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I want whatever is best for Gracie, but selfishly I miss the Instagram videos of her training.
Are you referring to GP Rostelecom in 2018? Since then, Gracie has skated in Regionals and Sectionals this year and neither skate was a “disaster”.
Lots and lots of people care about Gracie. If you read the 2019-20 US Ladies thread, a surprisingly large proportion of the posts, and even pages, are devoted to Gracie. Not a majority by any means, but a good percentage if you're counting, which I'm not; it's just a general observation.
I don't think we can judge interest in skating by comparing the US threads to the corresponding Russian threads. In the US threads, there just isn't as much interest in the kinds of conversations that go on in the Russian threads. (this is also just a perception on my part from occasional lurking; it may be wrong.) Personally, I'd enjoy more diverse or tangential conversation in US threads. But most subjects quickly get boiled down to "you support so-and-so or you don't, or you should;" or "So-and-so will likely win or medal, or needs to do "fill in the blank." Or current news about the skaters. Which is fine. It's just what's perceived as belonging in a thread.
I want whatever is best for Gracie, but selfishly I miss the Instagram videos of her training.
Does Gracie look like she's in good shape?I'm hoping she's put her issues in the past and can just look forward to a very bright future on and off the ice.
Does Gracie look like she's in good shape?I'm hoping she's put her issues in the past and can just look forward to a very bright future on and off the ice.
Julia won everything over Gracie who was a gorgeous skater. At times I disagreed. Frank Carroll felt it was unfair judging at times. I agree.
Julia won everything over Gracie who was a gorgeous skater. At times I disagreed. Frank Carroll felt it was unfair judging at times. I agree.
Except at the Olympics. Gracie came in 4th and Julia came in 5th, I think.
Yes I am El Henry. I should have said last major competition or international event. Rostelecom was painful to watch. I think I saw one of those qualifying skates. Will review. She is very brave to just compete for the challenge to herself even if she can not do the same technical content. My intent behind my words is I just don’t want her to repeat Rostelecom because she gets a bad case of nerves. If this is the last time we see her at a major event I just want her to do well and have the audience show her we appreciate her journey. That is my intention.Are you referring to GP Rostelecom in 2018? Since then, Gracie has skated in Regionals and Sectionals this year and neither skate was a “disaster”.
Yes I am El Henry. I should have said last major competition or international event. Rostelecom was painful to watch. I think I saw one of those qualifying skates. Will review. She is very brave to just compete for the challenge to herself even if she can not do the same technical content. My intent behind my words is I just don’t want her to repeat Rostelecom because she gets a bad case of nerves. If this is the last time we see her at a major event I just want her to do well and have the audience show her we appreciate her journey. That is my intention.
I get the concern, but I would definitely check out her Sectionals performance from this year. That is a much better indicator of her level of fitness than Rostelcom from over a year ago. Grace has improved by leaps and bounds. It is actually kind of cool just to watch her Regionals performance and then watch Sectionals, but if you really want to see the amount of improvement watch all three short programs starting with Rosetelcom, then Regionals, then Sectionals. At Sectionals she wasn't up to the level of Gracie of old, but it was such an incredible improvement. She has worked really hard for this comeback, and it is cool to see the progress, even if watching Rostelceom isn;t pretty.
She placed in Regionals and Sectionals and qualified for Nationals, so that means something regarding being able to do the technical content.
Can you tell me what tech content she completed with positive goe in sp or Lp. Anyone?
Julia won everything over Gracie who was a gorgeous skater. At times I disagreed. Frank Carroll felt it was unfair judging at times. I agree.
I thought her improvement between Regionals and Sectionals was crazy. She didn’t even make tech minimums at Regionals and I think almost everyone had written her off for Sectionals. But she wasn’t going to be denied. And I don’t think she will be denied for Nationals either.
I hope she does well. Like most of the other competitors, Gracie can do all the jumps through the lutz. It will be a matter of whether she can reproduce what she does in practice during the competition. If she can keep it together and not lose focus on the easier jumps, she could finish as high as 4th. I just want her to do well enough that she remains motivated to improve and earn some international assignments next season.
4th at Nationals, I'm sorry?If she can keep it together and not lose focus on the easier jumps, she could finish as high as 4th.