she also seems to be one of the few skaters that rotate their jump clockwise.Originally Posted by silverlake22
she also seems to be one of the few skaters that rotate their jump clockwise.
I wonder if Italy will still send Carolina to the Olympics if she also finishes behind Valentina Marchei at the European Championship? Not only that but she was only able to execute one clean triple in the free skate and only scored 155.68 total. It will be interesting to see how she does at European Championship. What must be going through Frank Carroll's mind right now? I suppose Italy has really no choice but to still send her even if she bombs the European because of her past international results.
In other news, Laura Lepisto another national championship with Korpi in second. It looks like Lepisto and Korpii for the Olympics unless something strange happens at the European Championship in January.
I think that despite Carolina's result at Europeans, she should be sent to the Olympics. Not just because I like her (), but due to her past results (two time World medalist, two time European champion and two bronze medals at the GPF) and due to her overall quality, which is better than Valentina's.
Yike, only one tirple?? Is she injure herself or what?? So far this season has been disaster for her. She is a headcase, but for 2 times world medalist to land one tirple, that's just bad. Can she recover in time for the Olympics, even if she send to it?
Ladies Entries
Ladies Vancouver Olympic Winter Games 2010 Entries
* Means not definite yet.
1. Mao Asada JPN
2. Akiko Suzuki JPN
3. Miki Ando JPN
4. Joannie Rochette CAN
5. Cynthia Phaneuf CAN
6. Laura Lepistö FIN
7. Kiira Korpi FIN
8. Elene Gedevanishivili GEO
9. Yu-Na Kim KOR
10. Kwak Min-Jung KOR
11. Alena Leonova RUS
12. Ksenia Makarova RUS
13. Sarah Meier SUI
14. Bettina Heim SUI
15. Rachel Flatt USA
16. Mirai Nagasu USA
17. Elena Glebova EST
18. Sarah Hecken GER
19. Jenna McCorkell GBR
20. Carolina Kostner ITA
21. Anna Jurkiewicz/ Aneta Michalek POL *
22. Ivana Reitmayerová SVK
23. Tuğba Karademir TUR
24. Liu Yan CHN
25. Júlia Sebestyén HUN
26. Teodora Poštič SLO
27. Miriam Ziegler AUT
28. Sonia Lafuente ESP
29. Isabelle Pieman BEL
30. Tamar Katz ISR
The Olympic Entries by Personal Bests in Total Score
1. Yu-Na Kim KOR 210.03
2. Mao Asada JPN 201.87
3. Miki Ando JPN 195.09
4. Joannie Rochette CAN 191.29
5. Carolina Kostner ITA 184.68
6. Akiko Suzuki JPN 176.66
7. Rachel Flatt USA 174.91
8. Sarah Meier SUI 171.88
9. Laura Lepistö FIN 170.07
10. Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 169.41
11. Alena Leonova RUS 168.91
12. Júlia Sebestyén HUN 165.22
13. Elene Gedevanishivili GEO 164.54
14. Mirai Nagasu USA 163.84
15. Kiira Korpi FIN 163.27
16. Elena Glebova EST 148.71
17. Ivana Reitmayerová SVK 147.41
18. Ksenia Makarova RUS 147.29
19. Liu Yan CHN 145.92
20. Jenna McCorkell GBR 145.57
21. Tuğba Karademir TUR 138.73
22. Sarah Hecken GER 135.83
23. Anna Jurkiewicz POL * 130.29
24. Tamar Katz ISR 126.09
25. Sonia Lafuente ESP 124.95
26. Miriam Ziegler AUT 124.18
27. Kwak Min-Jung KOR 117.42
28. Teodora Poštič SLO 114.95
29. Bettina Heim SUI 108.77
30. Isabelle Pieman BEL 96.64
The Olympic Entries by Personal Bests in Short Program
NOTE: I made this because qualification to the free skate is very important at the Olympic Games.
1. Yu-Na Kim KOR 76.28
2. Mao Asada JPN 75.84
3. Joannie Rochette CAN 70.00
4. Miki Ando JPN 67.98
5. Carolina Kostner ITA 67.15
6. Mirai Nagasu USA 65.07
7. Kiira Korpi FIN 64.26
8. Laura Lepistö FIN 62.96
9. Alena Leonova RUS 61.60
10. Júlia Sebestyén HUN 61.28
11. Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 60.98
12. Sarah Meier SUI 60.87
13. Elene Gedevanishivili GEO 60.82
14. Rachel Flatt USA 60.16
15. Akiko Suzuki JPN 59.52
16. Elena Glebova EST 55.90
17. Ksenia Makarova RUS 55.38
18. Jenna McCorkell GBR 53.68
19. Liu Yan CHN 53.34
20. Ivana Reitmayerová SVK 52.98
21. Tuğba Karademir TUR 50.28
22. Sarah Hecken GER 48.14
23. Tamar Katz ISR 47.15
24. Kwak Min-Jung KOR 46.97
25. Sonia Lafuente ESP 46.36
26. Anna Jurkiewicz POL * 45.60
27. Miriam Ziegler AUT 45.34
28. Teodora Poštič SLO 43.28
29. Bettina Heim SUI 40.34
30. Isabelle Pieman BEL 38.48
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Last edited by pokky_oc; 01-29-2010 at 04:32 PM.
Na-Young Kim isn't going. Min-Jung Kwak won Nationals so she gets to go. And I read at the Yu-Na Kim fan forum.
Oh right. Thanks! I'll just edit that!
Wait are you sure? I know that she is the junior champion of Korea but would she? I'll edit it once I get the results for this season's South Korean Championships.
Last edited by pokky_oc; 12-27-2009 at 01:17 PM.
By the way, the youngest girl here is Miriam Ziegler from Austria! She is only 15 years-old and turned 15 last March! It will be an amazing experience for her, an Olympian at 15!!
Laura Lepisto WON the Finnish nationals with one triple in the FS
Also I thought Sarah Hecken was definitely going to the Olympics, at SA the announcers said that she was, she had to score a 128 and she scored 131 so she's going.
Hecken is definetly going.. Dytrt didnt even compete at German nationals..
Switzerland will most likely wont use the second spot either.
Dytrt is not going for sure, she did not fullfill the nomination criteria. Sarah Hecken is the only one who got it.
Russia did not decide their entries yet, Leonova is believed to be a lock, but there is still fight for the second spot.
Austria did not confirm their entries either, Ziegler has an advantage by winning nationals, but they will decide their entry only after Europeans, it's between Ziegler & Kerstin Frank.
In terms of the american skaters, did the USFSA actually confirm that it would be two ladies of Sasha, Rachael, Ashley, Alissa, Mirai, and Caroline or is that just speculation? There will be other ladies at nationals who could be spoilers and end up top 2, Alexe Gilles, Angela Maxwell, Christina Gao, Emily Hughes come to mind (there are others too....lots of entries at nats). If one of these skaters were to finish 1st or 2nd (all are age-eligible for the Olympics) will the USFSA definitely bump them and send one of the ladies you had listed?
Also does anyone know if Sasha is definitely competing or not? Nationals are in like 3 weeks...
Also, Emile Lacoste is looking much stronger than Cynthia these days. If she does better at Canadian Nationals will she get to go?
Last edited by silverlake22; 12-27-2009 at 05:33 PM.
For Italy the deciding event will now be Euro.20. Carolina Kostner ITA *
If Kostner had won Nats, probably she could be sure of the spot, but now it's all open.
This is so weird, I mean I know Carolina hasn't been great this season but I think nationals was just a fluke. It's not like Valentina is known internationally as an OM contender like Carolina is. I would just hate for Carolina to not go, at her best, she really could medal or at least do really well at the Olympics.
The question about Carolina is, if she can ever get back at her best. Since last worlds she's just a shadow of herself. So why not send Valentina who's probably at her best right now? Honestly I don't see Carolina as a medal contender if she continues like this and Valentina can also bring a good placement.
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