If Kostner had done the 2Lo at the end of her three jump combo instead of a single, you would all stop wuz-robbing...
And if Alissa had rotated more of her jumps, nobody would be wuz robbing Kostner.
IMO, if this competition hadn't been in the US, Kostner would have won.
No one is talking about Elene G. but I think her comeback is more promising than Caroline's.
I wonder why no one is talking about her. I am a big fan. She is an amazing skater. Super fast, great choreography, fiery performance, great jumps when rotated and landed. Musicality. The whole package. If she got her act together, I could see her medaling at Worlds. However, on this very forum, she just doesn't get much attention.
100% agree!See I have to disagree with you. I'd argue that there was a reason Kostner always got those PCS. her speed/flow has always been second to none. She's always had good choregraphy. And her jumps when on were beautiful. Its just been hard for anyone to appreciate any of these things when Kostner was spending most of her time stumbling and falling all over the ice.
Now Kostner is landing a bunch of jumps cleanly. She's not falling all over the place and so we can all appreciate her many wonderful qualities. Qualities that were always there. If she can keep the consistency and add in the difficulty maybe that great 3flip/3toe back. She could more than compete with the Russian babies. She could have competed with Kim and Asada too.
Actually, I'd say she was a better skater in the Sasha/Mao overlap days (2005-2007) than she is now, when she was hitting 3-3's. Then she got into a slump for a couple seasons, with her nerves getting the best of her and her confidence apparently rattled. I'm glad she's looking like she is recovering some of her old self.Well, there's that. Thank heavens. But when Sasha was skating and Mao, Miki, Mirai, and even Akiko and Ashley were at their best, even a relatively clean Kostner didn't appeal to me. I think her programs have been better on the whole the last couple of seasons. It also helped that her FP dress this year at least covers her butt when she's standing still. I have serious issues with the way she's usually costumed!
That sounds like a bad excuse...especially when you derided YuNa for doing those good-for-nothing 3-3's without a full repertoire of triples. Let's not start giving credit for trying 3-3's just 'cause...Alissa went the opposite way, trying a 3Lz/3T that cost her points and left her too off-balance to get herself together for her next jump, the flip that she fell on.
That sounds like a bad excuse...especially when you derided YuNa for doing those good-for-nothing 3-3's without a full repertoire of triples. Let's not start giving credit for trying 3-3's just 'cause...
And Kostner did not "deliberately lower her tech content", I would say that she is trying to rebuild it slowly. Her tech content is higher than it was last year with her injuries.
You're absolutely right about this one. Simply perfect. Is that music George Winston, "Country"?? (I looked it up on Wikipedia but that doesn't sound right.)This is my fav Carolina SP, and one of my favourite from ladies, period:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNTyUG0DTE
With the same international panel of judges?
As for Yu-na Kim , are you sure I ever said anything bad about her? I don't remember that. I think that was someone else, some idiot who was just trying to pad his post count spouting foolishness. :yes: