Ashley Wagner: I Don’t Regret My Reaction To Not Making Olympic Team | TODAY
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- In an exclusive live interview on TODAY, figure skater Ashley Wagner says she felt “heartbroken” and “devastated” when she came in fourth at the national skating championships, meaning she would not go to the Winter Olympics. She says she does not regret criticizing the judges afterward: “What you see is what you get with me.”
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Ashley Wagner: I Don’t Regret My Reaction To Not Making Olympic Team | TODAY
i'm glad ashley is never PC with her responses to interview questions. she has guts and she speaks out her truth. i respect that.
Jessie Aapd She's a coward. She doesn't have any guts. Do you not remember what happened during the last Winter Olympics? She won 4th place, and she still was given the spot at the 2014 Winter Olympics! Even though, they can only send the top 3 skaters! Since when is 4th place the new 3rd place? On top of that, she was absolutely fine that they robbed the real third place winner of her dream of going to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Wagner didn't complain when she stoled the 3rd place winner's spot, but now she is complaining about not being picked? She literary thinks she's entitled over skaters that are better then her. She thinks money can buy her a spot to the 2018 Winter Olympics like she did in 2014, and that is wrong. Wagner has no class whatsoever. Imagine yourself winning 1st place, but the Olympic committee takes your gold medal and giving it to the 2nd place winner. If she had some class and courage, she would have spoken out and say it's not right and rejected being picked to go to the 2014 Winter Olympics. She should have rejected being picked and return the spot to the real 3rd place winner! That's courage and true class. Wagner didn't have courage and class then, and she still doesn't have any class and courage now!
@@powderwigwoodenteethmf5037 The top 3 isn’t automatically the people who go, that’s not how it works. They take into consideration how you have been performing the whole season, Ashley was performing better. That’s why she was chosen.
People don't think she deserves to feel real emotions after practicing endless hours and doing hard work /endpost
dizzigrey It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
@@machelb510 Her scores were better than some of the girls who went to the Olympics. That's why she felt she should have went the judges in the 2014 Olympics cycle judged more the artistic part of the skaters performance rather than the technical side.
@Mountain Lover Mirai was struggling for YEARS and didn't deserve an olympic team spot based on 1 good performance.
She is allowed to be disappointed. I think it is weird that people are criticizing that.
Susan Speicher it's how she reacted. She was a poor sport
At first I was surprised by her upfront reaction, but I'm proud of her here. She is a very good sport to say that she should only question her scores in relation to herself. She is going to cheer on the team. I can't expect anything more from her at this point. Call her reaction what you will, but she is being a good sport now.
That was kind of a weird question asking Ashley if she hoped to be called up as an alternate. The only way that typically happens is if someone has an injury, so essentially they were asking her if she hoped someone got injured. How do you respond to that? Of course, she would be happy to go to the Olympics, but you don't want to appear to be wishing for something terrible to happen to someone else. Bad question.
Amy Mantravadi They are wondering if she will be like Tonya and make herself go to the Olympics.
I thought that was a bit of a weird question too but she answered it very well
Exactly. The media is just SO ridiculous...ugh🙄
She's already been to the olympics and it was Mirai Nagasu 4 years ago who was LEFT OUT and felt probably the same way Ashley's feeling now...
except Mirai didn't get removed from the team to underscoring her. She didn't get to go then, because Mirai couldn't put a decent performance in until the one event.
Would they continually ask a man if he regrets criticizing the judges? She's allowed to voice her opinion, and I like that she is standing by what she said.
Evan Clomin It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
Evan Clomin nah they would totally ask a guy the same thing.
I think they would ask a lot of questions of a man who did the same thing, but I don’t think they would be nearly as concerned with “his tone” or showing grace and poise like they do with a woman.
If that man was infamous for being cool with stealing another athlete's spot four years before then yeah.
Nope. They would not berate a man's response over and over like that. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed....
I bet she is not the only skater who ever felt "heartbroken" but the others didn''t do such things like this.... they didn't go on social media and complain about how they do.
If it wasn't for Ashley Wagner's and Karen Chen's placement at Worlds this past year we would not have 3 spots at the Olympics so I have to say Ashley has done a lot for US Figure Skating.
I am a figure skating coach and all girls at my rink look up to Ashley and want to be like her. Also my brother use to trained with Ashley and said she was always supper nice to everyone at the rink I have also meet her and the sass is real Ashley is not going to change and I don't think she should she is a great skater and performer.
No wonder this country is so screwed up on political correctness. If Ashley cannot stand by how she felt and hold her opinion on what's fair or unfair then how can we begin to report actual news on our politicians and affairs of greater importance? Dear newspeople, stop skewing and guiding news for DRAMA. Good for Ms. Wagner in saying EXACTLY how she saw it, whether it was right or not.
Your blame is misplaced. Ashley created this drama all on her own; the media did its job by reporting her comments. She created even more drama by coming on this show and doubling down instead of apologizing. An athlete with class would never take the spotlight away from the other three girls.
She's got more class than you do, you've just shown yourself to be an ignorant judgmental person.
pam0626 why should she apologize? For speaking her mind? For calling out the shady judging at nationals? For not being afraid to say what she feels? She doesn't owe anyone an apology.
Lidija B It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
SHE DIDN'T TAKE IT. If you followed skating through the years you would know that she earned her spot on the team by her placement at multiple international events in the 2012-2013 season and the 2013-2014 season. She didn't have that this time because Karen out placed her at last seasons worlds.
She wasn't complaining because she didn't get "picked," she was pointing out how the scores deviated when they had never deviated like that before between international and national competition but you ever four years skating fans have no idea how this stuff works so you need to stop.
Gabby Douglas was good in the 2015 season but after success then she didn't upgrade when many other girls did so by 2016 she was placed on the team after a lackluster overall season where her successes were relative due to the lack of international competition the US faces. She did well on the team so people really over reacted then. That was a different situation entirely and a different sport. Figure skating selection is determined by different measures.
Every four year skaters get heart broken. Mirai was four years ago. She didn't make a big fuss over it. That probably what made Mirai better this time around. It's sport.
Ashley Wagner emblematizes the weakness of the American system, which tends to be nostalgic and rewards past wins. The Russians do so much better because you're only as good as the moment.
I like her honesty.
ct n I agree. This girl has no class whatsoever. What she should have done in 2014 is reject being picked to for the Winter Olympics, because she didn't deserve it. The top 3 winners deserved it, but she didn't. She placed 4th place, but they robbed the 3rd place winner of her dream anyways. Yet, she was fine with it. Now she's complaining about not being picked? This girl is pure trash, entitled, immature, and dishonest
She's a whiny complainer and always has been. Can't stand her.
I’m so confused because she didn’t hit her program she popped a triple and she two footed a jump that’s not a great program
She's so dramatic. Ending her program like it was a skate of a lifetime when she didn't even skate that well. She has skated much better than that. Appeared on that show to smooth over the sh*tfit she threw. Hellfire.
Sometimes you have greater feelings with your skating than how you did, sometimes its otherweise... Like, you sometimes feel like a good jump had some tecnique problems that were not really that big, while sometimes you focus on landing the jumps and dont notice small/big tecnique problems, that end up taking points...
Yo, she ALWAYS does that. For every average/whack performance-- she puts her hands on her face and pretends to cry tears of joy and is all smiles, then she'll sit down and wait to hear the judges score and be surprised she scored low and make faces.
It's like she makes a scene thinking she can sway the judges into giving her sympathy points or something....lol
Lol That's exactly what she does. Also that whole "sass is real" thing is just her being an a-hole.
Porkchop 132 she skated well enough to be on the podium. Many years she would have won handily. It was a tough field and the judges (unfairly, IMO) judged her on the season not on the night. That’s a huge problem that skaters get bonus PCS for doing programs multiple Times a season. Skaters who are injured or don’t make the GPF are immediately at a disadvantage
In 2014 she was unfairly shoved in the Olympic team with the best skaters and her terrible skating in the team event dragged everyone else down from silver to bronze. She thinks she can trick the judges by acting happy at the end of her performances.
Lol, love the photo bomb around 3:23. Nice recovery Al😁
She had a lack-luster performance and did not have the fire like she did in the 2015-2016 season. That's why her PCS weren't as high as she expected them to be.
They were lower even than she had been all season internationally, that's why she was confused. She absolutely didn't deserve marks like 2015-2016 but having PCS scores drop from what the international judges score someone, while that skater is at a national event is super rare and she definitely isn't wrong about the judges turning on her.
I honestly think she gave up on improvement and staying competitive after she got that Silver Medal at Worlds in 2016, and thought that she was a given for the Olympic Team
agree that's exactly what happened she didn't have the fire
Ashley has no one to blame but herself she underachieved in 3 straight US Nationals during Olympic years and didn't even make the podium in the last 2 when all she had to do was finish in the top 3 when there were 3 spots
3Axel1996 she had the best performance of the night. None of the other american ladies can skate as well as her.
Is she expected to say sorry for being upset or disappointed? Are women not allowed to feel emotion or are we just expected to be sweet and complicit?
I see someone doing damage control....was wondering how this would play out.
Oh come on...she was 4th last olympic selection(2014) yet she was still picked Instead of Marai nagasu who had a higher placement . Now its Marai’s time to shine.
The judges got it right. Go Team USA!!
Our problem today is that we think it’s OK to verbalize every single thought in our heads. Years ago, she would be labeled a poor sport, and rightly so.
If she is first alternate, does she actually go to Pyongcheng, in the event something happens there and she needs to replace someone?
"Based on the selection criteria, they absolutely made the right call with this team." Then why is she still so angry and/or upset?
I don't regret it either. I love that she is not giving a free pass this Olympics like last time.
It's simple, US Olympic FS has moved on. The sport has changed and her style is the old school. The Russian style has taken over and the judges for this event made a statement to international skating teams.
Have you ever heard of good sportsmanship, Ashley? You keep your mouth shut and congratulate the skaters going to the Olympics. You had your shot in Sochi. You took Mirai Nagasu's spot there; I'm thrilled Mirai is going to Pyeongchang and you're staying home.
Debra Enderle actually she did congratulate them
If she had done the routine earlier in the year she would have known how the judges would react to ot for the second mark. Maybe the program could have been tweeked to allow for a higher score
Her second mark was lower in the short program too than what she got internationally and she's skated that all year. She was actually 3rd in the free skate, it was her marks in the short that cost her the spot.
@@jjkaykay8552 which clearly shows they didn't want her.
I did not enjoy Ashley's LP to the La La Land soundtrack. Last year's LP to Muse was one of my favorites!
Ugh🙄 Everyone saying how “amazingly brave she is” but she’s honestly a terrible sport. Had a coach that used to skate at the same rink as her and says stories of how unsportsmanlike she is. Mirai Nigasu deserves this spot more than her and Mirai also deserves it more in 2014
Ashley Wagner came into 2014 as the reigning national champion, for 2012 and 2013. Ashley Wagner came into 2018 as the only US ladies world medalist in recent skating history (silver in 2016) and contributed to the US getting 3 spots for the Olympics at 2017 Worlds. You do not get the power to discredit her success based off unfounded rumors you heard from one person.
Что же ты не смогла в двух программах откатать чисто? Кто тебе мешал? 22 года она шла к олимпийским играм, в ответственный момент провалилась и теперь жалуется на разбитое сердце. Неудачница.
I think we've all been in that headspace before. When something you've dreamed of has slipped through your fingers, it's natural to feel upset. People who are saying she's being a bad sport, well that's not really true because she is very supportive of the other Team USA skaters and she congratulates them. I think she is just surprised she didn't meet her PB score.
Everyone has their idea of how they wanted things to go at nationals/Olympic team selection. The truth of the matter is that Ashley just barely missed being named to the team. She skated well, just not quite well enough. I think it’s incredibly silly for people to dump on Ashley or any of the ladies that made the team. They are all excellent skaters in their own right.
I was upset that Mirai didn’t make the 2014 team, but I didn’t throw fits in the comments of RUclips videos. People need to calm down. 🙄
Actions speak louder than words doesn’t seem to be her thing. Ashley, you had some nice moments in your career. But no matter how “PR savvy” you try to be, people will judge you on your performances and work ethic. Not classy at all.
the music cost her. it was gruesome.
Might pull a tonya Harding on one of them (Even though I don't think tonya did that)
The reporter tries so hard to get a bad response from Ashley lol but she handled it well with class and said all the right things
Weell...because she said what she said about Zagitova most of those who read about this on our local news portal think that she is dumb and jealous.
Also, I remember how we were surprised in childhood during Olympics when American athletes were jumping gladly after flopped performances. She seems like one of those. I think she knew beforehand that she had chances only in case of her opponents falls. I guess they were still better.
Maybe if she had not been wasting her time doing ice shows and commercials and naked photoshoot she would have been much more prepared than she was and would not need to be blaming the judges for her lack of preparation. All the other girls worked hard for this and she did not
She is a honest person She deserves much more
Never could stand her.
I agree with every singe world Ashely said, she has all the right to question the way the judges have been giving points so far (at nationals and every other competion so far). She doesn´t demerit the hard works of the ladies that made it to the team but she honestly shared her opinion about her scores and has all the right to stand by her words.
Plus, does every skater needs to be a quiet mouse about the work the ISU judges have been doing so far?
Still cannot decide what she has less, class or skating skills. This time she did not still anyones spot. She has to say thank you to the committee that did not pick her, they saved her from the embarrassment of taking last place at the Olympics.
hoda doesn't understand that her reaction after her long was all acting. she knew she didn't have the skate to warrant that fake reaction. it was all to help try to get her on the team. her scores and placement were accurate. ashley is confused about her scores? maybe it's because she was held up in the past when she shouldn't have been, but that's usfsa and figure skating for you...
Wow didn't know today teamed up with TMZ. This is an incredibly disrespectful interview of a past olympic athlete. What are you guys a gossip collumn
I imagine anyone would be upset...and ones who are saying crap about her most likely haven’t worked very very hard for a very very long time for something they wanted very very bad and been extremely disappointed! Don’t judge when you haven’t a clue! She has every right to be upset, devastated and question her scores! She is a human!
I respect women
Katsu Machu big accomplishment.
It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
Machel B no she is complaining about her pc score because she doesn’t think it was accurate. is there a problem?
Not. One. Thing.
Sometimes people can't tell the difference between gracious and meek.
I understand where she's coming from. She said she agrees with the technical score, but not the components, and I would have to agree. I thought her presentation was really good here..she skated with a lot of joy. And I don't think she was rewarded for it. That being said, that 3rd spot was a toss-up between Karen and Ashley. And I don't blame them for choosing Karen, but I could also see why Ashley would be a little upset. Karen definitely earned that 3rd spot though, fair and square. The past couple of years, she proved herself, and she did the best out of all US ladies at last year's worlds. Not only that, but it wouldn't be fair to send Ashley to the Olympics a 2nd time, when she finished 4th AGAIN. She already had that gift when Mirai got screwed in 2014.
Yes you'd worked hard and yes you deserved to be upset. But everyone else worked hard, too and to undermine their dream and their success by telling everyone the judging was wrong is so, so unfair
??? USA, Why?
I love Ashley Wagner. She's confident, proud, strong on the ice. She is full of emotion in her skating, but I feel something off of her. She's confident, but there's nothing wrong with a little bit of nervousness. From a performance standpoint, it can really help even
So proud of her, deserved so much more!
Moir-Virtue It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
Machel B girl first, I’m Canadian. So to mention “white America” to me is completely irrelevant lol. Secondly I didn’t follow the Gabby story so I can’t comment there either. The only reason I commented that I’m proud of Ashely is because of the program she put out, not because of the comments she made.
Moir-Virtue well my bad this is intended for the racist Americans.
Well said Ashley.....
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She talks about working her whole life to go to the Olympics. Well she got a chance last time over a qualifying skater. So I am not sympathetic to her. Her reaction was as last time. Me. Me. Me. Brandi needs to work on her artistry and these ladies will come home with medals.
There is a small chance of the ladies getting medals. Medvedeva and Zagitova's scores are unreachable to any other lady and they are very consistent so they will most likely fight for gold and silver. The bronze might be a possibility, but before thinking of reaching these two girls they have to overcome Osmond, Daleman, Miyahara, Sotskova and Kostner. Most, if not all of them have been very consistent this season and their reputation helps them. And I'm not saying this probability would change much with Wagner. The US best hopes for Olympic Medals in Figure Skating are the Team Event (most likely bronze if the Russian skaters can compete as a team and Canada being solid throughout the 4 disciplines), whoever performs best of their 3 ice dance teams (also very hard to expect anything but bronze with Papadakis/Cizeron and Virtue/Moir there), and Nathan Chen (definitely the best hope for an Olympic Champion, remaining undefeated this season and with his main rivals struggling with injuries and consistency).
THey won't come home with medals Zagitova and Medvedeva could do the hokey pokey and the judges would give them the win. And the bronze will either go to Carolina, Miyahara or Osmond who are better than all of the American girls combined.
Go home Ashley. It is time for you to retire. Just like how you booed Sasha cohen off the ice in 2010 and made fun of her age.
She has never been attractive on the ice. No grace, too many phony facial expressions. Look at Lipnitskaya for example, reason she owned her audience and had such size on ice because of her grace, and also being reserved and mysterious. She's mesmerizing. Wagner, please close your mouth. Whining is annoying.
Oh Ashley, if only your figure skating spinning was as effective as your PR spin. There is something very disingenuous about your comments...it's been this way for a few years. Please stop.
mempto I agree. Personally it sounds so bratty and entitled
The glaring problem Ashley and other female skaters have had over the years is under rotation, thus they lose points because the jump is downgraded to the next level. Ashley also has had the problem of two footing some of her jumps. BTW, the reason why it's a 'sport' is because of the athleticism needed for the jumps. Take the jumps out and you have....wait for it....ice dancing.
David Barnett I
Can't wait to see her on Four Continents!
I'll watch her in that competition rather than those who are sent to the Olympics and Worlds.
iamkarenh she won’t go to four continents she wanted Olympics and worlds.
Her PCs my have been a bit lower although it wasn’t a very good program, but the placements were correct. Both her programs had huge issues technically and artistically.
Yes she is, along with Mariah Bell and Starr Andrews.
she withdrew.
She withdrew because competitions don't matter to her. This proves how undeserving she was to go to the Olympics. I'm go glad her time has come and gone. Very poor attitude she has.
If she were a man would we be having this convo?
Yes, this has nothing to do with gender. It has to do with the way she acted towards the judges
Nope.
No this is completely sexist. When a woman is strong and speaks up people always attack her.
A very similar conversation was had when Johnny Weir made a fuss about not making the 2009 world team. It wasn’t as publicized because it wasn’t an Olympic year.
So the answer is yes, if she were a man, this conversation would be happening.
Yes
Shes a human, working hard every day, shes allowed to question something she has lots of experience in, she knows what shes doing, therefore she can question the judging
She's still wining.
She is so talented! And a great entertainer. There is a difference between being whiny and getting upset you did not make the team. She isn't whiny. And honestly judges sometimes do make mistakes, just as skaters competing fall down - so do judges. Some of the things she does on the ice from an artistic standpoint cannot be matched the same way. Not only that, but the intricate level of difficulty in her artistry, I think is rarely seen.
It's actually so funny because I am a big admirer of Polina Edmunds. Sometimes I find her to be so underrated. And all I kept hearing was "Ashley Wagner" this and "Ashley Wagner" that. So today I clicked on a video to watch her skate for the first time. I was thinking she was going to be just plain average. Because sometimes America likes to award mediocre competitors and say how supposedly wonderful and unbeatable they are. It is always within our popular culture to do so. However, I have to say she wasn't average at all. She's so unique in the way she skates and I can see why she stands out from the others. She has won me over. And as much as I like Polina, I can admit the fact she doesn't have quite all the finesse and small attentive details in her presentation as Ashley has. Ashley also has such a sense of fine-tuned coordination. You can see she has been training hard for so many years
Whine what you want, you're still not in Pyongyang !
Serves her right for stealing Mirai's spot in Sochi so...no tears from me
If you follow figure skating at all you know the spot wasn't between Ashley and Mirai. It was between Mirai and Polina. And they picked newcomer Polina who tanked at the Olympics.
a world alone I said what I said. Either way I'm glad Mirai is there this go round. She has an outside chance of medaling but everyone loves a comeback kid
Ashley stole nothing, she earned it. She is the reason the US had 3 spots for the olympic team and she had the best international results of any US lady during that quad. Mirai on the other hand had all sorts of trouble through those years and had no coach at nationals, she landed all her jumps but was visibly out of shape and taking rests throughout her programs. She had no good results internationally that year, she didn't have any resume to back her up and had she gone to the olympics she would have finished lower than 10 for sure. Mirai has grown so much since then, and had some gone then we might have never seen her rise. She is so trained now, she has everything on her side and has fought for it without ever saying anyone stole anything from her, because they didn't.
I am so sick of everyone always dragging Mirai into everything Ashley does.
Brooke Grace spare me the essays and the dramatics.
You obviously do not understand this sport, not do you know how to respect the most decorated female athlete skating in the US right now. It's the facts not the dramatics. Your ignorance is showing.
I SEE HER TALKING BUT ALL I HEAR IS NAAAAAAAY.
But she didn’t nail it!!!! It wasn’t good!!!! She messed up two jumps!!!
Although I would have personally liked to see her be more private about her adverse reactions, I fully understand why she'd be puzzled about her scores at the Nationals this year. I am not saying her PCSs have always been justifiably high, nor am I saying she deserves to go to the Olympics by ANY means--but, if I were a skater and the judges were to suddenly "take away" my PCS advantages, I'd probably have a similar reaction.
I saw Ashly today
Don’t know why Ashley’s complaining about Americans are not going to medal this year anyways Russia and Japan are looking really strong
Everyone is complementing Wagner on her honesty. But this girls a poor sport. Let us all reflect on the 2014 Nationals when she Came in 4th place and took Mirai Nagasu's 3rd place Olympic QUALIFYING finish for the Sochi Olympics. Let's all reflect on how MIRAI did her interview. Cause if anyone had a right to complain about the judges or the Olympic committee's decision to send a lackluster 4th place none qualifying skater to the Olympics; Mirai would have had every right to. But she didn't, she was graceful and did no media tours like this poor sport. As a matter of fact, Mirai never had an interview, she only made a classy statement to the media complimenting the judges decision. But no, not Wagner, shes keeping it ALL THE WAY REAL THO......Like a "Real" poor sport. This girl is average, and it's shown in her work and her performances. You were average then, and you're average now. Now we see MIRAI Nagasu tearing it up at the Olympics. Landing triple Axles (The Third Woman; and second American after Tonya Harding to land a triple axle) and most likely will win Gold. So, be gracious Wagner; something you don't know how to be, and let these ladies have their day, like they let you have your "fraudulent" day
#BeHumble #SITDOWN
Girl, hush!!
for any of you who think she was judged unfairly this is how you handle when things don't go your way. she's classy honest and a competitor and this is 80% of the reason why I like her. even though this is not the Hollywood ending she wanted this is definitely how a leading lady reacts! good job Ashley proud of you!
Becky De La Fuente It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
not good enough to make the team, that how it works, Russia way ahead of the games..
I’m so glad she didn’t make it.
#GIRLBYE
So does this mean she's actually going to 4CC?
something about her is really off
Karma ... 2 Olympics being 4th at Nationals? Don't think so!!! You didn't even deserve going to Sochi ... Mirai in 2014 just accepted her fate, why don't you just accept yours this time.
At the time of Sochi Olympics Mirai didn't really have a coach it was after that Nationals that she started taking with Tom Z and got way better this is her time not that year.
Good PR... Because she sounded like an entitled white girl crying about not being selected to the team when she was lucky enough to be named to the team last time, considering she's pretty much in the same position. There was such a build up to LaLaLand and it was empty af and the layout of the first half was almost identical to her Moulin Rouge (a program she used 2 yrs in a row) not to mention she popped her most important jump combination. This performance was a flop and sadly she's not as strong as the other girls nor has she provided a great track record for the season. I like Ashley though and actually really wanted her to make the team and be this dynamic duo w/ Adam. She should blame that Bradie girl for coming out of no where and snatching a spot lol
King of Everything Bronze at Skate America = Out of nowhere. Lol
King of Everything you sound like a hateful jealous black woman. And who made YOU kingb of everything?
Is there any need to bring race in here? I agree with some of your opinions, but this need to bring race issues where is totaly uncalled for is ridiculous. Not pc police here, just move on with the "white this black that". She expressed her opinion about her scores and didn´t demerit her comperitors in any way.
Ashley is an immature, entitled jerk but that has nothing to do with her being white. Please keep race out of your criticism of her because it poisons your argument.
Wrong music. Skating not that level like 2015 - 16 .
She deserves to be mad. She got it right when she complains with her PCS. She deserves higher than what she was given this nats.
mikel jason Allas It's stranger to see all u ppl on here defending her what's she wining about nt being selected this time around, she took a girl spot 4 years ago now she wants to complain cause they didn't pick her this time around? Girl bye the girls that are on the team earn their spot. I find white America so funny, even though its nt the sane sport. gabby Douglas got criticism for nt only coming back by actually being good and could av won a model second time around bt due to 2 per country she couldn't compete. white American was all-over her with their racist selves bt now u want to make excuses for this girl? when clearly she's acting like an entitle princess!!!
And you are writing the same comment under every Ashley-supporting comment in this video, go get a life. 1. While the situation with Mirai seemed stinky, look at the criteria for Oly qualification, something else counts beside nationals and Ashley as better at that time. It was 4 years ago, people need to get over it. Maybe people will now complain that Adam goes to Olympics instead of Ross? She has the right to complain, cause this year nationals were pretty awful if it comes to scoring. Bradie, another overhyped newcomer American princess who won only thanks to judges who boosted her with undeserving PCS. Ashley who skated not at her best still didn't get PCS she deserved. I've seen her skating worse internationally and getting better PCS.
gwirith14 are u stupid?I'm living one aren't I!!!
For the first time in her carreer she was not overscored. She has more ego than skating skills.
I don't think she said anything that she should have to apologize for. She didn't trash the other skaters, she just said her own scores should have been higher. I wish athletes were allowed to go off in private and react however they want without cameras following them around and reporters demanding interviews.
I don't think Ashley was a bad sport, she questioned the scores respectfully and logically. She does have a fair point. Not that I think her PCS should be same as in World 2016, I don't even wanna see her in Oly, but I'll give her that.
Her performance was so so beautiful and well skated. She should be proud. She was certainly good enough to go to the Olympics. She should be proud.
She is way overrated! She played her routines too safe for most and used same song over and over
She so WEIRD! 4 yrs ago what she did? she stealing Mirai's spot in Sochi!
Every four years fans like you will never understand how olympic qualification actually works and you clearly don't know enough to know that Ahsley is the most decorated female US figure skater on the ice right now.
huigomi she didn't steal the spot from Mirai. Ashley was the superior skater. You're delusional.
Abby Atwood actually she did because she pushed for it. Ashley came on 4th.
No, it was good that she was chosen over Mirai. Mirai's long program was too similar to Yuna Kim's "James Bond" short program from 2010. Had Mirai been selected for the team then, it would've looked like she copied Yuna's program.
She did not steal Mirai’s spot the committee did that!
Ashley Wagner is awesome. (period)
I did not watch the performances this year. I do know that Ashley usually has been scored quite low in the past. However, I have always believed that the top skaters that perform at the nationals are the ones that deserve to go. So if Ashley finished fourth then she does not deserve to go. She already got that chance four years ago when she finished fourth. However, Ashley is allowed to share her opinion. I am sure she was devasted when she found out that she did not make the final cut.
I agree. Everyone can have their own opinion on her skate but I don't see why she is ridiculed for questioning her scores. She is upset. She has already stated that the top 3 earned their spots. Stop trying to drag her into drama.
I will admit that I'm not sorry she isn't goung. Her ego!
Maybe she had off day I think she work so hard all her life it would be upsetting too anyone too get low marks I was never was good at sports hope she competes again
I agree with her on PCs but the placements were correct.
Lmao, Im laughing at her, when she accused of zagitova cheating because she supposedly "cheated" at the end of her choreography, Girl sit down pls, That girl works hard everyday, Alina won fair and square, Stop trying to spit on her
That was awful! Publicly criticizing a 15 year old. And when she got backlash for it, she posted on Twitter something like “remember, before you leave a mean comment on my post, that there’s a real person on the other side of that post.” Oh but it was ok for her to post mean spirited things about a 15 year old 🙄 Maybe she should try taking some of her own advice.
@@aliciascott4299well everyone knows that Russia cheats. So the cats out the bag now.
Absolutely overrated. Envy girl.
I MET HER IN FIGURE SKATEING CAMPpPpP!!!!!!!!
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