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- Mar 19, 2004
some of those who watched telesport channel with lipnitskaia commentary and her commentator fellow, said that yulia and he praised to gubanova, konstantinova, tsurskaya and zagitova. but about kostornaya said she was childish with juniorish skating, and after gubanova her skating were not good, and they said that she has good technical skills but not a word about her presentation. really??! about gubanova i agree otherwise she was a bit heavy on the ice. but childish and technical program from kostornaya and good programs by zagitova tsurskaya and konstatnionova? what?! i always knew she has no idea about what presantation is in figure skating. i've heard tutberidze and averbuch almost forced her to skate SL because from the beginning she hated this music and about a half-year they were playing this music during the practice. really, skater of one program with stoneface make such statements. very funny
Kostornaia is musical, moves beautifully and with real feeling, and is technically reliable. Organic. IMO Lipnitskaia was a “paint-by-numbers” skater. Someone told her when and how to move her arms, what moments to emphasize in the music, and threw in irrelevant flexibility tricks. It all seemed plastered on, superficial, not reflecting a self except maybe with the gloomy dramatic music. Lipnitskaia was one of my least favorite world class skaters to watch in the last quad, because her movements seemed to have no connection with a person. That’s not art.
Kornaia’s specialness comes from within. This makes her mesmerizing. That’s art.
If that’s what Lipnitskaia said about Kosternaia, I hear extreme envy in her comments.