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Yes, but you're the one who keeps putting Julia out there as a paragon of "Ladies" skating. And she just isn't....at least not yet.
ETA: Lam's music/program is a snoozefest but she looks like her jumps are a little higher than they used to be. Didn't she change coaches this past season?
sky_fly20 said:why not ? Julia has improvement her presentation, has good speed and has terrific spins all necessary to rack Component points
It's not just the difference between a lady and a girl, it's how Akiko has a delicate use of her arms, a superior use of her whole body giving a sense of sureness and ease that Julia just isn't capable of. Akiko has such a fine sense of musicality, accomponied by a charming, light yet strong personality. IMO, she even manages to make her moves look nearly unchoreographed, as if she was just doing what the music tells her to do naturally, and not what some choreographer taught her too.
Tuktamysheva with two terrible mistakes receiving better PCS than a clean Mirai:
In which universe are good spins tied to PCS again? Spins belong to the TES.
Her speed might be fine, but I don't think she's as fast as Akiko - though maybe someone who was there can give a better judgement about that. Anyway, her SS are okay, but below Akikos. Actually Akiko is above Julia in all the PCS marks, but especially in IN. Yes, Julia has improved, but she's still nowhere near Akikos level here. It's not just the difference between a lady and a girl, it's how Akiko has a delicate use of her arms, a superior use of her whole body giving a sense of sureness and ease that Julia just isn't capable of. Akiko has such a fine sense of musicality, accomponied by a charming, light yet strong personality. IMO, she even manages to make her moves look nearly unchoreographed, as if she was just doing what the music tells her to do naturally, and not what some choreographer taught her too.
It's more like Akiko should have been more than 1 point ahead of Julia on IN alone! And then there's CH and PE too...(and the more I think about it, the more I think the gap should have rather been wieder, and not smaller )
Julia > Akiko and Tuk > Mirai on PCS. Is pro-Russian bias/favoritism going on in this competition?