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Horrors! and the Tech Panel did not catch it, but you did?
Watch the replay, it was obvious
Horrors! and the Tech Panel did not catch it, but you did?
Your right she isn't Sasha. She didn't fall on her butt.
From Doris' List, I thought they were all competitive and they all looked the same. I do like their competitiveness, but ho hum on their performances. Not much variety here. Maybe Agnes with a blues number, but it could be better. The others were all ballerina-like.The level of competition was quite high; I was impressed. Most girls tried 3Lo, and we saw many 3+3 combos.
Courtney's last combo spin was stunning - camel into "Yu Na spin" (name?) into a weird but cool catchfoot position and then sliding it down into a sit position:
Very good competitive. Her definition type skating is all there. Performance, I liked she was clean.I'll try to roll up the videos I know about so far:
Adelina Sotnikova SP
http://www.youtube.com/user/ice888ice#p/a/u/0/ejbSMgHt-ow
Haven't seen the link yet. Hopefully soon.Polina Shelepen SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_Kc3W_PFc polina
Very surprised she used a Blues Number. She managed it, and with those high jumps had a very good skate.
Standared - didn't grab me as a versatile skater would have.
Still have to watch - no comment now.
A beautiful figure skating performance, and not trying to be a ballerina. Old man Nicks should be proud.Courtney Hicks SP
http://www.youtube.com/user/ice888ice#p/a/u/2/qFG1HOgeBLU
Very reministent of Miki Ando. She may become Japan's best after the others leave.Yuki Nishino SP
I would love to see these two, but thanks Doris for the others.I could not find anything yet for Gao or Tuktamisheva
Your right she isn't Sasha. She didn't fall on her butt.
Voila.Um, this is the short program, not the free skate. Sasha was clean in the short nearly everytime. Courtney has nice jumps and a cool spin, but she lacks lacks Sasha's polish and look at me quality. I'd like to see her improve her skating skills and presentation.
I'm no Sasha fans but I clearly recognize her gifts and fall or not people still want to skate like her. Of course they want to skate like Michelle more...
I agree Jammers. Right now I just hope that Adelina will still have that potential when the Olympics come around because she's pretty awesome right now. I just have to remember that she's 14 and the puberty monster ruin everything.