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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 7:30 pm
I don't get cable, so hadn't seen (or heard the results of) the U.S. Nationals other than ladies which was shown live on ABC. Today ABC showed a recap of the Nationals. And Evan Lysacek won gold!! Johnny Weir got bronze -- which as far as I'm concerned he deserved. Other than the fact that Evan skated a difficult and virtually perfect program including a quad triple and Johnny fell, I remember Johnny's attitude (aka ego) and lack of work ethic during the Olympics. And so today Johnny fell and got bronze -- and cried. Too bad. NOT!
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, February 04, 2007 - 10:52 pm
I live in Spokane, the host city for this year's Nationals... we are not a huge city so this was a big deal for us. A bunch of people I know attended one event or the other, or all... and most agreed that the men's competition was the best. I got to attend the champions' exhibition after the competitions were over (it will be on ABC on 2/18 - look for me in the section below the jumbotron :-) ) and it was fun, I'd never been to a figure skating thing in person. Johnny Weir put on a nice performance and seemed to genuinely appreciate the audience - I wonder if some of the "ego" that we see when he is in competition is an act and part of his game face. I liked his performance at the exhibition better than Evan's, even though I think Evan is a hottie. Ryan Bradley was a crowd favorite and I am happy he got the silver in the men's final, he is fun. I think he got the loudest reception at the exhibition - maybe second was Caroline Zhang, the Junior Ladies' silver medalist, she had a really nice performance as well.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:54 am
NBC did a piece on Weir during the Olympics. Plain and simple -- EGO! To me, that's a big turn-off. I'd forgotten, Weir came in 5th after Lysacek's 4th place at the Olympics. At this Nationals, he came in 3rd after Lysacek and Ryan Bradley. Weir got what he deserved.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 5:24 pm
Is anyone watching the World Championships from Tokyo? They're on CBC right now and every night this week!
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 9:55 pm
Thanks for the reminder! I don't have CBC but I see that ESPN and 2 are covering starting tonight.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 4:39 am
I didnt get to watch the whole week, but tonight the women begin their competition. I was disappointed that the Canadian men did not do too well--I miss the days of Elvis Stoiko and Kurt Browning!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 11:32 am
I've been DVR'ing the whole thing. It always seems the year after the olympics, that the stars are gone. We wait for someone to step up and be that person.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 12:24 pm
Speaking of stepping up...have you had a chance to check out the new Canadian Dance team that placed 6th overall. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir - they are both under 20 years old and have been skating together for 11 years. This team won junior worlds last year and now are 6th in the world. They are from my kids skating club. Scott Moir's mom is our kids coach. They are a wonderful team and I cannot wait to see them next year do even better.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 2:41 pm
I like them. I also like Meryl Davis and Charlie White. In their first year in Seniors, they were 7th in the Worlds. They are 19 and 20.
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