[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Sarah Hughes

[Zorb17 at aol.com]

Milz:
> Actually, I was rooting for Sarah Hughes last night. She's been more 
> consistent than Sasha Cohen (who reminds me of Nicole Bobek for some 
> reason...) and she's beaten Michelle and Irina this season. Her 
> fourth place scores on the short program were lower because she was 
> the first of the elite to skate...and we all know how the judges love 
> to leave room for the top! 
> 
> Out of all of them, Sarah's performance was more relaxed and 
> controlled. Even when she took the ice, she looked relaxed whereas 
> the others looked like they were about to give birth to Voldemort's 
> baby;-)

That - er - interesting mental image aside (Out of my head!  Out, I say!), I completely agree with you.  Sarah gave us an incredible skate last night, and I was thrilled to be able to watch it.  I was especially glad I recorded it, so that I could go back and watch it again.

After she blew me away, I was still rooting for Michelle to get the gold, because I do think she deserves one as a world-class skater.  And, as I said in my previous post, Sarah's just starting out in the sport's world theatre.

Still, I'm very happy that Sarah got the gold, though I feel awful for Michelle.  Sarah was without question the best skater out there last night.  I would've given the silver to Michelle, though; she and Irina were pretty much even technically, but Michelle's presentation was *significantly* better.  Ah, well.

Milz again:
Really they 
> should have the technical count for x% and the artistic count for x% 
> of the total score. Skip the ordinals completely.

Don't they do that already?  Scott & Co. mentioned that the short program counts for 1/3 of the final score (and the long program, obviously, is 2/3).

Regarding the latest skating "scandal": Bleah.  Anyone who thinks the Cold War is over has another think coming.


Zorb, feeling prophetic