LADIES LONG PROGRAM Thread

[mystichaze]

I feel for the Canadians when it comes to their ladies. As much as I like Cythanny (ha!) Amelie beat her here again, even though by the slightest of all margins.

[herro]

And I'm in favor of Cynthanny becoming her permanent nickname.

For sure. I actually think it's a pretty cute nickname. Thank you, annoying announcer!

[mylastduchess]

The question comes down to:

When skated clean, who will score better?

Phaneuf? Or Lacoste.

Hands down Phaneuf...and there you have it...

SO you count 3 popped jumps and a single axel clean?

[Kypma]

The question comes down to:

When skated clean, who will score better?

Phaneuf? Or Lacoste.

Hands down Phaneuf...and there you have it...

Eh, the algebra doesn't work like that. Who cares how they'll score if they skate clean if skating clean is a figment of the imagination? We've been told about Phaneuf's potential. We've not seen a demonstration in two years. We've been told that Phaneuf will score better than LaCoste with the international judges. That didn't happen this season. We've been told that the judges prefer Phaneuf. We've just seen LaCoste beat Phaneuf of friggin PCS. If Skate Canada tries to send Phaneuf, I will be livid.

Clean is great and all, but Amélie has beaten Cynthia for the third time this season, in head-to-head competition, and neither is known for skating clean. Shouldn't that count as well, Nadine? I understand everyone has their favourites, but considering the circumstances it's not like it's the first competition of the season in which Cynthia is second to Amélie, and by only a small margin - it's the *third* time. And Amélie is ahead by virtue of her PCS scores here, so, really, if Skate Canada still sends Cynthia... then I'm ashamed of my federation.

(Imaginary Pogue, I quoted you because that's exactly what I think!)

ETA:

SO you don't count 3 popped jumps and a single axel clean?

I think by clean, we're referring to no pops, or at least only one. Pops are costly, too, in COP. In fact, I think this was discussed yesterday - a fall on a 3Lz is still worth more than a 1Lz (which is worth almost nothing after the negative GoE).

[evangeline]

Well......not Victoria's night either. Hopefully the final group has fewer meltdowns, because the skating is getting a bit difficult to watch at this point.

[Dots]

This is just painful to watch. Why did they bring this comp here with all the bad history about the high altitude ?

[LKR]

It seems SC wanted Cynthany to go to Worlds because otherwise they wouldn't have had this 4CC "skate off." With that said, however, it would be hard to justify sending anyone but Lacoste to Worlds, as she has beaten Phaneuf three times this season.

[Spun Silver]

Victoria looked sooooo much better yesterday in a Latin program and a costume that didn't have a headband. : (

[SkateFiguring]

The ISU judges adjusted Amelie's PCS to screw with Skate Canada.

[artsciboy]

Clean is great and all, but Amélie has beaten Cynthia for the third time this season, in head-to-head competition, and neither is known for skating clean. Shouldn't that count as well, Nadine? I understand everyone has their favourites, but considering the circumstances it's not like it's the first competition of the season in which Cynthia is second to Amélie, and by only a small margin - it's the *third* time. And Amélie is ahead by virtue of her PCS scores here, so, really, if Skate Canada still sends Cynthia... then I'm ashamed of my federation.

(Imaginary Pogue, I quoted you because that's exactly what I think!)

I absolutely agree with the both of you. Plus, I find Amelie this year far more aesthetically pleasing than before (minus the hair).

[ks777]

Victoria's layback tells me she grew up in the US.

[herro]

Well......not Victoria's night either. Hopefully the final group has fewer meltdowns, because the skating is getting a bit difficult to watch at this point.

I agree. I had high hopes for Haruka and Bingwa (as well as the Canadian ladies of course) but they all struggled tonight.

[blue_idealist]

The ISU judges adjusted Amelie's PCS to screw with Skate Canada.

Haha, that would be funny if true.

[Nadine]

Aww Amelie is Canada's Rachel Flatt

Au contraire, Rachael Flatt has a mind of *steel*, just like Zhenya & Michelle, she skates clean (except the year she was injured) 99% of the time.

Also, she's a JOYOUS skater, no comparison at all to Lacoste.

Back to Cynthia, she's done everything SC has told her to do, that is going to Brian Orser, working on her jumps, et al, they owe her imho.

[Spun Silver]

It is ridiculous talk about Amelie "beating" Cynthia when it is a matter of (as Blades said) a few hundredths of a point. It's a tie, folks. They have to hold another skateoff or decide on beauty points, or who has the best coach... or send Navarro. : )