- Joined
- Dec 28, 2006
Nine ladies from the USA
(Rachael Flatt, Kimmie Meissner, Mirai Nagasu, Alissa Czisny, Beatrisa Liang, Caroline Zhang, Katrina Hacker, Ashley Wagner, Emily Hughes)
and only six from Japan
(Miki Ando, Yukari Nakano, Fumie Suguri, Nana Takeda, Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki).
How it is possible?
because the rest of the skating world is raving about "the depth of the Japanese Ladies" meanwhile we ( the U.S.) are carrying more talented senior ladies than could fit in the top at nationals!
I feel bad for some of them. I have to imagine there will be quite a few who skate great and won't get to go to world or even a medal....
Spots are given in the Grand Prix based on the performance of the skaters in the past year rather than by country.
Bebe and Kimmie were top 10 at Worlds (get 2 spots). Katrina Hacker was 6th at 4C's. Rachael, Mirai and Caroline were top 3 at Jr. Worlds. Ashley and Emily had high enough seasonal bests that they would have placed 7th at Worlds. Alissa's seasonal best would have been 12th (0.01 ahead of 12th place Dyrt at Worlds).
yeah..we got a good set of ladies now!