Gracie's PCS started out in the 6s at Skate Canada. At CoR, her PCS was in the upper 6s (SP) to lower 7s (FS), and both SP and FS were in the low 7s at 4CC. At Worlds, even though she had a rough SP, her PCS scores were in the 7.25 range and in the mid-7 range for the FS. Her PCS scores have already gone up because she is gradually skating more confidently. I think she has a way to go to reach the 8s, and she really needs a strong choreographer to help her do that.
Chances of making the Olympics team
Gracie Gold - 80%
Wagner - 40%
Alissa Czisny - 40% if she lands back her jumps she's in
Zawadzki - 30% the love affair and overpromotion will continue which I will never understand
20%
Gao , Miller, Hicks and Mirai
0 %
Caroline Zhang
Is there a reason to debate Ashley and Gracie? The USFSA has already purchased them thank you gifts for earning back three spots. That gift: round-trip tickets to Sochi.
Alissa Czisny is the classiest U.S. skater since Michelle Kwan, both in style and in spirit. I am biased: I saw Alissa at Skate America (my first live competition). But her 2010 LP was the best American ladies LP since Kwan's TOSCA. So full of life and choreographic detail. Its strengths almost overshadowed how ugly skating requirements have become.
Seeing her possibly triumphant GONE WITH THE WIND program before the inevitable ending was heartbreaking.
Alissa may not deserve a spot, but I hope my damned she earns one.
And if not her, Mirai. Why? Probably for the same reason. Sentiment.
But Christina is very good too.
(My first post: took me years.)
Some folks have been talking about who should be chosen for the third spot in terms of which skaters may have a chance at the podium. This strikes me as bizarre. The chance that any of the American women -- let alone one besides Wagner and Gold -- would be in contention for a medal is so slim (it would take a meltdown on the part of Kostner and Asada; Kim would probably be on the podium even with a meltdown) that it seems useless to pick a third team member in terms of medal chances. Though, if that is one's criterion, I can't think of a better choice than Czisny, who, in spite of her oft-claimed inconsistency, would have at least marginally better medal chances than any other American woman besides Wagner and Gold.