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- Jun 21, 2003
Is a triple/triple really necessary (ladies)?
At 2007 Worlds, only three ladies did a successful triple/triple combination in the LP. On the other hand, that was the podium – Ando, Asada and Kim.
How important is this element? The Zayak rules prevent a skater from using a triple-triple to rack up points.
Skater A does 3Lz+3T, 3F+3Lo, 3Lz, 3F, 3S+2Lo+2T in her first five jumping passes. She is running away with the competition!
But now she’s done. She can’t do any more triple jumps at all. The best she can do is two double Axels in her last two passes.
Skater B does 3Lz+2T, 3F+2Lo, 3Lz, 3F, 3S. Blah. But now she can finish with 3Lo and 2A+3T. She is has done exactly the same triple jumps as skater A and is only 2.7 points behind. Easy to make this up in spins, spirals and PCSs.
1. Should the CoP be adjusted to give more points to triple jumps done in combination than to the same jumps done singly?
2. In practice, do judges do this anyway by inflating the GOEs and PCSs for the big jumpers?
3. Realistically, could skater B win the World championship over skater A?
At 2007 Worlds, only three ladies did a successful triple/triple combination in the LP. On the other hand, that was the podium – Ando, Asada and Kim.
How important is this element? The Zayak rules prevent a skater from using a triple-triple to rack up points.
Skater A does 3Lz+3T, 3F+3Lo, 3Lz, 3F, 3S+2Lo+2T in her first five jumping passes. She is running away with the competition!
But now she’s done. She can’t do any more triple jumps at all. The best she can do is two double Axels in her last two passes.
Skater B does 3Lz+2T, 3F+2Lo, 3Lz, 3F, 3S. Blah. But now she can finish with 3Lo and 2A+3T. She is has done exactly the same triple jumps as skater A and is only 2.7 points behind. Easy to make this up in spins, spirals and PCSs.
1. Should the CoP be adjusted to give more points to triple jumps done in combination than to the same jumps done singly?
2. In practice, do judges do this anyway by inflating the GOEs and PCSs for the big jumpers?
3. Realistically, could skater B win the World championship over skater A?