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I have never seen her do that. But that is why when she does the judges will probably reward her big time.
Ah, so the question is....will TEB be the time that Kiira manages to pull it off? Personally, I tend to doubt it.
I have never seen her do that. But that is why when she does the judges will probably reward her big time.
That-Japanese-skater-who-I'm-about-to-discover-on-Youtube" a.k.a. Haruka Imai got chacked by the guy who uploads really fast! Only her old stuff is on there since from Skate Canada and earlier before...
Has Kiira ever done a clean long program that included all her planned triples?
I'm also a little :scratch: on why Mirai's score was a bit low.
Phaneuf also.
Ah, so the question is....will TEB be the time that Kiira manages to pull it off? Personally, I tend to doubt it.
Regards Mao, I'm just po'ed at all the rule changes throughout the years that have affected Mao negatively (same goes for Kimmie Meissner as well). Now she tries to perfect her jumps when it isn't all that necessary, but I don't blame her, like I've said numerous times before I wouldn't be surprised to see the ISU blindside Mao again.
I like where Mirai stands... She seems to get too nervous being in 1st, at least so far in her career, so 2nd may be helpful. Korpi will do her usual popping of jumps, so the door will be open.
Isn't there a big coach in France with the last name Didier too?
Why would you have nailed her? If she was on an outside edge on the take-off, it was a lutz. The pre-takeoff glide edge doesn't matter.
Because she just wobbled into it. It wasn't a clear outside edge. Period.
I would be shocked if Mirai's 3F didn't get the < call.
Alissa's in 4th and Kiira's in pole position to take away her GPF spot!
Or me on her 2 axel.
She keeps having these landings which are all close calls. Why are they not working on her spring, so the juges will be able to give her the benefit of doubt?
Korpi won't necessarily take away Alissa's GPF spot, even if Kiira wins and Alissa ends up in 4th. They would both have 24 points, and the TOTAL SCORE would break the tie. Right now, Korpi has 209.83 total points, while Alissa has 227.87. That means Korpi would have to beat Alissa's FS score by 18.05 points. That is definitely not a given, since Korpi is not known for error-free free skates. Alissa doesn't have clean free skates either, but she still scores high with a mistake or two.
Look at it this way: say Alissa had a rocky FS, scored 92.50, and was in 3rd place when Kiira Korpi took the ice. Korpi would have to score 120.55 to beat Alissa to that GPF berth. That would, BTW, be the highest score of any lady in the GP this season.
Hmm, you're right
But with this group of ladies' you could get ANYTHING in the LP. And Kiira's PCS looks to be close to 60 in the LP judging from the SP (unless she bombs, which I think is kind of likely), so that should boost her score
The biggest way I believe for Korpi and Nagasu to knock Alissa off the GPF slot is by placements, which is quite possible.
Alissa would have to finish 5th to lose her GPF slot. I could see Korpi, Nagasu and possibly Imai finishing ahead of her, but not Phaneuf, Asada, Sugui or anyone else. 4th would very likely seal the deal for Alissa, and I think that is pretty much a done deal. I just don't think Korpi can beat her by 18+ points.
In keeping with my Murakami aversion, I must say that I far prefer Imai and kudos to the latter for attempting a 3R-3T (for a change)! Imai did have some double-footing issues and looked really juniorish out there so her placement seems reasonable. The fact that she has Mr. Nagakubo as a coach makes me want to root for her even more.