This (http://www.owia.org/sports.cfm?SportID=3) would very much lead me to believe Australia will send her if a position is indeed available. She is (along with O'Brien/Merriman) listed under the Athlete Bios section as well.Originally Posted by mystichaze
I think Chinese Taipei makes its decision about who to send to Worlds-and the Olympics, should they be sending someone-at Four Continents, where Chaochih Liu is now extremely unlikely to make the free, while the other two have already qualified. Kiang leads Wang, but by less than three points, and the latter has the stronger record, and I suspect will overtake her in the free.
Ok, this is how the entries seem to be shaping up for olympics,
1 Miki Ando
2 Mao Asada
3 Akiko Suzuki
4 Yu Na Kim
5 Kwak Min Jeong
6 Joannie Rochette
7 Cynthia Phaneuf
8 Rachel Flatt
9 Mirai Nagasu
10 Carolina Kostner
11 Laura Lepisto
12 Kiira Korpi
13 Elene Gedevanishvili
14 Sarah Meier
15 Julia Sebestyen
16 Alena Leonova
17 Ksenia Makarova
18 Elena Glebova
19 Tugba Karademir
20 Jenna MacCorkell
21 Ivana Reitmayerova
22 Sarah Hecken
23 Sonia Lafuente
24 Teodora Postic
25 Miriam Ziegler
26 Isabelle Pieman (now confirmed, BOC changed their mind)
four spots remaining so:
27 China: not definite but possibly Yan Liu (currently at 4CC's)
28 Poland: not definite but possibly Anna Jurkiewicz (was not at euros)
29 Georgia gave up their second spot, and Israel came in but because
of Tamar Katz poor showing at euros they now declined their spot, then went to CZE but they also had poor show with Martina Bocek (very new to the scene, and Nella Simaova under performing this year, so they declined, went to UZB with Anastasia Gimazetdinova, has little form, currently at 4CC's so possibly that spot is hers.
30 Switzerland gave up their second spot and next one down is AUS, possibly Cheltzie Lee (currently at 4CC's) so we shall see
So more than likely
27 China (they qualified anyway at Nebelhorn)
28 Poland (qualified at worlds, they dont seem to have strict criteria)
29 Uzbekistan (Gimazetdinova good talent, can be top 15 if her SP is on) and Uzbek committee know that, plus it will be her swan song, so I hope she goes)
30 Australia (been lucky as the third alternate).
I have to confess I do feel sorry for
Sweden: Viktoria Helgesson did a good job at Euro's
Italy: And with most pundits on here shame Valentina Marchei cant go, was denied in 06 and because of Kostners disastrous skate at worlds no 2nd spot for her. I have a feeling she wont be selected for Worlds either this year, but she has had a good season.
Any thoughts anyone....
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. Min-Jung KwakKOR
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. Min-Jung Kwak KOR 154.71
17. Elena Glebova EST 148.71
18. Ivana Reitmayerová SVK 147.41
19. Ksenia Makarova RUS 147.29
20. Liu Yan CHN 145.92
21. Jenna McCorkell GBR 145.57
22. Tuğba Karademir TUR 138.73
23. Sarah Hecken GER 135.83
24. Anna Jurkiewicz POL * 130.29
25. Tamar Katz ISR 126.09
26. Sonia Lafuente ESP 124.95
27. Miriam Ziegler AUT 124.18
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. Min-Jung Kwak KOR 53.68
19. Jenna McCorkell GBR 53.68
20. Liu Yan CHN 53.34
21. Ivana Reitmayerová SVK 52.98
22. Tuğba Karademir TUR 50.28
23. Sarah Hecken GER 48.14
24. Tamar Katz ISR 47.15
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!
Any updates??
Last edited by pokky_oc; 01-31-2010 at 08:19 AM.
Update:
Min-Jung Kwak's new PB is 53.68 in the SP and 154.71 overall.
thanks!!!!! kwak really could get into top 10 with a clean skate!!
Tamar Katz is trying to appeal the decision not to let her go with the Israeli team to Vancouver. Someone in her camp must be pretty media savvy because the story has been picked up by the New York Times. There's also a Facebook group. Well, good luck to her! I don't like it when countries leave athletes who've qualified for the Olympics at home, regardless of the sport.
She trains in the U.S. with Peter Burrows. She started the Facebook group herself, so I think it's all her.
I got bored and decided to done something.
I use the top possible scores of the top 5 ladies and rank them. The possible scores are the top TES and the PCS scores they have in posted in any competitions.
So, this is technically their personal best.
Name SP + LP = Total
1. Yu Na Kim: 76.72+141.30=218.02; She is very consistent in the short but not so much in the long. The LP score is iffy, it is made up of her tes in cup of russia 2007 and the pcs of the GF France this season.
2. Mao Asada: 75.84+137.27=213.11; She is the total opposite of Yu Na. She is great in the long and can hit that score easily/ break it easily. On the other hand, she has only hit a score in the 70 in the short, but is very capable of doing it.
3. Miki Ando: 69.30 + 134.65 = 203.95; The pcs and tes that make her scores up come from all different competitions. But she has shown this season ,in the SP, that she can be great without a 3/3. So hopefully with a 3/3, she can hit a score in the 70s like Yu Na and Mao. The long is a different story, she need to skate like never before in the LP, also the SP if she wants to keep up.
4. Joannie Rochette: 70.00+ 127.59= 197.59; She is really amazing in the short when she hits. The long is different, she has hit a really good long in a while. The scores come from her performance at the 2008 and 2009 Skate Canada. The olympics are in Canada and that will help her.
5. Carolina Kostner: 68.18+122.44= 190.62; She hasn't had the best season this year but she is can be great. The SP score is very iffy. She hasn't score that high since the 2007. The Long is also the same ( 2008 world) but when she did hit a core like this one she was flawed and still was amazing.
I know she started the group herself. Having a Facebook group normally doesn't get people into the NYT, though, so I'm guessing someone must have helped her out with that.
As of today, 1/31/2010, these are the 30 women who are competing in Vancouver, according to the official website of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic...cf-p1-cN.html?
1. Miki ANDO - JPN
2. Mao ASADA - JPN
3. Rachael FLATT - USA
4. Elene GEDEVANISHVILI - GEO
5. Anastasia GIMAZETDINOVA - UZB
6. Elena GLEBOVA - EST
7. Sarah HECKEN - GER
8. Anna JURKIEWICZ - POL
9. Tugba KARADEMIR - TUR
10. Yu-Na KIM - KOR
11. Kiira KORPI - FIN
12. Carolina KOSTNER - ITA
13. Min-Jung KWAK - KOR
14. Sonia LAFUENTE - ESP
15. Cheltzie LEE - AUS
16. Alena LEONOVA - RUS
17. Laura LEPISTO - FIN
18. Yan LIU - CHN
19. Ksenia MAKAROVA - RUS
20. Sarah MEIER - SUI
21. Jenna MCCORKELL - GBR
22. Mirai NAGASU - USA
23. Cynthia PHANEUF - CAN
24. Isabelle PIEMAN - BEL
25. Teodora POSTIC - SLO
26. Ivana REITMAYEROVA - SVK
27. Joannie ROCHETTE - CAN
28. Julia SEBESTYEN - HUN
29. Akiko SUZUKI - JPN
30. Miriam ZIEGLER - AUS
It will be a good competition! Good luck to all.
Wow! That's pretty cool! She very, very likely won't qualify for the freeskate...
That's true. My point is that Tamar seems media savvy herself, so I wouldn't be surprised if she did most of the heavy lifting. But I know that other skating bloggers and Web sites have also mentioned it, so that surely has helped get some attention. And the NYT has two long-time skating reporters, so I'm sure they got wind of it officially as well)
Sadly though it looks like the effort didn't work.
I just watched her 4CC programs and I have to say, she's has potential! Her spirals and spins are quite lovely. I think the jumps will come with time. But yeah, I have a feeling she'll have to train with someone else. I feel like her coach helps starts skaters (he was Yuna's coach back in the day) but the skaters then need to go elsewhere to develop.Pokky_oc, Min-Jung is the first name. Kwak is the last name (family name). Her name should appear as Min-Jung Kwak (#16).She is one fine lady to watch out for! She needs to work on her speed and flip (and better choreography.. her step sequence is way too simple. I guess i can't expect too much from a skater who just had her senior debut though
). Buy her flexibility reminds me of sasha and mirai
It would be wonderful if she could someday train under Orser.. she looked VERY happy about going to Olys with Yuna afterall
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