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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:56 pm
How many saw this over the weekend? Two fantastic endings for both men and women's. First -- the little 14 yr. old gal who won last year's junior championships, and then turned around and won this year's senior championships! But the men -- HOLY COW! Never thought I'd see THAT happen. I must admit, I was extremely pleased w/the results because I like Evan better than Johnny, but it was so much fun to watch this contest!
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 8:49 am
I saw parts of it, Teach. I'm so glad I saw the last two men skate! Wow, that was amazing! I thought Tanith and Ben were outstanding too. I did feel bad for Kimmie Meisner. I wonder if she grew so quickly that she has had trouble adjusting her jumps to her new height? I don't know. I guess the kids are always growing, but she seems to have had a sudden growth spurt.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 8:49 am
I DID. I DID. OMG! I was holding my breath. Weir has an overblown ego. Remember Turino especially?! The scoring is to a hundredth of a point and they were tied! Can you believe it?! And Evan wins because he scored higher in the long program. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Evan is originally from Naperville, IL -- just a few suburbs away from me. A big thanks to NBC. I've never had cable or satellite. In the past number of years, ABC has been airing a lot of competitions on cable stations so I had been missing a lot of it. NBC aired it all on network TV. Though maybe that was due to the writers strike? It's time for Dick Button to retire. His ego is kind of up there with Weir's. A comment or two or three he made over the evenings were kind of embarrassing. Button and Barbara Walters, it's time to go.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:06 am
I only saw the last two men skate. I haven't been following the ice skaters lately but I have seen both of these young men skate before. In tonight's long program, imho, Johnny had the more artistic program...nice flowing movements and nice jumps. The other young man (sorry, I don't know his name), wasn't as fluid as Weir. The tie was a first for me to see and now I wish I had seen both their short programs as well as these long programs of last night. Just to compare. And yeah Color, Button needs to go.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 1:03 pm
I don't know that there's ever been a tie before -- especially when the scoring is to the hundredths. Would have taken just .01 more in the total score for one of them to win in total points. I've still have last night's program on my TiVo. Going to watch both skate again. They showed their short programs early in the two hours. I have a very hard time getting past Weir's personality. I remember Turino.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 6:31 pm
While Johnny may have had more "flow" -- the footwork and audience connection (IMHO)definitely went to Evan. Yup - let's get Button to retire and let Scotty take over. 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 11:03 pm
The only thing I like about Weir is his coach -- Viktor. I've always liked Viktor. Wasn't he the first to successfully do a triple axel in competition? (Not that I'd know a triple axel when I saw one. And if a jump is more than a single, I'm often not sure how many revolutions I'm seeing.)
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 11:56 pm
Such an exciting group of young ladies coming up, aren't they? I hope their bodies hold up over the next few years! I was pretty sure it wasn't Viktor Petrenko who landed the first triple axel, so I looked it up. According to Wikipedia, "Canadian skater Vern Taylor was the first to land a triple Axel in competition at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships."
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 9:18 am
I've been wanting Dick Button to go for years! He is NOT the premier skater anymore and hasn't been for a hundred years. What did he do, a single axle or something and that makes him the expert on today's skaters?
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 1:48 pm
Huk. Did you see how your post showed up in the Search Feature? I've been wanting Dick But 
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 4:24 pm
I don't use the search feature...maybe I should if it's that much fun!
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Konamouse
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 1:43 pm
*cough* My cousin, Ben Agosto, and his partner Tanith Belbin, were just amazing in their long program in Ice Dance. Just had to throw that in - cause sometimes Ice Dance doesn't get much respect.

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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 2:03 pm
I saw them Kona. They were amazing!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 7:17 pm
I was already a fan of Tanith and Ben before you told us he was your cousin a while ago. Anyway, I am even more of a fan of them, now that I know they have a TVCH connection! Makes me feel like I'm rooting for family!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 9:28 pm
LOVE Agosto and Belbin! 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, February 04, 2008 - 10:18 pm
KonaSqueekerMouse...I have been a fan of ice dancing since Torvill and Dean did their awesome Bolero...wearing purple!! And I've seen your *cough* cousin and his partner skate before. And I find it exciting that you're here and that he's your *cough* cousin...yay!!!
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 2:00 pm
How cool. Fan of Tanith and Ben. Met Ben at hotel when they toured a couple years ago.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 1:36 pm
Almost a years since last postings here. 2009 U.S. national competition this weekend. Just watching Johnny Weir. He has popped jumps and he fell during long program. Being brought back down to earth. Arrogance is a big turnoff to me.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 6:21 pm
Rats - didn't see any of it. Will ESPN be re-running it?
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 8:41 am
I don't know. I don't have / never have had cable or satellite. I've missed figure skating competitions for a number of years because it hasn't been on network TV. In past years, I think ABC has had rights to airing figure skating, so mostly was not on network. This year NBC aired it.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 2:48 pm
For Worlds, which will be in March, Oxygen channel will be showing all the nights, except one, which will be on NBC.
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