February 23, 2010
Scheduled 16:30 - Ladies Short Program

February 25, 2010
Medal Event Scheduled 17:00 - Ladies Free Skating
http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/figureskating/story/2010/02/21/spo-rochette.html

Joannie Rochette's mother died this morning in Vancouver ...
I wish Joannie all the best! She'll have my full respect if she decides to skate ...

I have just read this news. I have no words. Im not a particular fan of Joannies skating style, but I feel for her so much. I almost have teary eyes.

OMG! My heart goes out to Joannie. I cannot imagine that she'd go ahead and compete under this circumstances but if she should, she's a stronger person than I am.

Mary C.

Poor Joannie! My heart goes out to her and her family. She's very courageous to compete.

Poor Joannie, I am any heart with her and his family!

I feel terribly sorry for Joannie I can't even imagine how much sad this situation...

I'm so sorry for her, but also admire her attitude as she's still planning to compete. Brave decision! That's really sad news, it remebers me about the US volleyball team coach, whose father died at Olys in Beijing.

Oh my God, what terrible news. I'm so sorry for Joannie, hold in there girl.

This is so sad...What an amazing spirit that she still decides to compete.

Ooh noo, what a terrible news. I'm so sorry for Jeannie, if she's nog oing to compete I could understand and if she is, she should get a special medal for bravery!

Such terrible news!! My heart goes out to Joannie!! I wonder where she gets that strength from to compete!!


Ladies - Short Program

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation
Warm-Up Group 1
1 LAFUENTE Sonia
ESP
2 REITMAYEROVA Ivana
SVK
3 ZIEGLER Miriam
AUT
4 JURKIEWICZ Anna
POL
5 LEE Cheltzie
AUS
Warm-Up Group 2
6 LIU Yan
CHN
7 KARADEMIR Tugba
TUR
8 MAKAROVA Ksenia
RUS
9 KWAK Min-Jung
KOR
10 McCORKELL Jenna
GBR
Warm-Up Group 3
11 NAGASU Mirai
USA
12 PIEMAN Isabelle
BEL
13 POSTIC Teodora
SLO
14 GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia
UZB
15 PHANEUF Cynthia
CAN
Warm-Up Group 4
16 GEDEVANISHVILI Elene
GEO
17 MEIER Sarah
SUI
18 GLEBOVA Elena
EST
19 KORPI Kiira
FIN
20 HECKEN Sarah
GER
Warm-Up Group 5
21 LEPISTO Laura
FIN
22 ASADA Mao
JPN
23 KIM Yu-Na
KOR
24 SUZUKI Akiko
JPN
25 LEONOVA Alena
RUS
Warm-Up Group 6
26 ROCHETTE Joannie
CAN
27 SEBESTYEN Julia
HUN
28 FLATT Rachael
USA
29 KOSTNER Carolina
ITA
30 ANDO Miki
JPN

OMG! I'm not a big fan of Joannie, but it's so sad. It's really impressive, that she decided to compete anyway... I really admire her spirit.

What a great short program! Expect losts of splats on Thursday as most skaters can't do two good ones in a row.
Am so happy for Mao for pulling out of that bad spot she was in for so long. Hope Brian can take something from her.
And Joannie Rochette! Such a tremendous courage. I couldn't breath throught her program. Hats off, truly.
I missed Ngasu, she must have been very good. Did Eurosport show her? I set my DVR to record the earlier groups, but couldn't muster the energy to get up so early.

Off to work.

Lonnie

I watched only the last two groups but it was great. I am sooooo happy for Mao. She was criticized many times about risking the triple axel, Im glad she managed to pull it off. Yu Na was great as always, but I have to admit that I loved Mao this time better. Probably because she had such a rough season and still managed to pull it off.

As for Joannie... It was so hard to watch for me. I didnt want to even imagine what is she going through. Life is so unfair. This should have been the time of her life. And now it will be probably the toughest experience of her life. She is brave and strong.