tiger woods triumphant return to the winners circle was hardly surprising to anyone who have followed his talent and tenacity during the last twelve years. but i admit, it still took me with huge strides of wonderment. wasn't he injured during the last ten months? but then some people are gifted with amazing skills. golf is not merely a good walk spoiled but a back page frolic that let pros compete until they're fifty and beyond. while former athletes in their late thirties are sprucing up with their car pool duties and weekly poker games, golfers are still gracing the sports pages with their clubs and follies plus their sponsors' names emblazoned in their hats.
now for a sport that favors the nimble and young. the week of figure skating has finally come to an end, it has been a beautiful treat. it's all about tricks and elements these days. the more triples, the less mistakes, the higher the scores. what if skating is judged without the jumps? i prefer grace and beauty with the skates rather than pyrotechnical axels. michelle kwan and sasha cohen were both elegant on ice. but sasha just couldn't skate clean two programs in a row while kwan's artistry was pulverized by those triple-triple specialists in the olympics. presentation has been relegated to the attic, it's more of a plus and minus in rotations of those flips and salchows. these skaters were a wonder in their time although i also like both joubert and evan lysacek. kim yu na short program was feted with difficulties and garnered such a high score, that all others were left reeling including defending champion mao asada. but i reckon miki ando's free skate was awesome and minus that fall on a triple axel, mao asada is still a gorgeous skater.
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