CAROLINA KOSTNER : 2014 SOCHI BRONZE MEDALIST FOR LADIES' FIGURE SKATING

Carolina Kostner won the Olympic Bronze medal for Ladies' Figure Skating this year. Her 2 last Olympics had been disastrous, so I'm happy that she finally won a medal. As I did with Adelina Sotnikova, I will list 5 facts about Carolina Kostner of Italy.

5 interesting and impressive facts about Carolina Kostner:

• Known for her speed across the ice
• Lands triple-triple combinations
• Won gold at the 2012 Nice World Championships
• Won gold at the 2011-2012 Grand Prix Final
• 5 time European champion

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(SIGH) I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE...

My last post was about how unfair the ladies' figure skating Olympics in Sochi were... unfortunately, I guess I should say something positive about Adelina Sotnikova. So here goes...


5 interesting and impressive facts about Adelina Sotnikova:

•  She won gold at the Junior Grand Prix 2010- 2011 in Beijing
• Known for her high and big jumps
• 1st Russian woman to win gold in the ladies' single Olympic event
• Her total score in the Sochi Olympics: 224.59
• She said after winning, " This is the happiest day of my life"

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HOW UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This year's ladies figure skating at the Olympics in Sochi was COMPLETELY UNFAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kim Yuna, my inspiration and the 2010 Olympic gold medalist for ladies figure skating came in second to Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, who won gold. One reason this is COMPLETELY UNFAIR is because one, the judges gave Adelina a higher score because she was Russian. In fact, all of the Russian competitors got a higher score than they deserved! For example: Yulia Lipnitskaya, the Russian 15 year old who was predicted to win gold (she didn't even place in the top 3 though) came in 5th after falling 2 times in each of her 2 performances! Ashley Wagner, an American, came in 7th, though making no mistakes! It's also unfair because two, Adelina tripped once in each of her 2 performances. Kim Yuna made no mistakes, though she attempted slightly less technically difficult jumps, such as the triple salchow. This is what caused her a lower score, but at the same time, the jumps were still very technically difficult, and the whole situation was so outrageous it had about 3 separate articles in the New York Times.






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WINTER OLMPICS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is the Winter Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The figure skating will be intense, according to the last Olympics when Kim Yuna beat Mao Asada. I wonder if Mao Asada will try again at the competition? Will Kim Yuna? Also, there's pair skating to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!  

MARK TWAIN AUDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday is my Mark Twain audition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am auditioning for vocals and creative writing/journalism. The creative writing test is fine, but what I'm really not looking forward to is the vocals test. The part of the vocals that I'm scared about is the part where you have to sing in front of over ten other kids. I wish that we could sing in a different room with just the judges. Plus, all of my friends went the previous weekend, so I won't know anyone there.
Though I am dreading singing, my friend who had gone before told me they provide snacks and treats, so at least there's one thing to look forward to. :-)

INTERVIEW WITH MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello people! Today I will be interviewing my friend Dana. M is me, and D is Dana.

M =  So Dana, what are some of your favorite hobbies?
D = Singing, writing, skiing, stuff like that.
M = Which one is your favorite?
D= Well I like- I really like all of them
M = But if you had to choose one, which would it be?
D = I don't know.
M = I'll try something different. Are you writing anything right now?
D = Yeah
M= What?
D= I'm writing my social studies homework.
M= Have you ever gone skating?
D= Yeah. I used to all the time. But I haven't in a while now.
M= What are some of your favorite books?
D= Percy Jackson/ Heroes of Olympus, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Maximum Ride.
M= What is one of your favorite authors?
D= I'm going to list them all : Rick Riordan, J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, and James Patterson
M= Those are the authors to your favorite books right?
D= yeah
M= alright bye!!! :-)

LAKESIDE OPENING (2)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lakeside is opening in 10 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot wait. As I stated in my other post, the opening is on Friday the 20th. The awesome thing about Lakeside is that you can get a seasonal pass, which means that you bring this pass each time you go skating, and it'll provide you for the entire season. Here is a picture of what Lakeside is supposed to look like:

Picture from:http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=lakeside+skating+rink&FORM=HDRSC2

On the right is what Lakeside will look like in the summer, a water play area and roller skating rink, and on the left, (what I'm excited about) is what Lakeside will look like in the winter, the skating rink. Feel free to comment and tell about what part of Lakeside you are especially excited about
! :-)
P.S. To visit the Lakeside official website, go to my other post titled LAKESIDE OPENING and there you will find the link :-)