Here is my short live report from Oberstdorf and I apologize now for my bad English.
I was there Friday and Saturday and enjoyed it like the last 9 times I was there. It was very well attended, especially the Gala.
Friday
First we went to the exhibition for 50 years Nebelhorntrophy. It was very small, a few pictures, costumes from V/T and Norbert Schramm and a memorial corner for Denis Ten.
We arrived in time at the ice rink for the last ladies practice group with Alina, Mai, Mariah, Loena and Ashley. I was impressed how stable all the ladies were, I haven´t seen a single fall.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-d41378-1538751696.jpg.html
Men SP:
Artur Dmitriev presented very well, not the most elegant skater, but the dramatic music fits him. I haven´t realized that he showed a 3Lz-3F, it looked for me like a popped 4Lz and I was glad that it was still a triple. And he showed a huge triple Axel at the warm-up.
I´m always afraid when Samohin is skating… And it doesn´t make it better that before skating he always laces his shoes again. :hopelessness:
Keegan saved the men’s event and was a real crowd pleaser and got the loudest applause.
But I must say the costumes were very boring, almost everybody in black.
Ladies FS:
Matilda had to skate first. Last year she still landed on the podium, but this year it wasn´t her best day. And it is always hard to focus on the skater when Stéphane Lambiel is standing on the side. I must admit that at the end of the program I was watching more Stéphane than Matilda…:
I LOVE Marin Hondas dress!! :luv17: It´s just so beautiful. And I really liked her skating too; she was so elegant and seems to fly over the ice. It is definitely one of my favorite programs this year. Too bad she wasn´t better at the SP.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-eeee13-1538754818.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-d867e3-1538754911.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-fdf1bd-1538754941.jpg.html
A surprise for me was Ashley Lin, never heard of her and only 15 years old. She can be a real contender for the other American girls in the next years.
And then finally Alina. Wow! :2thumbs:She was so stable, I had no doubt for a second that she wouldn´t land the jumps. I especially like the music in the second part, I had it in my head for the whole next days.
Mai Mihara was lovely as always.
And then I really hoped for Loena to make the podium. And she delivered! She has such a powerful skating and presence on the ice.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-1e4d11-1538755343.jpg.html
After Ice dance was the Medal ceremony. I don´t know what they were thinking to give the winner a medal, a small trophy, the big trophy (it´s only for the ceremony, she can´t keep it), flowers and the diploma. But Alina managed it very well.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-53bc7c-1538755731.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-07d411-1538755786.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-a8c601-1538756010.jpg.html
To be continued...
I was there Friday and Saturday and enjoyed it like the last 9 times I was there. It was very well attended, especially the Gala.
Friday
First we went to the exhibition for 50 years Nebelhorntrophy. It was very small, a few pictures, costumes from V/T and Norbert Schramm and a memorial corner for Denis Ten.
We arrived in time at the ice rink for the last ladies practice group with Alina, Mai, Mariah, Loena and Ashley. I was impressed how stable all the ladies were, I haven´t seen a single fall.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-d41378-1538751696.jpg.html
Men SP:
Artur Dmitriev presented very well, not the most elegant skater, but the dramatic music fits him. I haven´t realized that he showed a 3Lz-3F, it looked for me like a popped 4Lz and I was glad that it was still a triple. And he showed a huge triple Axel at the warm-up.
I´m always afraid when Samohin is skating… And it doesn´t make it better that before skating he always laces his shoes again. :hopelessness:
Keegan saved the men’s event and was a real crowd pleaser and got the loudest applause.
But I must say the costumes were very boring, almost everybody in black.
Ladies FS:
Matilda had to skate first. Last year she still landed on the podium, but this year it wasn´t her best day. And it is always hard to focus on the skater when Stéphane Lambiel is standing on the side. I must admit that at the end of the program I was watching more Stéphane than Matilda…:
I LOVE Marin Hondas dress!! :luv17: It´s just so beautiful. And I really liked her skating too; she was so elegant and seems to fly over the ice. It is definitely one of my favorite programs this year. Too bad she wasn´t better at the SP.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-eeee13-1538754818.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-d867e3-1538754911.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-fdf1bd-1538754941.jpg.html
A surprise for me was Ashley Lin, never heard of her and only 15 years old. She can be a real contender for the other American girls in the next years.
And then finally Alina. Wow! :2thumbs:She was so stable, I had no doubt for a second that she wouldn´t land the jumps. I especially like the music in the second part, I had it in my head for the whole next days.
Mai Mihara was lovely as always.
And then I really hoped for Loena to make the podium. And she delivered! She has such a powerful skating and presence on the ice.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-1e4d11-1538755343.jpg.html
After Ice dance was the Medal ceremony. I don´t know what they were thinking to give the winner a medal, a small trophy, the big trophy (it´s only for the ceremony, she can´t keep it), flowers and the diploma. But Alina managed it very well.
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-53bc7c-1538755731.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-07d411-1538755786.jpg.html
https://www.bilder-upload.eu/bild-a8c601-1538756010.jpg.html
To be continued...