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The Long Program - Gladiator
Unfortunately, the skater we saw the night of the SP's mysteriously disappeared the night of the FS. We all thought how well Gladiator would go hinged on landing the quad so after Alexei doubled both attempts the audience seemed stunned and so were we. A touchdown on the axel sent us from concern to outright trepidation. And after Alexei doubled the lutz I think we knew the writing was on the wall. It was so difficult to see his disappointment after he finished. It was almost physically palpable. I watched him through my camera lens in the Kiss-n-Cry and have never seen him so dejected (even after Euros). When he left the photo op early we seriously doubted if he would skate the exhibition (and if he did, we worried, would the audience boo him?). Kim
Let's cheer up a tad with the exhibition! |
