She also completed a full set of medals at nationals, adding 2020 bronze to her 2018 gold and 2019 silver. Time will tell, and I truly hope she is happy.”. A fall on the combination in her short program, plus a few unsteady jumps in her free, put her second overall behind U.S. silver medalist Bell. She is a 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic champion, the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and the 2018 U.S national champion. Bradie Tennell, of the United States, competes during women's short program in the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in Las Vegas. So, with the help of her mother, Jean, she moved to Colorado, sharing an apartment with a non-skater and preparing for a season in which Covid-19 has made planning anything else nearly impossible. It takes place live Oct. 23-25 in Las Vegas, although no fans will be in attendance. It was Zakrajsek who had taught Mirai Nagasu the triple Axel, a process that began when she was 21 and ended three years later, in 2018, when Nagasu became the first U.S. woman to land the jump in an Olympics. The competition concludes Sunday with the men's free skate. Watching each other’s programs, we’re all able to cheer each other on and inspire each other to work harder.”. Follow on . When you are training a program and trying to learn a triple axel or quad, you can’t do that every day, every session. Favorite us! Some athletes are so focused and determined, they lift the games of those around them. By now in any other season, Tennell would likely have done at last one foreign competition. “I feel I am not done in the sport. “To have other athletes of (similar) caliber on the ice with me is competitive, in a good way,” she said. She’d add another midway through the program, as well as a triple flip-double-toe-double loop combination, and had no deductions. Zakrajsek isn’t reading too much into this early-season event, looking ahead to Skate America, where he hopes Tennell will compete. “I want to show a more mature side, to show I’m becoming a woman now,” Tennell said. “The job she asked me to do was to work on the triple axel and give my opinion if she could do quads (four-revolution jumps),” Zakrajsek said. 2020 – 2021 Season. He has been working with her on a different entry pattern to the three-and-a-half-rotation jump and on getting more airtime after the takeoff. This is like a fresh start.”. “We all love competing, but there is a certain wear and tear that goes with competing and traveling so much. In turn, sharing the ice with skaters including reigning world bronze medalist Vincent Zhou and 2017 U.S. champion Karen Chen, among others, invigorates Tennell. “That’s after only a short period of time,” Zakrajsek said. 2018 Olympian Karen Chen finished in seventh place and Amber Glenn in ninth. Fans at Tokyo Olympics may be asked to refrain from loud cheering “The hardest part of starting again was training my hands to be in coordination with each other. “It was refreshing, because I was being told things in a different way, and some things I had not heard before,” Tennell said. She is the 2015 U.S Junior Champion and 2013 U.S Novice Bronze Medalist. She is that type of presence.”. “Bradie isn’t aware of that, but I knew and several other coaches knew that even though we have hard-working athletes, they stepped it up when Bradie arrived. All Rights Reserved. Figure Skating’s virtual competition, the International Selection Pool Points Challenge, even though its two “opportunities” came when she was still settling into Colorado Springs. It will be a beautiful jump with a great arc.”. Figure Skating’s Fan Zone.). Her free skate score was 147.04 for a total of 222.97, but just edging her out of the silver-medal position was Young You of Korea, who jumped up a spot with her free skate score of 149.68 for a total of 223.23. I forgot how hard it was to have my left hand doing something different than my right. Figure Skating Championships, 2021 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships, 2021 U.S. “I tried to picture myself going back, but I couldn’t picture it, and I didn’t want to picture it. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). This will be Tennell’s third consecutive trip to the world championships after finishing sixth in 2018 and seventh in 2019. It wasn’t as if the figure skater from north suburban Chicago no longer was getting solid results. Tennell’s initial response to that question had been to continue working with her longtime coach, Denise Myers, in Vernon Hills, IL, while planning regular visits to coach Tom Zakrajsek, known for ability to reach jumps, in Colorado Springs, CO. “She did the ISP Challenge, most likely (will do) Skate America and she has signed up to do one of the Champion Series (U.S. qualifying events),” he said. “It is totally realistic, not pie in the sky,” he said. She was in second place after the short program on Thursday after scoring a personal best 75.93 and was the closest competitor to Japan’s Rika Kihira, but nonetheless trailed her by five points. Olivia Serafini/Mervin Tran (USA) — 168.07, 7. As of 2020, Bradie Tennell is possibly single. She imagines how lovely hitting one could sound, bringing the takeoff, height, airtime, rotations and landing together in perfect harmony. “The scenery is beautiful,” she said. … I read it and thought, ‘If there is a work ethic to back up what she stated there, then there is no stopping her from getting (the triple axel).’”. Mariah Bell Bradie Tennell delivers her punch, seizes figure skating nationals lead By Philip Hersh Jan 24, 2020, 11:45 AM EST GREENSBORO, N.C. – Bradie Tennell punched the air when she finished her winning short program at the U.S. Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (USA) — 151.15, 8. Sometimes the grass is greener, but sometimes it isn’t. Bradie Tennell performs in the women's free skate at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Feb. 8, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. It reached the point where, at age 22, she would explain the frustration during a recent phone interview with a paraphrase of a quote about insanity attributed to Albert Einstein. The 2018 U.S. champion and Olympian took the bronze at the Four Continents Championships on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea. Figure Skating Championship Series Moves to Virtual Format Due to COVID-19 Surge, Hawayek and Baker - November SKATING Magazine Cover Gallery, HomeLight Supports U.S. she stated enthusiastically. Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (USA) — 202.47, 3. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. “I really enjoy the training process, so I think that’s one of the positives that has come out of this.”, “Dancing With The Stars”’ Johnny Weir On Why It’s Unfair He’s Favored To Win, Vincent Zhou: Reimagined, Reinvigorated And Ready To Fight, Shibutani Siblings Add “Published Authors” To Extensive Resume. When asked whether it’s possible for a skater in her twenties to learn new jumps, Zakrajsek pointed to his student Nagasu, who developed the triple axel in her early twenties. She is a freelance contributor to TeamUSA.org on behalf of. 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