That’s such a bad example though, because the US had already won that event. Not only was it not necessary for her to do the vault, she certainly shouldn’t have been asked to do it. She should not have been allowed to do it. It is a coaches responsibility to care for their athletes physically, not sacrifice them on the altar of their own notoriety. She destroyed her leg and her career was over. For nothing. Even if the US had not already won the event, she was injured and permanently messed up her leg doing that vault.
Because everyone skates on the same ice and it degrades as the performances go on?
That's difficult.
Sorry but he doesn't have superb artistry....period....Don't forget that Nathan came back and won the fp in 2018, redeeming his Olympic experience, despite the amazing 6 quad fp not giving him a podium spot. Plus, he has a 2018 team bronze.
BTW, Nathan has always been artistic. He hears, understands and interprets the music, on top of his blazing technical talent. Some people don't like giving Nathan credit for the fact that he's always combined superb artistry with superior athleticism.
Opinions are a nice thing to have.
Feeling bad for Yuzuru.
Also feeling doubly bad for Vincent. More than ever, I cannot help wondering what a COVID-free Vincent could have accomplished in the individual event.
Sorry. Choreographic sequences are worth even less. 3.0 for choreographic sequence right? And 3.9 for level 4 step sequence?
I agree, Jason deserves every point he received. This short program is one the best at this Olympics.
It happens. There was that giant chunk of ice missing at US nationals and they had to come do an emergency repair in the middle of the group. And Keegan got his toe pick caught in a divot at Worlds once. I’m sure three are tons of other examples. Just 2 I can think of off the top of my head.
And figure skating is an opinion. It’s just that the only ones who count are those of the judges.
The transitions are great indeed. He would have had my full attention if he'd only tried that quad in the beginning. So it was triple flip bah, no adrenaline, playing it so very safe. Trusova gets all the points for performance from me, because she's thrilling to watch. So do Hanyu and Chen and many others, who are simply willing to take some risk.
