VANCOUVER OLYMPICS

Emily Frankel, as a dance expert, tells why she feels the wrong girl won the Gold in figure skating.

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• VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
• Kim Ono
• Mao Asada

[clovera]

@jammerakwaii The Aurora Ice Rink at Nagoya is not Mao's personal rink. It is shared between the majority of the top skaters, primarily those in the Aichi area (Mao, Miki, Takahiko, Kanako Murakami, etc.).

Get your facts checked before you embarrass yourself on the internet. Thanks.

[PochinkoPotanko]

Cultfran22, thanks for the upload. Emily, I translated everthing you said in this vid into Japanese in my blog, and Mao fans reading it are so thrilled by what you had to say. Alot of us thought quite the same as you, but sometimes I wasn't even sure if I only wanted to think that way cause I'm a Mao fan. But I can be more confident about how I feel from now on since an expert in dancing like you seem to feel the same. Thank you, I learned alot from your words.

[dongackjhc]

Emily is dancing.Mao is dancing.It is dancing, Plushenko agrees.Let us destroy all skates.Let us all Dance,Dance,Dance.

[Springscolo]

I think she(Emily) is confusing a lot.

[winterwonders]

@currentgem As a professional dancer and from a dancer/artist's point of view Ms. Frankel is just expressing her opinion and she has a right to do so. Why do we have to unanimously praise Kim? Are you fascist? Who are you to say "stop arguing"? Why do you need borrowed authority like Hamilton said this or Yamaguchi said that to justify your opinion? It's clear Kim could never extend her leg like Asada does, spin like Czisny, step like Kostner. You can't fool eyes of a real artist.

[currentgem]

So you REALLY think Yuna didn't deserve to win? Veterans acknowledge her talent. People around the world love her. She performed flawlessly in both SP and FS. Mao made several mistakes and if you really look at individual scores.. u can see why there was a huge gap between Yuna's score and Mao's score. Stop this nonsense. Yuna Kim deserved to win that competition. Stop arguing. She's the olympic champion. Mao fans should CHILL and stop insulting Yuna. It's really immature.

[currentgem]

(cont) and she performs flawlessly. Did you know that Yuna Kim was never placed off the podium in her entire career? Yes, including her junior years. Also, you mentioned Scott Hamilton. SCOTT Hamilton (an olympic champion), praises Yuna and thinks Yuna Kim is better than Mao Asada. Why do you think that is? He's a veteran and knows about figure skating more than anyone else here. Michelle Kwan also praises Yuna Kim a lot. Kristi Yamaguchi (another olympic champion) praises her too.

[currentgem]

You guys are so foolish... I'm Canadian and I think Yuna deserved to win the olympic gold medal. This woman clearly has no idea about figure skating. Figure skating is an art, but ALSO a sport! Do you jump in the air for 3 times or more in ballet? Heck no. Emily, dancing and figure skating... they are clearly DIFFERENT. What Yuna did well was she executed extremely well in all her components. Her speed and ice coverage on the ice are ENORMOUS. Her artistic skills are absolutely great and..

[21moyamoya]

真摯に、舞踊家としての立場から

何とか伝えようとしてくれているのは、とてもありがたいことです­。

こういうことはわかる人には、演技をみるだけでわかるし

わからない人には、どんなに言葉を尽くしても理解できない

ただ放送などで垂れ流される

美の単一化に我慢がならないような感じでしょうか。



[babiqu123]

You obviously doesn't know ANYTHING about figure skating ! Mayo ? Asada ? Lol wow.

[MisterBokeh]

I's MOw not Mayo. "artistry" is subjective. Mao skates like a ballerina than she should stick with dance. In figure skating it's not just about having ballerina movements that bring home the Olympic gold. In figure skating it's about athleticism, artistry, charisma. IMO Yuna won the Olympic gold because she did a superb, clean performance. Looks mean nothing! There are plenty of good looking girls who skate so don't make it as though looks play a factor in this sport. You speak vainly.

[parisdenver]

i must say that i totally agree with ms. frankel. there's an inevitable difference between the two, and that's something you feel inside techniques aside although mao asada is technically the best female figure skater ever walked on the face of the earth. yuna kim is clearly overrated by the judges. i feel ashamed to see how my fellow koreans can get so cocky and ignorant despite of the widely accepted knowledge among non-koreans: kim is actually not that good as to the same extent as asada.