I actually thought her PCS were pretty decent considering how early she skated. It's definitely a positive sign imo. It definitely would've been higher had she skated in the final group, probaby higher than Murakami at least (as it should be).Osmond was hosed on the PCS because of that fall. Bad for her that she doesn't have a reputation yet.
She had probably the best choreographed and presented program of the evening. Tons of upper body movement and transitions, great attack throughout.
I find it impossible to find any flaws in her PCS other than her posture (which I didn't even notice because her program was so busy).
Jesus Christ, those protocols make for a very depressing reading.
But it wasn't.
The reason judges gave positive GOE was because:
1) it's Mao Asada
2) it was a triple axel
Do you know how many of Mao's 3A got UR, DG or negative GOE inside or outside Japan in all those years? More than a half of them. Your argument is invalid.
I agree that 3a is not deserving '<' but, IMO it did not deserve +GOE 1.5
I think her triple axel is much better than before. And she trying to triple axel is great! but, judge should give goe on jump's quality.
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The quality doesn't get much better then this, this was outstanding. Imagine yourself sitting in the audience and seeing it live, what an experience it must be, I envy them so much!
Sorry, but the quality can be much, much better than this. Midori Ito's 3A (from 20 yers ago) should be the standard for positive GOE on this jump. If we give Ito a +3 for her great ones, then the one Mao performed should be base value. That's certainly not to say it wasn't very, very nice. I'm proud of her for doing it, and she gets an appropriate boost on value, but let's not get too over the top.
OK. Well, it's what makes figure skating great... there's room for differences of opinion.
Osmond kicked the sh*t out of her CH and had about a trillion more nuances than Gold. I was VERY impressed with Osmond's musicality and attack, her program is so much more detailed than that of Gold, Gao and Murakami even.I was at work but just saw the results...
Im shocked Osmond didnt ge 60+ even with taht performance , she is usually overscored
but Gracie having lower pcs than Osmond is just wrong !
though not worried about Gracie she will bounce back in the LP
US Fed. stop promoting Zawadzki !!!
Osmond kicked the sh*t out of her CH and had about a trillion more nuances than Gold. I was VERY impressed with Osmond's musicality and attack, her program is so much more detailed than that of Gold, Gao and Murakami even.
Overall, however, I am so impressed with the programs of these top tier ladies. Energetic, musical, well performed, some clever details in all the programs. Gold's did feel the most junior/dated whilst Gao's was probably too 'quiet', her elements were exceptional and I happened to like the quiet detail.
Like I said, mucho impressed with the quality, the Euro ladies have their work cut out for them at worlds.