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Who stayed up to watch the Olympics Ladies Figure Skating finals last night? I did. After I left the Royer’s, I drove as quickly as I could, more or less within the speed limit of course, so I wouldn’t be able to miss too much. Thankfully, my mom recorded everything. Well, she recorded as much as she could fit into the tape.

I was rooting for Sasha Cohen to win the gold, but she didn’t have a perfect run and fell twice. Fortunately for her though, the other skaters made a number of mistakes too, so she managed to hang on to second place and got the silver medal, but hats off to her for persevering and finishing her routine with just as much grace and drive despite messing up at the beginning. It is usually difficult to recover from a fall and get over it to continue the routine.

The gold went to Japanese skater Shizuka Arakawa who was sitting in third place after the short program. She did a magnificent job in the long program and didn’t make any significant mistakes. I think her routine was beautiful, and she got a standing ovation for that. Her gold medal is well deserved.

Irina Slutskaya got the bronze medal. She too made some mistakes in her routine, and she was unable to take the gold or the silver.

Michelle, Sasha, and Irina – Will they every get that Olympic gold they wanted so much? It’s like every time they get the chance, they mess up and loose the gold. It’s the same thing last Olympics. And of course, they’re not getting any younger, and there are a lot of younger skaters entering the scene.

Kimmie Meissner – As I was driving to work this morning, the radio stations were all talking about last night’s skating event, and they mentioned Kimmie Meissner. She’s from Bel Air, Maryland, so it’s no surprise that people here would be talking about her, but the DJ referred to her as the “Fresh Princess of Bel Air.” I thought that was funny. Anyway, she’s young and she’s good. She’s definitely someone to watch out for.

Ok, enough of my figure skating musings. I always get into this figure skating state during skating seasons, and especially during winter Olympics. Aren’t you glad it only happens every 4 years? Hehe.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am sad that the Winter Olympics are over--no more Shaun, Shani, Sasha, (puro S ah!) Joey, and Apolo Anton Ohno. Vancouver 2010 ;)

malwine said...

i know, i'm sad that it's over, but there's the summer olympics in 2 year, and of course, vancouver 2010!!!!! ^_^ hehe.

Anonymous said...

mal...sad ko kay wala nata'y update...musta naman oi?k ra diri..keep growing on the right path..God be with us always...

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