Going Through Withdrawal

With all of the excitement of the last couple of weeks, some of you may be experiencing some symptoms of withdrawal.  Fear not, as I am too, but this weekend is the perfect time to catch up on great performances of the season you haven't had time to see, and re-watch some of the season's best performances.

If you missed out on Europeans, or would like to revisit Sarah Meier's fabulous goodbye skate, this channel has many of the Ladies' programs.  This channel has all disciplines, but not as many lower-ranked skaters.

For US Nationals, this channel has many of the programs, but if you subscribe to IceNetwork, you can watch there.

The 7th Asian Winter games took place this past week in Kazakhstan.  You can watch the top performances here.  Kanako Murakami won the ladies event convincingly, and if she keeps up her level of training she could be a spoiler for the bronze at worlds.  Haruka Imai seems to have recovered from a disappointing Japanese Nationals to skate her best long program of the season and take the silver.  Min-jung Kwak has also recovered from a shaky grand prix series with two respectable programs, but she needs to add back the loop and do at least a double axel-triple toe, if not a triple-triple, if she wants to follow in Yu-na's footsteps.  Denis Ten also recovered from a...uh...not his best GPS and won the gold at home.  Takahito Mura claimed second and Nan Song finished third.

The Winter Universiade competition also took place this weekend.  Nobunari Oda competed, but did not try the quad in either of his programs.  Although he won, that will not be enough at worlds when he faces Takahashi, Kozuka, Chan, etc.  He needs to add the quad back if he wants to challenge for a medal.

If you are looking to revisit some of the more memorable performances of the season, here are some links.

Adelina Sotnikova
Nobunari Oda
Jeremy Abbott
Adam Rippon
Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Mao Asada
Alissa Czisny
Mirai Nagasu
Takahiko Kozuka
Daisuke Takahashi
Florent Amodio
Tomas Verner
Carolina Kostner
Kiira Korpi
Michal Brezina
Sarah Meier