Were you big fan of Adelina or rooted for her in Sochi?
I wish Sasha Cohen skated her R&J clean at Turin (which I love, despite the falls) and then see who would have won between her and Shizuka, who I also like very much.
You mean changing the scoring in Sochi would have stopped her Achilles tendon from snapping? That's news to me.
I'd like to have seen Maxim get his chance in Sochi.
I agree. I wish Sasha had skated better and gotten the win.
Looking back, Sasha's performance was a disaster, but Kimmie's "clean" performance wasn't great, either. Her 3/3s were highly cheated, the choreography was ridiculous, and Kimmie's artistry and range of movement was extremely limited (and remained limited throughout her career). Sasha actually did a lot for the sport of skating, far more than Kimmie did, and I wish she had won the world title.
Kimmie's choreography was quite good, more purposeful than a lot of what we see these days. She was just green. It was definitely a tragedy how Sasha threw that title away though. I feel like there was a lot more pressure in those days, people still had the mindset of "making a mistake means you lose". You seemingly had to be perfect and that got to her head. These days a mistake often doesn't mean anything in particular, the points can easily be made up elsewhere if you are as favored as someone like Sasha was for that event. Plus the ability to learn technique has become so much more refined now.
I wish I could change 2.
Sasha Cohen's 2010 loss and the podium at Sochi.
I would have had it:
1. Carolina
2. Yuna
3. Gracie
4. Adelina
There might be merit in the artistry over athleticism argument had Michelle skated with freedom and joy.
She skated cautiously and nervously at Nagano. While certainly not a disaster by any stretch, it wasn't one of her great skates. She knew it, too. You could tell in the Kiss and Cry. She left the door open. The judges had to leave room, because that performance was beatable.
Tara, meanwhile, skated with absolute abandon. I wish things had been different, but on that night, I think Tara clearly beat her.
Gracie before Adelina? With a fall? I like Gracie, don't get me wrong, but the top three were correct at Sochi. The only argument is over what the order should have been.