Bradie Tennell took the lead after the Ladies’ Short Program on Thursday night in Greensboro, N.C. Defending champion Alysa Liu is currently in second followed by Mariah Bell.
Tennell put out a stellar performance to “Mechanisms” and “Chronos” by Kirill Richter, opening with a solid triple Lutz-triple toe and double Axel. The 2019 Skate America silver medalist also landed a triple flip and showed strong level 4 spins and footwork to earn 78.96 points.
“It’s fun and sassy, and that is kind of me with my family and friends and more open and fun, sarcastic and sassy,” said Tennell of her short program. “I like to put that into my skating necessarily, and I like to explore myself. I had been more reserved on the ice, and this opens up a new chapter with my skating. I lost myself in the performance. I hadn’t skated like myself all week, with the warm up, I felt kind of stressed, and I used the warm up to remind myself that I did this every day. Once the music started, I was like, ‘all right, I can breathe a little bit.'”
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Tennell put out a stellar performance to “Mechanisms” and “Chronos” by Kirill Richter, opening with a solid triple Lutz-triple toe and double Axel. The 2019 Skate America silver medalist also landed a triple flip and showed strong level 4 spins and footwork to earn 78.96 points.
“It’s fun and sassy, and that is kind of me with my family and friends and more open and fun, sarcastic and sassy,” said Tennell of her short program. “I like to put that into my skating necessarily, and I like to explore myself. I had been more reserved on the ice, and this opens up a new chapter with my skating. I lost myself in the performance. I hadn’t skated like myself all week, with the warm up, I felt kind of stressed, and I used the warm up to remind myself that I did this every day. Once the music started, I was like, ‘all right, I can breathe a little bit.'”
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What are your thoughts on Tennell's SP? What did you think about the Ladies event overall? Which was your favorite performance?
What do you think is holding Gold back?“Overall, I felt better than the qualifiers, but nationals is nationals,” said the former two-time national champion. “I couldn’t really do triple toe run throughs until Thanksgiving. For me, the short and long are two different entities. Someone can have the world’s greatest short program and botch the long. It’s different music, different set ups and different priorities. People are invested in my story and my comeback. No one wakes up and is an inspiration today. America loves a comeback story.”
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