Gracie Gold - US National Figure Skating Championships 2023 - Free Skate

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024

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  • @valmacclinchy
    @valmacclinchy Рік тому +23

    Gracie, it's wonderful to see you out there on the ice again! Your musicality is beautiful. You are one with the music. You actually look up at the crowd when you skate, with your mature, elegant artistic excellence. We love you! 💖

  • @Mia_M
    @Mia_M Рік тому +40

    Not her greatest skate but definitely better than a lot of performances post ed recovery, so I’ll def take it. She was actually fighting for those landings and didn’t fall, which is a massive improvement.

    • @suziq5293
      @suziq5293 Рік тому +1

      What is “Ed recovery”.?

    • @kyokojohnfan
      @kyokojohnfan Рік тому

      @@suziq5293 eating disorder

    • @mariah4531
      @mariah4531 Рік тому

      @@suziq5293 She was in treatment for an eating disorder.

    • @prettycool583
      @prettycool583 Рік тому

      @@suziq5293 eating disorder recovery

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +7

      @@suziq5293 eating disorder. Gracie has fought hard to be back on the ice, and I'm so happy she's there!

  • @НадеждаМорозова-й7ш

    Наши топовые фигуристки конечно избаловали российского зрителя. Такое никакое выступление у нас надо ещё поискать. Ужас. Даже досматривать не стала

    • @bethm5791
      @bethm5791 Рік тому +4

      Don’t think y’all will e watching your skaters in anything international for a long time. Between the cheating and random war.

    • @КоляВесельчаков-ж2л
      @КоляВесельчаков-ж2л Рік тому

      @@bethm5791 иди нюхай

    • @alexeyp42
      @alexeyp42 Рік тому

      @@bethm5791 это не отменяет уровень данного выступления на 2 спортивный разряд!

    • @alexyesaulov9922
      @alexyesaulov9922 Рік тому +1

      Так здесь сейчас не про то, кто топовый, а кто нет! И Америке топовые так не катаются.

    • @gsmushki
      @gsmushki 7 місяців тому +1

      Так все топовые в России ломаются и на свалку, в замен им новые топовые, а Graicie здесь чуть ли не 28 лет, никто в России в женском даже и двойной аксель не прыгнет в 28 лет!

  • @lvill3633
    @lvill3633 Рік тому +11

    Nothing time doesn't heal. She got this, worth the wait ☺️

  • @susantescione8007
    @susantescione8007 Рік тому +7

    She looked very tense and was certainly off her game. I am glad to see her back. But here's the thing. Maybe she needs to be realistic with herself and is having a great deal of difficulty in doing that.

    • @briseboy
      @briseboy Рік тому +3

      Life, dearest Susan, is a continuing , if spotty, adventure of becoming more yourself.
      Gracie's identity is surely one of seeking the rewarding concision and expressionof and through figure skating performance.
      Her journey, as that of ALL performers, generously includes us.
      Each individual comes from an unique developmental world, and may have felt more or less isolated or other deprivation.
      Gracie fought for her skill and her love into adolescence, perhaps absorbing some of the imposed "direness" of competitive success that is so damaging to the full development of a human, profoundly affiliati e beings that we are.
      Sure, we can ALL identify technical and physical lacks and assets we ourselvez deal with, able to offer salient methods and methodologies.
      I'd hesitate to grant credence to pursuit of cold criticism, as we humans can too easily be swept up in brutish cold ingrouping effort, so damaging as it is not only to our targets, but, perhaps worse, because of the cold brutality it can induce, up to lifelong, in ourselves, when we do so.
      Gracie appears to be pursuing connection, among other things.
      Did you know that some of the world's greatest teachers of ballet, for example, were incomplete performers - in technique, OR in expression, or physical and physiological limitations?
      Gracie has been at it long enough to recognize some of her own lacunae.
      Our limitations sometimes, when met with some determination, along with compassion, can become openings into a far deeper sharing and development than by those not having the limitation.

    • @Pumpmouse
      @Pumpmouse 6 місяців тому

      wtf is your problem? That was a beautiful skate. Maybe you need to be realistic with yourself and STFU.

  • @lynnzucco5049
    @lynnzucco5049 5 місяців тому +1

    Why does it always seem that I'm sitting in on practicing skate when I watch her. More so, waiting for her to mess up than watching a performance. She has zero passion.

  • @ІннаФірсанова
    @ІннаФірсанова Рік тому +27

    Красивая Грейси, приятно на неё смотреть, очень рада, что она вернула свою форму. Удачи!❤

  • @stalen9950
    @stalen9950 Рік тому +5

    No match for Kamila Valieva !

  • @Pumpmouse
    @Pumpmouse 6 місяців тому +2

    Well done Gracie. So brave and such an inspiration

  • @abbycollins2003
    @abbycollins2003 Рік тому +8

    go Gracie!!!

  • @СветлаКолева-р6в

    Безлично! Нищо интересно!

  • @aarnemark
    @aarnemark Рік тому +13

    She has come a long way. Looks much more fit.

  • @truecynic1270
    @truecynic1270 Рік тому +3

    Yes, people who support you will tell you how great it is to see you on the ice again

  • @kylepittman2752
    @kylepittman2752 Рік тому +7

    She looks like she’s just not feeling it, that is a chore to skate that day

  • @dmp7252
    @dmp7252 Рік тому +13

    Wow - what a shame. Thanks again "CB" - your videos give us great insight. Whoever knows Gracie, please tell her to watch YOUR videos. Because I'm going to say something rather controversial - Gracie was the only one who actually looked like a world champion competitor out there (WHEN she was on). She does something that others failed to do (except for Amber), she LOOKED UP INTO the audience. Sure, she could've skated faster, but Gracie actually fills an arena (she's not just skating for the first 3 rows). Her jumps are also finessed (at times they have a strange tilt), but the good ones she hits, man, there's nothing I can take away from them. I suspect she ran out of steam going into the second triple Lutz. But for all the talk about Isabeau being the artist (and in all fairness, Isabeau is a beautiful skater), but she is not giving world champion vibes out there just yet. And it comes down to a classic rookie mistake. Which is why anyone with half of Gracie's experience, should have been able to win this competition. Nobody's jumps in the competition were better than Gracie's. Bradie comes close. But Bradie falls short when it comes to the height at times. Amber’s jumps could be higher too; they tend to skim the ice too much for me. Isabeau is not even in the equation because she virtually comes to a stand still to take off for a triple Lutz. Her loop, I'm sorry, looks like she's scared to attempt it. And at this level, if you have to slow down to do a double axel mandatory points should be taken off. What is this, first group of the novice ladies regional competition? So, if Gracie can build up her stamina, she still has it to become National Champion again - and it should be an easy win if she can pull off a clean skate with a triple-triple combination. The difference is, Isabeau is an extremally gifted and beautiful skater (I would argue her crossovers are a bit exaggerated and she should use that energy to pull off more dynamic jumps.) Gracie, when she does a jump, you're like - oh, the big-guns have arrived. So, a) Gracie HAS the jumps; and b) Gracie can give you PRESENCE. She just has to take it.
    Now, on to the dress. Not sure what's going on with these dressmakers lately, but where is Lauren Sheehan when you need her? The beading was great on Gracie's dress, but I'm not having the waistlines. And it's not just Gracie, it's a lot of the girls. The fit of these dresses is not flattering, and it's making them look entirely too square in the hips. People seriously need to have a talk with their seamstresses. If they have a problem tell them to call me, and I'll straight their asses out. And I'm serious! Step ONE - PICK ANY Nicole Bobek dress made AFTER 1995 Nationals please, take it to the seamstress and tell them to make the waist look like THAT. If they can't, thank them for their noble service and get a new seamstress. End of story. Enough is enough. (I mean even Nicole's PRACTICE dresses would put some of these competition dresses today to shame. Get into the tailoring, dahling. Child, I am still floored over that Dr. Zhivago dress! Timeless! That dress should be put in a museum. Can you say the same about your dress? Is your dress worthy to be placed in a museum? World Championship-level skaters should be skating in those types of dresses! Period!) Kerrigan's dresses made by Vega Wang, again, get into the waist line. Take ANY Debi Thomas dress - get into the waistline and the skirt. Look at Jill Trenery's dresses STARTING with the 1988 Olympics - get into the cut. Tara's dresses (once she started working with Lauren Sheehan were also gorgeous) - get into it! Half the time, these skirts are entirely too long because the seamstress must be trying to compensate for something else. So, we can do better ya'll. Let's step it up. What female figure skater doesn't want to showoff her sinched waist. These dresses are not giving that. I would recommend, contact Lauren Sheehan - I hear she is committed to retirement. But she might at least be able to hold a master class to help the younger designers, or at the very least share some notes, get you a PDF, or something. FaceTime, work, too. Hell, there are options. Because something needs to be done.

    • @LoLovesLife
      @LoLovesLife Рік тому +4

      Yeah idk what's going on with the costumes. Her team needs to get better options for her. I'm not a huge follower when it comes to her skating but she's one of the biggest names in current U.S. skaters, her costumes should reflect that.

    • @CreationsByChar
      @CreationsByChar Рік тому +4

      @DMP
      I keep holding out, knowing that she’s still got it in her, if she could only see it for herself, I think that would go a long way in her “comeback”!
      She still has that innate “classic skater” that is missing in SO many others out there, both young and old. Gracie has yet to fulfill her potential and grab that Gold medal 🥇!!! 😊
      Don’t give up yet, Gracie!! 😊

    • @sallygreenfield6991
      @sallygreenfield6991 Рік тому +3

      I was laughing all the way through this comment because, my friend, you have passion!!! But you are also right. I think some of the costuming issues are that they are creating dresses that are prettier right up close, but don't film well or look good from the audience. Like, they have subtle color changes in the fabric which probably look gorgeous when you are right next to them, but that create weird body lines.

    • @dmp7252
      @dmp7252 Рік тому +1

      @@CreationsByChar Exactly Charlotte. Fingers crossed.

    • @НадеждаМорозова-й7ш
      @НадеждаМорозова-й7ш Рік тому +2

      Не досмотрела ролик, не дочитала простынь с разборкой видимо очень детальной сего «шедевра». Ребята звёзднополосатые, и вы ещё претендуете на то чтобы забрать наше олимпийское золото в командных соревнованиях?! Вот хочется пожелать вам почаще посещать ваших психологов. Понимаю теперь почему у вас это так практикуется

  • @Bnizzofashizzo
    @Bnizzofashizzo Рік тому +3

    Gracie isn’t going to beat this with mediocre coaches when she learned to be her best with the best , Frank Carroll. Sorry

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz Рік тому

      Agreed. Frank brought out the best in her and unfortunately her peak ceiling was right around fourth place. She looks great though.

  • @akent6393
    @akent6393 Рік тому +2

    She was good! I commend her performance! I noticed half-hearted jump attempts but otherwise perfect.

  • @Norcon13
    @Norcon13 Рік тому +2

    So good that she held out. Definitely looks more stable. Nice ✅ job.

  • @ТатьянаМусина-к2ц

    Какой кошмар! Так катались в 80-х годах прошлого века.!

  • @patricechapman6219
    @patricechapman6219 Рік тому +2

    She looks exhausted

  • @belindacole71
    @belindacole71 Рік тому +1

    Sorry but her arms seem flaying and her fingers are always open. It tends to ruin the flow

    • @Pumpmouse
      @Pumpmouse 6 місяців тому

      Ok grandma. Let’s see you give it a try. You’re a nasty piece of work.

  • @cs0779533
    @cs0779533 Рік тому +2

    gracious gold

  • @nathaniellafontaine8078
    @nathaniellafontaine8078 Рік тому +5

    I’m tired of this girl talking a big game only to flop when it matters every single time… NEXT!

    • @heatherramsey9190
      @heatherramsey9190 Рік тому +3

      Oh hush. She is very talented and she only "talks a big game" because there is a lot of pressure weighing on her - way more than most skaters have to endure. So she is just showing everyone she has the right attitude.

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz Рік тому

      @@heatherramsey9190 lol was that a weight joke?
      Gracie had her time to shine and she decided to get fat and trash talk the coach who got her to The Show in the first place. She's hot again so I'm fine with her carrying on long past her prime, but let's not act like a spoiled rich girl who wanted some media attention is under more pressure than actual skaters.

  • @АсяИванова-н1н
    @АсяИванова-н1н Рік тому +4

    Это катание 19 век. Где хореография? Где скорость? Где пластика? Еле ноги по льду тащит. Руки как плети.Нет ни выразительности, ни образа. Это примитивное катание. На что смотреть? На прыжки двойные?
    И это после того когда весь мир видел Валиеву, Щербакову, Косторную, Трусову, Усову, Хромых, Петросян.
    Западные фигуристки деградировали полностью.
    Их катание никому не интересно. Вчерашний день неинтересен никому. У нас бы она была на 20 месте и не выше.

    • @heatherramsey9190
      @heatherramsey9190 Рік тому

      Russian skaters need illegal drugs to perform well. So I wouldn't say anything if I were you

    • @ggfigureskater5616
      @ggfigureskater5616 Рік тому

      Bruh ur wrong. Completely wrong. Ur figure skaters dope! Gracie is great fair and square!

  • @junjifujita2100
    @junjifujita2100 Рік тому +4

    Gracie is one of a great American skaters!🎉🎉🎉

  • @Maya-bu2rf
    @Maya-bu2rf Рік тому +5

    Hopefully, there are better skaters......

  • @Rocco-tv7br
    @Rocco-tv7br Рік тому +3

    She should retire already..she had her moment.‼️

    • @ggfigureskater5616
      @ggfigureskater5616 Рік тому +3

      Bruh, no...she's still such a great skater and she can keep doing it if she wants to!!! :)

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz Рік тому +1

      @@ggfigureskater5616 She finally got back in shape but she obviously has no love for the sport. She's like an aging ballplayer who won't retire because it's all he knows.

    • @lynnzucco5049
      @lynnzucco5049 5 місяців тому

      For prides sake, I would. 👍

  • @Juice_Lover123
    @Juice_Lover123 Рік тому +3

    The problem NOW with Gracie is that she's capable of 2015 scores again. She did it in the short, the long had little content... but still.
    I'd have hoped that by now Gracie would feel the music. But she doesn't. I root for her but it's clear: her strength is the first mark. She just displays too little interest in interpreting music.

  • @jadeblackwell6227
    @jadeblackwell6227 Рік тому +3

    🥱

  • @foreverme3078
    @foreverme3078 Рік тому +7

    I love her arm movements. Not enough skaters do that

  • @zuzannawisniewska4464
    @zuzannawisniewska4464 Рік тому +3

    Stunning! Great speed, presentation, expression, flexibility, endurance/ stamina, just watch the under rotation..

  • @peggiecastlefan8378
    @peggiecastlefan8378 Рік тому +4

    Nice comeback by Gracie !

  • @briseboy
    @briseboy Рік тому +2

    Did Gracie's program open with a piece using that strange, beautiful, difficult Ukrainian instrument, the bandura?
    No one can be completely sophisticated in the vast realm of music - i justswitched from viewing a men's program labeled as using "El Mariachi" when it was in fact a pure Francisco Tarrega transcription of Isaac Albeniz' "Asturias:Leyenda" which piece i worked on for a couple years.
    Back to choreography & coaching though.
    OFTEN whatwe are looking at in expression is the result of attention to every gesture, every move by the choreographer, OR, conversely, the latter's negligence.
    Judges and audiences seriouslh misattribute the result of that failure to the performer, in ballet, or in skating.
    It may only be clear to those who HAVE benefited from time working under highly demanding choreographers, who are so involved in bringing out YOU, and expressive fullness

  • @kerryperryman3025
    @kerryperryman3025 5 місяців тому

    She’s great

  • @skaterboy-cz9wj
    @skaterboy-cz9wj Рік тому +5

    I give her full credit for trying. I wonder and only Gracie can answer this is why is she still competing. Is it the dream the impossible dream? Does she feel she has something to prove or offer. Is it her identity is too much in skating and she has nothing else? Does she really believe she can regain the skill, the magic the power and speed. It has been 7 years and honestly while I wish her well I think it is time for her to get a job, an education. She can still skate shows. I know it shouldbe up to the competitor but I really feel it is time to give someone else a chance in the limelight. Her speed, her amplitude, her tech and her polish is not the same level as before. We have waited patiently and she has tried hard but it isn't happening. I remember during the 2018 and during her fight with her health issues she couldn't it woudl seem stay out of the limelight. Instead of discreetingly getting better she had to get herself in the media. Even at odd times ie during the olympics having to announce a new job. Because of who she is/was, because USA has not had a steady champ and her huge fan base there is always an interest in her but it is kind of like Lucy and Charlie Brown she always sets up that football and then she takes it away when he goes to kick it. She hasn't managed to kick that ball despite many attempts. She is still competitive at the lower ranks. She is lucky she is a bigger star than say Nam Nguyen from Canada who eventually gave up on his dream. Because of who she is and financial situation it seems she is able to stay in the game longer. I know she is trying her best but But it is kind of sad to see someone who is but a mere shadow of their former self. Even her coaching and costumes kind of look like a fraction of the quality she had.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +3

      "Discreetly getting better"??
      Eating disorders are deadly and nothing to be ashamed of..and they're extremely prevalent in figure skating.

    • @Itstonytime77
      @Itstonytime77 Рік тому +3

      She must really love to skate and i think its great its not always about winning sometimes. Sometimes the win is just getting back on the ice. I think its inspirational…never giving up.

  • @renabalmes1472
    @renabalmes1472 Рік тому +5

    Sorry...Gracie has no fire. She doesn't have IT as they say in show biz.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +1

      Disagree 100%...her musicality is phenomenal and she emotes well.

    • @ggfigureskater5616
      @ggfigureskater5616 Рік тому +1

      Bruh ur wrong!! Sorry!! She's a great skater, pretty, cool, smart, and nice!! So what r u talking about??

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz Рік тому

      @@ggfigureskater5616 You can see it in the video. She has no soul when she skates anymore.

    • @Juice_Lover123
      @Juice_Lover123 Рік тому +2

      ​@valmacclinchy She really doesn't have much musicality. I hoped that might come during her career "second half" and that she might gain some maturity and "feel the music", but alas, she doesn't. There's no connection to the music or choreography. She skates like she's been forced onto the ice at gun point.

    • @renabalmes1472
      @renabalmes1472 Рік тому

      @@Juice_Lover123 Sadly , you put it in a nutshell. She needs to retire. I feel 😪 for her.

  • @dmmchugh3714
    @dmmchugh3714 Рік тому +2

    I thought she retired a few times already.

    • @JDoe-gf5oz
      @JDoe-gf5oz Рік тому +1

      She doesn't really have anything else going for her.

  • @tanyagangan8425
    @tanyagangan8425 Рік тому +4

    В России так катаются юниоры.Браво

  • @ManuelPabloArnao
    @ManuelPabloArnao Рік тому +3

    Sigh. I thought she was getting it together after popping the opening but it ended with a dud. 3 popped triples.

  • @renabalmes1472
    @renabalmes1472 Рік тому +2

    Watch Madison Chock for Star quality

  • @ManuelPabloArnao
    @ManuelPabloArnao Рік тому +4

    Sigh. I thought she was getting it together after popping the opening but it ended with a dud. 3 popped triples.

  • @belartful
    @belartful Рік тому +9

    Beautiful music and choreography..not her best skate but a lot better to watch her than the Russian "clone" skaters..There is MORE to Figure Skating than triples and quads..

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому

      I agree, it's a pleasure to see more artistry back on the ice, becoming one with the music..it shouldn't be a quad contest (this goes for men too).

    • @НадеждаМорозова-й7ш
      @НадеждаМорозова-й7ш Рік тому +6

      Вы серьёзно?! Вот только не смейте предлагать миру это убожество. Надеюсь автопереводчик не переведёт это как «божественное».
      Просто пустое место.

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +1

      @@НадеждаМорозова-й7ш wish this was able to be translated to English so I know what you're saying..

    • @piknikvideo1969
      @piknikvideo1969 Рік тому +3

      @@valmacclinchy хахааа, где вы видите артистизм!!??)) Артистизм у Щербаковой, а это пародия!!

    • @valmacclinchy
      @valmacclinchy Рік тому +1

      @@piknikvideo1969 just trying to communicate with you..wish it was translated to English..

  • @holykissme
    @holykissme Рік тому +3

    Ouch