I wasn’t ready to be an Olympian or win nationals or to do any of those things when I was younger. “But now, I feel I’m so confident in who I am and what I mean and the skater that I am. The universe was like, it’s not quite right yet. Maybe I even skated well, maybe even better than I did (at the 2022 nationals), but the timing wasn’t right. I’ve been close before but it hasn’t happened. “I’ve gained responsibility and it’s made me a better person and that’s why I think I’m a better athlete. “I’ve gone through a lot in skating and out of skating that has really given me perspective,” Bell said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports. American figure skater Theresa Weld Blanchard also made that 1928 Olympic team at 34.
women’s national champion or Olympian has been older than Bell since Beatrix Loughran, who won the 1927 national title at 26 and won the 1928 Olympic bronze medal at 27. men put on show for the ages at figure skating nationalsīut no U.S. We see these incredible young Russian girls, and unfortunately there it’s hard to be able to continue at a high level at an older age.” “ The culture in skating is so young, at 15, 16, you’re pretty much almost on your way out in a lot of ways, especially in Russia. “Right now it seems the culture is these young girls doing these incredible elements (quadruple jumps and the like),” Bell said after winning her national title and making the 2022 U.S. News flash: there actually is a woman – someone born in a previous century – in women’s figure skating. women’s Olympic figure skater in 94 years.įOLLOW THE CHASE FOR GOLD: Never miss a moment with our Olympic newsletterīEIJING TEXT UPDATES: Get behind-the-scenes access to the Tokyo Olympics By doing so, she became the oldest women’s national champion in 95 years and the oldest U.S. women’s figure skating title on her ninth try at 25. Why would anyone speak of such a thing in women’s figure skating? The little girls come along, they jump their hearts out and win their medals and then they leave, sometimes before they get their driver’s licenses, often before they turn 20. – The figure skater was talking about something women skaters almost never talk about. Part of USA TODAY's 10 to watch series profiling some of America's top athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics
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