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Darknight

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  1. It obvious. The didn't even need to over score them. They'll win regardless.
  2. I just want to say Trusova has so much talent. It's too bad her team refuses to work on her skating skills and pace her right and make sure she has the right technique. People thought she would be undefeated this season due to quads but right now she's the weaker of the three. Russian sweep at Europeans? I'm happy people are calling out USA fed for trying to show the Russians we have one too with Alysa. Like I said USA is just as bad if not worse than other big feds. Heck I saw Kaiya last week at Canadian Nationals and I don't see then hyping her up to be the next coming of the skating God to compete with the Russians. And Tara and Jonny shut up please.
  3. I hate it how Feds are using children to send a message. Alysa still has to grow up, get through puberty, and hopefully improve for years to come. She also has to handle the pressure to perform internationally. USA fed is just as bad as Russian fed. See look Russia and Japan we have a quad lady too. But she is too young to compete as a senior internationally. I hate the hype Alysa is getting and Tara irks my nerves. USA fed should let Alysa grow and invest in their current senior skaters. Mariah killed it. Lindsay in juniors was really good. Europeans is a damn joke. It looks like they all want the 3A they're calling them to sweep the podium. I feel as if all of them were over scored. And the stream sucks and I'm reminded why I never spend 60 dollars on it. Gracie should retire imo. It sounds like she's not into it at all. I wasn't a fan of her programs. And can we please stop calling these girls 4Lz a quad. Very few men can land a beautiful 4Lz. I feel as if calling these girls 4Lz a quad cheapens the jump. The only real 4Lz I see that I can name off the top if my head is Chen, Hanyu, Koylada, and Boyang. Little or zero pre rotation, beautiful outside edge, and use of toe pick. Not flat edge, inside edge, rotation on ice and using your whole blade/upper body to take off. ISU stop calling fake quads quads. ISU is in a dump.
  4. I wonder what the age limit would be? How will USA respond regarding Alysa? Can we talk about Kaiya? She's adorable. I saw a few hate comments about her. I read an article that Liu's dad spends close to 200k on her skating. She won 11k in prize money. Now we know why we have few kids take up skating. $200k is a house with 6 bedrooms in some states.
  5. Darknight

    Gymnastics

    More than that. The ads, the baby getting her own Instagram, the YouTube channel. They keep nothing private. I don't like it when parents do this to their child.
  6. Darknight

    Gymnastics

    Is it me or is Shawn pimping out her own kid?
  7. Season of giving but you're charging $300 to meet you
  8. For some reason I thought Nova was three or four
  9. This is why her technique should've been fixed beforehand. Instead she got away with it for years. It must suck to be on top for two seasons and never have anything called out but now you can't even make Worlds or GPF and the judges call your technique out. I think she's skating for herself at this point but I don't see her being competitive like she was before. I could be wrong but there are many other skaters who have it all. It's also noticable Russia overscores Eteri skaters. Kesiina is a lovely skater with good technique. Anna Frolova is another good skater. Liza has good technique but Russian fed doesn't reward her for it. Why not call out bad technique so they can fix it? Looking at you too USA Fed. I'm going to be extremely disappointed if Alysa wins at nationals with her technique. You can tell who Eteri has trained from the beginning and who she hasn't. Too bad skating skills and the basics doesn't matter much anymore.
  10. My heart truly breaks for her. I hope she has a super speedy recovery I love it how the Japanese calls everything out and score their skaters lower. USA and Russia should take some notes at national inflation. And I hope Rika is ok and her injury is healing.
  11. I hope she gets better. Poor girl.
  12. I don't even like the skating lesson but now I must watch them to keep up with the Russian drama. The truth is Eteri's technique doesn't work past puberty. Her technique also causes more strain on the body. I wish the judges would call out her skaters technique. Her skaters in my eyes have two options retire or rework their technique. Eteri doesn't fix technique because she has another young skater to replace the older one. Technique also takes time to fix. She has a 12 and 11 year old doing quads to replace her current seniors in about three or four years. People are already predicting Kamila to be Olympic champion because she will be 15 in 2022 and her current seniors will be close to 18 and 19 years old. I think Eteri got a lot of attention this time because Alina and Evengia went 1 and 2 at the Olympics. Alina is ionic for her red ballerina program. I remember watching Yulia fall apart then her next skater Evegenia came and went undefeated for two seasons. I didn't really watch skating during this time. Then Alina came and now the quad/3a skaters came up. This is scary to watch because at 17 in most sports your career is beginning not ending. It's damn right sad at 17, you're done. Eteri is similar to Bela and Martha. Take little girls, starve them, burn them out, and rush before puberty hits. Then on to the next one. This isn't just an Eteri issue either. I question Liu coach too. The skating lesson mentioned Russian skaters doping and Russia deleting data entries. I would not be surprised if skaters were doping. I mean they doped in curling. Sharapova and Liza took drugs that weren't banned by WADA until 2016 and they updated the list. WADA can't keep up when people stay 10 steps forward. Lance got away with it his whole career. Eteri taking 40 percent?? Wow. I don't know who has the biggest ego. I do think there are many other talent coaches in Russia like Panova from snowleapords. Her skaters have good skating skills and usually good technique. Liza had good technique and survived puberty because of this. She can land quads and 3A because her coach taught her the proper way to jump. What a load of crap.
  13. I'm sad my favorite skater Kolyada will miss Russian Nationals. I hope he gets well.
  14. She's having trouble with her 4S and hasn't skated a clean program since the season started. Even falling on a quad or 3a is worth it for the points. It looks to me that Eteri and her team will milk Trusova for all she has. They just keep adding jump after jump. It's irresponsible
  15. So much drama in skating this month. Eteri throwing shade at TAT. Alina retiring isn't a shock. Her skaters can't last for more than two seasons at best. I'll miss Alina. This makes me worried for her three new seniors.
  16. Darknight

    Gymnastics

    Look the last tour was so boring. I'm hyped for Simone. Fuck the USAG.
  17. Darknight

    Gymnastics

    Apparently some are upset she is doing this. I'd say good for her.
  18. Darknight

    Tennis Thread

    I agree about Maria. She hasn't been the same since 2015. Venus will make me sad when she retires. Caroline is not shocking. To me she has been hinting for a while she will retire.
  19. Poor kid. Alina is actually one of my favorites due to her personality. Sad to see her like this. Too bad Eteri's attention will not fully be on her. I still can't believe she went from Red Ballerina to this. I also hate her Cleopatra program. Costume is good music and choreography is awful. Eteri is crazy as hell for putting those quads in Trusova and 3A in her program knowing damn well she can't land it. Why? Just why, can't we be safe here. She doesn't need 5 quads. Especially when she can't land them. Goes for Anna too. It's interesting to see Alena win and get high scores with triples and 3A.
  20. It pissed me off that Russian was in hot water, was allowed to compete under the Olympic flag, then they doped in curling. Curling out of all sports. This was a state running doping program. They need to be punished. I'm sorry for the clean athetes but they'll keep doing this over and over again.
  21. Wow. This is terrible. Just terrible. And the coach covering it up makes me even more sick.
  22. Yes. I keep saying men and women have different bodies. You can't compare men and women. There's a reason why in sports men and women don't compete against each other. grown man get harmed and injuried by quads. Both Hanyu and Chen had injuries from quads. It also irks me seeing a beautiful 4Lz being called a quad in the ladies. Only four men on the top of my head can jump a beautiful 4Lz right now(Boyang, Hanyu, Chen, Kolyada) Hanyu fans are a bit too much. Look, Nathan won fair and square. It's not his fault. I do agree he was a little overscored but he still would've won.
  23. It's so obvious P/C are the new judges it couple. I caught junior men and Sato caught my eye. I don't even watch juniors that much but I can see him improve and podium as a senior. What in the world happen to Alina? She was third. I didn't watch but saw she came 6th place. Alena came first and Trusova third? Didn't she have five quads and a 3a? Not sure. I wish they would work on her skating skills. Chen won fair and square but I do think he was a bit overscored. His costumes are interesting too. I wish people would bash Nathan for winning. Blame the judges. Not him.
  24. S/H are beautiful. I can watch them all day and I don't usually watch pairs. Hanyu vs Chen. Clearly Chen was better today and if Hanyu wants to win Chen has to mess up a lot. I'm actually really in awe of Nathan and Hanyu. It's not easy being a full time student at Yale nor is it easy coming back from injuries. I hope both stay healthy. As for juniors. I'm sorry, you can clearly tell Liu lacks speed and the basics when you see the other skaters. She had a few UR's too but I don't believe tech called any skaters technique. So much for having a technical ppanel. I don't like her Lz at all. I hope she stays healthy. Again, people need to stop bashing Liu for beating the Russians and stop bashing the Russian juniors for being weak. Kamilla broke her leg doing quads and is starting to get back to skating. Poor girl. Trusova doesn't need five quads. I don't care if she wants them or not. Eteri actually needs to put her skaters health first. She doesn't even need 5 quads to win at this point. I don't know any 15 year old senior man performing 5 quads. Not even Hanyu and Chen are doing five quads Work on her skating skills and basics. I'm actually surprised Alena has a close score with Trusova. That goes to show you what the skater needs to work on. 4 quads and a score or 241 and a skater with good skating skills and two 3a getting a 240. That says a lot. And what is Nathan wearing? I need a word with Vera Wang please. Yes, I'm actually surprised by that. Alysa had UR's but the Eteri skaters aren't called for this technique either. So why complain? Alysa has 4Lz and 3A that's all that matters at this point. It's similar to Russian fed complaining their skaters are finally being called.
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