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Who can rival Kim in Sochi: Asada or Kostner?

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venlac

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If Yuna couskate clean for the first time at the Olys, why theoretically Mao can't? ld Mr Sato said that the process of reworking her technique will be finished just in time for Sochi, literally.
I remember (though correct me please if I'm wrong) Mao said her success rate at clean runthroughs was around 30%? So if her success rate is 30%, even if it's 10%, why one of those skates can't be performed at the Olympics?
Back in 2009 some people would also say that Yuna seems incapable of turning in a clean FS. Now nobody doubts it, including myself.

There is a difference of potential.
it's true that yuna's first clean fs was olympics. she didin't often perfect clean FS. but, she usually had only one or two mistakes in fs.
if she got UR on 3-4 jumps, that was called 'yuna's terrible skating' (for example, 2009 SA)
In the case of Mao, In this season almost every competition, she got UR on 3-4 jumps in FS.(Even before her jump component containing 3a, 3-3)
 

miki88

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One reason that Mao usually scores higher in Japan is because she tends to skater better at home. This is not totally discounting hometown boost but some skaters perform better in front of a home crowd and Mao is one of them.

The only thing that is near impossible to fix is her flutz and she will probably always get an edge call on it with neg GOE. Everything else she has shown she could land it with some positive GOE in the past. Of course, the last ratified 3-3 combo she did was years ago but she has only recently brought it back. Certainly the chances of her landing all of these difficult jumps cleanly at the biggest competition is slim but it isn't out of the realm of possibility.
 

Krislite

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What I meant when I wrote that the first time Kim skated a clean LP was at the olympics was - why someone else can't do it for the first time at the Olympics? It's true Mao's success rate at many jumps is low but it's not like she can't land them at all, except for the triple flutz. If you take her best jumps she did perform this season and add them up, her score is around 147 and that is without PCS boost from a clean LP. She did not yet jumped a clean 3F-3L but she attempted it for the first time since 2009 season, she is capable of getting it back.
What I want to say is, I perfectly know Mao's chances of skating a clean LP (only with e on 3Lz) are terribly low but it's not like it's impossible. If Yuna could skate clean for the first time at the Olys, why theoretically Mao can't? Mr Sato said that the process of reworking her technique will be finished just in time for Sochi, literally.
I remember (though correct me please if I'm wrong) Mao said her success rate at clean runthroughs was around 30%? So if her success rate is 30%, even if it's 10%, why one of those skates can't be performed at the Olympics?
Back in 2009 some people would also say that Yuna seems incapable of turning in a clean FS. Now nobody doubts it, including myself.

Well, nobody here is denying Mao can go clean at the Olympics. I certainly think it's quite possible. As for her 30% success rate at run-through's, I think that basically confirms our belief that the chances are slim. The biggest effect that kind of poor consistency has is in Mao's confidence during competition. It doesn't help her at all that she can't trust her own technique, which is so critical when skating under immense pressure.
 

mary01

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There is a difference of potential.
it's true that yuna's first clean fs was olympics. she didin't often perfect clean FS. but, she usually had only one or two mistakes in fs.
if she got UR on 3-4 jumps, that was called 'yuna's terrible skating' (for example, 2009 SA)
In the case of Mao, In this season almost every competition, she got UR on 3-4 jumps in FS.(Even before her jump component containing 3a, 3-3)

I would much rather watch a performance with a few UR, then a performance with falls, popped jumps, level 1-2 spins....:rolleye: mainly because the visible mistakes bother me much more then the unvisible mistakes!
 

ForeverFish

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I know its the "right" thing to agree... but I just can't with him anymore. He a great skater... blah, blah, blah... he's a giant dbag who actually thinks he deserved the scores he got, as he stated in interview after interview post-Worlds, and said that Ten didn't walk through the door... except Ten DID walk through that doo, and the judges kicked him out. Sure, the result is out of his control, but he is the one who, instead of seeing the reality, has decided to embrace the judges narrative of him being this revolutionary skater ala John Curry... I'm sorry Chan, you'll never be Yagudin OR Curry. Chan = a Robot with Canadian Edges.

Well, out of fear that this will turn into another "Chan vs. the judging system" thread, I won't try to convince you to do the "right" thing. I'll just point out that, ATM, Chan has better odds of winning in Sochi than any other senior man.
 

pangtongfan

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I'll just point out that, ATM, Chan has better odds of winning in Sochi than any other senior man.

That doesnt mean they are good odds. Like I said I doubt any single man has more than 30%. I think the Worlds debacle (in fact the last 2 World debacles) will actually hurt Chan's chances a great deal. The judges will be very careful how they mark him more than any other favorite in Sochi. They know he will be the skater people are most suspicious of, and will be scrutinizing and how he is scored the closet.
 

MiRé

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I think mentality is the key in Olympics.
In this case, Yuna is quite strong because she already has OGM, so the pressure is lessen(just my guess btw). She also knows how to handle pressure, and quite surprisingly, she performs well under pressure.
On the other hand, Mao was not able to get Gold in 2010, thus having more pressure from not only her own country, but herself as well. This may or may not effect her skate at Sochi.
I don't know what to say about Carolina. She's amazing, her edges and etc. I've never actually liked her, and her programs, but I found myself kept watching her Bolero
from 2013 Worlds. However, she's iffy... Her 2010 Olympics was a disaster, and who knows if she'll perform like that again or not.
Also, I think Carolina should execute more difficult jumps in the SP such as 3F+3T. Her score from 2013 Worlds was "too" generous for 3T+3T(With a fall).
I would like Carolina to skate to a higher content and deserve a score that everyone can respect.

Anyways, back to topic, Mao and Carolina definitely, but I really think anyone can rival them such as Zijun!!! (love her)
 
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You're smart to mention Zijun, Melon. We have to keep her and the world's other skaters in mind. Though YuNa still competes at an astonishing level, and Mao is gaining more and more command over her jumps, and of course Carolina has many great qualities (though not consistency), there's always the possibility of a dark horse showing up, or everyone else having (Heaven forbid!) a bad night. Remember Sarah Hughes, who never before or again reached the peak she attained on one crucial night.

Just a thought.
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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Maria's World title was at age 26, not 27. Best check your own "facts" are correct before mocking other for "not even using the right numbers".

I believed she won the World title at age 23, but I was off on her age by a year, just like you were off on Maria's by a year (although your case is far worse as you somehow deduced the 2002 Olympics was 2 years after the 1999 Worlds given that you talk about her winning the Worlds at 27, and your repeated lie about me stating that she should have won the Olympics at 29, so for you 27 + 3 + 29 I suppose, lol). So Shizuka became a major contender at age 22

By contrast Maria skated 5 or 6 seasons as a major contender (96-2000/2001) and never managed another top 2 finish at either besides her shock World title.

Actually you said she became a medal contender at 24, and then changed it to 22. And then you didn't take into account that she qualified for the GPF at 21 (not to mention beat the World bronze medalist in Suguri - who won another bronze that year when Shizuka came 8th), which I'd say qualifies her as being a contender for a World medal.

Plus, Butyrskaya winning Worlds at 26 years and 9 months is a heck of a lot closer to 27 years old than Shizuka winning at 22 years and 1 month and you saying she won it at 23. And good on you for conceding that Shizuka became a major contender at 22 and not 24 as you initially suggested... even though she was winning major ISU medals starting at the age of 20. :rolleye:

And perhaps Butyrskaya never had another top 2 finish (very convenient that you didn't say "top 3", since then you would have had to include her World bronze in 2000 :rolleye:) but she did win Europeans and have several Grand Prix series wins. I'm not even going to get into her Euros title over Slutskaya.

And if you want to define Shizuka winning 2 titles -- the Olympics once and Worlds once without even coming close to winning either at any other time -- as a "potential multi-title threat" then sure, go ahead. I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't define "multiple times" as 2 times and not even coming close any other time. That's of course not to discredit the two times she did win, but to label her as a continual threat is misleading and inaccurate.
 

zschultz1986

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You're smart to mention Zijun, Melon. We have to keep her and the world's other skaters in mind. Though Yuna still competes at an astonishing level, and Mao is gaining more and more command over her jumps, and of course Carolina has many great qualities (though not consistency), there's always the possibility of a dark horse showing up, or everyone else having (Heaven forbid!) a bad night. Remember Sarah Hughes, who never before or again reached the peak she attained on one crucial night.

Just a thought.


What you say is correct... anything can happen on the night. However, we put Sarah Hughes in context earlier in this thread. She is the only OGM who was not only never a World Champ, but also never a National Champ. She is the exception to the rule, the extreme outlier.

Also, I would like to come back to Melon's point about the mental game. In this respect, I highly doubt Yuna would be affected either way by the previous Olympics. She, "skates stupid" amazingly well. By that I mean, she only thinks about what she has to think about during her performances, she has amazing ability to focus and block out distractions. There was tremendous pressure on her in Vancouver and had the best skates by any Female OGM ever (as you said, Melon). What you saw was an athlete who was trained so well, and who went after it as the favorite, instead of, as we've seen time and again, backing off and being tentative because of the pressure.

As we've seen, Mao and Carolina are both mentally weaker than Yuna. Carolina gets into her programs so much, that she sometimes loses concentration on the technical aspect in order to give that extra energy to the performance. Mao... seems like a very emotional skater, as in, her mood affects her performance, which can be both great (and not-so-great). These aren't out and out negatives, but, they can affect their skates, where as I doubt very much anything could phase Yuna
 

cheerio2

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Mao is definitely more temperamental of a skater, but overall I think she's pretty tough mentally too, putting together 3 clean 3as when it counted the most. And having to skate after Yuna's long program and Yuna's monstrous score of 150, dealing with crushing knowledge that it was all but over and still going out there and skating like she did couldn't have been easy.
 

ForeverFish

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That doesnt mean they are good odds. Like I said I doubt any single man has more than 30%. I think the Worlds debacle (in fact the last 2 World debacles) will actually hurt Chan's chances a great deal. The judges will be very careful how they mark him more than any other favorite in Sochi. They know he will be the skater people are most suspicious of, and will be scrutinizing and how he is scored the closet.

Well, let's go by your method, then.

Based on Chan's PCS and BV (I can guarantee he'll be adding more quads for the Olympic season), as well as his previous results, give him the 30%.

I would give Hanyu (stamina struggles in the FS, but excellent presentation) and Fernandez (can bomb the SP, but is finally skating to his fullest potential) each a 25% chance, Takahashi (struggles with consistency) 10%, Reynolds (all tech content and no presentation) 5%, and Ten (dark horse) 5%.

By a small margin, Chan wins.

ETA: Chan's better odds are assuming that he goes clean or nearly clean with the most difficult technical content (which he CAN do, as long as he doesn't lose focus), while the other men make noticeable errors. No repeat of the Worlds fiasco here.

ETA (again): How did we get to talking about the men in a thread devoted to Yuna, Carolina, and Mao? Back to the ladies, if you please. :)
 

pangtongfan

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Well, let's go by your method, then.

Based on Chan's PCS and BV (I can guarantee he'll be adding more quads for the Olympic season), as well as his previous results, give him the 30%.

I would give Hanyu (stamina struggles in the FS, but excellent presentation) and Fernandez (can bomb the SP, but is finally skating to his fullest potential) each a 25% chance, Takahashi (struggles with consistency) 10%, Reynolds (all tech content and no presentation) 5%, and Ten (dark horse) 5%.

By a small margin, Chan wins.

ETA: Chan's better odds are assuming that he goes clean or nearly clean with the most difficult technical content (which he CAN do, as long as he doesn't lose focus), while the other men make noticeable errors. No repeat of the Worlds fiasco here.

While the odds sound about right for each individual, as well as your explanations, I will be surprised at this point if Chan wins the Sochi Gold. I wont even be surprised if he finishes off the podium either. I also dont think him going clean or nearly clean is likely at all, as technically he is already past his peak and will likely continue to drop from here (thankfully for him next season is his last amateur one anyway, but it is the biggest one so not good news for him). The huge controversy over his Worlds victory was really a loss for him in more than ways than it was a win in the long haul I expect.
 

ForeverFish

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While the odds sound about right for each individual, as well as your explanations, I will be surprised at this point if Chan wins the Sochi Gold. I wont even be surprised if he finishes off the podium either. I also dont think him going clean or nearly clean is likely at all, as technically he is already past his peak and will likely continue to drop from here (thankfully for him next season is his last amateur one anyway, but it is the biggest one so not good news for him). The huge controversy over his Worlds victory was really a loss for him in more than ways than it was a win in the long haul I expect.

I don't understand how he's past his technical peak when he's been upping the tech content every season. He'll be 23 next year--the same age that Plushenko was when he won the OGM in 2006.

Also, I hope that the Olympic judges don't take it too far in the opposite direction by DENYING Chan the gold medal if he gives two excellent performances. Errors need to be penalized accordingly, but the marks of expert skating should be given their fair share of points.
 

Krislite

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I don't understand how he's past his technical peak when he's been upping the tech content every season. He'll be 23 next year--the same age that Plushenko was when he won the OGM in 2006.

Also, I hope that the Olympic judges don't take it too far in the opposite direction by DENYING Chan the gold medal if he gives two excellent performances. Errors need to be penalized accordingly, but the marks of expert skating should be given their fair share of points.

The judges aren't going to deny Chan a well-deserved gold medal if he manages to pull it off at Sochi. They'd be quite a happy to give him the title to "validate" his previous wins and their questionable judgments.
 

coolboogie22

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To answer the question of the thread:

I think that the only skater who can rival Yu-Na is Zijun Li, She have the technical content and the quality who can rival Yu-Na, she just needs to work in her speed and her presentation espacially to be able to communicate more with the audience in her program.

And, also I have faith for Mirai Nagasu and Mao Asada, if they can skate clean and pull 3/3 or triple axel, they also can possibly rival Yu-Na.

*Sorry, for Kostner, I don't like her skating because she telegraph to much her jump and her presentation is force (not natural at all), if she change that I would possibly think that she could challenge Yu-Na maybe :)
 

FSGMT

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To answer the question of the thread:

I think that the only skater who can rival Yu-Na is Zijun Li, She have the technical content and the quality who can rival Yu-Na, she just needs to work in her speed and her presentation espacially to be able to communicate more with the audience in her program.
This won't come in one season: the best that the judges will give to Li (even if she skates perfectly) is a 60-62 PCS, and that woouldn't be enough to beat Yu-Na...
 

venlac

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To answer the question of the thread:
I think that the only skater who can rival Yu-Na is Zijun Li, She have the technical content and the quality who can rival Yu-Na, she just needs to work in her speed and her presentation espacially to be able to communicate more with the audience in her program.

when young talented skaters have almost perfect skating and veteran top skaters have a bad program,
judges never allow young and new skater win the top skaters by PCS

When I looked back the many conpetitions 12 usa national, 12 cup of china, 13 euros...
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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The judges aren't going to deny Chan a well-deserved gold medal if he manages to pull it off at Sochi. They'd be quite a happy to give him the title to "validate" his previous wins and their questionable judgments.

As this season has shown, the judges are willing to place other top skaters (Hanyu/Fernandez/Takahashi) ahead of Chan. What I'm hoping is that if a 'lesser' skater like Ten yet again obviously outskates Chan (or Takahashi/Hanyu/Fernandez, for that matter), they won't be held back and will be given the placement they deserve.

What I'm really hoping for is that technical ability and clean programs are rewarded at the Olympics. I know better skaters will get higher PCS marks, as they should, but that shouldn't prop them up... I would much rather see a less polished skater with high difficulty executed cleanly be placed above an excellent skater who has programs full of errors.
 

Skater Boy

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To answer the question of the thread:

I think that the only skater who can rival Yu-Na is Zijun Li, She have the technical content and the quality who can rival Yu-Na, she just needs to work in her speed and her presentation espacially to be able to communicate more with the audience in her program.

And, also I have faith for Mirai Nagasu and Mao Asada, if they can skate clean and pull 3/3 or triple axel, they also can possibly rival Yu-Na.

*Sorry, for Kostner, I don't like her skating because she telegraph to much her jump and her presentation is force (not natural at all), if she change that I would possibly think that she could challenge Yu-Na maybe :)

I agree but the judges really like Kostner; she is like Patrick Chan - great pcs and quality though I think Chan is comparatively stronger still the judges acknowledge those skills. True she is not a natural artist.
 
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