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NO OLYMPIC RINK AVAILABLE? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ARMENIA?
Wall Street Journal , Y
Feb 18 2014
Even with their sport anchored to Sochi for two weeks, the top women
in figure skating have been accruing some serious frequent-flyer
miles this month.
After arriving here, skaters from the U.S., Japan and Russia relocated
out-of-country for a few days.
The 2014 Games introduced a new team event, which took place Feb. 6
through 9, followed by a medal ceremony the next day. But with the
women's competition scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday, the
ladies had more than a week to kill and limited access to practice ice,
given the presence of men's, pairs and ice-dance skaters.
So off they went. After receiving the bronze medal on Feb 10, the U.S.
women-Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold and Polina Edmunds-decamped to
Austria. The Japanese ladies-2010 silver medalist Mao Asada, Akiko
Suzuki and Kanako Murakami-relocated to Armenia. And Russia's Julia
Lipnitskaya flew to Moscow.
When the Americans returned on Saturday, they gave a news conference
that made the trip sound like a week at camp: lots of focused work
to correct mistakes from the team competition, followed by gathering
'round the television to catch the Olympic men compete.
The focused time spent on conditioning and skills also had an added
benefit: "Sometimes it's nice to get away from you all," Wagner told
the media.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/18/no-olympic-rink-available-have-you-considered-armenia/
From: A. Papazian
Wall Street Journal , Y
Feb 18 2014
Even with their sport anchored to Sochi for two weeks, the top women
in figure skating have been accruing some serious frequent-flyer
miles this month.
After arriving here, skaters from the U.S., Japan and Russia relocated
out-of-country for a few days.
The 2014 Games introduced a new team event, which took place Feb. 6
through 9, followed by a medal ceremony the next day. But with the
women's competition scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday, the
ladies had more than a week to kill and limited access to practice ice,
given the presence of men's, pairs and ice-dance skaters.
So off they went. After receiving the bronze medal on Feb 10, the U.S.
women-Ashley Wagner, Gracie Gold and Polina Edmunds-decamped to
Austria. The Japanese ladies-2010 silver medalist Mao Asada, Akiko
Suzuki and Kanako Murakami-relocated to Armenia. And Russia's Julia
Lipnitskaya flew to Moscow.
When the Americans returned on Saturday, they gave a news conference
that made the trip sound like a week at camp: lots of focused work
to correct mistakes from the team competition, followed by gathering
'round the television to catch the Olympic men compete.
The focused time spent on conditioning and skills also had an added
benefit: "Sometimes it's nice to get away from you all," Wagner told
the media.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/18/no-olympic-rink-available-have-you-considered-armenia/
From: A. Papazian