Although I don't think it made any difference who was the tech caller?
Although I don't think it made any difference who was the tech caller?
Murakami deserved to win this competition. She is faster than Flatt, she has more stretch, and her jumps are bigger. Her LP was rightfully marked close to Flatt's and the lead in the SP saw her home.
I'd like to congratulate Viktoria Helgesson for having the only skate that didn't have either edge call or downgrade (though she singled a would be double toe in a combo). Even with a known tough tech controller. And she landed a clean triple of every kind sans axel (Lz, F, Lo, S, T).
And it seems Kanako did get called for her usual flutz and usual couple of underrotations, so it's not clear just from protocols that any favoritism went on, at least on TES side. Rachael lost the gold in the SP.
Oh that's right! I guess in the calculations in my mind I had Czisny's spot already lockedOriginally Posted by ImaginaryPogue
but with her, you never know :-). I'll be crossing my fingers for her during TEB!! I really missed her spins in this competition.. I saw so much mediocre spinning tonight! Thank god Ladies figure skating still has Czisny.
She was 2nd in the short and the long and Rachel who was 4th in short and 1st in long. Don't forget there is a short program and this rightfully kept Kanako who also skated a nice long program to keep her ahead of Rachel overall.I liked kanako but she should have been second.
ITAAnd it seems Kanako did get called for her usual flutz and usual couple of underrotations, so it's not clear just from protocols that any favoritism went on, at least on TES side. Rachael lost the gold in the SP.
They did? From what I could tell from NBC, they seemed to be pretty enthusiastic about Rachael's performance, too. Scott and Tracy both thought Rachael had won.
I though Rachael deserved the higher scores in both interpretation and choreography. To me, Rachael's choreography suited th particular choice of music, while the choreography of most of the others was fairly generic.
(Actually, I though Carolina Kostner had the best choreography overall.)
In spite of everything, I was impressed by Caroline Zhang's effort. It won't happen this year, but I predict she will be back in the mix in 2011-12.
but czsny has a gold medal! if there are two skater with same points she will be choose on :first colour of medals; second best overall mark! so czsny is in a better position with her gold medal and I think with her overall mark that should be higher than rachel. she only need a four and that's it!Oh that's right! I guess in the calculations in my mind I had Czisny's spot already locked
Flatt's spins and overall program are as boring as usual. I've never looked forward to her skating, regardless of her TES or the choreographer.
Scott made interesting comment - "as Kanako matures she will learn to skate with the music and not right through it."
She is a natural performer and as her IN gets better she could get high pcs.....
Rachael was only 3 points behind Murakami after the short. I thought Rachael did enough to win tonight. Dare I say it, Rachael showed more maturity, sophistication, and expression than Murakami. And her jumping overall was more solid. Rachael's spins did lack even more stretch than usual tonight, and Murakami did get the 3T-3T done, but I still thought Rachael had it. At least it was very close.
Caroline Zhang skated painfully slow tonight. She was crawling into that 2A. Impressed by her 3F... I give her a lot of credit for fixing such a bad habit. I hope she can continue to get more comfortable with her new technique. It's clearly a work in progress, but it's a start. I'm not sure how they can get her to skate faster, but it's the most glaring issue with her skating.
And Scott Hamilton is ridiculous. He said something along the lines of, "Look at a picture of what Caroline looked like as a Junior, and look at her now, she's really matured". It was a stupid comment. EVERY skater looks very different and "more mature" than when they were 13 or 14. Duh!
Quite disappointing that Maé couldn't repeat her success in the short, too! She may be new on the scene, but she certainly has more presence than many of the ladies who placed above her. I really do hope she can improve her consistency in the long.
Is it just me or? Flatt reminds me of the Mom from that 70's show..
they had good reason to think so. just.........oh n/m I quit
I've found her bland in the past but she did a really good job of selling this program. I like this from her- not your typical "put me to sleep now" LP but one that makes you pay SOME sort of attention.I though Rachael deserved the higher scores in both interpretation and choreography. To me, Rachael's choreography suited th particular choice of music, while the choreography of most of the others was fairly generic.
From what I could see the "crowd" gave Kanako by far the biggest ovation after the SP's. They seemed louder after her LP.They did? From what I could tell from NBC, they seemed to be pretty enthusiastic about Rachael's performance, too. Scott and Tracy both thought Rachael had won.
I though Rachael deserved the higher scores in both interpretation and choreography. To me, Rachael's choreography suited th particular choice of music, while the choreography of most of the others was fairly generic.
(Actually, I though Carolina Kostner had the best choreography overall.)
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I did see a few people standing for Rachael - but most appeared to remain seated.
NBC opened their coverage with Kanako featured. She was the only skater whose SP they showed.
I get the feeling Scott loves Kanako and sort of admires "reliable Rachael." I never heard him say she won or should have won
2nd+2nd = 13+13 = 26.
1st+4th = 15+9 = 24.
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