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^ I don't think so. I think it will be the opposite. If Alissa does manage to come back to competition, I think she will be carefully scrutinized by the judges.
Yes, I agree. I only wish I had the optimism about Czisny's prospects at 2014 nationals that so many of her detractors do. I fear she will be facing the same kind of "stuff" that many of us wanted to colorfully describe facing Nagasu and Zhang at the 2013 nationals: low-scored no matter what. The third spot will go to someone who is, in the end, irrelevant and not even interesting.
I don't know about palms, but here is her horoscope.
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/june-25-birthday-astrology.htm
Too funny.
I fear that, in the event of a Czisny comeback, the US judges will put her on the Sochi team even if Gao or Zawadzki (or any of the other girls) skate better. Unfortunately, with reputation judging, this may end up being the case, potentially cheating a more deserving skater out of the third spot.
What does "deserving" mean? Doing better in a single competition? Why do you "fear" this? Really, let's not talk about desert and pretend that Czisny doesn't own that argument.
I'm actually OK with Czisny going to Olys IF she earns it - it is Worlds (with spots on the line) that she should be kept away from at all costs...
That said, I probably would have other skaters higher on the so-called "wishlist". And anyway I think this'll be a non-issue because either she'll retire, be forced into retirement by yet another injury, or will simply no longer be competitive against the improving US field. (When you think about it, she really was able to take advantage of the dismal state of US ladies and peak late in her career at a moment that would give her a national championship...if it happened earlier she wouldn't have won)
This all seems so premature to me. Among US women, who is AC so not-good-enough compared to? The "improving US field"? Really? Show me Ashley Wagner's more-consistently-rotated-than-AC's-triple-triple-combination. Show me Gracie Gold's non-junior choreography and presentation.
Can Czisny medal at the Olympics in 2014? Probably not. But Czisny's "probably" is no worse that Wagner's or Gold's, and it's a heck of a lot better than any other current US woman.