Hersh comments on Zhang's performance at Junior Worlds: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/ Globetrotting - A worldly view of sports |...
vsethi@...
Mar 1, 2009 5:25 pm
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Can we talk politics? <G> Yesterday Elena Leonova won the ladies event at Jr. worlds but in order for it to happen she needed a big push from the European...
Stinger2007@...
Mar 1, 2009 5:25 pm
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Yes: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090228/NEWS/902280329/1001/NEWS Also, saw a few minutes of the "Ice Queens" thing - very much your basic...
I started to watch that....and decided that I already have a teen living in this house, and I just didn't need more drama. We deleted it. On Sun, Mar 1, 2009...
... For all Caroline's flexibility I find it hard to believe that any judge can justify giving her anything above 4 for skating skills. Frankly, they are...
... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090228/NEWS/902280329/1001/ NEWS ... Because it was filmed as a reality show I knew there would be tears and...
... I don't know. I have heard skaters talk in similar terms. What they mean is top 4 keeps you on the road to Nationals (and finishing outside the top 4 is...
Susan
smc413@...
Mar 1, 2009 7:56 pm
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... to ... they ... outside ... Obviously those of us who follow the sport know this but I think it was misleading for the average viewer. Meagan Leigh...
... No, he meant women. The numbers in parentheses refer to the results from 2006 (Cohen and Belbin-Agosto). Susan McC...
Susan
smc413@...
Mar 1, 2009 8:53 pm
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... event at Jr. worlds but in order for it to happen she needed a big push from the European judges. As someone who's followed skating for years now I have...
... An inexorable trend is slowly developing in the ice dnce world, North american dancers are gaining ground on the european field. These junior world...
Leif Gislason, Morgan Matthews dance partner was coaching one of the skaters. ... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090228/NEWS/902280329/1001/ NEWS...
... LOL. You're determined to find a silver lining while donning your rose-colored glasses, aren't you? While I agree current US dance is more promising...
... rose-colored glasses, aren't you? While I agree current US dance is more promising and interesting than the beleagured, slightly pathetic US ladies...
... team, so I "understand" what you meant ?>>> While podium-finishers like Bou&Kra, Dub&Lau, and Vir&Moi may have enjoyed some level of recognition on...
... event at Jr. worlds but in order for it to happen she needed a big push from the European judges. As someone who's followed skating for years now I have...
As already posted, this was fairly typical reality programming, with the oddness of random music dubbed in over the skaters' music. It was rather odd that...
... Actually, I would argue that after the 1984 Olympics. Torvill & Dean were the biggest stars in skating even in the US (pretty remarkable considering they...
Susan
smc413@...
Mar 2, 2009 5:24 am
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... $1200 for blades and boots is pretty typical for skaters working on double axels and triples. Stock Grafs, Harlicks, Jacksons, Reidells, etc. of the type...
Press Release from Skate Canada Langlois and Hay withdraw from ISU World Figure Skating Championships OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada announced today that 2008...
... ladies ... I have to agree with David's protest of Leonova's PCS. So far this ... 4th ... I ... Checking further Zhang received the following PCS this...
... their ... World ... Dean ... attention of T&D. ... moment ... I would agree that with the popularity of dance shows on TV, ice dancers could do well...
... moment ... I didn't make the connection at the time, but the aforementioned picture in the Boston Globe about Belbin/Agosto giving a dance lesson at a ...
... How ironic, since the Pettit Center is more famous as a Speedskating training center..........champions include Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen and many more....
Last night I was browsing some dance videos and accidentally I came across videos from the British reality show "Dancing on ice", which is going on now for a...
... Well, either they have the money or... I dunno, why don't they learn to sew? I mean, that's what we did. My mother made my costumes. I spent countless...
Hi Jeanette, How did you get individual practice passes? I thought they were only available with an all event ticket? I have an all event ticket and the...