02-26-2010, 09:30 AM
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Does she have any other family there supporting her? Don't tell me she was there by herself. That would be unbeareble.
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Her father was there, and they also flew in a few friends and family members from the Montreal/Quebec area. However, she also had/has the whole Canadian team, who are a very tight knit group of people, who have known eachother for so long, who are a great support system for her, and who she probably wants to be with at this time. Also her coaching team, Manon Parron, who has coached her since she was little, and the rest of the SkateCanada executive team who is there has been providig her with psychologists, along with the one she has had for years. She has been in contact everyday with the woman whose boyfriend committed suicide (I can't remember her name off hand, or what year/olympics it was) whom has been helping guide her through the process.
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02-26-2010, 09:35 AM
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That is really cool. Thanks for giving us the perspective of a figure skater. Out of curiosity, do you hope to skate for Canada one day?
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No I never made it to that level. I always wanted to, but with my sister and I both skating, it would have been impossible to afford, and I never had the natural talent it would have taken to make it up to the national level, so I just competed in more of the 'recreation' side of skatig!
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02-26-2010, 09:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally Posted by V
Truly inspirational stuff, that's for sure. I detract my statement that Bilodeau is the easy favourite to carry the flag at the Closing Ceremonies.
To be completely objective, though, by my completely ignorant and untrained eye, it looked to me like the American got jobbed. I wouldn't mind getting an opinion on that from one of the people on this board that actually know a thing or two about this sport.
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Both the American skaters, though they went clean for the most part, simply did not have the same elements as the other girls ahead of them. usually in skating that comes with experience and years of coaching.
The Korean was lights out with both footwork and jumps as well as the choreography. The Japanese girl was the one i believed scored a little higher than she deserved. That figure skating though...you never know what the judges see.
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02-26-2010, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by transplant99
The Korean was lights out with both footwork and jumps as well as the choreography. The Japanese girl was the one i believed scored a little higher than she deserved. That figure skating though...you never know what the judges see.
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Are you talking about the japanese girl who did the 2 triple axels in competition?? Most men can't do 2 triple axels.
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02-26-2010, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Are you talking about the japanese girl who did the 2 triple axels in competition?? Most men can't do 2 triple axels.
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yes....she did 2 triples and did them well, but she missed an entire pass as well. And yes, men routinely do triples all the time, if they dont they arent at the Olympics.
Skating is about a whole lot more than just the jumps, which is why Plyshenko's hissy fit over the last week is so ridiculous.
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02-26-2010, 12:39 PM
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Im really happy for her. Congrats Joannie, you embody all that the Olympic games stand for. You have made Canada proud!
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02-27-2010, 04:19 PM
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Rochette went well above and beyond representing Canada.  What an inspiration for all ages.
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03-02-2010, 10:45 AM
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With all due respect to the awesomeness of the Norwegian "porn" comment, I think the below is the best quote of the Olympics, coming from Joannie Rochette after things had settled down, observing about her mother:
" . . . . . even though she is not here any more, I'm not afraid to say it, sometimes she was a pain in the ass."
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03-04-2010, 07:38 PM
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She put the medal in her mom's coffin today at the funeral. Wow.
EDIT: She put the medal ON, not in the coffin. My apologies. Still a very touching moment.
Last edited by OILFAN #81; 03-04-2010 at 08:05 PM.
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03-04-2010, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
She put the medal in her mom's coffin today at the funeral. Wow.
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That's quite a thing to do. I'm sure it gave her a fair amount of emotional release. But when you think that she went on to skate because her mother would have wanted her to, her mother also would have wanted the medal to be seen by her (future) grandchildren.
Makes for quite the family legend though.
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03-04-2010, 07:51 PM
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I bet the COC/VANOC will give her another one after this story gets blown up in the media.
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03-04-2010, 07:56 PM
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She didn't put it in the casket, she put it ON the casket during the service (at least that is what every story I read has said).
Still a touching gesture.
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03-04-2010, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
She didn't put it in the casket, she put it ON the casket during the service (at least that is what every story I read has said).
Still a touching gesture.
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Oh really? My apologies.
Touching none the less.
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03-04-2010, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81
Oh really? My apologies.
Touching none the less.
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\No problem, I wasn't going to mention anything but rather than let people get the wrong impression I figured perhaps I should say something.
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During the mass, Rochette placed her hard-won medal from the Vancouver 2010 Olympics on her mother’s casket.
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http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...083/story.html
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03-04-2010, 08:32 PM
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yep, more onions
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03-04-2010, 08:42 PM
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I'm glad you did mention it. I honestly read it in the main forum and posted it in here. You can probably link that article on the main forum too to the thread that was created by that poster.
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03-04-2010, 08:49 PM
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I was under the assumption that she left her medal with her mom. Either way, just such a great story of courage and determination.
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03-04-2010, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Probably not a good idea to leave it in the casket... you don't want to give looters a reason to dig up your Mom.
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