Yu-Na is due to compete at SA, so unless Sasha skips that too, she will have to face her before Olys.
Yu-Na is due to compete at SA, so unless Sasha skips that too, she will have to face her before Olys.
I see. I was just wondering if Yuna or Mao received any "!" or "e" deductions for their jumps.
I don't think Sasha was assigned since (I may be wrong but someone correct me please) she hasn't competed since 2006 Worlds and is not part of the pool of ranked skaters who can be assigned. Since USFSA hosts SA, they are welcome to invite one American skater of choice. I think it was the French Federation who invited Sasha to compete in Paris. It was just coincidence Yu-Na was assigned to the same events Sasha was invited to compete in.i'm wondering why sasha was assigned to the 2 exact same competitions as yuna? coincidence?
I'm a big fan of both Yuna and Mao, but if the SPs at the TEB are any indication of what we can expect for the rest of the season, I don't think Mao has a chance to beat Yuna in Vancouver unless Yuna brings out a real gun and starts shooting at the judges at the end of her Bond Girl performance.
i find Caroline's SP on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cK1zPU-2rU
I'm a big fan of both Yuna and Mao, but if the SPs at the TEB are any indication of what we can expect for the rest of the season, I don't think Mao has a chance to beat Yuna in Vancouver unless Yuna brings out a real gun and starts shooting at the judges at the end of her Bond Girl performance.
Yuna is awesome! but I don't want to see her peak too early, she better make some small mistakes tomorrow
"She has to get better; it's only the first competition. She'll figure it out," he said.
"This time of year, judges are a bit more conservative with their component marks. At worlds, we were in the eight's for all of them. This was fine; I don't want them too high now. We'll get better as we go along."
!!! and Mao should do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aee0-HDdE !!!
It'll be the battle of the violent skaters. Loves it.
she is clearly the Slutskaya of 2009. Completely dominating the field and looking nearly invincible. Right now I REALLY want to say:
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http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/200...al_270x202.jpg
just mail it to her now.
i find Caroline's SP on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cK1zPU-2rU
I think that Yu-na as a competitor is frankly more like Plushenko than Irina. Yes Yu-na has a tendency to make mistakes in the free, although so did Plushenko for a lot of his career.
The thing with Plushenko is he simply always just did his technical elements and allowed himself to dominate other skaters by doing consistent things like 4/3s and triple axels. We never saw Plushenko say oh I have a big lead maybe I won't do a quad. Or hey, I'm going to get higher PCS than my competition so why not just do a 3/3 instead of a 4/3.
In contrast, Irina had a tendency to skate conservatively. She was capable of big combinations but in a lot of cases she'd never even attempt them. I mean in 2002/2006 Olympics she never attempted a 3/3. And this is a skater who I believed even landed a 3/3/3 early that year.
In contrast, while Yu-na may leave out her triple loop. We never see Yu-na saying oh I have a 10 point lead, maybe I won't do my double axel/3toe and my 3flip/3toe. Or, I get huge PCS maybe I should just do a 3/2 in the short. Even when Kim is injured, she still goes for these big combinations.
I think that Irina's illness and also her perhaps thinking she could rely on her PCS did Irina in.
ROTFLMAO!!!!! Of course, if she only shoots one, the rest might give her tens across the board in PCS out of fear.