Congrats to Julia she was just delightful, loved her SP! Congrats to Mao and Mirai! Very nice skating from the top three!
Thanks for providing the video links, much appreciated.
Congrats to Julia she was just delightful, loved her SP! Congrats to Mao and Mirai! Very nice skating from the top three!
Thanks for providing the video links, much appreciated.
Poor Rachael...even FlattFan has dropped her. SMH.Originally Posted by FlattFan
Rachael is slow and boring, and can't jump anymore. Her exciting days are in the past. She's done. I'm also done with her. As for these wannabes, even when Rachael was competing, I never had different opinions about them (except Mao).So, thanks for the diagnosis, Freude.
It's Freud, not Freude, and you're welcome. Your bill is in the mail...
Overall great judging from the Coc judges! Li's PCS could be a bit higher, and Kiira's score lower, but other than that, fair judging!
LADIES SHORT PROGRAM - VIDEOS & RESULT (Updated)
1. Julia LIPNITSKAIA (RUS) - 63.06 Short Program,
2. Mao ASADA (JPN) - 62.89 Short Program
3. Mirai NAGASU (USA) - 59.76 Short Program
4. Kiira KORPI (FIN) - 59.69 Short Program
5. Zijun LI (CHN) - 59.21 Short Program
6. Amelie LACOSTE (CAN) - 57.43 Short Program
7. Joshi HELGESSON (SWE) - 49.67 Short Program
8. Sofia BIRYUKOVA (RUS) - 44.39 Short Program
9. Ying ZHANG (CHN) - 43.38 Short Program
10. Bingwa GENG (CHN) - 36.53 Short Program
Thanks to Jackie Wong for providing the links to the videos provided by the YouTube user known as "Danny Loo"
Nah, I'm still a Rachael fan -- as many others (just not on this board.
All the time and effort you put into collecting and posting these for everyone else is so very appreciated. Thank you!!!!
Aww, Zijun was a delight! Can't wait for the Free skate to start!
I actually thought Mirai was wonderful as was Lacoste from Canada. Lacoste attacked her program and has a maturity which Osmond lacks. But she still doesn't seem to have that "look at me" quality nevertheless I could see her have the skate of her life at Nationals and winning the title over Osmond though I think Canada is hoping Osmond pulls through.
It was a new SP personal best for Amelie. Does anyone know how much it increased? I tried looking it up on her Wiki page, but the score was already changed to the CoC value (Wiki is fast).
Than you for all the translations and insider observations, AlexRus.
Questions were on English, not all was understood by Mao - Mirai translated to her.
I thought exact same thing watching her short program. Would be nice to see her pull off a medal...scores for the top 6 are close enough for a shake up
Her ISU bio says her previous SP PB was 55.30 from Skate Canada 2010. Back then she landed 2A, 3Lo+3Lo< and 3Lz - both the combo and lutz had -GOE.
So the increase is 2.13 point.
Just watched the SPs- Zijun is a delight indeed! I'm so excited to see the Chinese ladies producing some brilliant skates
Zijun is a talent for sure but I sort of understand her PCS, she's still very coltish and noodly on the ice and I think that lessens the total impact of her skating. That being said, this issue is likely temporary and will resolve itself as she grows older and matures physically, great jumps and spins for sure though! She is a cutie. I really love Kiira's SP this season and actually thought the score was pretty reasonable, for Kiira, because she did do a good job presenting and stayed very in-tune with her music all the way through despite the mistake on the combo. The other jumps were pretty nice, too.
As a side note....does anyone know who designed Mirai's beautiful dress? Holy cow I love that dress....
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