Well, you're absolutely right.
There is a big change in skating - so, for example, our german
commentatories want the chinese guy to win the silver and they felt
him robbed ... They couldn't stop wondering about his marks.

But there are two things I like to mention and to add respectively.

- Emanuel had the jumps this time he missed before while the new
World champion was not able to compete the Axel yesterday.

- For the first time the judges recognized his skating skills;
in the Short he was awarded not more in the former second mark than
Chengjiang Li - but in the Free Program he got more than Johnny Weir.

I consider this encouraging and I hope Emanuel and his coach will
follow this way.

Of course, its easier to think about ... IMO his programs lack of
speed. He seems to concentrate so much for the jumps. this is what I
wish them to change next year.

Klaus



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> Emanuel has the potential...that's always been clear. I have to
throw in a dose of reality, however, because this season I feel that
they shot thrmselves in the foot before they ever got started. It
seemed that they put total emphasis on having a quad and failed to
upgrade other areas of Emanuel's programs to get the most out of the
CoP system. I pray that in Emanuel's dreams he'll see his way clear
to focus on these details in addition to that pesky quad. If he'd
done that he'd be unbeatable.
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