I think Adelina has more than a chance practice reports were saying she was winning the practices. As for why it was close Adelina DID have a 3/3...
Has anyone found a link to Ashley's sp? I missed it.
And as for Wagner, the impact of her SP is reduced much more than I expected when watching on the computer screen. But she still did reasonably well, a good start and there's plenty of room for her to build up from that.
If this event had been skated in Russia I suspect Ashley and Adelina's scores would have been reversed.
I didn't see the protocols but Ashley had a two-footed landing - wondering how much was deducted?
I was not overly impressed with Ashley's SP and thought aside from the singled flip - Adelina's skating was better.
Haruka Imai's SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auISbiFWWZw
I wish her jumps were more consistent...
She lost 0.93 on that jump. Three -2s, four -1s and one 0. I think b/c she fully rotated the jump she didn't lose as much as she would have if she hadn't. Also, it didn't disrupt the flow of the program either.
I'm certain had Adelina not messed up her flip, she'd have earned a score of 62+ and the fact that without a flip she's right on Ashley's heels speaks volumes as well. Adelina hasn't skated a clean FS in quite a while but if she can put out a good effort, I wouldn't be surprised if the judges put her first. The good news for Ashley is that she happens to be a really great FS skater.
In fairness, the audio in that clip isn't synced (unless you watched it on icenetwork).