By the way, doesn't Surya Bonaly look fantastic?! She doesn't look 40-something...
yes. one of the highlights of this championship for me.
By the way, doesn't Surya Bonaly look fantastic?! She doesn't look 40-something...
Miki did pretty badly at her first Olympics. But she was young and Alissa is of mature age for a skater. What an awful situation.
Miki did pretty badly at her first Olympics. But she was young and Alissa is of mature age for a skater. What an awful situation.
On account of Polina Korobeynikova's lame efforts in these championships, if Russia is going to retain its 3 sports at worlds for next year, Ksenia Makarova is going to need to perform her best long program of the year.
Czisny was just so slow and tentative around the ice, no wonder she missed all those jumps. Can't see her appearing at worlds again. She will probably finish 22nd!! She got FIVE deductions!! That was nothing less than a total meltdown
The usfsa needs to have talk with Alissa and tell her she needs to retire....sasha had problems with consistencey ..this girl is unreal..
Plus Sasha didn't just give up when she screwed up. She would fight till the end. Not so now with some of these girls.
something is very wrong within USFSA, IMO. it's been going downhill ever since 2006. i can't believe i'm saying this, but the program is in a desperate need for a Martha Karolyi of some sort!
Sasha made 21 straight podiums and was still crucified on this board and elsewhere as inconsistent and lazy.Alissa as well as any of the current US girls could only wish to have the consistency level of Sasha Cohen. Sure, Cohen could have 1-3 mistakes in the LP, but she pretty much always skated a clean SP under pressure cooker situations and she had highlights to her skating that international judges loved and she pretty much always managed to finish 2nd - 4th in major events.
For the 2d time in 3 seasons, Czisny has to decide whether or not she should keep skating. And now the US could lose the 2d spot....Has anyone ever seen that many falls by an elite skater in one program?....So maybe if Alissa continues she should try Kostner's coach, who turned her around after the painful 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Alissa is clearly still suffering from the injury she suffered at the GPF (or an injury similar to that). The fact that she is still not attempting triple flips, which is by far one of her better jumps, is all the proof we need to see that. Alissa is inconsistent, but she's not completely incompetent. She is skating like an injured person.
And as an athlete, I'm sure she wanted to fight through it and hope she could pull something off, but I wonder if her camp will end up questioning this decision.
Ashley certainly could fall to 13th. In fact, I'm expecting it, after what I've seen of our esteemed men and Alissa. If that happens---
Good. Get em down to only 1 spot, send improved Caroline or Gracie or another up and comer, and be done with the rest of them. Bye Ashley, Alissa, Rachael, Mirai! Good luck in your new careers.