Warning: Do not keep reading if you'd like to remain spoiler-free for the 2014 Winter Olympics primetime broadcast on NBC on Thursday (Feb. 20), which will feature the results of the women's figure skating long program and medals.
There were a couple surprises in the women's finals. Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya and Gracie Gold of the U.S. both fell and still finished ahead of other U.S. skater Ashley Wagner, who skated a clean program. The commentators didn't get into it too heavily, but they expressed some surprise at Wagner's low score, which left her in 7th place. Gold ended up in 4th and the third U.S. skater, Polina Edmunds, placed 9th. It is the first time the U.S. has been shut out of a singles figure skating medal since Bavaria in 1936, as no U.S. men medaled in 2014 either.
Meanwhile, Russia's Adelina Sotnikova skated a very clean, beautiful program...
There were a couple surprises in the women's finals. Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya and Gracie Gold of the U.S. both fell and still finished ahead of other U.S. skater Ashley Wagner, who skated a clean program. The commentators didn't get into it too heavily, but they expressed some surprise at Wagner's low score, which left her in 7th place. Gold ended up in 4th and the third U.S. skater, Polina Edmunds, placed 9th. It is the first time the U.S. has been shut out of a singles figure skating medal since Bavaria in 1936, as no U.S. men medaled in 2014 either.
Meanwhile, Russia's Adelina Sotnikova skated a very clean, beautiful program...
- 2/20/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Warning: Do not keep reading if you'd like to remain spoiler-free for the ladies' figure skating short program, which will be featured during NBC's 2014 Winter Olympics primetime broadcast Wednesday (Feb. 19).
It was an interesting night of women's figure skating, with Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia, the darling of the team event last week, and Japan's Mao Asada, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, each taking an uncharacteristic fall and ending up lower in the standings than expected (much lower, in Asada's case, as she had more mistakes than just the one fall).
Meanwhile, South Korea's Yuna Kim (pictured), the reigning Olympics gold medalist, skated a nearly flawless short program and was awarded with the top spot. Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova is right on her heels, though the commentators thought the judges were "generous" with the scores for the hometown girl.
The U.S. skaters had a solid showing, though Ashley Wagner...
It was an interesting night of women's figure skating, with Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia, the darling of the team event last week, and Japan's Mao Asada, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, each taking an uncharacteristic fall and ending up lower in the standings than expected (much lower, in Asada's case, as she had more mistakes than just the one fall).
Meanwhile, South Korea's Yuna Kim (pictured), the reigning Olympics gold medalist, skated a nearly flawless short program and was awarded with the top spot. Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova is right on her heels, though the commentators thought the judges were "generous" with the scores for the hometown girl.
The U.S. skaters had a solid showing, though Ashley Wagner...
- 2/19/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Warning: Don't keep reading if you want to remain spoiler-free as to the outcome of the team figure skating event, which enters its third and final day Sunday (Feb. 9). It will be featured in NBC's primetime broadcast this evening, which begins at 7 p.m. Et/Pt.
The first event in the 2014 Winter Olympics team figure skating finals is the men's free skate. The U.S., Canada and Japan all chose to have a different man skate in the long program than who competed earlier in the short program.
For the U.S., Jason Brown was subbed in for Jeremy Abbott. Brown, in his Olympics debut, put forth a solid performance but did fall on one of his jumps. With Canada finishing in second place for the men, it mathematically eliminated the U.S. for the silver medal.
The final men's results:
Russia, Yevgeny Plushenko, 168.20
Canada, Kevin Reynolds, 167.92
Japan, Taksuti Machida,...
The first event in the 2014 Winter Olympics team figure skating finals is the men's free skate. The U.S., Canada and Japan all chose to have a different man skate in the long program than who competed earlier in the short program.
For the U.S., Jason Brown was subbed in for Jeremy Abbott. Brown, in his Olympics debut, put forth a solid performance but did fall on one of his jumps. With Canada finishing in second place for the men, it mathematically eliminated the U.S. for the silver medal.
The final men's results:
Russia, Yevgeny Plushenko, 168.20
Canada, Kevin Reynolds, 167.92
Japan, Taksuti Machida,...
- 2/9/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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