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Grand Prix Final Thoughts and Results: Ladies and Pairs Free Skates
Pairs Shen and Zhao, China: Amazing. Although if I am nitpicking, their side by side spins were in different time zones. But, I will not pick against them again! They just do everything the best. Pang and Tong, China: Hand down on the side by side triple toes. Still, this program is great...
Predictions that are Just as Bad as Mine. Probably...
Here is a Chicago Tribune writeup about figure skating medalist predictions. The panel consisted of Juliet Macur and Jere Longman of the New York Times; Christine Brennan and Kelly Whiteside of USA Today; and the one, the only, Philip Hersh. My precursor to this is that, as anyone who follows...
Czisny, Davis & White Win at Nebelhorn; Full Results
American champ Alissa Czisny just managed to eke out a win at the Nebelhorn Trophy this weekend, despite being downgraded for most of her triple jump attempts, according to Examiner.com. According to the article, Czisny also lost points on her double axel attempts and off of her spiral sequence. ...
Looks Like a Comeback for Sasha Cohen!
Well, Philip Hersh says Sasha Cohen has alerted U.S. Figure Skating that she would accept an invitation to compete in Skate America, which indicates that she has decided to embark on the road to Vancouver 2010! Apparently, a formal announcement about the comeback should come next week. She is...
Junior Worlds Results
Although the U.S. women did not take home the Junior World title this year, there was some positive news from the competition which has concluded in Sofia, Bulgaria. Caroline Zhang, who was in 10th place after a disastrous short program, had a major comeback, winning the free skate and coming in...
Grand Prix Recap: Ladies
So glad that Mao Asada won this competition, she definitely deserved it. But I feel that it was entirely too close to be comfortable with. She only won by a bit more than two points, despite the fact that Yu-Na Kim fell in the short, fell in the free and popped a lutz in the free. The only major...
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