Caroline Zhang 2008 TEB LP Sleeping Beauty

[@feraina1]

Her performance here was also affected by having had tendonitis as well as a twisted ankle just before SC, which was 2 weeks before TEB, plus growing so much so fast that she outgrew her Sleeping Beauty dress before she got to compete in it (the dress here is a last-minute remake of a practice dress, she talks about it in the K&C)! So she had to recover from time lost due to injury as well as the growth spurt, when preparing for this challenging program. I think she did very well!

[@KLS397]

4:29 love her arms in the layback spin, you can see how the spin is perfectly centered :)

[@ШолпанКульчиманова]

Супер.

[@plumeria66]

At least she didn't fall all over the place like Sasha Cohen...it's amazing how falls don't take away from rising to the top when they should.

[@KateLeTangerine]

Your banner was awesome :) I'm trying to hunt out some videos of my Brian/John and Sinead one!

[@herm712]

She never really settled into this program which is why I think she went back to Ave Maria. If you watch her 2 performances to Sleeping Beauty and then watch her 2 performances to Ave Maria at nationals and 4CC, you can definitely see a diff. She's more relaxed and calm skating AM, and those were both at two very pressure filled competitions. This program didn't do much for her so I'm glad she switched back.

[@craisydazy18]

@Caro0lineJ this is on the disney sleeping beauty sound track

[@chichillguy]

ah yes the pearl spin at the end is pure magic

[@iceblade827]

Um, correct me if i'm wrong, but did she NOT skate a clean program?? because i am looking for the mistake, and I don't see it, which means ya'll need to stop hatin? I don't see ANY of you, competing at T.E.B?

[@feraina1]

This program was a challenge for her, because it required her to skate faster and more powerfully than she was accustomed to, and it showed. I think if she had kept working hard on it, it would have become a better program and, more importantly, challenged to become a more mature skater faster. I'm really bummed that she didn't keep this LP, which I liked a lot better than Ave Maria, though I must admit she skated the latter admirably at 4CC.

[@sherpanen]

Her jumps takeoffs are very strange... O.o It looks like she hadn't practised them much... Especially look her arms at the loop's takeoff... It looks like she is having trouble to jump. But her spins are a m a z i n g! I love her and her flexibility :)

[@329kay]

i am also an ice skater 8D this iz good

[@herm712]

this was a bad program for her which is why she went back to last year's LP. she's gained a bit more speed but that entrance/edging into her flip & lutz have to be corrected. other than that, she's beautiful to watch, remarkably consistent with her jumps and a probably the best female skater in the US, even with the issues. her 4th place finish at 4CC proved that. if she can fix her flip/lutz entrance and edge, gain a bigger double axel and a bit more speed in her skating she'll be unstoppable.

[@99skatingstar]

my god!!! her jumps (except 4 axel) her free leg was soo sloppy!! it was going out everywhere!

[@akaidensya2000]

この編曲が好きだったりする。

[@HatakeMegumi]

@egodiegoego Agreed, I've seen her live and she's such a lovely skater, she just needs to fix her mule kicks. They look even more awkward live.

[@hongjin8909]

She reminds me those lovely Chinese girls.

[@bowmangirls]

her first take off was horrible, besides that wow!!!

[@SkatingFreak98]

Her spins are so perfect... But the way she flings her arms back on all her jumps except her loop is really annoying! Other than that, absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@intldawn]

I agree totally. She is capable of far more intricate and difficult choreography but she is doing little more than stroking in between the big stuff. Plus, her jumping technique gets more labored and distracting every year, and that needs to stop. She is beautiful but I don't think either of her programs challenge her to grow as a skater and performer. Maybe a coaching change is in order...?

[@Cranniet]

Asada-like lutz :P But she's great! :)

[@Adultskater]

@egodiegoego youre so right! I don't understand how she developed such a terrible habbit! I love her, but I cannot stand watching those jumps! i always expect to see her fall... I can't help it!

[@Caro0lineJ]

what is the song please ?

[@VioletBob]

she has beautiful limb structure......

[@JoLinn91]

She has a really awful jupig technique..

[@helaya007]

she is obviously very good but not reached the body language that kwan has got