Is anyone interested in having a thread to discuss figure skating, since the Olympics are coming up? I checked the Off-Topic forum, but it's just crickets over there. Please let me know if anyone feels it is inappropriate to have this in this forum and I can move it.
I just finished watching the short program part of Russian women's nationals from this weekend and I have a question maybe someone could answer? I stopped watching FS after the Olympics in 2006, but did keep an eye out now and then, such as with Sasha Cohen's comeback. When I stopped watching I remember there was so much buzz about Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and she was *definitely* going to win the next Olympics. Now I've watched this and last year's Russian nationals and it's strange to see that this star, who was once world champion, is in the second-tier of Russian women without having an obvious reason, like injury.
What took her from being a world champion to being out of the top 5 in Russia despite clean programs? I read Wikipedia and it seemed to imply that she was never actually one of the bests in Russia, just that she had a triple axel and that's what got her the World Championship. And without that, she never got back to that status. Is that true?
I still have to watch the long program from Russia but wow, too bad only 3 girls can go to the Olympics!
OT: Figure skating thread for mutual fans of gym and FS :)
I just finished watching the short program part of Russian women's nationals from this weekend and I have a question maybe someone could answer? I stopped watching FS after the Olympics in 2006, but did keep an eye out now and then, such as with Sasha Cohen's comeback. When I stopped watching I remember there was so much buzz about Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and she was *definitely* going to win the next Olympics. Now I've watched this and last year's Russian nationals and it's strange to see that this star, who was once world champion, is in the second-tier of Russian women without having an obvious reason, like injury.
What took her from being a world champion to being out of the top 5 in Russia despite clean programs? I read Wikipedia and it seemed to imply that she was never actually one of the bests in Russia, just that she had a triple axel and that's what got her the World Championship. And without that, she never got back to that status. Is that true?
I still have to watch the long program from Russia but wow, too bad only 3 girls can go to the Olympics!
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