What will it take for Yuna Not to Win OGM in Sochi
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That was 3 major mistakes. And it still took her 2 major mistakes in the LP to finally lose it. Granted, she might have still lost with only 1 major mistake in the LP.
Lol but seriously?
If she misses a Lutz. She has missed either one or both in the past, and maybe if she falls. The judges love her, but if there will be politicking present (and there will be)- somehow I get the feeling that they may hammer her.
That said- though she rarely skates clean, she has skated perfectly when it counts, esp since Vancouver. Plus, the mistakes that she does normally do not count for much (leaving out 2Loops and popping 2As. She'll make up for it through components)
If she misses a Lutz. She has missed either one or both in the past, and maybe if she falls. The judges love her, but if there will be politicking present (and there will be)- somehow I get the feeling that they may hammer her.
That said- though she rarely skates clean, she has skated perfectly when it counts, esp since Vancouver. Plus, the mistakes that she does normally do not count for much (leaving out 2Loops and popping 2As. She'll make up for it through components)
What will it take for Yuna Not to Win OGM in Sochi?
A combination of three highly unlikely events:
1) Instead of peaking at the Olympics, she skates like she did at Zagreb or Korean Nationals (I don't consider either of those performances worthy of the Olympic Podium, never mind gold, despite the lavish scores she received or the gushing praise from her hardcore fans), and
2) Somebody else not only has the skate of their lives, but they are also the subjects of Divine Intervention (for example, Asada skates everything clean and lands all 3 triple axels with +GOE), and
3) The judging is fair and consistent.
I don't think any of those is likely... but all three at once?! No, the gold SO belongs to Kim, it's boring.
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A combination of three highly unlikely events:
1) Instead of peaking at the Olympics, she skates like she did at Zagreb or Korean Nationals (I don't consider either of those performances worthy of the Olympic Podium, never mind gold, despite the lavish scores she received or the gushing praise from her hardcore fans), and
2) Somebody else not only has the skate of their lives, but they are also the subjects of Divine Intervention (for example, Asada skates everything clean and lands all 3 triple axels with +GOE), and
3) The judging is fair and consistent.
I don't think any of those is likely... but all three at once?! No, the gold SO belongs to Kim, it's boring.
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If Mao goes clean in both programs and Yuna doesn't (even one mistake), Mao will probably take it.
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I think a clean Mao will win over a clean Yuna this go around. Not so much in 2010.
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Food poisoning, a tonya harding type incident, two major errors, bad judging or some kind of tragedy are all ways Yuna can lose the gold. Heck even a bad wardrobe malfunction.
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Depends on what we mean by "clean". Mao needs more than to simply stay on her feet. No UR's, no step-outs and no two-footing.
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I do think in the hypothetical Yu Na and Mao both went totally clean and Mao went with her hardest projected program, it would still be a toss up to who would win, and come down to 2 points either way. Sadly I dont think Mao is even capable of going truly clean with her hardest planned layout (maybe when she was younger but not today) so in essense it really is Yu Na's to lose.
I do agree it is much different than 2010 where even had both gone clean Mao would have had no chance (but by contrast she was actual much more capable of doing clean in 2010 than she is now, although her current jump layout is even more insanely hard than 2010).
I do agree it is much different than 2010 where even had both gone clean Mao would have had no chance (but by contrast she was actual much more capable of doing clean in 2010 than she is now, although her current jump layout is even more insanely hard than 2010).
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The most likely disaster would be that the airline lost her skates and luggage. This sort of thing seems to happen far too much the last couple years.
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Yuna's skates go in her carry-on luggage. Now I don't know about her costumes, but I imagine they go in a carry-on, too. Besides, I'm pretty sure Korean Air will take special precautions with her luggage on her flight to Sochi. They would be crucified otherwise.
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Yes- but does Korean air have a direct flight to Sochi? Most carriers do not allow you to take skates as a carry-on, since 9/11.
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This realy could happen. At last GPF in Sochi P.Chan complaind about the fish he got to eat. He got the runs and said this was the reason his skates were bad. Later on he said he was happy his pants stayed clean. So no fish for Patrick, Yuna and the other medal contenders. 
Right, this girls are hungry for the titel. But may the best hunter gets the gold.
According to TSA Guidelines they are allowed as carry-on
http://www.usspeedskating.org/sites/default/files/TSA Guidance for Skates.pdf
I guess there might be individual air lines that won't allow that, but it doesn't violate TSA rules.
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But the TSA has jurisdiction only over flights departing the USA, right?
In any case, international flights seem to be a crap shoot.
Presumably any elite skater has the sense not to put her/his skates into checked baggage unless absolutely required to do so.
Anecdotally, a number of skaters have had problems with skates going missing in action in checked baggage.
Examples at the time of London Worlds: Ashley Wagner; the ice dancers from Belarus.
Wagner was flying from the U.S. to Canada.
IIRC, one of the Cannuscio sisters (Anastasia, if I'm not mistaken) recently had a problem with lost baggage -- including her skates -- when returning to the U.S. from an international competition.
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