- Joined
- Apr 23, 2014
Women:
1) Elena
2) Elizaveta
3) Anna
4) Ashley
5) Yulia
6) Rika
1) Elena
2) Elizaveta
3) Anna
4) Ashley
5) Yulia
6) Rika
If I recall correctly, Kovtun's competition weren't the ones who helped him skate a perfect FS with 2 quads/2 axels at TEB... resulting in his win. If anyone's been the luckiest man in the Grand Prix it's Hanyu - a silver with two horrendous programs at CoC (yes, the collision was horrible, but still he shouldn't have been 2nd), and an even worse SP and a ho hum FS at NHK - 4 bad programs... GP berth.
If Kovtun skates an LP like at TEB, he'll be middle of the pack. But Hanyu cannot afford another bad SP and needs to tighten up his LP if he doesn't want to end up last.
If I recall correctly, Kovtun's competition weren't the ones who helped him skate a perfect FS with 2 quads/2 axels at TEB... resulting in his win. If anyone's been the luckiest man in the Grand Prix it's Hanyu - a silver with two horrendous programs at CoC (yes, the collision was horrible, but still he shouldn't have been 2nd), and an even worse SP and a ho hum FS at NHK - 4 bad programs... GP berth.
If Kovtun skates an LP like at TEB, he'll be middle of the pack. But Hanyu cannot afford another bad SP and needs to tighten up his LP if he doesn't want to end up last.
Yes, having a horrible accident and dealing with several injuries and post-collision trauma really makes you the happiest man on the GP
And for Kovtuns "perfect" (yikes :shocked: ) LP... 166+ is a good score, but something Machida should have been able to beat anyway. Kovtun deserved the gold, but yes he was lucky that Machida (and Ten) skated bad enough to lose their big SP leads.
It will be no surprise if any Russian win. It ill be a big surprise if Ashley or Rika win...though I think Rika is more dangerous than any American...
Ladies:
1. Elena
2. Elizaveta
3./4./5. Yulia/Anna/Ashley
6. Rika
. Though unless one of the other five has a splatfest, Rika's going to finish last but I don't think anyone will have a problem with that...
Yes, having a horrible accident and dealing with several injuries and post-collision trauma really makes you the happiest man on the GP
And for Kovtuns "perfect" (yikes :shocked: ) LP... 166+ is a good score, but something Machida should have been able to beat anyway. Kovtun deserved the gold, but yes he was lucky that Machida (and Ten) skated bad enough to lose their big SP leads.