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Do you think it is more than a 3A that separates them? Does the skater with no 3A have a chance? What if both skate their best?
Questions I can not answer.
Joe
Questions I can not answer.
Joe
Not sure anyone can answer. But I somehow believe that Mao is eventually going to drop the 3A (as well as Kimmie).
The winner? Michelle Kwan, with four triples, a pop and a fall.
Not sure anyone can answer. But I somehow believe that Mao is eventually going to drop the 3A (as well as Kimmie).
I am not saying this as an absolute, all of these skaters are outstanding enough and there enough uncertain variables I could be wrong. However my guess is if the big 4 girls skate cleanly these would be the results:
short program-1)Asada, 2)Ando, 3)Kim, 4)Meissner
long program-1)Asada, 2)Meissner, 3)Ando, 4)Kim
overall-1)Asada, 2)Ando, 3)Meissner, 4)Kim
No I dont see Kim coming out ahead at this point if the other skate their best, and she herself hasnt skated a clean free skate yet, but has benefited that others have had even more mistakes. She actually is my favorite skater of that group but not the highest scoring if they all skate their best at this point.
Actually (again in the hypothetical case where each competitor skates her best) Meissner is potentially in the mix.
Here is Kimmie’s jump card (this is 2006 Worlds. 2006 GPs were about the same, with minor variations):
3F+3T = 9.50
2A (she tried 3A at Eric Bompard) = 3.30
3Lz+3T = 10.00
3Lo = 5.50x
3Lz = 6.60x
3S = 5.00x
2A+2T+2Lo = 6.71
Total = 46.61
Also, this year in the not-jump elements (spins and steps), Kimmie has four level 4s and two level 3s.
Yu-na Kim’s jump elements tally a little bit less, the main reason being that she includes three double Axels, with only one in combination. This cuts down on the number of triples she can do (6 in winning Eric Bompard, 5 in winning the GP Final).
Yes, Kim is the prettiest skater of the three. But as we have seen over and over, the PCSs pretty much track the tech scores, so Kim cannot count on an automatic bonus here.
Hmm...quite right about that. Actually, that's an interesting comparison. Taking just those two events as is, Meissner scored 1.5 more on tech overall, and Kim scored 1.68 more on components.But I was going by the base value from Meissners Skate America (where she had a clean skate but only one triple/triple) against Yu-Na's Grand Prix Final skate where Yu-Na had a clean program but minus a double axel/triple toe, and Yu-Na's score came on top...and their total base value was in very close range (3 tenths of a point).....
For the short program, absolutely! But so far I don't think she has mastered the choreography of her LP this year. Frankly, I think the music is too fast (her version of Czardas is noticably faster than the cut used by Katarina Witt, for instance).eyria said:I find her (Asada) simply magical to watch!.