Joannie Rochette on her emotional Winter Olympics

[bigbang8727]

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN

YUNA :)

[5177845]

I'm sorry, but I watched the women's figure skating that night, and I saw some women who I thought were better than Joannie that could've taken the bronze home. I don't think that the competition was fair because the judges felt obligated to give Joannie a medal out of fear that she wouldn't be able to handle it emotionally that both her mother died and not getting a medal at the Olympics.

[andrewt1on1]

@5177845 Maybe there is some truth to that...perhaps the judges gave Joannie her medal out of sympathy? But her skating was pretty darn good, after all.

[martingulbrandsen]

She has such grace, and I think her performance in the short will be remembered forever.. Highlight of the Vancouver olympics!

[Buddio136]

Shes hot

[hahaha034]

Love how Manon strokes her hair at the beginning. Such a mother thing to do-- glad she has a mother figure at least; although Manon will never replace her mother!

[KnightsofEmerald]

I will seeing Joannie next Saturday at an event and will be seated next to her for the evening. I don't know what to say to her... I want to congratulated her for performances but at the same time, I want to say I'm am sorry for her loss.

Should I mention her mother or just give her a really big hug and a meaningful look?

Btw, I used to skate with her, go to school with her and we got along great (i'm no where as good as she is) so that's why I'm sitting with her. This is hard for many ppl...

[hahaha034]

I think it's totally ok if you say you're sorry for her loss. You can even ask her how she's doing.. a hug woud be nice for her too :)

[hockeyqueen]

You're lucky

Tell her that Canada is proud of her and she inspired a lot of people.

And then just ask her about her experience

[hahaha034]

Does anyone have the full press conference interview? I can't seem to find the full version online, just this same clip. Thanks!

[beatbox924]

i always knew she was physically strong but this proves she is strong in every sense of the word!

[NeoVigilantePSN]

I believe her Mom was there with her in spirit and energy. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be transformed. Her short program was the most powerful piece of video I've ever seen. I'm still in a state of awe because of this, and I think I always will be.

[AvajjavA]

Joannie you are a true champion, in every sense of the word. What a strong, gracious and talented young woman.

[ILikeMyYT123]

Joannie, you're so wonderful and brave! You deserve a gold medal for your great courage and a silver medal for your fine performance in the Olympics!

[openminded1313]

@ILikeMyYT123 At least that much! When watching her performance I realized this was much more than simple competition- this was certainly a "Chariots of Fire" moment!!

[001biohazard]

a real canadian, isnt what language you speak, its your heart and determination, She is a true canadian

[J3s5lyNe]

i HOPE SHE FEELS BETTER!

[Bobraie]

Real canadians speak english and french!

[karrtt1234]

Childish comment but I do have to respond - "Real" Canadians as you put it, speak Native Indian like Ojibway....

[hayorange]

C'est elle la grande gagnante des jeux olympiques sans aucune hésitation!

[daka1892587]

And what was the news that had the journalists buzzing? Russell said it was Lysacek winning the free skate and Mao Asada (pictured above) not being downgraded for what looked like two-footed or cheated landings on her jumps.

[parodylover]

Elle était la plus forte aux Olympiques. Son histoire est vraiment touchante.

[loveslife55]

she is an amazing woman, skater and inspiration (L) !!!!! love you joannie, God bless and stay strong!

[adeklis]

lol who gives a shit what you sore losers think. Joannie has the medal. Nothing else matters :)

[superfly1820]

she is a beautiful woman and gave a beautiful performance that deserved at LEAST a bronze, shes magnificant, and she alone brings a good reason to watch the olympics in Sochi (and...shaun white..of course)

[agrotis79]

isn't she going to be too old to compete in 2014?

the korean gold medalist and Japanese silver medalist at vancouver 2010 are 5 years younger than her.

[superfly1820]

@agrotis79 shes only barely 24 years old right now, shell be 28 next olympics, she wont be too old. figure skating isnt that taxing on your body anyways, she could go even longer than that maybe

[mommydar]

Courage

[darafina]

I noticed all the negative comments are deleted!!! HAHAHAHA! Even this forum is rigged. Nice! Perfect example of sympathy win!! LOL. ROTF!!! Literally.

[kateeburant]

I think Joanneed id wonderful, and was the perfect choice to carry the CANADIAN FLAG, she embodied all of what the olympic games are about, inspiring others to be GREAT! congratulations, well done, and good luck Joannee!

[amy0602]

lady bird did you even watch her skate? I am disappinted that you would say these things. Joannie is one of the most beautilful skaters I have ever seen, she has such grace on the ice. I completely think she is deserving of her medal with or without the circumstances. Joannie is gorgeous and had a lot of stress and still looked amazing out on the ice, she has such courage to have been able to continue in the competiton and is very strong. I am truely appalled by your comment

[delayedricochet]

What a great skate and always a great skater! I think the most complete and many think the best in presentation and interpretation for the women. By the way, Laura Lepisto of Finland was 4th in the long program after Rochette.

[chickachickabahbah]

you dont have a pulse! you feel bad yet you think she didnt do well? what the fuck is wrong with you. you have absoultely no idea what its like for her. just by competing shows great perseverance by overcoming a death of a parent! and now winning a medal? thats beyond determination and overcoming troubles. It also shows great canadian spirit, she is an icon and one the most defining moment of any olympics! no story can top this, even if it was hockey.

[jasing18]

how dare you saying those kinds of words. you know nothing about scoring in skating. rochette is a very good skater, no question about it.

[BestFiction00]

Miki and Mirai both had some scratchy landings on their triple jumps. If you thought Joannie was gifted, you're wrong. Take a look at the protocols because Joannie got her share of -GOEs. Had the technical caller been stricter, Mirai and Miki's scores would have been lower because they would have been docked on at least two underrotated triples.

Finally, what does physical beauty have to do with anything. Shallow much?

[iamhoey]

I bet the IOC post a DMCA takedown notice of this video before the end of the day...

[abumpinthenight2]

Love you, Joannie

You brought a tear to my eye...

My #1 hero of the games

[ZyXwVuTs99]

<3 bon job joannie!

[theodin44]

What a great heart she has never take for granted the times you have with your family members she has remided me that in this crazy world thanks Joannie.

[espinaca79]

What a lesson she gave us. Thank you Joannie!

[Behrudy]

God bless her.

She have a wonderful performance!

[frankie07921]

God bless - Joannie. x

[04Ammy04]

Great job Joannie

[MrCanadianPride]

I hate canadians shiting on other canadian . Be proud of them or cheak some soap and fuck yourself (for the frustrated she won) ...

Go Joannie

[MrCanadianPride]

@ isht10

Well it is your own opinion. Saying judges give her a break is cheap, is very cheap i do not know for u but if i lost on of my parent i will forget everyting around me and lost contact with reality for some days ... Bravo Joannie she deserve all this, all ...

[isht10]

If you guys really watched the figure skating, you would know the judges gave her bronze because her mother died. There were about 2 or more people better than her. Like the last one USA, she was perfect and beautiful. But Canada had some trouble.

I'm not saying she sucks, she did a great job in hard time. She was just not good enough to get bronze

[sandras98810]

USA did well in long program...but didnt do well in short....so that effected her score.... joannie did well in both thats y she got bronze......great job joannie!

[tawa3nadz]

Cheap Call Dude! she did Very well and that Medal is well Deserved. Her 3Rd Place is the least she could Get, if not one single Mistake on the long program, she would've get Silver so with all due Respect please be Quite

[tawa3nadz]

reply to isht10

[costiuk]

You obviously know nothing about how judges award points in figure skating competitions.

[S0vereignty]

Wtf? LMAO

[alixxkaulitz]

Her skate was beautiful, and her story is inspiring. She really deserved the Terry Fox award.

[isht10]

She wasn't good and she didn't deserve the bronze

But in the hard time she was having, she Manage to do her job.

That made the judges give her bronze.

Good job

[85wayner85]

@isht10

you watch FIGURE SKATING that much that u can tell a good from a bad job?

typical YOUTUBER.

[kumikotsuguasa]

@isht10, This is the Olympics we're taking here, buddy. It's either you do great, or you don't. The judges don't interfere with the Olympian's outside life. Although they might have wanted to cut her some slack because of her mother's death, it really all comes down to technique and scores. She deserved that medal all the way for her hard work.

[makailarox306]

joannie, i am a 12 year old figure skater and u have just inspired me to do better in skating. you are my role model and i am amazed by what u had to overcome.

[m00se321]

Congradulation's too, the Women and Men WINNING GOLD in Olympic Hockey!!!!

[76carmel]

Joannie, you're an inspiriation to all of us.

Joannie, vous etes forte pour tout a nous.

[lec751]

I got to know her at this Olympic. I am very surprised at her the strength of jump. but Oh~~ There is a controversity about the result of her achievemnet comparing with mirai. If anything, I thought she is better than Mao, the silver medalist, didn't she? Mao always gets more scores than She did.

[Dario2622]

She is AMAZING

[timafi]

Joannie Rochette's story is one of heartbreak

strength;determination;courage­;talent;humility

love( for her mother;dad but her country;her sport and Canadian fans and the million of fans she has made this very week)

poise and so much grace.

I pray that she finds solace in GOD;her dad;the memory of her mom;her family and fans worldwide and even more strength in the days;weeks;months and years ahead.I pray she has a blessed life.Her mom touched her life but in her loss Joannie has touched ours

[turki098]

It is believed that earthquake Haiti, Chile because of the experience of the US forces of nuclear weapons and magnetic amid oceans

[mattfca]

Congrats on being named flag bearer Joannie!

[marusia949]

its pretty clear she legitimately beat marai...

I love both of them but the two mistakes marai made were really costly... really really costly... and overall joannies program was much more strong/ neater edges/ more speed throughout than marai who looked a little more serious/ shakey (understandable, she was probably really nervous)

ANYWAY I dont think its worth arguing or giving some excuse for why she got a medal, its easy to see why

[marusia949]

@marusia949 and shes been around/ coming up towards the top for quite a while, and I can see she has improved SO much over the past couple years, so it was just time

[Drumhero1011]

shes gorgous

[badrogue66]

She sure is beautiful thats for sure, sorry we got to know her for the wrong reasons.

[Happypaws4]

She is a true champion. A picture of courage and grace. She makes me proud to be a Canadian. God Bless her and her family

[mikeriopel]

whoever says that she didn't earn her win can come and visit me in canada any time any day, and i'd be more than willing to shut your fat mouths for you

[amian69]

robots are the ones following the crowd. you eat media stories with no sense of modesty. emotion is about reserve.

[amian69]

PURE BULLSHIT. Medias USED A DEATH AS MARKETING TOOL sothat ALL CANADIAN MORONS GOD BELIEVERS FEEL PITTY & BRING THE CASH TO THEM.

BUNCH OF GOSSIP BLOWERS !!!

[lauraleexox]

You have no emotion.. im guessing your a robot? Right. Its inspirational.

[fifteennx]

@lauraleexox You can obviously tell she's sad. That's why she's talking like that. :/

[PaleWhiteBoy]

@amian69

Wow you are an idiot.

Her mom died days before competition and she still competed. Of course the media will look at her, it's an inspirational story. The media looks at almost all of our athletes in depth and interviews them numerous times. Are you too fucking stupid to be aware of this?

How is the "media" making money off this?

You must be fucking retarded.

[slicked25]

Hollywood can make a movie about her now.

[deadontherange]

I agree with Bluewhale. Joannie Rochette had to of won the bronze on sympathy, not merit. What I saw was Mirai Nagasu in a much better & cleaner performance. Rochette made 3 very awkward landings in a lackluster performance... And that look to the heavens...OMG, give me a break!!

[Byronbong]

That's how complex and comprehensive the new judging system has become. It is no longer just about the jumps, the component marks also now include things like edge quality. Of course figure skating will forever be a subjective sport but what will always remain true is the virtues of the Olympic movement and spirit. Joannie's performance may not of been technically astute but she exemplified what it truly means to be an Olympian - faster, higher STRONGER. Her performance stands alone.

[toastedcheeser]

People never fail to amaze me between the insprirational skating of this young girl after an extreme tradegy to the criticism of someone hiding behind a computer yet able to toss out comments like that. What do you excel at exactly?

[bluewhale18]

sympathy for her loss, but that sympathy should not have resulted in awarding her a medal

[sbgirl4371]

Sympathy had nothing to do with it. It was 100% skill. She deserved the bronze medal. She was fantastic!

[bluewhale18]

she was mediocre

[1RodeToAsaBay]

I can always depend on youtube to make me facepalm.. Maybe she just had a solid routine? There isn't always a connection between sympathy and success, and I think its pretty obvious that in this situation, the judges felt that she was good enough to earn a bronze.

[sbgirl4371]

I agree, 1RodeToAsaBay. It certainly wasn't a gold-medal worthy performance, but she did a solid routine and I feel (in my non professional opinion)  that she earned the 3rd place spot.

[1RodeToAsaBay]

See what people like bluewhale fail to recognize is that even if a couple judges did feel sympathy for her and rated her exceptionally high because of it, their votes would not be factored into the equation anyway. The top two judges' votes aren't counted (at least in any of the competitions that I saw) and I seriously doubt that it was ever an issue anyway. I think more likely, you are butthurt that someone you liked didn't make it onto the podium.

[Devega33]

its her technique and her strength in her performance brought her to 3rd dummy! it aint sympathy... if you watch her perform that day you wouldve said the same shit like me... you probably american

[1RodeToAsaBay]

thats weird, you replied to me yet you seem to agree with what i am saying?? hmmmmmm...

[JWReichert]

Rochette definitely has the outer beauty, but if you read more about her even before Vancouver you can find out that she is stunningly beautiful inside. The loss of her mother is definitely very tragic, and couldn't have come at a worse time, but one thing that came out of all of this is the world has gotten to know Joannie, and it's a blessing for the one nation called the world.

[Qdrum803]

thats a hot accent.

[syeshasucker]

stroooooong girl..

.

[demilovatomusicfan]

A true CANADIAN and an inspiration to every person in the world =)

[Jorket]

You are truly an inspiration Joannie Rochette. God bless.

[agrotis79]

She's hot

[carlosdejesus2010]

Feb. 27th, 2010 - God Bless You Joannie!

[richieschick]

Congratulations for winning bronze. You mother would be so proud of you. Canada is proud of you, and so are your dad, family and friends. You are an inspiration. Big hugs from the UK. X

[wavy2525]

She's a wonderful, courageous person. Her mother raised her right and I'm sure she would have been so proud of her. Her mother knew she raised a champion and now she's the Olympic Bronze medalist and the whole country is so proud of her! She truly epitomizes a courageous heart and Olympic spirit!

[BabmerChan]

SHE LOOK NICE.

MAKE PART HARD.

[rubberguard83]

lmao

[louskum]

Yes, Congratulations!! You are such an inspiring person. You have touched many people in a positive, spiritually uplifting way. Your Mother will forever be in all our hearts, I thankyou.

[HUMBOLDTG35DRIVER]

Congrats on the Bronze, your Mother is quite proud I'm Sure. God Bless you for having the strength to continue. You have shown so much character.