Wow. Ladies' short program ended with the three top women within one point of each other.

I literally have no idea what's going to happen in the free skate tomorrow, which is great. Of course, there's always an element of uncertainty, but it's more fun when it's close.

It promises to be exciting!

Oh, Virtue and Moir. I never expected to have to take you guys to task for questionable sportsmanship. This is a sad day for me.

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I've never actually seen A League of Their Own, but I know the most famous line from it: "There's no crying in baseball!" I just wish the security guards at the Iceberg would tell people, "There are no airhorns in figure skating!" Sadly, they did not. But that's really the only thing to be sad about tonight.

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I'm getting so tired of this.

THIS should be the Russian national anthem.

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Evan Lysacek is a class act. And at least SOMEBODY is acknowledging Denis Ten.

Evan also tweeted his support for Plushenko, who in turn graciously acknowledged the support during an interview on the TODAY Show. A classy move from the Russian, and far be it from me to deny it.

Scott Hamilton seems to be doing better this morning, which I'm glad to see. I love that he gets so personally invested in the athletes and the competition; it's part of what makes him such a good commentator, but I think it's both a strength and a weakness because he also has a hard time keeping things in perspective ( Read more... )

But Jason Brown gives me hope. I watched an interview he gave shortly after the fact, beaming with pride, overflowing with enthusiasm; if you didn't know better, you'd think he'd won the gold. I read a news story shortly after the fact mentioning how he was 9th and Jeremy Abbott[*]who, after his phoenix-like short program, gave a terrific, heartfelt ( Read more... )

( Men's free skate )

WOW.

What a night of figure skating. It couldn't have been more dramatic if it had been scripted.

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As David Remnick insisted several times during the Opening Ceremony, you can't separate politics from the Olympics. Be that as it may, I think that politics frequently get pushed to the back burner during the figure skating competition. The wonderful thing about figure skating fans is that they not only recognize a good performance, they ( Read more... )