Following tweets today, it seems that Evgeny Plushenko had a good short and captured a record score. Multiple tweets that the score was inflated too.
Sasha Cohen took to the ice for a practice and ran through her short. She fell on a flip but otherwise the reports were good that she could be in contention.
Searching YouTube for evidence...
UPDATE
Found Plushy's Short - he did a triple Lutz for the first time this season, plus the usual triple Axel and a quad toe-triple toe combo. Spins a bit slower than the competition, good footwork.
Sasha's Short Run-thru - Nice to watch, worried about the fall on the flip, it was nasty.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Skater of the Decade: Sasha Cohen
Sasha, you helped push the IJS towards rewarding bendy-girls like you. You could capture the gold during the Grand Prix season and maximize your points with your Gumby-like limbs. You were also proclaimed as the next great American skater, but when Nationals and Worlds came around it didn't quite pan out. Despite racking up the points for those spirals and spins, the jumps didn't also seem stable or focused on while entering the jump.
You hit the senior stage with a fabulous 2nd place finish at the 2000 U.S. Nationals when Dick Button was touting "baby ballerinas." You were too young for worlds that year and injuries held back your international senior debut until the 2002 Olympics. It takes a certain amount of gusto to debut at the Olympics, and you came in fourth!
Then came 2006 and the next Olympics in Torino. You battled the flu and won the U.S. title, wearing a gold dress and skated to Nino Rota's Romeo & Juliet beautifully. Shaun White, snowboarding's Flying Tomato, said he wanted to leave the Games with a medal and date with you. You crushed the competition in the short program. Then came the long.... a fall on the opening jump and hands down on the next. You battled through the rest of the program and skated away with a silver.
You toured and gave acting a whirl. (The jock-strap scene in Blades of Glory, what range you demonstrated!) Without ever winning many major titles, you were still the most recognizable name on the remaining professional champions' tours. However, you always said you planned to be back competing for 2010.
Finally, this season you entered Grand Prix events and then withdrew before each one. Your silver medal from Torino provides a bye to Nationals every year. Will we see you in Spokane?
Then came 2006 and the next Olympics in Torino. You battled the flu and won the U.S. title, wearing a gold dress and skated to Nino Rota's Romeo & Juliet beautifully. Shaun White, snowboarding's Flying Tomato, said he wanted to leave the Games with a medal and date with you. You crushed the competition in the short program. Then came the long.... a fall on the opening jump and hands down on the next. You battled through the rest of the program and skated away with a silver.
You toured and gave acting a whirl. (The jock-strap scene in Blades of Glory, what range you demonstrated!) Without ever winning many major titles, you were still the most recognizable name on the remaining professional champions' tours. However, you always said you planned to be back competing for 2010.
Finally, this season you entered Grand Prix events and then withdrew before each one. Your silver medal from Torino provides a bye to Nationals every year. Will we see you in Spokane?
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Anticipation for the 2009-2010 season
With the Nebelhorn Trophy under way, here are the people and events I'm most looking forward too this season:
Who will have the most Micheal Jordan-like comeback ala coming back to play basketball for Bulls comeback after playing baseball versus coming back to play for the Wizards after a first retirement.
The 2006 Olympic men's champ, Evengy Plushenko, will be competing again after four years of touring in Russia, dabbling in Russian politics, getting divorced and married again. Will he still have the jumps, especially the quad? Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov worked with him on his programs.
Stephane Lambiel, the silver medalist in 2006, is also coming back. He is coming out of his 2nd retirement since the last Olympics. Plushy's last competition was the Olympics. Lambiel followed his silver by winning the world title after the games. He was entered in a few Grand Prix events the following season. Mid-season he said his heart wasn't in it anymore and retired. He found some passion later and ended up with a couple more medals at worlds, but no titles. Last year, he retired after some injuries were not healing as quickly as he would of liked. His biggest obstacle comes this week in working to gain Switzerland a spot for a man in the Olympic competition at the Nebelhorn. If he assists in earning that spot, I'll be interested to see if he keeps his interest in competing.
Sasha Cohen, the ladies silver medalist in 2006, has decided to return to competition as well after attempting an acting career in between touring with Stars on Ice. Looking forward to seeing the spins and spirals she's known for in competitive programs. I hope see found some consistency and focus through having to perform almost nightly on tour for stretches at a time.
Isabel Delobel and her partner Olivier Schoenfelder will have a comeback of sorts. Isabel is due to deliver her first child soon. This working mom will be a skater, I love it!
Beyond comebacks I'm looking forward too:
Watching and comparing the seasons of Belbin & Agosto and Davis & White before the US Nationals. Then seeing the battle for first at Nationals. I have a feeling Davis & White could overtake Belbin & Agosto this year in a head to head match up.
Johnny Weir's programs choreographed by David Wilson.
The ladies competition at Nationals with two spots to the O's and worlds.
Seeing how skaters who changed coaches in the off season fare:
Mirai Nagasu and Carolina Kostner to Frank Carroll, should give them some confidence and better preparation.
Jeremy Abbott with Yuka Sato after parting with his coach of many years, Tom Zakarasjc.
Caroline Zhang after swtiching coaches and then going back.
Brian Joubert made a change over the summer in his quest for Olympic gold and gaining 2nd last year at worlds.
Finally, I'll be interested to see the continuing saga/answer of that burning question, "to quad or not to quad?" Particulary in the case of Brian Joubert.
Who will have the most Micheal Jordan-like comeback ala coming back to play basketball for Bulls comeback after playing baseball versus coming back to play for the Wizards after a first retirement.
The 2006 Olympic men's champ, Evengy Plushenko, will be competing again after four years of touring in Russia, dabbling in Russian politics, getting divorced and married again. Will he still have the jumps, especially the quad? Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov worked with him on his programs.
Stephane Lambiel, the silver medalist in 2006, is also coming back. He is coming out of his 2nd retirement since the last Olympics. Plushy's last competition was the Olympics. Lambiel followed his silver by winning the world title after the games. He was entered in a few Grand Prix events the following season. Mid-season he said his heart wasn't in it anymore and retired. He found some passion later and ended up with a couple more medals at worlds, but no titles. Last year, he retired after some injuries were not healing as quickly as he would of liked. His biggest obstacle comes this week in working to gain Switzerland a spot for a man in the Olympic competition at the Nebelhorn. If he assists in earning that spot, I'll be interested to see if he keeps his interest in competing.
Sasha Cohen, the ladies silver medalist in 2006, has decided to return to competition as well after attempting an acting career in between touring with Stars on Ice. Looking forward to seeing the spins and spirals she's known for in competitive programs. I hope see found some consistency and focus through having to perform almost nightly on tour for stretches at a time.
Isabel Delobel and her partner Olivier Schoenfelder will have a comeback of sorts. Isabel is due to deliver her first child soon. This working mom will be a skater, I love it!
Beyond comebacks I'm looking forward too:
Watching and comparing the seasons of Belbin & Agosto and Davis & White before the US Nationals. Then seeing the battle for first at Nationals. I have a feeling Davis & White could overtake Belbin & Agosto this year in a head to head match up.
Johnny Weir's programs choreographed by David Wilson.
The ladies competition at Nationals with two spots to the O's and worlds.
Seeing how skaters who changed coaches in the off season fare:
Mirai Nagasu and Carolina Kostner to Frank Carroll, should give them some confidence and better preparation.
Jeremy Abbott with Yuka Sato after parting with his coach of many years, Tom Zakarasjc.
Caroline Zhang after swtiching coaches and then going back.
Brian Joubert made a change over the summer in his quest for Olympic gold and gaining 2nd last year at worlds.
Finally, I'll be interested to see the continuing saga/answer of that burning question, "to quad or not to quad?" Particulary in the case of Brian Joubert.
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