Here we go. Cup of Russia----3 level 4's ; level 3 stsq
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gprus2012/gprus2012_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf
I'm more questioning the level 4 step sequence. Lots of girls get level 4 spins the difference is on the GOE....Sotnikova/Kostner can get level 4 step sequences INTERNATIONALY.
I have no idea why you think Sotnikova would win so easily if all skated cleanly. She might win, but it wouldnt be a blowout, all these girls would only be in the 5-8 range at Worlds if it was a cleanly skated event anyway, so their scores wouldnt be that far apart. Sotnikova's SP at Nationals was clean and she lost the short program to Tukt who hard a harder triple-triple quite easily. I think Osmond would beat her in the SP if both were clean too. In the LP she had her best LP in years and still was easily beaten in it by Tukt (not to mention junior jumping Kostner) and even had she been totally clean would have been virtualy tied with Tukt at Europeans in the LP, and I already noted what happened in the SP when both skated cleanly. Her PCS were barely higher (while light years behind Kostner's) than Tukt in the Europeans SP, not to mention at the Russian Nationals. From seeing your posts relating to Sotnikova though you are an enormous fan of hers and have an impossible time being objective on her.
Adelina had a jump downgraded and popped another jump. Her score was quite close to Tukts considering all of this....In terms of Adelina, I was impressed with how she handled Euros. She was in the lead, and even after the popped jump held it together. I think Adelina is slowly coming around. I like Adelina the best of these girls because I feel she's the most polished. (Although she still has some work to do there)...
I wouldn't say Gracie has no future, she has amazing jumps. But she has a lot of work to do on the PCS area, I think she's the worst performer of all these girls. (She seemed to tally disconnected from the performance at the Nationals skate). It does her a diservice for people to say differently....Amazing jumps though.
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