Comments on: Skating in the Rough Part II: Ladies https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/ A blog about University of Toronto events, news, university groups, clubs, campus life, and toronto student life: written by U of T students. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Jess https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-152816 Jess Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:44:24 +0000 https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/#comment-152816 I would've been happy with a 1. Kim 2. Ando 3. Asada podium. I don't think very highly of Rochette's skating. She does not have the grace and beauty that the other 3 have. In fact, none of the Canadian women really impress me and I cringe every time I watch Cynthia Phaneuf. And I loved Ando's SP, too bad she got deducted on the 2nd part of her combination or she would've had a SP score that was similar to Joannie's. I would’ve been happy with a 1. Kim 2. Ando 3. Asada podium. I don’t think very highly of Rochette’s skating. She does not have the grace and beauty that the other 3 have. In fact, none of the Canadian women really impress me and I cringe every time I watch Cynthia Phaneuf. And I loved Ando’s SP, too bad she got deducted on the 2nd part of her combination or she would’ve had a SP score that was similar to Joannie’s.

]]> By: ailsa https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-152482 ailsa Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:15:47 +0000 https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/#comment-152482 Oh god the Korea-Japan rivalry is ridiculous. It's not just the rabid fans posting nasty racist comments and slanderous videos about the skaters on Youtube, it's also the media as well. A few weeks ago, SBS (a Korean TV channel) openly accused the Japanese skaters of obstructing and plotting against Yu-Na Kim in practice--which (upon viewing the videos they used as *proof*) was completely ridiculous and slanderous. The ignorance and stupidity displayed by both sides at times makes me so angry. Yu-Na skated a great competition but lately she seems to be very much a SP skater--she'll skate a dazzling SP and get a big fat lead, and skate...not as well in the LP, which is sort of anticlimatic once you think about it. If I were judging I would have these as the final placements: a) Yu-Na Kim b) Miki Ando c) Mao Asada. I though Mao was undermarked in the LP, and Joannie over-marked. Joannie's program is better choreographed with nice transitions, but she had skated tenatively and had small bobbles on several jumps that really detracted from the flow of her program. Also, the base value of her jump layout is not as high as Mao's. But hey, what can I say? The Olympics are in Canada next year--it's now or never for Skate Canada to promote and politick the heck out of the Canadian skaters. Oh god the Korea-Japan rivalry is ridiculous. It’s not just the rabid fans posting nasty racist comments and slanderous videos about the skaters on Youtube, it’s also the media as well. A few weeks ago, SBS (a Korean TV channel) openly accused the Japanese skaters of obstructing and plotting against Yu-Na Kim in practice–which (upon viewing the videos they used as *proof*) was completely ridiculous and slanderous. The ignorance and stupidity displayed by both sides at times makes me so angry.

Yu-Na skated a great competition but lately she seems to be very much a SP skater–she’ll skate a dazzling SP and get a big fat lead, and skate…not as well in the LP, which is sort of anticlimatic once you think about it.

If I were judging I would have these as the final placements: a) Yu-Na Kim b) Miki Ando c) Mao Asada. I though Mao was undermarked in the LP, and Joannie over-marked. Joannie’s program is better choreographed with nice transitions, but she had skated tenatively and had small bobbles on several jumps that really detracted from the flow of her program. Also, the base value of her jump layout is not as high as Mao’s. But hey, what can I say? The Olympics are in Canada next year–it’s now or never for Skate Canada to promote and politick the heck out of the Canadian skaters.

]]> By: Jess https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/comment-page-1/#comment-152469 Jess Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:03:05 +0000 https://blogut.ca/2009/03/31/thrills-and-spills/#comment-152469 Apparently there are even more tensions in the world of figure skating fandom between Korea and Japan. Even more interesting to think about when you've just done a reading that claimed that Korea and China want to humiliate Japan in competitions. And also the fact that Japan beat Korea in baseball recently. As for Kim, completely agree with you with her LP. I was expecting so much more but it was a good performance nonetheless. Apparently there are even more tensions in the world of figure skating fandom between Korea and Japan. Even more interesting to think about when you’ve just done a reading that claimed that Korea and China want to humiliate Japan in competitions. And also the fact that Japan beat Korea in baseball recently.
As for Kim, completely agree with you with her LP. I was expecting so much more but it was a good performance nonetheless.

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