical elements and build up the artistry on this basis, not be artistic on no technical basis and rant about the lack of artistry of the ones who work hard on the quad and on the technique. Don't get me wrong, i don't think a skater should be a jumping machine and nothing more, the jumps without the artistry make a mediocre skater, but it's just the same for the artistry without the jumps. I think a skater who's not ok with being an athlete in the first place, and then an artist, should have considered ballet before taking up skating (and should have stayed with ballet lol).

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mba83

Irina, Sheena, Jeanne & Klam have great trip!!!!! And we all waiting for your expressions manga38

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schiele

Nicely put oana24!!!
While we're right on the subject, somebody decided to have a re-newed rant about "the jumping machines" Plushy and Jouby. I think he decided he's been quiet for long enough. And he seems to think he's gonna be the future of figure skating and save it for us.. Thank god! I was getting worried we were gonna see some new atheletes daring to do difficult jumps. Evil or Very Mad

Im feeling extra b***y today so I'm gonna post this article. Here you go (Im sorry if it was already posted somewhere on the foum):
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jYS5yMiIK28X-CTPFht4-ifOKT_g

**Anastasia**

Have a safe trip,all BDJG girls,who are going to enjoy Vancouver adventures!!!

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Bladette · Love's divine Number of posts: 270 Age: 29 Registration date: 2009-07-15

schiele wrote:

Nicely put oana24!!!
While we're right on the subject, somebody decided to have a re-newed rant about "the jumping machines" Plushy and Jouby. I think he decided he's been quiet for long enough. And he seems to think he's gonna be the future of figure skating and save it for us.. Thank god! I was getting worried we were gonna see some new atheletes daring to do difficult jumps. Evil or Very Mad

Im feeling extra b***y today so I'm gonna post this article. Here you go (Im sorry if it was already posted somewhere on the foum):
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jYS5yMiIK28X-CTPFht4-ifOKT_g

That article was so annoying, lol! This quote from Patrick is just ridiculous: "For me the transitions are one of the most important things in a programme, otherwise it's very boring to watch." I mean really?? Maybe he should be an ice dancer then??

I have to say lately it's been a bit difficult to read fsuniverse and goldenskate forums because once again so many people like to bash Brian. It's also very annoying that Plushenko had to say those things about Brian's transitions in the SP and now he got drawn into this judging mess. grrrrrrrrrmur

Titanilla

Bladette wrote:

It's also very annoying that Plushenko had to say those things about Brian's transitions in the SP and now he got drawn into this judging mess. grrrrrrrrrmur

I think you made the point. When Brian criticized Buttle winning without a quad, Buttle wasnt involved in it. Now Plush said something and Brian is also in it. I feel very very bad about it, honestly. I thought it was obvious Plush acted a bit cocky at that press conf, promoting his show, and thought he can say anything. He would never say such a thing at a big competition press conf or something.

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