I think Mao's 3F-3L sometimes gets downgraded on the loop, doesn't it?
Since she doesn't have the lutz, what jump can she do as a solo?
Maybe 3A and 2A again?
I have no idea if that's plausible, but yeah, she's gotta do something.
i will always state THAT THE USFSA And ICE NETWORK Doesn't LIKE Caroline Zhang--see icenetwork. stating gilles on.74 out of 3rd. and nothing about how close caroline zhang is from third-
also that gilles is with what his face--name as a coach--they perfer white american coaches. to me --that the usfsa doesn't want caroline zhang up there and will do everything in power behind the scenes to keep her down--including alexi gilles fans with the mule kick--not realizing GILLES SkATES LIKE A JUNIOR SKATER_ -has nothing do it-except she is white.no artistry no-nothing.
zhang might have skated a bit slow--aslo no triple triple, maybe the score could have been higher ; maybe gilles got a bit higher based on a smidge higher in jumps not much. there is NO DIFFERENCE BETSWEEN GILLEs and Zhang in scoring -to pcs Caroline got higher pcs. she skated solid--gilles not so sure. (overmarked a bit).
sorry about being rude-but it seems caroline zhang gets rooked everytime, andwant to make sure she isn't the one they want up there by keeping her scores too low.
Just out of curiosity, when was the recent time Mao tried 3+3 in a competition? I thought she gave up 3+3 jump and fully focused on 3A long ago..
Because YU-na has a perfect Lutz and Mao does not. If she is lucky she gets a ! sometimes it is as bad as a "e." Mao does not feel comfortable with the lutz after she has been trying not to flutz. If Mao gets a -2 on the lutz and Yu-na gets a +2 then that is 4 points right there. Not to mention that her 3/3 is downgraded often.
Then why doesn't she do a 3F-3T? Isn't that her usual 3-3? She doesn't have to do a lutz in the short program, does she? And even if she does, she can do it as her solo jump. Mao needs to forget about the 3A in the short program until she can land it consistently. What did Frank Carroll tell Michelle about consistency--80? 90? before it goes into the program?
She successfully landed a 3F-3L (with slightly positive GOE) at 2009 Worlds.
Her previous scores are irrelevant to this competition. The judges are marking what they see in front of them. I see your point, but the judges don't hand out A's for effort. Perhaps she has tried to work on it and perhaps she has improved her speed, but has anything else improved? I don't really think so.
On the other hand, maybe she got zero for an illegal spin or something?
But Mao has a great Loop, which she often get above +1.5 GOE. If she repeat the jump as 3Lo+2Lo again, her deduction on 3Lz is minimal. Mao can match point to point on all other elements.
Yuna doesn't have reliable Loop, so if she get huge lead, she will mostly just do 2A instead or risk with the 3Loop, but the -4 point loss on the fall is nothing compare to her 17 point lead.
maybe speed in caroline zhang-but they didn't give benefit of doubt-why should the international give zhang benfit of doubt when US wont.
also yu-na great skate, mao defintely could have been better.
the rest was okay-nothing great- but steady.
I really, really wanted to see this competition. But I am 1000 miles from home right now, and could not get Universal Sports. I am happy so may skaters did well. I predicted the European ladies would struggle, and they did.
I am happy Caroline did so well considering her injury. She usually pulls herself up in the long. And by the way, do you who has the record for the greatest margin of victory in an ISU event? That's rght, Miss Zhang. She won JGP Mexico by over 50 points.
And by the way, do you who has the record for the greatest margin of victory in an ISU event? That's rght, Miss Zhang. She won JGP Mexico by over 50 points.