Ladies' Short Program, Fri. 2/10 at 2:50 pm EST

[drivingmissdaisy]

I am very proud of Ashley. She has shown that she can truly be a factor at this year's Worlds!

[CassAgain]

All three American ladies in the final group?

[SkateFiguring]

Does anybody remember Phaneuf's scores as announced? They don't make sense in the result page. Amelie 25.84+25.88=51.72 and Cynthia 26.56+26.20=50.76???

eta. OK I see there is the -2 deduction. Silly me.

[bigsisjiejie]

Never got into Bingwa's skating. Prefer Kexin Zhang at this point. But waiting for Zijun Li to join the seniors--China's best hope for a top notch lady skater since Lu Chen.

[let`s talk]

Mao:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_P6ps7tfcM

[figureskate]

results of the ladies http://thewrongedgefigureskatingblog...ies-short.html

[demarinis5]

Good for our US ladies all in the top six. Congrats to Mao, Ashley and Kanako and a special shout out to Caroline, well done Ladies.

[drivingmissdaisy]

Mao:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_P6ps7tfcM

Uhm, is she wearing a (very) padded bra?

[sweetskates1]

Thank you!!!

mao:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_p6ps7tfcm

[Olympia]

Mao:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_P6ps7tfcM

Thanks so much for the link! She looks wonderful, and I'm so thrilled she did the 3A--and a pretty good attempt!

I can breathe again.

[SkateFiguring]

Good for our US ladies all in the top six. Congrats to Mao, Ashley and Kanako and a special shout out to Caroline, well done Ladies.

ditto.

The top three are in a class (63.45 - 64.25) and Caroline is in her own class right behind, at 58.74, before the group 54.07 and lower. They can all be very proud. Let's hope more ladies bring it tomorrow.

The Canadians are under extra pressure. I hope they calm down and meet the test in the FS.

[Serious Business]

The protocols are out: http://www.isuresults.com/results/fc..._SP_Scores.pdf

Once again, 3flips that look perfectly fine are getting deductions (Kanako's and Caroline's). What's going on? Is there some new memo out to judges on when to deduct on 3flips? I'm missing whatever flaw it is and I would like to know about it so I can understand the scores.

Mao's 3A got an UR, as expected. Zhang's 3R/3R was ratified! Woot!

[Mathman]

The protocols are out: http://www.isuresults.com/results/fc..._SP_Scores.pdf

Once again, 3flips that look perfectly fine are getting deductions (Kanako's and Caroline's). What's going on? Is there some new memo out to judges on when to deduct on 3flips? I'm missing whatever flaw it is and I would like to know about it so I can understand the scores.

Some judges didn't get the memo. Caroline got from -2 to +2 on her flip.

[Ilvskating]

I don't get Mao's PCS. Nobody in this competition should get PCS close to Mao's IMO. Congratulations to all the top ladies but the scores do not seem right to me.

[Mathman]

I don't get Mao's PCS. Nobody in this competition should get PCS close to Mao's IMO.

I thought that Mao was a little lackluster this time. But yeah, her basic skating is SO much better than everyone else's it seems like she should get at least 8's.