wvgal57 said:Seems Andy at the ISU boards doesn't think Irina crawled around out there at all. He says she maintained pretty well her speed through the program but even with her obvious off night skated as fast as some and even or faster than the others. Very impressed with Liashenko too!
Great to read a review from somebody actually in the building. ..
I think it's obvious she had an off night and I don't think it's anything to worry about.
Most interesting too, his take on Irina's pure power. Not masculine but pure power.. and just think about it, this was on an off night!!
Since you are so interested in his (Andy @ ISU) view of opinion. Think you may like to know what his blunt/honest view. Hope you'll like it.
http://forums.isu.org/viewtopic.php?t=675&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90
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In the best possible scenario for Irina, at least Elena Liashenko and Susanna should have been in front of her. In a 6.0 system, and if I were sitting in the panel, also Galina and Elena Sokolova would have been placed in front of her in the free skate. On purpose I avoided this kind of discussion before since it was not my point to say how I would have judged that competition. To me, at least the Choreography, Performance and Interpretation PCS were ridicolously high.
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