US Figure Skating Championships 2011
U.S. Figure Skating Championships 2011, figure skater Mirai Nagasu only takes a few seconds to find the spirit of a single line to define how they use Twitter.
"I use it so you quote me," Nagasu said.
The group of journalists gathered laughed and seemed ready for the next question, but Nagasu was not finished yet.
Skaters have continued to engage in a thorough explanation of a tweet that has had some problems this week, the one where she made fun of a rule that does not allow competitors to take bottled water off the reception room.
Apparently, the joke does not make the Internet much more than a few people, and Nagasu makes every effort to try to remedy the situation.
"I was a little annoyed, they would not let me go on the water, but it is environmentally friendly, and I'm here to help the environment, too," Nagasu said. "People the right of the arena event, and I was wrong. "
Nagasu explanation is that social networking has become much of figure skating in recent years, with many skaters from around the world followed on Twitter and Facebook.
Two main competitors for the title of women Nagasu, Rachael Flatt and Ashley Wagner, also in regular contact with Twitter to keep the fan running. And if Wagner said that no light in a press conference.
Still coughing flu, Wagner was able to support only two minutes for questions after his short program.
But he could not say the drafting of two minutes at the window of his seventh place performance, deliver more than 4,500 followers.
"That's what I give this short program! Lol not my best. Not as bad as eight points in the 09th night. Here we go," Wagner @ AshWagner2010 tweeted on him.
"It would not be citizens without court sheets!" Later, Twitter.
When social networking sites set up information and responses, figure skating might be easier for the casual fan.
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships 2011 has its own Twitter site (@ NC2011) and hashtags (# NC2011), so it is easy to see the views of observers and competitors throughout the week.
And instantanlysis of fans around the world with the performance of a competitor is as simple as writing your name in the Twitter search function.
Most figure skaters also a fan page on Facebook regular updates on their training and competition.
Three months have been released through the campaign, fans of Twitter and Facebook, Ryan Bradley was shown twice champion, and Jeremy Abbott won the short program, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Club in Greensboro.
It is not very close. Programming error, and wonderfully entertaining Bradley Bugle Boy Company B earned him 80.39 points, putting him just two points ahead of Abbott. Brandon Mroz is a distant third freestyle Sunday.
Earlier Friday, the Olympic and world silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White made a big step toward another title victory dance in the United States a short command. I'm almost six points ahead of the formation of other Maia and Alex Shibutani and today the free dance.
Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat was the first major figure skating ice dancing title by winning the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland. Pechalat and Bourzat, a French couple, who train in Moscow took a total of 167.40 points, more than six points ahead of champions Russia Ekaterina and Dmitry Bobrov Soloviev.