SKATING. i'm going to pretend i'm in a different fandom for a second

[harborshore]

Because SKATING.

You guys. This is Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater. In the final competition of her career, the European Championships in Switzerland, her only competition this season, she skates perfectly in the free skate and wins her first gold. I can't even. She was STUNNING. I can't even fathom the kind of mental strength it would take to go out last in your last competition in your home country and not fall (when everyone else did) and skate so well.

Watching her wait for her points was absolutely--I can't even. Then they came and she didn't realize until she saw the actual "1" on the screen that she had won. Cue jumping and crying and beaming ♥.

And then afterward there was an adorable "interview" with her and Stephane Lambiel where he's teary-eyed and hugging her with one arm and saying, "Before you went in you told me you were going to die because you were so nervous! You didn't die! You won the gold!" and she's just shaking her head and trying to articulate what I'm pretty sure is impossible to articulate. ETA: Which is here!

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Oh, I'm so happy right now. SKATING.


ETA: or rather, let's file this entry under awesome ladies/winter sports fandom, yes. That one I can claim to be in. (♥, thesamefire.)

Comments

[thesamefire.livejournal.com]

hey, you are always in the "winter sports" and "awesome ladies" fandoms, no need to pretend ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

...fair point. *beams*

Man, it's like the cheesiest Disney sports movie ever: if there was ever a time to win a gold, you know?

[anoneknewmoose.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's amazing. ♥

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? :D

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

I don't even really know anything about this skater, but this post makes me really happy. What a beautiful performance.

[harborshore.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it? Oh, I couldn't stop smiling. Her utter surprise too, when she realizes she's won--oh man. ♥ I didn't know who she was when I watched the short program on Friday, but hearing that it was her last competition ever and that she'd had a lot of injury problems, it was great to see her do that well--and then yesterday, oh wow.