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- Oct 16, 2013
For what it’s worth, Caroline Zhang’s short program score of 51.11 at sectionals was the highest SP score she’s received since the 2012 Skate Canada from October 26-28.
She also received 0 underrotation calls!! (first time since 2012 Cup of Russia).
Believe it or not, it actually won’t be that hard for her to make top 5 at Nationals.
Since the US started using IJS in 2006, the two lowest scoring nationals have been Olympic year Nationals.
Year Score
2006 134.903888888889
2007 138.651428571429
2008 142.307
2009 138.54652173913
2010 136.933181818182
2011 140.687727272727
2012 150.642631578947
2013 151.0905
So, for the US Ladies at Olympic year Nationals, lots of skaters tend to do poorly.
So far this season,
Gao has been hit or miss.
Nagasu has been hit or miss.
Zawadzki has been hit or miss.
The list goes on and on.
Zhang at her best would beat Gao, Nagasu, and Zawadzki at their worst.
Is that likely? Not really. But it’s more possible that one might initially believe.
She also received 0 underrotation calls!! (first time since 2012 Cup of Russia).
Believe it or not, it actually won’t be that hard for her to make top 5 at Nationals.
Since the US started using IJS in 2006, the two lowest scoring nationals have been Olympic year Nationals.
Year Score
2006 134.903888888889
2007 138.651428571429
2008 142.307
2009 138.54652173913
2010 136.933181818182
2011 140.687727272727
2012 150.642631578947
2013 151.0905
So, for the US Ladies at Olympic year Nationals, lots of skaters tend to do poorly.
So far this season,
Gao has been hit or miss.
Nagasu has been hit or miss.
Zawadzki has been hit or miss.
The list goes on and on.
Zhang at her best would beat Gao, Nagasu, and Zawadzki at their worst.
Is that likely? Not really. But it’s more possible that one might initially believe.