First of all, nobody wanted to see Kaori Sakamoto go. They all wanted her to stay forever, amazing us with her power and spirit on the ice, her bubbling joy off the ice. They all knew: If she goes away, she’ll take the sun away. But she was skating to “Je ne Regrette Rien” after […]
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Alysa Liu, and the Impossible Dream
“What the hell?” said she, who had just accomplished the impossible. Seconds before Alysa Liu finished her MacArthur Park free program at the world figure skating championships, the crowd of more than 19,000 in the TD Centre in Boston, stood up as one, screaming for her. They broke the sound barrier. “What the hell?” Liu […]