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CanadianSkaterGuy said:Sorry, I should clarify, I was referring to the field at TEB for Hanyu (where the 3rd place skater didn't attempt any quads and had only 1 triple axel in the FS), and the field at CoC for Sotnikova (where the 3rd place skater landed 2 clean triples in her FS).
By "weak" I mean, not particularly competitive so they were able to nab silver medals. Obviously at Skate Canada, Hanyu had more competition from Oda and almost lost to him, and at TEB Sotnikova had competition from Pogorilaya. I was just pointing out that Hanyu and Sotnikova actually have a lot of similarities to their season with similar successes and problems, however sky_fly seems to think Sotnikova is somehow a headcase when her beloved Hanyu also has his own consistency issues.
I'll reiterate that I love both Hanyu and Sotnikova, and don't think either are headcases. Another similarity is that they're both pushing for very high technical content even though it doesn't pay off (e.g. Sotnikova's 3-3 in the SP and Hanyu's 4S in the LP), but I still give kudos to them for doing that.
Aye, that's true. Although the field at TEB actually looked good on paper, until the first 5 LPs happened...
Thanks for explaining!
Blades of Passion said:I wish she would get proper credit for her 3Lz+3Lo. At both Japan Open and CoC I don't feel it deserved the < call, and at TEB I would have just given it a < rather than <<.
She hit a very beautiful one in practice/warm-up too, that looked fully rotated to me. Cesario did a gorgeous 3Lo-3Lo in the 6 min warm-up before the SP too, that was definitly rotated.
It's annoying that the technical panels are stricter for 3-3Lo combos. There are some cheated 3T's (like Ashleys in the LP) that get credit regularly, but they never give the benefit of the doubt on a 3Lo :no: