http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=216 Belbin & Agosto and Stiegler/Magerovskiy were added to Nebelhorn Trophy today (looks like both teams want a...
... Trophy today (looks like both teams want a warm-up competition before Skate America), while Navarro/Bommentre were shifted from Nebelhorn to Vienna Cup...
... So how did you feel about world bronze medalists competing at Finlandia? ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! -...
... I forgot who got the Bronze ... Goncharov's right? It's weird. The prestige of being a world medalist has traditionally kept skaters from entering...
... Maybe Igor Shpilband has figured out that USFSA judges are worse than useless about giving CoP evaluations (witness the fiasco with Jordan Brauninger...
... than ... show the ... Very likely. I attribute the cluelessness of USFSA officials in assessing the COP value of our skaters' programs, as a covert verdict...
... Jordan Brauniger and Johnny Weir were just two of many that screwed themselves last year with the COP. I mean, HOW DIFFICULT would it have been for...
... Someone may have. Weir said in several interviews last year that he wasn't paying attention to Code of Points, just to skating well. There were so many...
... I've been critical of the USFSA allowing competitors to skate ... screwed > him, IMO. Maybe this year he'll pay more attention. ... Let's be very clear:...
... This time I don't know Ben; I'd think it was rediculous if baseball changed the rules to give a hitter 4 strikes, but I wouldnt want guys on my team to go...
... system ... Weir. ... because ... Sigh. Fred's right. If Johnny were to skate the most mystical, magical, musical program in Turin, take the audience's...
... I'd agree with that; but this is entirely different. If baseball introduced a way of calculating the score which did not actually connect with the idea of...
He made the podium at most of his tournaments and only Plushy finished ahead of him until Worlds. Should Lambiel have finished behind Weir? Should Buttle? I...
... In the particular instance of Weir at Worlds, if he'd added a 2A in the last half of his free skate, he'd probably have gotten an extra 3.6 points, enough...
It was an INJURY that screwed Weir at Worlds, not CoP or his "attitude" toward it. He was in so much pain he nearly withdrew. If he had been healthy, his free...
"bostonskater17" <bostonskater17@...> wrote: It was an INJURY that screwed Weir at Worlds, not CoP or his "attitude" toward it. He was in so much pain he...
... I don't know if was the injury or my imagination, but to me his Worlds skates just did not have that quality we usually see from him. I can't quite put a...
Susan
smc413@...
Sep 3, 2005 2:23 pm
In a message dated 9/2/2005 5:48:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, sandra@... writes: bostonskater17" <bostonskater17@...> wrote: It was an INJURY...
Too bad, a football player (real sport) would have sucked up the pain, and done it anyway. What, he's a cry baby little precious ? figure skater in a tight...
... Well, here's a key point about CoP In olden times (last year) no one would have posted that in 4 events, Weir's second marks were 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.6 While...
... Why the snarky comments? Even the toughest athlete can't always will his body to do what he wants. Elvis Stojko knew he needed the quad to beat Ilia...
Candace Miller
millercy@...
Sep 5, 2005 3:20 pm
Snarky, yes. Then nobody anywhere can claim Weir and Stojko got screwed by any judging system, can they; they couldn't or wouldn't try the elements cuz their...
... And different sports are affected differently by injuries.. a football or hockey player can tape up a muscle pull and "play with pain,k" but if the pain...
... Not to mention pain is your body's way of telling you to let up. Which is better, to do everything despite the pain and risk injuring yourself further just...
... skate ... screwed ... I don't really buy that. Several times he talked about making his spins level 2 or his footwork level 2/3. He was paying attention...
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