美国冰协网站一篇对GPF美国选手表现的总结性文章:http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=37102
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It became almost boring to hear “(Fill in the blank) of the United States,” repeated nine teams during the four award presentations at the JGP Final, with the U.S. flags and “Star-Spangled Banner” getting a lot of use.
Too bad the seniors couldn't match their junior counterparts. Although a record eight U.S. seniors qualified for the final, only four actually skated.
Timing is everything in figure skating, and within five days Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto, Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir all had to withdraw from the final due to injuries.
“This is more of a bad luck type of situation,” said Dr. Joseph Zabilski, who had a hectic 24 hours between Lysacek falling in Friday's practice at the final and Weir suffering hip problems the next morning.
The back injury Agosto suffered the previous Monday completed the injured list.
However, Weir may have been prophetic with what he said after the short program, when he had a fluky fall and injured his hip.
"It has been a very rough year for the Americans who have made it here," Weir said. "In general, Tanith, Ben, Evan and I did the entire [Champions on Ice] tour through August and had no time to prepare. It is not an enviable position, but at the end of the day we have to pay our bills, so we do the tour to make our money."
All were rushing to get their programs in order. Belbin and Agosto admitted they looked for something that they could enjoy to eliminate the drudgery of putting together a competitive program – hence, the lighthearted “That's Entertainment.”
Lysacek kept “Carmen” and was having success with it.
"I was having my best season," he said. "I had the momentum coming in here. It is really disappointing and sad."
Weir is using a new choreographer, Marina Anissina, because he said he couldn't take time to see Tatiana Tarasova in Moscow because of his touring schedule.
美国青少年选手在JGP中全面开花,但成人组却战绩不佳,有多位(对)选手先后退出比赛。
Weir说整个一年对美国选手来说都很不易,Tanith,Ben,Evan和他整个夏天都在进行COI巡演,无暇训练,以致准备不足。
所以说啦,Skater可不是好当滴,俺们做任何事都是要自己掏腰包滴!8参加巡演哪里来滴money?
W大少也以他SP的表现印证了这一席话。
此次Weir因要参加COI巡演,无法赴俄见Tarasova,这也是他最后请Anissina做其编舞的主要原因。 |