Tara Lipinski has been owning it on the commentating front this Sochi Winter Olympics. Just like Tara Lipinski owned it during 1998 Nagano games. Analyst and Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski on Lipnitskaya following her ladies’ free skate, which clinched the first gold of the Sochi Games for Russia in the inaugural team figure skating event:
“You have to think, not only for the team event will Russia win gold, but are we looking at the next Olympic gold medalist in the individual event? She looks like such a little girl, a porcelain doll out there, but underneath obviously is the mighty, stealth-like competitor. She’s ready – this is her time.”
By the way, if you want to feel old, Tara Lipinski is 31 years old now.
Tara Lipinski on the free dance performance in the team event by American skaters Meryl Davis and Charlie White:
“They take dance to another level, they push the envelope technically but they also match that with beautiful storytelling.”
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