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IBut what happened to Zhang.
Her bad jump technique is catching up to her, that's what happened.
IBut what happened to Zhang.
Her bad jump technique is catching up to her, that's what happened.
Leonova is just not my cup of tea. Not a real senior lady.
But if Kostner makes the podium with messy jumps and so-so spins and spiral, what is she really maximizing (other than a substantial wedgie displayed liberally beneath her too-short skirts)?
Kostner has SO-SO spins and spirals? Wow, something new to me. Actually Zhang's spirals has nothing to do with Carolina's and her spins still worse although they're not bad at all.
But to tell the truth Zhang is very tiresome to me, she lacks of artistic skill, her programs are not interesting, generally she's quite boring, sorry.
Bingwa Geng's SP, there's some mismatch in music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Ohya2_pv0
Too bad she had a poor LP and massive downgrades. If she can correct those UR jumps in the upcoming months, she'll do well in the future.
The difference between those two is that Kostner plays by the rules of the game. She may fall, but she rotates the jumps. Here, Zhang did not rotate her jumps, and she also failed to include a required element, the jump combination, because she fell on the first jump of the combo. There was nothing to hold up. And it really is telling when someone who is capable of placing 3rd in PCS and still finds themself in 10th place overall. She needs to fix her basic skating, in a big way.
Did you watch any of the ldies competition at Europeans? Kostner in the SP failed to include a required element - the solo jump and in the LP she (arguably)did too many rotations in an upright position after a change sitspin that it was called a change foot combination spin (which she'd already done) and it was discounted. Just poiting out that "playing by the rules" doesn't matter a stuff under COP where the rules are applied arbitrarily.
Ant
And Kostner didn't win the competition, did she? She lost the points for the missing element in the SP, and lost the points for the spin in th LP. She was able to earn enough points on other elements to finish second, in a weak field. Like I said, she plays by the rules and racks up enough poins to balance out a mistake or two.
There's an interesting discussion on MKF about why Ashley didn't acknowledge Caroline on the podium, and why she and her former coach Shirley split.
http://www.mkforum.net/forum/showthread.php?t=21855&page=7
This thread is a perfect example of why I no longer visit or post in this particular forum anymore. Way too much pro-American bias and snarkiness for my taste. :disapp:
And Kostner didn't win the competition, did she? She lost the points for the missing element in the SP, and lost the points for the spin in th LP. She was able to earn enough points on other elements to finish second, in a weak field. Like I said, she plays by the rules and racks up enough poins to balance out a mistake or two.