While spunky Emily Hughes had to pull out due to an injury, there are still some good competitions to come. Kimmie Meissner, a world champion, has been floundering this season -- can she get her act together and pull off a clean program? Or will young Carolina Zhang will steamroll right over the older skaters? I'm also rooting for Alissa Czisny, who has been working with Brian Boitano to improve her jumping technique. In ice dancing, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto should have no problem pulling off another gold in ice dancing (and they have a really cute original dance to Aaron Copland music). As for the pairs, they'll probably be just as tragic as they always are, but at least this time, they won't have the Chinese and European pairs to outclass them. But the highlight will probably be the men's competition, where Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir will again fight for the gold medal.Okay, fine, because someone will insist: you can have your Plushy again.
Friday, January 25, 2008
FOR KARL EMIL JULIUS ULRICH SALCHOW: The 2008 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships are this weekend. Though ALOTT5MA fave Stephanie Rosenthal is skipping them to focus on her studies at Yale, our roving correspondent Gretchen nevertheless files this report:
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