I have just read some very moving reviews at the AYDG about the show in Korea at

http://alexeidiscussiongroup.yuku.com/topic/4846?page=7

Show Ching always writes reports that make great reading, but I think this may be her most beautifully expressive report ever.  The page  has a wealth of reports from QingMei,  Show Ching, Jinny, and Midori.  I was thrilled to read that Alexei did 3 triple toe jumps beautifully and that his sitspins were of  the highest  quality (see Jinny's post for that).

Lina :)   

     

Here's a new interview,nice picture.


http://www.zhizn.ru/article/culture/12165/


to paraphrase(the free translators don't do the best job)

he's 28 but the number doesn't bother him.He's back on the market.Has dated some of the most beautiful girls on the planet.Asked him about his early childhood,how he came to skate.About his parents divorce,does he remember his dad.He said no basically.That his Dad moved to Germany,and that he called him after the Olympics but never called again.Says his Mom never remarried but has someone in her life and he is fine with him.
Asked him about his breakup,why he never marries the girls...he said he is too stubborn in relationships.He does not want kids right now and does not want to get married.He likes his freedom.He likes to give gifts to his "girls" bought various things for the various ones,some liked cards,some dinner,some stuffed animals...He's had his heart broken before.And as far as his recent ex,he says  they won't be getting back together.

Have managed to find quite a few pictures now of the Super Match event.

Alexei did Overcome and a new routine.  The outfit is not the most stylish - Nike loose muscle top and long-baggy shorts.  Mind you, it does mean lots of bulging Alexei mucles and his nice legs on show, so I'm not complaining. 

Sasha Cohen is involved in it - he hugs her and she pushes him away, whereby he ends up on the floor.  If Alexei hugged me like that I'd hug back.  In fact, I'd cling on like a barnacle and they'd have trouble prizing me off him  :lol:

I've uploaded the photo's.  Here's a taster.





the rest are at:
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii311/sharon1965_photos/super%20match%20korea%202008/
hope you enjoy them.  can't wait for the video's

Thanks to Jinny at the AYDG, we have a photo of Alexei of his arrival in Seoul, S. Korea for the Super Match show:

http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=001&oid=003&aid=0002195017

The time zone in Korea puts it 13 hours ahead of current U.S. Eastern Time.  Here's the URL for the World Clock again:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html

Just subtract your time from the time in Seoul, and you get your own time difference.  Time differences vary at different times of year, because some places use Daylight Savings Time, and some don't, so the World Clock is the fast and easy way to check. 

Ah, Jet lag!  I don't know how he stands it. lol  But I think that usually, it's worse after the return flight.

The Super Match takes place on July 19th and 10th, and it's already  almost 11:30 p.m.  on July 17 in Seoul, so it won't be long.  At least Alexei will have a day to get ready.

Lina  :) 

From the AYDG, here's a new  Korean  article on the upcoming show, in English:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2008/07/136_27575.html

The article mentions that the fire at Mokdong Ice Rink caused the show to be cancelled last year; it seems like just yesterday that we were looking at photos of Alexei and Yevgeny when they had  exited the building safely.

Lina :)

Alexei is scheduled to do the Super Match 2008 in S. Korea, according to the AYDG.  A recent post there by Jinny says that Alexei and Yevgeny will skate *together* like a pair team (in a backup role). 


http://alexeidiscussiongroup.yuku.com/topic/4846?page=3

Lina

The board was not accessible for a while yesterday; glad to see it back!  AYChing has posted a fun review of the play now, at:

http://alexeidiscussiongroup.yuku.com/topic/4845/t/Alexei-News-Photos-May-June-July.html?page=14

It sounds like Alexei really went over well with the audience!  And I love the photos at the URLs Laurie posted.  Nice suit! ;)

Lina :)

Welcome back, Karenna!  I hope so much that your friend, Jennifer, is found soon.

*Hugggggggg*

Lina