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I was at that Nationals game where they were there. Worth going there and getting sunburned.
I was there too!
I was at that Nationals game where they were there. Worth going there and getting sunburned.
Interesting. I disagree. I don't think Bradie is going to let ANYONE else have it. One of the more determined faces I've ever seen before she started skating.
Also catching up this morning. Bradie was not intense; her music was. I feel like that music choice was to cover up her lack of artistry. I guess it's working, but I still don't enjoy her skating. It's just elements. With noisy blades even while stroking.
Alysa looks like a junior. Lots of tech but skating like the 13 year old she is.
Mariah is beautiful. If she could hit every element in front of the judges, she's be the whole package. Crossing fingers that it happens in the LP.
Amber Glenn skated to her music. Emmy Ma, too, with a beautiful musical quality. Can't say that for most of them. Again, the elements have to be there and they come closer to the whole package than the top 2 (although, Alysa has plenty of time to learn that).
Had a thought during the "Ting Cui is the future" commentary (before the falls): whatever happened to Tessa Hong? The "future" in 2017? Google search makes it appear she did not compete this year?
Tessa Hong I believe has retired from skating. She had very many injuries and couldn’t stay healthy long enough to make a run at a title.
We will have to see. I personally don't think it's Bradie's decision to make, if Alysa skates clean with her planned content. In any case, it will be an exciting free skate.
I'm going to apply the same logic to this situation. Watch the GOE's and PCS if Alysa skates cleanly. They'll be low. She's a prodigy, to be sure, but USFSA doesn't want her to win the national senior title. Yet.
When Gogolev was leading Canadian nationals, I predicted that Skate Canada would not "let" him win, because they weren't going to send non-champions to Worlds while the Canadian champ was a non-eligible 14 year old boy.
I'm going to apply the same logic to this situation. Watch the GOE's and PCS if Alysa skates cleanly. They'll be low. She's a prodigy, to be sure, but USFSA doesn't want her to win the national senior title. Yet.
PCS in the short was factored by 1.0 not 0.8, which might have explained some of the high-ish scores
USFSA has never been afraid of crowning a prodigy in ladies. Witness 2008 when only one medalist was old enough for Worlds. Alysa is clearly their new "next big thing".
That's too bad.
But, yet again, that's why crowning "the future" so soon is just ridiculous.
PCS in the short was factored by 1.0 not 0.8, which might have explained some of the high-ish scores
When Gogolev was leading Canadian nationals, I predicted that Skate Canada would not "let" him win, because they weren't going to send non-champions to Worlds while the Canadian champ was a non-eligible 14 year old boy.
I'm going to apply the same logic to this situation. Watch the GOE's and PCS if Alysa skates cleanly. They'll be low. She's a prodigy, to be sure, but USFSA doesn't want her to win the national senior title. Yet.