The Ladies Short Program

Tuesday night was the beginning of the biggest drama of the Games. The Ladies Figure Skating Competition has begun. It was great to see that Team USA had come prepared to skate! The entire team were on their game. It started early, the second skater of 29 skaters, was our own Kimmie Meissner. She looked great. She held the lead for a majority of the night. She was finally knocked out of the lead by Russias Irina Slutskaya, who ended up in second place. When Emily Hughes skated, she performed a Personal Best, and skated as well as we have ever seen her skate. The spin to end her program was dramatic! Then the final skater of the night was Sasha Cohen. She looked beautiful. She skated a flawless program, and just squeaked into the lead by 3/100 of a point. So that all sets the stage for a very exiting program Thursday night. We can hardly wait.