OMG!

[saraste]

This afternoon's figureskating Euro champs ladies free really kept me glued to my seat. And by the end I could but gasp.

Laura Lepistö won! She like totally nailed it. OMG. She was on the lead after the short already and kept her cool and just... won. Wow. I sorta would have expected either Pöykiö or Korpi to do but she simply came last season and started to win, being second(third) in last years EC too (or was it WC? Anyway...)

Laura Lepistö                                                                                    Susanna Pöykiö
 

Very OMG, indeed. Carolina Kostner, Italy, 2007&2008 European champion, came second by only 1.8 points, having been 5 points behind Lepistö and Pöykiö after the short (with Pöykiö second, only two points or so after Lepistö)... And then Pöykiö third. It was amazing to watch the award ceremony, the people stood up and sang our national anthem as it was played when they hoisted up the flags. Wow. Our only European figureskating gold was from dance in 1995. Wow. OMG. (Korpi was 5th, all Finnish ladies being in the top 5! She might have been able to get even to battle for the Bronze had she not fallen over and went against the side of the rink at the beginning of her free, she did gather herself together and continue.)

Now I'm all in envy that my roomie got to see the competition on the spot, having been there in Helsinki. Ah well, I couldn't afford the tickets anyway.

Comments

[tasukigirl78.livejournal.com]

I love figure skating. Michele Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Sarah Hughes all lovely skaters. I wish the US had it on now. There is something about that and gymnastics that I just love.

[saraste-impi.livejournal.com]

I must admit I never liked Michele Kwan as she was such and utter diva. XD With that incident on that one years Worlds or Olympics with the man on the ice when she was starting and she goes all 'I thought they were gonna shoot me!' And her programs were a bit boring. Cohen also rubs me a bit on the wrong way. Part of that is that I want the Finns to excel, always. And I like the Japanese women, too.

I like figure skating for it's elegance, the subtle tones of the performance, the combination of the music and everything.

Don't despair, the World championships are next month and being in Vancouver, you get to watch them at a reasonable hour, while if they show it here live it'll all be either at 5am or very very late in the evenings...

[tasukigirl78.livejournal.com]

Yay! I feel this need to route for the Americans lol. I sometimes think that Kwan is utter bitch but she is so beautiful on the ice. And of course the American skaters always see to involved in some drama. I mean who can for Tonya Harding and Nancy Carrigin (sp?)

[saraste-impi.livejournal.com]

(And the world champs are in march, in los angeles... my memory, i tell you!...)

Ok, i don't know who they are. only did start following properly after the nagano olympics (-99, was it...)