Cohen gets 1st place singles honors from USOC, B & A get 2nd on teams
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Rgirl said:I agree. Sasha did earn that honor. I was thinking the other day that next to Michelle, Sasha has been the most consistent skater at Worlds since 2002, which was her first senior Worlds, but only because she blew Jr. Worlds in '01 so she didn't qualify to go to Sr.Worlds that year. Sasha, Sasha, Sasha. Still:
2002 Olys: 4th
2002 Worlds: 4th
2003: 4th
2004: 2nd
2005: 2nd
Add that to her results in the '02 and '03 GP series amd finals--mostly firsts and nothing lower than second--and I thought, "Not bad for such a terribly inconsistent skater."
Of course I know she flubs and falls and messes up, but except for the GP event in '01 (I forget which one) when she tried to land the quad and ended up skating most of the program on her behind, she hasn't had any Nancy Kerrigan '93 Worlds meltdowns. Of course she hasn't had a Nancy Kerrigan '94 Olympic SP and LP after having her knee bashed either.
No point to that, other than to give the girl her due.
Rgirl
Rgirl said:I agree. Sasha did earn that honor. I was thinking the other day that next to Michelle, Sasha has been the most consistent skater at Worlds since 2002, which was her first senior Worlds, but only because she blew Jr. Worlds in '01 so she didn't qualify to go to Sr.Worlds that year. Sasha, Sasha, Sasha. Still:
2002 Olys: 4th
2002 Worlds: 4th
2003: 4th
2004: 2nd
2005: 2nd
Add that to her results in the '02 and '03 GP series amd finals--mostly firsts and nothing lower than second--and I thought, "Not bad for such a terribly inconsistent skater."
Of course I know she flubs and falls and messes up, but except for the GP event in '01 (I forget which one) when she tried to land the quad and ended up skating most of the program on her behind, she hasn't had any Nancy Kerrigan '93 Worlds meltdowns. Of course she hasn't had a Nancy Kerrigan '94 Olympic SP and LP after having her knee bashed either.
No point to that, other than to give the girl her due.
Rgirl
I do agree that she has not been as inconsistent as people claim. She has choked a few times when she was in a position to win the big prize, but it was all a part of learning. She has moved up gradually, instead of making the big splash everyone expected of her, after the 2000 US Nationals.
Red Dog said:I think people were expecting "flash in the pan" like Lipinski or even Hughes. Kwan went from 4th to 1st at worlds in 95-96. For Cohen it's been longer (still respectable though), 4th-4th-2nd-2nd. She's getting there. However, something tells me that the 2006 OGM is out of her reach. She'll have to carve her name into it if she hopes to win. I see a silver or a bronze for her, but there's WAY too much pressure at the olympics to possibly expect her to do well.
Actually, I was thinking of something. If you compare Cohen's and Kwan's placements at worlds since 2002 you get:
Kwan: 2-1-3-4
Cohen: 4-4-2-2
Add the numbers up and Kwan has 10 and Cohen has 12. Not too far off actually.
Some judges actually placed her higher than Arakawa in 2004!
Sasha didn't sit out the whole season. She sat out Nationals though and therefore no Worlds.Vash01 said:All good points. Just one small correction. Sasha was injured in the 2001 season and sat out the whole season. She blew the 2000 Jr.worlds and had to miss the Senior worlds, even though she won a silver at the US Nationals.
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