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2012 Cup of China Ladies Long Program

Srprised Mirai got such a low score but downgrades and I tink a little lack of performance (not many highs and lows in the choreography, I think?) dinged her.

I like Mao's Swan Lake, especially the choreography sequence at the end :)

Lipnitskaia now: first time I see her live (on tv).
 
Julia LIPNITSKAIA (RUS)

Music: Nutcracker by Peter I. Tchaikovski (Lots of Tchaikovski tonight)

White lace dress w/long sleeves and gloves

3Lz+3T - eeked out, rotation looked OK
2A+3T - hand down/stepout
2A
3Lo
FCSp - didn't get enough rotations on the last variation
3Lz+2T
3F
3S
StSq
ChSq
CCoSp
LSp

Some small mistakes, she is human afterall. Will it be enough for gold?
 
How Julia held onto that first combo I will never know. Really a lot of her jumps looked a bit off/tilted to me, she definitely fought for this program. Will be interesting how she is scored compared to Mao. I really do not know what will happen.
 
She looked really nervous today, but the program is :confused2: she looks really disappointed...
 
I disagree with the commentators. Lipnitskaia is just moving around the rink putting her leg to her face. I hope she actually cares about exuding some kind of energy, because her interpretation is actually flat and blah. I don't want to watch rhythmic gymnastics on ice. She has technical style and brilliance, but has a void of musical artistry apart from the choreography that was given to her.
 
FSGMT said:
She looked really nervous today, but the program is :confused2: she looks really disappointed...
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I really like Julia A LOT but honestly I do think all the winning has slightly gone to her head. I don't mean I think she is conceited but I do think she slightly lacks an appreciation for the depth of the ladies senior field/the fact that she isn't in Juniors any more. I understand why she is disappointed (and she's only 14) but really there is no shame in losing to Mao Asada!
 
I think Mao's win was justified :) Julia is extremely promising and will be a threat in the final, I think. But she seemed quite tentative today! She *is* fourteen and in her JGP, she shouldn't be too hard on herself!
 
Lipnitskaya really needs to work on her jumps when she's nervous like that--almost every jump landed had zero flow out and was bent over at the waist. She lost a lot of speed near the end of the program as well, particularly on the step sequence.

I'm glad that placed behind Asada.
 
evangeline said:
Lipnitskaya really needs to work on her jumps--almost every jump landed had zero flow out and was bent over at the waist. She lost a lot of speed near the end of the program as well, particularly on the step sequence.
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She does need to work some on her jumps but I do want to point out out that her jumps actually were way off tonight compared to how they generally are. They are usually much better.
 
Ladies Free Skate - Result

Overall

1 Mao ASADA JPN 181.76 2 1
2 Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS 177.92 1 2
3 Kiira KORPI FIN 169.86 4 3
4 Mirai NAGASU USA 163.46 3 4
5 Zijun LI CHN 160.06 5 5
6 Amelie LACOSTE CAN 135.46 6 9
7 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 134.43 7 7
8 Ying ZHANG CHN 130.65 9 6
9 Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS 127.36 8 8

Free Skate Scores

1 Mao ASADA JPN 118.87 54.53   64.34 8.14 7.75 7.96 8.11 8.25 0.00 #9
2 Julia LIPNITSKAIA RUS 114.86 57.43   57.43 7.21 7.00 7.32 7.25 7.11 0.00 #10
3 Kiira KORPI FIN 110.17 51.03   59.14 7.43 7.04 7.32 7.54 7.64 0.00 #7
4 Mirai NAGASU USA 103.70 45.89   57.81 7.39 6.96 7.25 7.32 7.21 0.00 #8
5 Zijun LI CHN 100.85 51.58   51.27 6.61 6.21 6.32 6.54 6.36 2.00 #6
6 Ying ZHANG CHN 87.27 46.97   42.30 5.61 4.96 5.36 5.29 5.21 2.00 #2
7 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 84.76 38.16   47.60 6.04 5.64 6.04 6.04 6.00 1.00 #4
8 Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS 82.97 37.07   45.90 6.21 5.50 5.50 5.86 5.61 0.00 #3
9 Amelie LACOSTE CAN 78.03 31.06   48.97 6.46 6.11 5.71 6.25 6.07 2.00 #5
WD Bingwa GENG CHN                     #1

Great win for Mao!!
 
Julia was incredible to me! Good she got 2 place. Now she knows she isn't invincible - she has things to work on. She could have easily won if she did what she CAN do. And that's a good sign that even with errors she can still make the 2 place finish
 
Yes, Julia was really off tonight (but here's just morning!), she almost fell in the 2A+3T, which is usually a strong combo for her, she didn't make any mistake in it during the past season... Mao's win was the correct result: the quality of her program was far ahed Julia's, the difference in the PCS should have been higher, I think deserved her score, Mao's should have been 66-67! I'm sad Mirai didn't get a medal, Kiira's program was good, but not THAT good, I think she was a bit overscored...
 
koatcue said:
Julia was incredible to me! Good she got 2 place. Now she knows she isn't invincible - she has things to work on. She could have easily won if she did what she CAN do. And that's a good sign that even with errors she can still make the 2 place finish
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and she will work more on her transitions to increase more her PCS, Julia still has chance to get to the GPF
 
Omg@ Mirai's technical score being lower than Ying Zhang's

:scowl:

facepalm
 
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If that's how Julia skates when she is "off"... Watch out, World! She really does have a spirit of a champion
 
I usually don't like Julia's style, but I thought she would be the 1st since she attempted difficult jumps. She was underscored compared to Mao, I think.

Lovely skate from Mao, but I enjoyed her performance at Japan Open more. The music suits her very well. Much better than her SP. Generous score considering no 3-3, 3Lz, and 2ft landing on combination.
 
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