On another note, does anyone else think Yuna's layback has really improved? Looks faster to me.
It does look so. Actually most of her spins have improved since NRW.
On another note, does anyone else think Yuna's layback has really improved? Looks faster to me.
Sorry, I should have made myself clearer. She had difficult jumps, but the way she executed them wasn't spectacular.
And a lot of ladies, actually. Many juniors and almost all of the seniors from the US, Japan, and Russia.
Well, I've yet to see any lady Jr. or Sr. complete a triple loop/triple loop combo or a triple toe-half loop-triple Salchow. Certainly no US lady.
I agree she has excellent skating skills and choreo. But process this for a moment... the woman sitting in 2nd place had a fall on a triple toe-triple toe, and her other two elements were a triple loop and a double axel. One of the easiest jump layouts of the competition, with a fall, is sitting in SECOND.
You know, too much of the upper body movement can be just awkward. And Carolina is slowly approaching that line. Her facial expressions were also just... weird, lets put it mildly.
It's just unbelievable. Not only was it two-footed, it was also very noticeably cheated (under 1/4). GG judges.
Call it how you see it, and I'll call it how I see it. I'm not saying that Canada doesn't have good skaters. I love Meagan and Eric and they were absolutely fabulous. I enjoy watching their grit and determination too, and MT/M are wonderful skaters. I'm not a fan of Patrick, but I respect his skating. I don't respect how the judges so often cater with humongous scores, even when he has made mistakes. Patrick deserves to be in first place, but the scores were quite wacky in the mens sp.
I love W/P, G/P, and M/I, and I respect V/M's talent. However, D/W and V/M are so close in talent and it stinks the fact that V/M has to come out on top in the big ones and Canadian fans constantly dis D/W with this snobby, nose-in-the-air attitude. D/W deserved to win Worlds last season, and D/W have performed better than V/M as a whole this season. But Worlds are in Canada, and I'll be surprised if D/W win gold no matter how great they skate. PJ Kwong has already called it, "a fine cheese will win over Kraft singles." I like Osmond too, but suddenly just because Canada has some talent in the ladies division, Osmond right out of juniors is a World medal contender ... NO! Kevin Reynolds can land quads now, but no attention is really being paid to his lack of well-rounded skills, just the fact he lands quads (with some discounted URs) means Reynolds is also a World medal contender.
Call it bitter if you like. There's a lot wrong with this sport.
2) Mao got -2 to 2 on her 3A. Is this usual?
Well, I've yet to see any lady Jr. or Sr. complete a triple loop/triple loop combo or a triple toe-half loop-triple Salchow. Certainly no US lady.
Tara Lipinski and Caroline Zhang (3Lo-3Lo), Sasha Cohen (3T/L/3S).
Hey, you never said they had to be ratified and you didn't say what time period.
Ladies starting order for the LP: http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2013/SEG004.HTM
the Queen ends the competition. Osmond is between Mao and Yuna, I hope this doesn't make her nervous. Good for Carolina to skate before Yuna and Mao.
It's hope it's gonna be amazing
Wagner actually even received a -1 for her 3Lo+2A sequence at GPF were she landed perfectly the 3Lo but then fell in the 2A, that was also DG, and I didn't see anyone complaining about itWhere did you get this from? The only time I've seen -2s given instead of -3s is for extenuating circumstances (such as when Patrick Chan hit the boards in the middle of his quad combo)
It does look so. Actually most of her spins have improved since NRW.
Carolina would NEVER get the kind of over-scores she gets if fellow Italian Cinquanta wasn't chief of the ISU. Been happening for years. There, I said it.
3. Anything other than a solo triple out of steps in a SP MUST receive -3 from all the judges.