One thing on my Olympic Hopes list came true, yippeee!

Shen and Zhao win, hooray!

Nationals Wrap-Up

Wow, what a (2) week(s)!

Still hate the 2 weekend schedule, but it ended up being worth it for the men and pairs event getting more attention.

It's funny because on every skating board I visited before the men's event started, in every prediction contest I saw, almost no one had Jeremy in first. But I did! And I was right! And it was, as Scott Hamilton put it, "a beat down" of the rest of the men's field. My favorite Nationals performance since Michelle's Lyra in 1998. Yeah, it was THAT good.

Thrilled for the Florida pairs both going to the Olympics, but am still grrr-ing at John Baldwin's inane comments and poor sportsmanship after the competition ended. Can't remember if it was John or his coaches who said it, but the comment about it not being fair that the judges gave a negative GOE on their throw triple axel when no one else does it made me cringe. Even at my lowly skating level I know it's more important to do the things you can do well instead of doing things you can "sort of" do poorly.

So happy for Meryl and Charlie, and I love Tanith and Ben's FS music, but loathe the new costumes (go back to the Cup of China ones, please!) As much as I love Merlie I think Tessa and Scott have the best FD this season and I love it more each time I watch it. Russian D/S's original dance, on the other hand......(shudder).

Ladies was interesting -- I wish Alissa and Sasha had skated better, and I really wanted Ashley to have a clean SP after last year. Overall I think the podium was accurate, although I would have switched some of the places around. Was thrilled for Mirai bringing it for both portions of the event.