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I needed to check the calendar this morning
It's April, but you wouldn't know it here. The temperatures have hovered in the 30s all day and we had a little dusting of snow over night. The poor Cherry Blossoms are probably glad they're almost done with their cycle. If they'd waited a few days, they'd have gotten frozen out.
I finally cleared off the World Figure Skating Championships off the dvr. They were held in Tokyo this year and true to form, it really was the Asians turn to shine. Representatives from that continent medaled in three separate disciplines. If they ever figure out ice dance, we're all in big trouble! The Japanese ladies are still skating great guns, even though my favorite Arakawa turned pro. All of them either have a triple axel or quad in their arsenal, but they've also acquired a nice bit of artistry too. There's even a South Korean girl Kim Yu Na in the ladies event who blew the field away in the short program. She's coached by Canadian Brian Orser and I hope they figure out her back problems, because she'll be fun to watch in the future. (She beat Sasha Cohen's old record, so I'm doubly pleased and impressed.) The Chinese still own the pairs event. This may be Shen & Zhao's last event and boy did they go out in style. Amazing to think how much they changed the sport. I still remember seeing them for the first time in Nagano and going "Wow!" over their tricks. Now I go "wow!" over their whole performance. I'm curious what effect Michelle Kwan's popularity and prominence had on the Asian skating boom, if any.
I finally cleared off the World Figure Skating Championships off the dvr. They were held in Tokyo this year and true to form, it really was the Asians turn to shine. Representatives from that continent medaled in three separate disciplines. If they ever figure out ice dance, we're all in big trouble! The Japanese ladies are still skating great guns, even though my favorite Arakawa turned pro. All of them either have a triple axel or quad in their arsenal, but they've also acquired a nice bit of artistry too. There's even a South Korean girl Kim Yu Na in the ladies event who blew the field away in the short program. She's coached by Canadian Brian Orser and I hope they figure out her back problems, because she'll be fun to watch in the future. (She beat Sasha Cohen's old record, so I'm doubly pleased and impressed.) The Chinese still own the pairs event. This may be Shen & Zhao's last event and boy did they go out in style. Amazing to think how much they changed the sport. I still remember seeing them for the first time in Nagano and going "Wow!" over their tricks. Now I go "wow!" over their whole performance. I'm curious what effect Michelle Kwan's popularity and prominence had on the Asian skating boom, if any.