The most tragic thing in all of this is not that Ando bombed, but that she looked so horrid doing it. 一番の悲劇は安藤が大失敗したことではない。ミスしたとき安藤が余りに醜くみえたことだ。 I can't but feel for Onda and Nakano who outperformed Ando at nationals and didn't get to go to Torino. 全日本選手権で安藤を破ったのにトリノに行けなかった恩田と中野が本当にかわいそうだ。 Yukari probably would have done better than Miki did. 中野のほうがおそらく安藤よりいい演技をしただろう。
Yukari must have some thoughts about the new costumes Ando wore. The SP costume was big news in Japan but I thought it was god-awful, legendary designer or not. 日本で話題だったという安藤のSPの衣装には、中野も思うところがあったはずだ。安藤の衣装は、伝説的デザイナーが作ったか何か知らないが、目をおおうほど悲惨だった。 The Skate Gods targeted Miki with their inexplicable wrath and some random sadist designed her costume. スケートの神様がなぜか安藤に激怒したのだろう。安藤の衣装はそこらへんにいるサディストがデザインしたんだろ。
http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=35748&page=2&pp=15 I blame the japanese federation. Miki skated like she's been skating recently. It's like skating has passed her by. She sure tried hard. She wanted to vindicate the federation choice of her over Yukari as they served the Olympic Committee's commercial commitments. Yukari could have given us a triple axel and maybe knocked someone out of the top ten. Skating has too many owners -- it's just not about the skating.