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Another PCS blessing? I don't understand that Murakami beat Gao..
can you recap what happened please??? was polina clean?
Another PCS blessing? I don't understand that Murakami beat Gao..
can you recap what happened please??? was polina clean?
Another PCS blessing? I don't understand that Murakami beat Gao..
Almost, she didn't fall or something, but she didn't do her 3S-3T 'cause landing after 3S wasn't good. But she did 2A-3T and her other jumps was good
Another PCS blessing? I don't understand that Murakami beat Gao..
Murakami deserves the highest PCS in the competition even with the fall on the footwork. She has beautiful basic skating in this field with lovely knees and great speed. Her choregraphy/presentation is beautiful.
As for Gao, while she has very good jumps. Her basic skating is noticably weaker than a lot of the girls here, and last I saw her program it was quite empty. Shelepen needs work on presentation too but her basics are better than Gao's at this point...
I think Gao has a lot of potential and I'm sure Orser is working with her on her basics. But she's no where near Kanako's level at this point.
IRussia is really looking to be the next Japan in ladies. They have a lot of very strong Juniors. Two amazing ones will be eligible for the JGP next year.
Wow, just saw the protocols. Polina fixed her flip! No edge calls at all this time!
She looked quite disappointment to be in second after Kanako, but she shouldn't - Kanano skated great and Polina will have a chance to win Junior Grand Prix title next year after all.
Another PCS blessing? I don't understand that Murakami beat Gao..
Aaaaand my prediction of Christina Gao was right
I'll be surprised if she doesn't make top 10 at nationals.
Both of the "amazing ones" began to practice 3 axels, so it could be even more interesting next year...
And there are even more talanted girls in Russia. Nikol Gosviani for example, or Daria Medvedeva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXPT1nJih4k&feature=related
She is only 12 (born in 1997) but has 5 triples (clean lutz and flip without edge calls), Mishin is her coach. Like her, she is so funny and surely can dance ))
I agree that Polina might have some issues once she grows, her technique is a little iffy. It says she's 5'2" though so maybe she won't get that much bigger.