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Mao easily beat Sasha back in 2005 and would do so again handily.
Yeah... Mao just looked so indomitable sitting in 4th place at Worlds. :disagree:
Mao easily beat Sasha back in 2005 and would do so again handily.
I think what we gotta keep in mind is Caroline was 15 this year. Sasha was no where near that level in 2000. Caroline is on her way up and I believe she'll be a front runner in the next quad (barring injury.) Caroline has the horrid mulekick, flutz and wobbly flip take off. Sasha has a flutz and iffy edges, but over all her jumps ARE better (namely 2axle.)
Mao easily beat Sasha back in 2005 and would do so again handily. Yu-na would be scored head and shoulders above Sasha. I don't see Sasha as that much of a threat to them, especially yu-na.
but as for the caroline and sasha comparison, in her defense, sasha was much better when she was 15 than caroline at 15. She had great speed and ice coverage compared to caroline, higher, tighter jumps and an understanding of the music and connection to the audience that you can't teach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP_e7bKTAd4
Good post! Sasha will sell a program better than Caroline but one has to look to the SPand LP programs of Sasha. She has never shown versatility in any of her sugary LPs, which Caroline is also guilty of.Caroline is a lot like Sasha, it's true, but I don't recall any programs where she turned on the fireworks the way Sasha did in her Malaguena, Dark Eyes and Rachmaninov programs. You yourself have called Sasha a bravura skater. Caroline is not (yet). Wish she were - she's wonderful and exquisite, but a little monotonous.
That just means Sasha could place even lower.Yeah... Mao just looked so indomitable sitting in 4th place at Worlds. :disagree:
Gotta love when the people that said "Sasha is lying for PR purposes, she isn't coming back, you're dreaming, you're a fanboy" constantly over and over for years on end, continue to keep talking as if they have any clue whatsoever.
I don't think anyone believes that Sasha was lying, or anything like that. But there is still the possibility that what this announcement really means is that Sasha is "keeping all her options open."
I think the real statement is that Sasha's jumps WERE better in 2006. I think we will need to wait and see what they're like in 2009 before we comment.
Guess her buddies in Hollywood didn't think to much of her acting abilities but she is America's great (only?) hope right now for a podium presence. I think Mao and Yu Na will decimate her in competition.
A smaller Flutz like a bigger Flutz loses the counter rotation and so what difference does it make?flutz was smaller,
A smaller Flutz like a bigger Flutz loses the counter rotation and so what difference does it make?
Ant - I don't want to get into my pet peeve. I'm as tired of it as posters are reading it.The difference between -3GOE (for a severe change of change) and -1GOE (for a slight change of edge).Ant
A smaller Flutz like a bigger Flutz loses the counter rotation and so what difference does it make?
Ant - I don't want to get into my pet peeve. I'm as tired of it as posters are reading it.
You don't want to get into it but you will any way!!
You asked what the difference was and i told you. The skaters don't skate to Joe's Rules they skate to the COP which means a slight change of edge will get net them more points than a severe change of edge. I realise that this doesn't mean anything in your black and white world but that's the way it is in the grey!
Ant
Even if she Flutzes, judges will still give her +1 and +2 ignoring the rules. We are now very accustomed to these habits.