Who watched? I thought the night definitly wasn't one of the more memorable ladies finals in recent memory, but it was entertaining. Even with her fall, Sascha was great and the Japanese girl, Arakawa, was just stunning. I hadn't seen her skate before the short program the other night, but I just love her! She is so graceful! What a cutie, too!
I had to be up super early this morning, so I missed almost everyone I wanted to see. I got to see Emily Hughes and then I went to bed. Is there anywhere online I can watch the performances? I don't have tivo and I didn't record it.
i watched it. in fact, i'm such a sucker for figure skating that i watched it twice. first i watched it live on the canadian station and then again last night on nbc.
i just adore sacha. she is so graceful — like a ballerina on ice — and i can't get enough of her. i was stunned when she missed her first jump... and then her second. i didn't think she'd medal at all. arakawa was beautiful as well. i don't really follow the sport, but it seemed like she came out of nowhere to win. all we hear about is sasha and irina over and over and then a suprise winner! that's what makes it so fun to watch... anything can happen.
awful. I was so sad for both Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya. It's so weird to have two medal winners who happened to fall in their final performance, I am sure it's not the way they would have liked to have the memory, not to say they aren't grateful and proud to get a medal at all.
I was also sad that both Emily Hughes and Kimmie Meissner(sp?) fell. Lots of falls all around!
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I was so disappoited for Irina. I really wanted her to win. I don't really care for Sascha Cohen (she seems like a stuck up bitch) so I was pissed she beat Irina. I think -rakawa was ranked like 9th in the world before last night or something. So I guess that's pretty exciting although I still wish Irina had gotten it.
My heart broke for Sasha Cohen when she fell both times. What a bummer. I know how hard she worked to get back to the Olympics. Oh well. I didn't think she'd medal at all, but was thrilled she got silver.
Did you guys see the girl that just kept falling over and over??? I think she performed just before Emily Hughes. I felt so bad for that poor girl--every opportunity there was to fall, she fell. It was so painful to watch. I think she may have been from China, but I can't remember for sure.
I am watching now - i tivoed it because my DH was ho hum about it. The announcers are just so BRUTAL! I mean DAMN!-- Edited by laken1 at 15:30, 2006-02-24
I just watched in on the computer and I totally agree. Arakaya's performance was BEAUTIFUL and the lady goes "That was great, but it's beatable."
I can't believe Sasha and Irina fell! That sucks! But Sasha really did a nice job recovering from it. I would have had a hard time keeping my sh*t together after that, but she did a great job.
I really wanted Irina to win. When she fell, I knew she blew it. I haven't seen much footage of Sasha so I don't know if she is stuck up or not, she seemed okay when I saw her on Project Runway.