I'm a sucker for it, what can I say?

I just love Olympic women's figure skating. Like a lot of people, I know. But it just opens those floodgates. Those earnest, devoted people making this strange and difficult thing so beautiful. This was just a great competition. I totally bought into the drama around Kim Yu Na and all the pressure on her from South Korea. And I haven't seen a more captivating performer on the ice in a long, long time. And the former queen of the sport, Mao Asada, fighting - really fighting, you can see it in her skate, with a powerful intensity, against the gentle, elegant force of Kim.

And then Joannie Rochette, again. I mean, to channel that pain into something so beautiful, and share it with the world. It's a special thing.

I sat there on my couch, gushing like a fire hydrant. And I'm doing it again now, as I write this.

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