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17:25 <bookworm>: Hello!
17:25 <Brownie>: Hello!
17:26 <Brownie>: Time for some drama!
17:26 <bookworm>: yep
17:33 <Brownie>: Such a disappointing performance for Karen
17:33 <bookworm>:
17:33 <Brownie>: But she still has an Olympic silver medal
17:34 <Brownie>: I don't think she has formally announced a retirement, but I think she'll probably retire after this season
17:37 <Brownie>: Let's go Mariah!
17:41 <bookworm>: pretty nice
17:42 <Brownie>: I'ma cryyyy
17:42 <Brownie>: She is just so classic, and I absolutely adore this program for her
17:51 <Brownie>: Such fantastic jumping from Yelim Kim!
17:52 <Brownie>: I would love to see a bit more artistry from her, but she'll grow into it as she gets older
18:01 <Brownie>: Really nice job, Alyssa!
18:02 <Brownie>: I can't wait to see what's ahead of her with (hopefully) a more stable coaching situation
18:03 <bookworm>: she did what in a second?
18:05 <Brownie>: She missed the 10% bonus for the triple-triple combination in the second half of the program by one second
18:06 <bookworm>: oh no
18:06 <Brownie>: So it was just one second shy of halfway through
18:31 <Brownie>: Wakaba!
18:37 <Brownie>: Fabulous job, despite the fall on the combo at the top of the program
18:37 <bookworm>: did he just say five planned quads?
18:38 <Brownie>: Yeppp
18:38 <Brownie>: She will likely fall on a few of them, but she'll try because that's how she is
18:39 <bookworm>: You're saying he actually did mean one person is going to be doing five? Not there are five in the remainder of the skating among everyone still to come?
18:40 <Brownie>: Correct. Sasha Trusova is planning 5 quads in her program
18:40 <bookworm>: That's insane
18:40 <bookworm>: Nathan Chen is the only person to ever do five in one skate
18:40 <Brownie>: Russians. That is all.
18:45 <bookworm>: what was that Matrix move she did??
18:45 <bookworm>: Never seen anything like that before!
18:46 <bookworm>: how does it even obey physics
18:46 <bookworm>: did I miss something that was keeping her up?
18:47 <Brownie>: Oh, the one where she turns her feet out and leans back?
18:47 <Brownie>: That's like her trademark
18:50 <Brownie>: Kaori!
18:55 <Brownie>: She just FLIES
19:04 <Brownie>: I've tried, and I just can't get into Anna's skating
19:05 <Brownie>: That flexed foot is such a turnoff to me
19:09 <bookworm>: Well here we go
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19:14 <baysimp>: so, that just happened.
19:14 <bookworm>: yeah it did
19:14 <Brownie>: She seemed off from the very beginning
19:14 <baysimp>: It's too much pressure for a 15 year old.
19:15 <Brownie>: For sure
19:15 <Brownie>: And she's a nervous competitor to begin with
19:17 <baysimp>: ouch.
19:17 <bookworm>: off the podium!
19:17 <bookworm>: we will have a medal ceremony
19:18 <Brownie>: Is it bad to say I'm glad?
19:18 <bookworm>: of course not
19:18 <bookworm>: I said before the short program that this is what I wanted
19:18 <bookworm>: Didn't think it would somehow happen
19:18 <bookworm>: But I really wanted it
19:18 <Brownie>: Same
19:18 <baysimp>: i'm glad we'll have a ceremony, makes it easier to not have to disqualify her from a medal position.
19:19 <baysimp>: but I still feel bad for her.
19:19 <bookworm>: I feel bad she's in this situation to begin with
19:19 <bookworm>: not for not medaling in an event she shouldn't have been skating in in the first place
19:20 <baysimp>: I don't feel bad for her not medaling.
19:21 <baysimp>: I feel bad that she has to go through all this. She's only 15.
19:24 <Brownie>: This is so uncomfortable
19:24 <Brownie>: None of this ever should have happened
19:24 <baysimp>: no, it shouldn't have
19:25 <Brownie>: This is awful
19:26 <Brownie>: I'm literally going to cry watching these girls in so much pain
19:26 <baysimp>: It's a teary day.
19:31 <baysimp>: Aw, the Japanese girl is so happy!
19:32 <Brownie>: So happy for Kaori
19:33 <bookworm>: so that hullabaloo was her being mad her quads didn't get her first place
19:33 <bookworm>: It had nothing to do with Valieva
19:34 <Brownie>: I am flabbergasted by all of this
19:35 <baysimp>: wow. there is nothing to say.
19:35 <bookworm>: sure there is: justice was served
19:35 <bookworm>: partially
19:35 <bookworm>: now take away the team medal
19:36 <bookworm>: and actually ban Russia from some Games
19:36 <bookworm>: they've had enough taps on the wrist
19:36 <Brownie>: Yeah, for real
19:37 <baysimp>: yeah, ban them already!
20:09 <baysimp>: Words can't express how bad I feel for Mikaela, either.
20:14 <Brownie>: For real. And they keep making her do interviews, and it's like, what is there to say? Just leave her alone!
20:14 <baysimp>: LEAVE HER ALONE!
20:21 <bookworm>: I'm pretty sure she doesn't have to do the interviews, it's not the NFL
20:21 <bookworm>: She seems willing enough to talk about it
20:21 <bookworm>: it is uncomfortable though
20:22 <bookworm>: and a really sad situation
20:22 <baysimp>: She's probably being pressured, but not forced.
20:22 <bookworm>: yeah
20:28 <bookworm>: woah
20:28 <baysimp>: tell it to them, mike!
20:28 <bookworm>: Yeah, and Thomas Bach calling out the coaches
20:29 <bookworm>: very atypical
20:29 <baysimp>: a step in the right direction
20:29 <bookworm>: yes
20:30 <bookworm>: though it was for their attitudes after the event, not related to the doping
20:30 <bookworm>: but I don't think they're going to remark on that more until the hearing gets on
20:30 <Brownie>: BAN ETERI
20:31 <Brownie>: They're just all-around awful