Does anyone have Yulia Lipnitskaya gold medal performance?

[Baitball Blogger]

She was wearing a red suit. I can't find it on Youtube.

[hlthe2b]

1. Haven't tried, but perhaps the NBC Olympic website may have major video like that...

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I'll give it a look.

[rocktivity]

3. I didn't like her

All technique, no emotion, no expressiveness, no connection to her music.


rocktivity

[hlthe2b]

7. She was smart to skate to Schindler--music gave the emotional edge she has yet to acquire..

Being only 15, I'm not surprised at that...

Her performance was near flawless, though.

[rocktivity]

8. She didn't even LOOK like she was enjoying herself

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like 15-year-old gold medalist Tara Lipinski here.

Lipnitskaya doesn't skate, she -- goes to work. Maybe it's a Russian thing.

rocktivity

[hlthe2b]

9. I gather she was trained in a very regimented manner, but just looked highly focused to me...

Plus she likely knew Putin would be watching... Lot of pressure, but I just think she's been trained to concentrate on form form form..

It may well come. Her moves were not mechanical, so she has the grace to develop the artistic side...

[rocktivity]

10. That's EXACTLY what I meant by "Maybe it's a Russian thing!"

Unfortunately, their personalities end up being too "regimented," too. But as you say, hopefully it is something that she can outgrow.

At the risk of sounding "old school," I want to see them giving themselves as much pleasure as they're trying to give me.


rocktivity

[cyberswede]

4. Is that a spoiler in your title?

I saw her skate in red in the Team event...is that what you mean? Not the women's individual?

[rocktivity]

5. Nothing's been spoiled

The team skating event is over, the pairs skating is under way, the individual skating starts next week.


rocktivity

[cyberswede]

6. Thanks - the way it was phrased confused me...

her performance contributed to her team winning the gold - it wasn't, itself, a gold medal performance (as it would be for the individual event).

That said I loved her performance.