Eteri was at the Cranberry Cup & Is Beijing 2022 in danger?
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Hi guys! As promised here is the Cranberry Cup coverage. It truly made me miss figure skating competitions. So ready for this season!
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Hi Guys! As promised here is my take on the Cranberry Cup. Enjoy!
"Nathan Chen who is not a US lady" had me cackling in the middle of physics class
tell your physics professor i'm sorry hahaha
He made that very clear, didn't he? :P
I'd like to know if you had to explain why to your teacher/professor...
@@user-qt9ti9mp6l oops noo it was an online class and I had my camera and mic off so I was safe thankfully 😌
Eteri being at Cranberry was big news. And she likes it that way. 😂
Absolutely!!! She didn’t get where she is by not knowing how to politic. 🤷🏼♀️
I think cancelling smaller competitions because of traveling issues is different. they're investing billions of dollars into the Olympics, and it's in Beijing where there are way more travel options
I'm not concerned for next year's Olympics at all. I believe China is focusing entirely on making sure everything will be ready for every sporting event they will be hosting and hoping they will be able to have some crowds. So cancelling Cup of China and offering another country to host it isn't alarming or worrying if we look at the overall picture.
Eteri also came to the US to visit her daughter in Michigan. So Cranberry was a bonus PR move.
I know that China takes covid extremely seriously, so if they don't postpone the Olympics then my guess is that they would require all athletes to be vaccinated.
The problem is they need you to take China-approved vaccines. This can be in conflict with Sputnik and all the other non-China-backed varieties. People will likely have 2 vaccines in their system which will be a mess in and of itself.
@@YourPetDinosaur Or maybe they’ll have to do tests to check if they have antibodies before coming to make sure that the vaccine they got is really effective. It would probably be less messy that way.
well if it was taken seriously in china then the covid wouldn't had spread all over the world
@@nanaemaximalist It was taken very seriously in China, but unlike other countries, like the USA. They dismissed Covid as a threat and didn’t immediately did a lockdown or close there boarders until March. Where as China was already in Lockdown in January.
@@nanaemaximalist fun fact: China isn’t necessarily the origin of COVID cos there was evidence of COVID appearing in Europe and US months before breaking out in China
I'm sure that the Cup of China is being canceled because China doesn't care enough about figure skating in order to host it. Besides Sui/Cong in pairs, there're no Chinese singles skater or ice dance couples that have a chance of medalling at the Cup. On the other hand, China could bag the most amount of medals at the Winter Olympics due to Chinese athletes having extra time/access to the Olympic facilities. Come hell or high water, China is going to host it on time. Also, (please don't come from me because I am of Chinese descent) but you can get away with a lot more when you're an authoritarian government. If you need to construct 20 temp housing buildings in a span of a month, you don't need to need to go through the process of informing and properly compensating people (they didn't do in 2008 and that was a larger affair). The Japanese government had to answer to the protests and growing concerns from the Japanese public over the 2020 Olympics.
Sidenote: I'm really excited to see Karen Chen's Butterfly Lovers' program at the Olympics. Part of it was filmed for On Ice Perspectives youtube channel and it's gorgeous.
Hihi just to explain a bit more about cancellation, China has very strict quarantine rules for those coming into the country (14~28 days indoor) and it will be a big issue for athletes who won't have any access to training premises and equipment. Beijing would probably be prepared by then (hopefully) with a whole new set of plans to keep everyone save while holding the events well but Chongqing (where Cup of China is supposed to be held) probably wont be prepared, especially with the surging cases across the country :D
People ever counting out Alysia Liu as a flop just for growing into her body is humiliating. I just don't understand how people can think she's just done because she doesn't have a 13 year-old's body anymore. She's an athlete and an artist and she's been growing and changing for years now. Absolutely loving getting to watch her develop and support her on her journey
no people are counting her as a flop because many people pointed out at the 2019 us nationals that her technique is very flimsy and most likely wont work after her body develops. They also asked US figure skating not to brand her as a the prodigy and US skating ace because if she doesn't survive puberty and doesn't fulfill those expectations it can be very damaging to her and would send a lot of hate towards her. But everyone ignored her and used her for publicity cause US figure skating really want their new star.
@@WES6666 usfs is like that **facepalm**
Also, may I ask how her technique was flimsy? Not trying to disagree, just curious.
@@WES6666 Agree 100%. I never disliked her; I just hated having USFS shove her down our throats those two years. They absolutely should've seen it coming that she was going to lose those big jumps. That doesn't mean I don't like her and don't appreciate her progression. But she's not the best in the U.S. by far, not yet anyway.
@@user-qt9ti9mp6l Small and reliant on having a small body. Very little lift or power.
@@user-qt9ti9mp6l she had zero speed and and zero skating skills. Her technique on quad Lutz is honestly the weirdest I've seen and she has almost 3/4 pre-rotation on it. It doesn't take a genius to know she has 0% chance of preserving that jump. Everyone pointed that out but they got called "haters" for it. We really weren't hating but I feel like most of us kind of saw it coming. But like I said USFS is so desperate for their new skating sensation they don't even care what happens to her. They're just going to use her to promote the US figure skating team in Beijing 2022 and they're gonna discard her once they find someone else. No responsibility.
young you has been the olympic hopeful for sk for years. i’m surprised you were not as familiar with her. she recently debuted her 4S (underrotated) at broadmoor.
It s because a lot of these new skating commentators or skating ig are new fans. I believe paula is one too.
@@mix4715 i’m a new fan too ahaha, but i guess young you isn’t as known as i thought🤷♂️
@@jonathanm.9801 No, I was surprised too! Her "debut" was already several seasons ago.
@@Rachel-rs7jn trueee
Paola is surprisingly uninformed for someone who does figure skating videos
Unlike Cup of China which mainly found by companies and local government, Beijing 2022 Olympics is a national project and has sufficient amount of budget to take extra caution for covid. Plus both government owned and private media are hyping winter Olympics at the moment and we all looking forward to have it on time.
The only thing I'm worried about is whether they will allow audience enter the theatre. The stadium for fs in Beijing is so close to my home that I can literally go there on foot🤣. Really wish I can watch Olympic FS in person, cheer for those Russian girls and throw them gifts. Or maybe even prepare some big staff with fellow fs fans (Remember what Anna got during Cup of China 2019?😉).
The highlight of this event for me were the two Cyprus ladies & the one representing India and, of course, Donovan. What a nice competition!
**screaming from the rooftops** YES WE'RE ALL IN LOVE WITH DONOVAN
YES YES YES CAPS FOR DONOVAN ❤❤❤❤❤
Happy to see you here, Destiny.
@@kadovax6567 whoaa I was so surprised to see you. Hii
Gracie wore those black gloves because the girl before (Isadora) her got injured and couldn’t finish her program. Gracie had to jump out on the ice before she normally would have and I think she accidentally left her training gloves on lol.
Ok I love Donnivan he has such a fun energy. It was a joy seeing him in the Olympics this year. His jumps need refinement, but besides that I can’t wait to see how much he grows and I really hope to see him at the next Olympics.
When I saw eteri there was shocking lol but I was like like hello there lmao
Me too lol
I was like "hmmmm hello...??"
@@abcdefg_star right I was like so does she know English lmao
@@caitlinnguyen981 yeah
"Fancy see you here..." that's vibe
@@caitlinnguyen981 she was living in America for more than a decade
@@caitlinnguyen981 yah there are interviews with her in English, it's a trip.
I hope that Tokyo Olympics gave Beijing a better idea of how to deal with covid issues before things get out of control. The athletes at 2020 just seemed so overjoyed and relieved to be there! . I WANT MY WINTER OLYMPICS AND figure skating!!
Hate to say it but unless Amber Glenn surprises us in her GP assignment/s, she's not really one of the girls they're considering to send to Beijing if the games happen. She's certainly improved but her 2nd place finish at the last US Nationals was mostly because Mariah Bell and Alysa Liu had some major errors in their programs that made them drop in the standings (if they skated clean then Amber definitely would've been 4th). I also don't think she's really backed by the USFS as much as the other ladies are? Which y'know sucks but at the same time I guess I don't blame them for showing more support for their more consistent skaters with international experience compared to Amber who placed 7th/8th/9th in multiple US nationals and the few international competitions she's gone to
Yeah. She is really in Ross miner situation and unless she delivers at GP, she won’t be send to Olympics.
guess what, test skate is coming and at last my kostodepression will end
Listen, I love Gracie Gold, but she needs to get it together if she wants to stay competitive. She has been given every chance. I know about her struggles, and my heart goes out to her. But she has to come back like she really wants it and give it everything she has, or it's never going to happen. And no matter how unhappy you are with your performance, you stay in the kiss and cry until your scores are announced and you take it with grace. I'm more disappointed about that than her skating. Great video as always.
The conspiracy rabbit hole 🤣🤣🤣 I love it
Honestly, if T/M didn't beat this field, it would have been an embatrasment. It wasn't the strongest field, so an easy victory for Eteri to claim as a "pairs coach".
Clean free skate is still a victory, considering their history
Yeah I thought so too..going into the Olympic season they aren't exactly my best bet for a gold medal finish.
Oh Mariah....this was not good for her at all. Honestly, she needs to scrap both programs and work hard on the jumps. I don’t know exactly what the issue is, but it looked very much like she was assigned these programs and was going through the motions. Which is a problem when you’re known for your charm and performance....
Hi ! I think beijing 2022 will be okay, from what I read the issue with cup of china was that the city it was supposed to be held in didn’t have the instalations to create a « competition bubble » which wouldn’t be safe for the athletes. But in tokyo, they were able to create said bubble so I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to do it as well in Beijing
As a Mexican:
YES DONOVAN ROCK IT BOOOOI
the news about amber broke my heart, im rooting for her so much this season. im hoping she can make the olympic team and can have a bit of a mirai moment at the olympics where she can land her triple axel, but ice is slippery so we'll see
tbh 3a isn't that much of a deal rn, in 2018 medal competitors were nowhere near doing it and only mirai had it, now there are at least 4 skaters who are gonna try the 3a at olys. in 2022 they'll need to have an ultra c if they want to medal.
@@lanavita6783 even though she wont be the only one trying a 3a ( and probably wont even medal if she landed it), i was thinking about a mirai type of season in where she has an amazing nationals and really gets a moment to shine with a landed 3a at the olympics. im expecting a russian sweep unless something wild happens, so ill be happy with her just being there and skating a program she can be proud of
Donovan is best boy
I don't make the rules 😔✊
with the new covid variants and a number of skaters coming from red zones/countries with recent outbreaks like russia and japan, it might not be too crazy to assume that they might cancel the rest of the grand prix and postpone the olympics. i know people are gonna go "no but look at the tokyo olympics it happened" but most locals hated that because they knew it would cause a spike in cases (which it did). china's sitting on a low number of cases right now and i don't think they'd wanna risk anything. i could be wrong, but we should be open to the (huge) possibility that beijing won't push through as planned considering everything that's going on in the world.
yessss Young Youuu
The next level reference 😆😆
HELLO ILY
Trust me Beijing Olympic will not be disturbed by covid. China definitely prepared and will be ready. If not they would cancel the event already
delta winter is coming
I can't find the full Cranberry Cup video anywhere, can someone pass me a link to the full competition?
On skating isu channel?
@@kadovax6567 I can't find it there... any chance you can send me the link?
@PaolaLa, are you gonna try to go to any of the Grand Prix circuit events!? Because straight up, I would love to to meet you and all my fellow figure skating drama friends
awww, i wish i could go. Honestly, going to Skate Canada this year would be amazing! However, as of right now i can't go to any of the events. But believe me if i can go to any i will make sure you guys know!
China will do all their might to make Beijing Olympic happening to show the world that they are "safe" and "healthy"
9:38 true words
Is the Grand Prix was canceled, in my opinion it’s not looking to good for Winter Olympics games. Which is unfortunate if I must say, there so many people that I really want to see! 😭✨✨
omg it is really the Olympic season 😨
AHHHHH i know Mariah Bell she is my coach’s little sister!!!! :)
OH?!?!
chn is going to seize the chance to be an olympic host country, no way they gonna cancel it. don’t worry hehe
If Olympics are postponed, Akatyeva Sofya will be able to participate (the one good thing about this)
Unless it'spostponed by 2 years, she won't. She was born in July 2007 so the first season when she's senior eligible is 2023/24. It's Samodelkina and Petrosyan who will be eligible in 2022/23.
@@atiz4073 right!
No she won’t unless it’s postponed till 2024z
I'm just hoping Tarasova Morozov win OGM🥺❤
And I think Eteri's work and choreo seemed better in pairs😅
lol don't worry about protests in china. it's china... the government wants the games to happen and i doubt many citizens would risk that much just for a sports event, as big as it might be
Alysa never should have been pushed/given the marks she was as a junior. I love her, but her skating is so slow and her quads and 3a have never been properly rotated - massively pre-rotated. I feel bad for her cause it created unreasonable expectations on her, and she’s just going through the natural process of growing. Also disappointed about Amber, olympics are looking more and more unlikely for her.
Yeah, she's good but not.... Russian women good? 😅
I think mainly its because of American media, yk, they're good at overexagerating their athletes, especially when they have someone name worth mentioning on sport that they don't usually have presence.
But i do like her though, she's still young too
@@wickedwitch7456 Yes I like her too, I just don't think USFS or the media or anyone did her any favours by hyping her up so much. A junior landing 'quads' is very different to being able to sustain them through puberty. I hope now she'll be given the opportunity to really grow as skater - which to her credit she has definitely done over the past year.
Alysa has improved greatly from where she was this time last year, but she is still slow and has poor ice coverage. They did her no favors promoting her. I think she has a good shot of making it to the Olympics (especially if the USA confirms thee spots) but she has no chance of being on the podium.
Amber is never going to be chosen for the team unless there are problems/injuries with enough of the other ladies that are really in the running and she makes on heck of a statement on the Grand Prix. USFS passed her over for worlds and the team competition last season when she was second at nationals.
Alysa speed and skating skills have improved dramatically. I don't think you have watched her skate recently. You just write comment without watching her performance. She is promoted because she is the best American lady skater. Period. Alysa can spin way much faster than Mariah and Amber. Mariah Bell skating skill has regressed a lot recently (much slower and cannot land any jumps at all). Amber Glenn and Gracie Gold are very inconsistent. It's extremely rare for Amber to have a clean skate (like National Free program) Karen Chen has low technical content and inconsistent (always fall on jumps). Bradie is solid and consistent but she doesn't has triple Axel. Alysa has triple axel and she manages her NERVE very well compared to other American skaters. Alysa can be the top in American lady skater world EASY. However, Alysa is still miles behind Russian and Japanese skaters. Alysa can win gold at National but impossible at Olympics.
@@ele6781 I have watched every competition she's been in lol, and am a figure skater myself. Believe me, I'm well aware. I never said she was not the best US lady either, I said she was hyped up when she should not have been - not saying she should not have won, however, she was most certainly over scored, and her jumps have often been counted as rotated when they were not. I also said her speed and skating has improved, however she still has a long way to go with the speed in particular - it's very noticeable compared to the Japanese ladies for example. I wish her all the best in qualifying for the Olympics.
But I'm still terrified cuz Yuzuru Hanyu is injured...
I’m honestly now on the fence for Zag to repeat in Beijing.
Does that fence still exist? XD
@@serenalizinnqui8474 if you believe it you can achieve it.
@@BillyWhaler I don't believe it tho. 😂 Maybe she does, but she hides it pretty well.
@@serenalizinnqui8474 fact check: AAA have peaked. Rika and Ensoo Lim stalled out. US ladies not a big threat. Not sure Canada still has or team or will be interested in going to China. Zag 🥇
@@BillyWhaler We will see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe she will surprise me.
Isadora WD because she got injured in the middle of her long program
For me, USA ladies will be Tennell, K. Chen and A. Shin. N I love Donavan, he is a young J. Fernandez.
I really love that you support Donovan, it's a mexican hope
Donovan is very popular in the world fandom and it's why you can see him skate in galas after competitions 😊
Countries may boycott Beijing. So it's plausible no 2022 winter Olympics !
Amber can be your North American love of your life while Zhenya is the Russian love of your life
How as a figure skating commentator do you not follow mens? I mean? I also love that you posted the pic of Dave with her. I'm not a fan of her, but interesting that she showed up. lol.
The aespa reference 😭
Nobody likes amber glenn though
Olympics are not in danger. China is just not Russia and does not want covid outbreak over insignificant competition.