Whoops! Forgot to put this up! Guess it’s kind of a moot point, now. Oh, well ….
Some Russian pair, I don’t even know — I swear they were skating to xylophone music. Plinky-plinky-plinnnky-dink. The guy was ancient in skater terms — 35 — and looked exactly like Quentin Tarantino. Three minutes into the program, he officially achieved geezerdom — hunching over, gasping for breath, flailing his arms about. He looked like a big ol’ bear on skates. Good thing Timothy Treadwell wasn’t around to see that.
Pang and Tong — one of the Chinese pairs. Skating to — yawn — “The Phantom of the Opera.” Several times during their skate you could literally hear their coach yelling things like “Cow yow!” and “Shauw ni hong shy!” One assumes this was encouragement. I’d hate to think he was standing there with a #1 foam finger in one hand and a gun to his head in the other.
The Russian pair — they show the HORRIBLE fall she had when he lost his legs on a lift a while back and she cracked her head on the ice. How much it shook them. So it’s all about the confidence for them. They’re the favorites and in first place, but the whole skate, Dick Button and Sandra Bezic keep TALKING about the two Chinese pairs. One already skated well, one is still to come. Blahdie blah blah. Shut UP about the other skaters and let this pair SKATE, already! Damn.
My Beloved, annoyed, said, “All right, already! ‘Marcia, Marcia Marcia!!'” (Which only makes sense if you watched “The Brady Bunch”)
Chinese pair — Zhang and Zhang. She FALLS horribly on a throw jump, landing on her knees. It’s awful. They stop and she’s clutching her knee. Brief conference with coach. They’re allowed to pick up from where they stopped. From the looks of that fall, I can’t imagine how she could go on. BUT she does. And they skate. WELL. It’s astonishing. All the jumps and lifts and spins and her knee holds up! Such guts, really. They finish and wait for their scores. And …. THEY WIN THE SILVER!! Wow. For skill AND guts. Good for you.
Oh, and yes — the “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” Russian pair won Gold. I guess that kinda makes them “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” doesn’t it?
tracey – I literally gasped out loud when I saw that fall she took … (the Russian) – It was horrific – He has obviously been completely spooked by it.
The whole Chinese team really touched me – espeically her completing her routine after that fall – AND winning a medal.
Amazing.
“Pang and Tong — one of the Chinese pairs.”
This begs the question: Pairs of what?
Pandas? 🙂
I missed the Olympics last night (though I did see the girls rock the pipe). It’s all TiVOed. I’ll do the speed watch tonight and tomorrow.
Last night, I elected to watch Jack Bauer dish out death and see Scott Hamilton explore uncharted levels of bombast hosting Skating With Celebrities.
In the season finale of “Celebrities” next week, I fully expect Hamilton to introduce the acts at full scream while doing those goddamned backflips. For the duration of the show.
Alex — I had to tape Jack. You know I wouldn’t miss it!!