Ladies FS

[Marrymeyunakim]

Love Christina's dress. Simple, elegant. Accentuates her long line.

[Layfan]

Christina looks terrific in that color.

[Trewyn]

Agnes ahead of Ashley.. Regardless of whether that's deserved (it probably is) it still makes me sad.. Looks like Ashley's season is over..

[bigsisjiejie]

Er, what about the US junior champ, Courtney Hicks?

USFS tends to put age-eligible Sr level skaters to Jr Worlds before US Jrs, particularly if they already have Jr GP experience (Gao, Lam, Siraj not only have experience but have medalled, so they have some chops with intl judges).

[loop9497]

Considering the fact that they had just aired Thursday night's short, I thought it was hilarious that they weren't even talking about the woman who was currently in first.

They could have at least thrown in a quick blurb about Mirai, yeah. Let's see how they react to her in the beginning of her FS.

[museksk8r]

Shades of Midori Ito and Chen Lu - Gao almost runs into the cameraman and very nearly crashes into the boards. She's doing very well though!

[museksk8r]

and of course, just as I submitted that, she fell. :(

[bigsisjiejie]

Good grief, I saw Christina Gao at JGP Final in Beijing in December, and she looks like she's grown 3 inches taller since then! She's definitely filled out in the last year and particularly her leg muscles.

[mars007]

gorgeous! that has GOT to be good enough for 1st!!

[loop9497]

and of course, just as I submitted that, she fell. :(

I'm gutted over her fall, but still a beautiful performance.

[herro]

Christina Gao - 5th after SP

3flip/3toe (nice!)
3sal (nice soft, deep knees on landing)
3lutz/2toe/2loop (hop on the 2loop)
3loop (from 3turns - nice!)
2axel
3flip (fall - aww...)
combination spin
footwork (ok, not the best)
3toe (? sry I was picking up a pencil off the floor and missed it lol)


I love her flowy, airy skating and presentation - nice limbs also! She's my favorite of the up-and-coming US skaters!

Shame about that one fall - SO MUCH TALENT AND SPEED.

SP: 58.43
FS: 108.77
Total: 167.20 - Currently 2nd

[Marrymeyunakim]

Beautiful skate by Christina! Fall on the flip, but she's a junior, she's not used to skating this long. She didn't go away after her 5th place last year. Excellent!

[christinaskater]

Christina Gao was amazing!

[MikiAndoFan#1]

Christina was gorgeous.

[beep_beep]

How much did Gao grow??
She looks really tall (and gorgeous). Too bad for the fall.

I'm really liking how the american girls seem to be done with the pwetty pwincess look.