I'll definitely keep going. I'm learning about the sport and the Olympics and world championships. To come out and burst on the scene and get a medal doesn't seem realistic. |
I'm going to slip in under the radar. I know I'm ready. I know I'm trained. |
I'm here trying to gauge my music and the ice and get into the season. Last season, we had the same plan, to build up slowly. This year, I just hope for better results at the end of the year. |
I've been strangely calm this whole week. It just hit me five minutes before what was on the line. It's not even how you did, it's just that you got through it well enough to make the team. |
In training, I've been doing the quad a lot and it's been going really well. This one felt good, and I was not braced for the fall. |
It's been a very successful season for me. My best ever. |
It's hard because I dreamed about the Olympics for upwards of a decade. And that dream didn't include getting sick with a stomach flu, getting stuck with IVs, having my veins collapse and falling in the short program. It became about something different ... courage. |
Obviously, this year there are some expectations on me to perform, but this is only my third Grand Prix of my life. |
Since last year, I've made so many improvements already that hopefully I can go out and compete with these guys and be that much better. |
That's the first element I have missed all season in the short program. Obviously, a very uncharacteristic mistake. |
The Olympics has been a life-long dream. I know that I have a ton of work ahead of me, but it is work I have been waiting my entire life to do. |
They kind of skipped over her, but she proved them wrong. I hope she can keep it up. |
We see her as this almost goddess-like super human. I'm very sad for her. |
We've always had great depth in our men. Certainly we have it this year. And what I think is so wonderful about the top four is that each one has a completely different style. |
You can know what score you're planning for. |