Some skaters told reporters the Valieva controversy affected them leading up to their big night. This pushed her to the top of the leader board, temporarily.Īt the end of the night, Bell placed 10th. Bell's performance gained her 136.92 points, giving her a combined total of 202.30. Mariah Bell, also of the U.S., skated a solid routine after many skaters stumbled or fell earlier in the night. It is pretty tough."Ĭhen placed 16th with 115.82 points, bringing her combined total to 179.93. "I think it's definitely tough with the situation that's been unfolding to just stay focused, there's so much buzz. "It was a hard performance to get through," Chen said. skater Karen Chen said she felt the lack of energy of the stadium Thursday night. That is, until Trusova nailed the first quad jump of the night to huge applause.
But until the final group of six skaters took the ice, most excitement shown by those fans appeared when the announcer called on them to stand up and wave their flags during intermission. Or maybe Chinese spectators were less enthusiastic about the program with no hometown hero to cheer on. Perhaps it was the cloud of scandal over the event. The arena was roughly a third full Thursday night in Beijing, with mostly media filling the stands.Ī couple hundred local Chinese fans and a small delegation from the skaters' countries attended the program. The Capital Indoor Stadium noticeably lacked the energy and joy that existed for the men's skating program. The 2022 Winter Olympics In the midst of scandal, 3 Russian figure skaters hope to elevate their sport Skaters deal with low-energy crowd and distractions
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