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- Jan 23, 2004
Just watched the Ladies. Wonderful skating from the top three, Adelina, Elizaveta and Christina.
One thing about the Russian skater and Russian Ladies included, is that they show great technique. It's so nice, at least for me, to see Correct edge take offs for the Lutz. It shows that it can be done, and there is no need for the new idea of partial credit.
There's too much RUSH to get the credit for all the Jumps allowed even partial credit. The only way to get to Carnegie Hall is to practice, practice, practice. CoP has it's dumb points. Partial Credit promotes sloppy technique and therefore,sloppy skating.
quite agree!zijun is lovely deserve more pcs in my opinion. but she should improve her ss maybe.I thought Li Zijun did great. She had good jumps, beautiful spins, and really good expression. I love her footwork too! Her score probably could have been a bit higher, even without a 3-3.
I am still waiting for any of the Russian wonderbabies to show something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCIk7LskGqc
I am so disappointed Alexandra Najarro didn't qualify for the long. She is a beautiful skater. I am mystified by why she changed her short program and tried a triple loop. She landed a clean triple flip in her short at Nationals and the Eastern Challenge, and she has never once landed a loop in competition. She is much better than the 25th place suggests. I hope she is able to bounce back from this setback.
Alexandra should be happy to know next season's required solo jump is the flip, if she's stays in juniors.
Hm, you mean lutz? Flip was required jump last season, so next season it's lutz
I fnd Najarro's skating quite pleasant, but her and Grenier's failure here is really symptomatic of a larger problem in Canadian ladies. Regardless of what the solo jump is , very few of the juniors have a 3Lo, 3F or 3Lz. The junior champion didn't land anything beyond a 3T. I don't know enough about Canadian skating at the lower levels to know why this is (I've heard lack of final rounds being mentioned more than once), but my opinion while watching Canadian nationals was that the ladies seemed comfortable just doing a 3T and 3S, because there was no reason to go for anything else. Additionally, very few had impressive non jump elements or presentation - competent, but no wow factor.
On the contrary, I'd think it's even more important for the Juniors to have that rule since that's the time for them to be learning. Those Seniors had to skate under the same rules, too, when they were Juniors. Kim can do a 3Lo, Asada can do a 3S, Kostner has shown she can do flips and lutzes. If the rules for Juniors hadn't been in place, who knows if they would have been more limited.Thanks for explaining that to me. I was wondering why she chose the loop. Seems like a crazy rule to me, especially for juniors. There are some jumps even the best senior skaters never master. Yu Na Kim -- she rarely attempts the loop right? Mao Asada last year didn't do lutz or salchow didn't she? Carolina Kostner is the European champion and she hasn't been doing flips or lutzes all season. And I think Alissa Czisny doesn't do a salchow in her program.
Originally Posted by hughgraham2
Thanks for explaining that to me. I was wondering why she chose the loop. Seems like a crazy rule to me, especially for juniors. There are some jumps even the best senior skaters never master. Yu Na Kim -- she rarely attempts the loop right? Mao Asada last year didn't do lutz or salchow didn't she? Carolina Kostner is the European champion and she hasn't been doing flips or lutzes all season. And I think Alissa Czisny doesn't do a salchow in her program.