Ice Diaries - Episode 3 - pt 3

TLC followed four young skaters - Alissa Czisny, Sandy Rucker, Beatrisa (Bebe) Liang and Danielle Kahle -- with exclusive access over the past several months as they trained and competed in preparation for the U.S. Championships and a possible slot on Team USA

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Alissa
• Czisny
• Sandy
• Rucker
• Beatrisa
• Bebe
• Liang
• Danielle
• Kahle
• Ice
• Diaries

[michiruwater]

Alissa is the best female spinner in the world right now.

[neekswithlove]

yeah i agree with laura. i fractured the same part of my spine she did and every time you land a jump or have any impact, especially a fall, it spasms. plus emotionally, you realize how dangerous it is. for me after a year off, it took everything a had mentally to do laybacks. its hard to throw yourself into something knowing without a doubt that its gonna hurt horribley no matter what. i really respect her alot

[forever9532]

It sucks to have an injury but Sandy's sob story is unacceptable in competition because she shouldnt be there. I could only imagine how frustrating it must be for any coach to simply try to do their job in this situation; but since theyre paid it doesnt matter? If I were her coach Id tell her to call be when shes able-bodied; if i were Sandy I wouldnt waste money potentially making the injury worse and ending a season on a bad note. Sandy is clearly a testament of what not to do with an injury.

[xSugarplum]

I know they're showing off for the cameras but everyone knows you cannot, should not, and don't do doubles on the first day in a new boot. It has zero to do with how "good" you are- if you do high-impact (read: higher than single jumps) jumps in brand new boots, which aren't yet bending enough, it will create creases in the wrong spots, and the boot will become twisted/distorted. The fitter shouldn't have said "go do any jump you want", that's ignorant.

[rusicesk8ingirl]

i think that Tom did everything he could. he already told her to make the decision, and she made a bad one. dont think coaches do not understand the pain, believe me, they do.

i know the back pain myself, have it every day when skating, and my coach behaves the same way as Tom does. but i dont blame my coach for being harsh to me, because she only wants me to do best, and if im in a really bad pain, i just take days off. so Sandy made a wrong decision competing and should have just stayed off..

[figureskatertoujours]

Alissa looks like Missy Peregrym!

[sk8inprincess21]

I used to train where Sandy competed! Its a really awesome rink! When regionals was there I had a broken ankle-so I didn't get to commpete :(

[michiruwater]

She has retired from competitive skating and is a cast member of Disney's High School Musical on ice now :)

[ValentinC]

Yeah she's. And she went to Senior Worlds!!! She made some mistakes, but she went!