I like Miki too, I think she will surprise us and be really good here, I think she really wants a medal. I commend her for trying such a difficult 3-3, 3lz-3lo, as it is very gutsy and no one else will attempt oneOriginally Posted by jovani2293
I like Miki too, I think she will surprise us and be really good here, I think she really wants a medal. I commend her for trying such a difficult 3-3, 3lz-3lo, as it is very gutsy and no one else will attempt one
I guess. I know she wants to travel in Canada. But back to the new gala, she was talking about gala in future (if not next) competition.
I really don't get Miki. She has been underrotating jumps, her choreography is so so, her spins and spirals, while better than earlier years, are not that great. If she misses her jumps she is just a mediocre skater and that is how she has been skating lately. I would rather watch Lepisito, Nagasu or even Flatt.
Yep. But I'd even rather watch Korpi
Former world champion PCS bonus. Brian Joubert gets it too.
But will she? How many times has she watered down her programs in competition, especially this season. I am getting rather frustrated IMHO.
I agree with Janetfan. Miki and Rachael were generously scored in their SPs in Vancouver. I could see them finish even lower. Miki hasn't skated her best since the GP series. Plus the judges might favor puting at least one European in there....enter Lepisto and her lack of jumps but pretty skating. I actually think Suzuki has surpassed Miki and might actually get the scores she deserves.
YES! There is to be some justice in this world! Akiko so deserves higher scores!!
I think where she just finished 5th at the Olympics and saw that Yuna was perfect, she'll step it back up here. Miki is good at rising to the occasion.
Maybe Miki just nervous at Olympics bc of her bad experience from Torino. 5th place is not bad, better than 15th place!! She just being extremly cautious not to make a mistake and it reflect in her skater. She can redeem herself here, and if she attack her program like last year, there is no way she will be behind Lepisto or Flatt. But there is Marai who will be attemping more difficult jumps layout and who can milk alot of points on spins and spiral. I say bronze for Marai.
If you rewatch Miki's performance without prejudice, I think not a few of you may have a sligtly different view.
It was yes, tentative but skated with a lot of affection and care, with subtle but refined details.
IMO some prejudice come from that biased and disrespectful NBC commentater, and the now common Morozov bashing trend, etc.
Of course she always has room to improve and Miki herself knows and speaks about it.
F'rinstance she said she aims to have more pep and speed in the coming Worlds.
This is a bit off topic, but I don't know a more cruel torment to a teenage girl than the one Miki received after Turin Olys from the tabloid media, the hate mails sent to her, web hate posts....
It's not surprising that she became very nervous about the memories of her failure.
So I wouldn't name that tentativeness in Vancouver as "watering down" a program ....
But I'll respect every type of opinion.
Last edited by sorcerer; 03-24-2010 at 03:09 PM.
ITA. You are right and Miki is 21 right??? I think it come to the age where a skater start losing the jumps with the new rules being so strict, no wonder we are seeing less 3+3 these days. You got to wonder what will happen the next 2-3 years. Well Yuna still have her 3+3? What about Mao and her 3A? Too bad the skating career for women are very short.
Maybe we American Ladies fans will have a silver lining at worlds because if Mirai and Rachael duplicate their 4-7 placements from Vancouver, or better, we get our 3rd berth back!!!!!
YEAH!! And I am very certain that it is going to happen!!!
I'm glad to see that Mao still has Shanetta with her for this competition--it'd be sad if she didn't have anyone to sit with her in the K&C!
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