Kwan also had outstanding spirals but even struggled on those under COP, getting a level 1 on her spiral sequence in some of the rounds at the 2005 Worlds and seemingly confused what she should be trying to do with it.
This is not exactly true. Her WR under COP was during the inflation period. She would not get that kind of score even with a quintuple axel.
Another fallacy regarding Cohen is her amazing spins. No, she did not get the most points in spins ever. Her direct competitors always beat her in spins.
Kwan could get level 3 on all her spins. Maybe mostly level 3 and one level 4 for combo. Rachael Flatt regularly got level 4 spins, so I don't think it's impossible for Kwan to get it.
Kwan should have picked a coach who understands COP. There's no way if she holds the spiral a bit longer, she wouldn't be able to get level 3 at least. I mean, Miki Ando and Flatt got level 4 in spirals. Not exactly hard to get if you follow the recipe for level 4.
Well, if Harding can repeat one of her 91 National, wouldn't you say she's competitive for the gold medal? Say 3A, 3Lz, 3T3T in the SP. And then just 7 triples in the LP.
I think at her best, Kwan could do this
SP:
3T3T
3Lz
2A
level 3 on spins
level 3 on steps
TES: 33
PCS: 33
Total: 66, basically a few points behind the top 3, maybe one point below the other girls if they hit (Adelina, Akiko, etc)
The judges hated Tonya`s artistry. It is dreaming to think she would get such huge PCS even at her best. Also while her basic skating and spins were great, her footwork was very weak and she would probably have a level 1 footwork sequence, or level 2 if lucky.
Why pick someone like Cohen who you just know is going to fall once or twice and blow it yet again?
She won a silver medal at the olympics with a fall and step out in the long
Only because the competition was so mediocre. If Sasha had skated like she did in Turin at the 2010 Olympics she would have been lucky to make the top 7.
Why pick someone like Cohen who you just know is going to fall once or twice and blow it yet again?
Why pick someone like Cohen who you just know is going to fall once or twice and blow it yet again?
Yes, like Cohen, other american female skaters have fallen at the Olympics.I keep forgetting that she's the only skater that ever did!!
Rosalyn Summers (she won silver to witt's OG ), Linda Fratianne, Elaine Zayack . Of course, I am assuming they are at their prime and have jumps competitive with the current crew.