WTT vids are gone again!
A silver medal! But it's great! Why are not you happy? Because it is associated with trauma. That's why
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/podium/107/guillaume-cizeron-gabriella-papadakis-patinage-artistique-danse-jeux-olympiques-pyeongchang-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-medaille-robe
Published today, a story by Gabriella and Guillaume on Radio Canada (in French) about the Pyeongchang Olympics.
Strong and emotional. What difficult moments for them, and what strength to face and surpass them.
It's a very bold interview. I'm happy to read that they felt the support of their entire coaching team and that they are moving on healthily. Gabi describing the dress mishap as traumatic is depressing. She always seemed to brush it off in interviews since then. Anyone who thought they didn't see it as the thing that prevented them from getting the gold was kidding themselves -- it's the most natural human reaction. "This one thing outside of our control messing up at the worst possible moment" is every Olympic athlete's worst nightmare, not "maybe not doing the team event lost us some momentum".
I feel sorry for her. I dont understans why a pair who won was happy so much when they saw what she felt and got through. I couldnt be so happy. But one has to have empathy.
I feel she blames herself a little?? I dont want her to.Maybe she wonder if she didnt touch that dress , she could forget about what happened in the beggining and perform ????
Anyways, I came here to say that I really liked the interview. I know some people in other places are mad about parts of it, but I found it very honest and interesting to read.
Oh gawd, they can't get a rest, can they ?Yeah, if you value your own sanity, don't go on Twitter, really. All hell broke loose, Gabi having to apologize for the interview ....rather watch one of their wonderful skates (I should've done this too).
Yeah, it's so ridicilous I wouldn't believe it hadn't I seen it... Actually, Gabby having to explain this on Twitter and still being attacked was the last straw for me and I deactivated Twitter...Oh gawd, they can't get a rest, can they ?
Even the debate on FS universe is ridiculous. Some internet users just use that interview to spill their hate towards Gabriella [...]
Good luck to them; they are going to need it to survive the nasty internet :dev2:
i was on twitter and if you read the comments properly you see just 3 or 4 ( maybe 5) hateful posters...they just posted ALOT so it seems there are more than the actual 5 persons... the same fanatic stans of V/M as always. - many others actually the overwhelming majority of posts are very supporting. it was good to see because I find the interview honest and raw and very personal. I appreciate athletes not being mainstream and everybody's darlingish but being honest. (even if you know you won't make new friends in Canada if you don't adore the floor V/M are walking on.) it was a brave move imho. if it is possible I adore them even more now because they let us see a little bit of them as private persons and what I see I like a lot.
I wonder if any Sondheim pieces could fit the required pattern. His stuff is certainly the most sophisticated.
Harriet;2392653...But I'd love them to skate to something with non-Anglophone lyrics (French said:Les Demoiselles de Rochefort /l'arrivée des camionneurs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGlfkX3886Q
La chanson d'un jour d'été:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAjmtZ7VA7I
"Le Pont Transbordeur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hvjhyL04c4
de ville en ville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHsPJdz_rM