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Sotnikova FS 54.36 + 56.39 – 1.00 = 109.75 overall 168.23 3Lz fall, 3F, 2A+3T, 2A, 1F, 3Lo+2T, 3S
So happy for Osmond.... Canada's next best...
Hope the pressure doesnt kill her ability because she definitely has it.
Osmond!! :agree: Phanuef retires and, three days after, a Canadian girl wins Nebelhorn! I want to see videos! I'm happy for Imai, too: her skating has always been beautiful, and I was disappointed every time I saw her falling down from good positions, now she did the opposite, coming back from a bad SP to win a medal! Sotnikova... :no: I have already written that I love her skating, but she needs to control her nerves, she's now a Senior lady and you can't be so inconstant if you want to win...
also Zhnag with 127+ scores , I was hoping she was on her way up again :disapp:
as for Adelina, indeed she needs to control her nerves especially in LP where she gets mistakes, I dont want Adelina to become a Maria Butyrskaya
she needs more mental strength something she usually lacks in comparison to Julia, Elizaveta and Gracie
I think it's too early to call Adelina inconsistent, it's still very early and she had decent skates here, 168+ are very good scores for September. Last season she struggled with the grown sprut, don't think that nerves were the main reason of her mistakes, especially when the season before she seemed not to have nerves at all and won every competition she entered. Let's wait for the Grand Prix at least
So happy for Osmond.... Canada's next best...
Hope the pressure doesnt kill her ability because she definitely has it.
I agree with you: in 2011, she won everything she could, and I think she's still fighting to regain her confidence, and confidence, in figure skating, is everything. But it's clear that her nerves are not the best: the only clean FS from her was at Nationals in 2011, now she's not skating bad, she's just making every time one or two mistakes that don't allow her to win, she needs that "bit" more: in this competition, it could have been a clean SP or the second 3F in the FS... However, let's wait the next competitions, she's listed for two relatively "easy" GPs, so she'll have the opportunity to show the full potential of her programs!I think it's too early to call Adelina inconsistent, it's still very early and she had decent skates here, 168+ are very good scores for September. Last season she struggled with the grown sprut, don't think that nerves were the main reason of her mistakes, especially when the season before she seemed not to have nerves at all and won every competition she entered. Let's wait for the Grand Prix at least
I agree and to call a skater inconsistent in September or rattled by nerves seems odd. What was there - 125 people in the arena?
This is a skater who basically makes the podium at every event she enters. If that is not a sign of consistency I need to learn the real meaning of this word. :think:
I think we might be setting the expectations too high here
but I think for most here, consistency means not just medaling in every event but showing dominance in every competition and
winning gold on all competitions ?
sky_fly20 said:but I think for most here, consistency means not just medaling in every event but showing dominance in every competition and
winning gold on all competitions ?
That is your definition - certainly not mine.
Yuna is a skater who always made the podium. She won alot but many times did not win (check her record at Worlds).
In the 6.0 era it was about chasing perfection.
In the CoP era it is about chasing points.
Adelina obvioulsy skates in the CoP era and is chasing points.
By 6.0 standards Chan might not have been considered so consistent. In the CoP era Chan is very consistent as he always scores alot of points.
Let's remember these are athletes working fora goal. In CoP the goal is points.
Like Yuna and Patrick,, Adelina is so talented she can miss a few jumps and still make the podium.
Like it or not - that is the measuring stick in CoP skating.
Any skater who consistently makes the podium should be considered what ................:think:
Has Adelina shown her best yet? I don't think so but hope it is coming by the end of this season.
If you want to say "Adelina needs to show more consistency on her JUMPS" that might be another discusion.
But in this era skating is not as much about jumps. It is about points.
also I think the expectation was for her to reach the GPF and she was not able to go to the finals last season
Yuna, Mao , Michelle, Irina etc. always reached the GPF , Adelina is living the CoP era, but the points she gets
at least for now wasn't enough to go to the GPF