Leonova will frequently do more triples than Mao asada but she will fall once or twice and doesn't have assess pcs.
But that was when asada did not give up on so Many jumps and failed at them. Now Mao has given up 3a and never attempts a 3/3 and can't do a triple lutz and has some of the worst rotating of triples in skating. Down to two triples sometimes. Maybe if leonova gave up on so many jumps like Mao she would be better and try to get better pcs because of no falling and better choreography or something. But unlike Mao she needs jumps and the harder jumps which are giving her trouble. Mao had the pcs by bing 2 time world champ and olympic silver medalist that she could totally give up on jumps and be like kostner or ando and have free skates with no 3/3 or no lutz or both. Leonova just doesn't have that pcs. Not even at Russian nationals. But she also unlike Mao and kostner couldn't even attempt to give up on the harder jumps because of skaters like shshnokova and radionova and tuktamisheva
Ando also was a world champion. Sure it would make sense for leonova to stop doing 3/3's but now she has no opportunity to do that! The Russian federation is very mistakenly sending girls who do hard jumps but have terrible pcs like tuktamisheva. Tuk will be lucky to get 55 in pcs when she needs near 70 in pcs to do well. Leonova at least has much better pcs and that is what the ladies event is about.
Ando also was a world champion. Sure it would make sense for leonova to stop doing 3/3's but now she has no opportunity to do that! The Russian federation is very mistakenly sending girls who do hard jumps but have terrible pcs like tuktamisheva. Tuk will be lucky to get 55 in pcs when she needs near 70 in pcs to do well. Leonova at least has much better pcs and that is what the ladies event is about.
They should send Liza and Adelina but sending gosviani instead of leonova is dumb. Leonova could beat Liza and Adelina but there is no way gosviani could. Her pcs will be horrible and atrocious- tuktamishevas is and sotnikovas jumps are s big question all the time but leonova has higher pcs than any other! Leonova being home is a huge mistake because of pcs.
I think sending Gosviani is meant to be a wake up call to Leonova.. either skate better, or be left off the team. If Gosviani bombs at Euros I bet Leonova will be at Worlds.
Practice is practice. He didn't do much in competition. If he goes to worlds he also starts off with horrible pcs so all his jumps need to be there. Like gachinski's were at 2011 worlds. No mistake is possible because the pcs is not there at all. Most Russians going to worlds in singles will have horrible pcs so no jump mistakes are affordable.
I do think pcs is the be all and end all. Mao won an event doing 4 triples over the sp and lp.
Leonova is just sure to get better than 53! She almost reached 60 last season.