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That would be very unprofessional.
23
That would be very unprofessional.
What does 23 mean?
She won the olympics by 23 points
That's very interesting. What's the standard procedure? I always thought DGed triples in combination in the SP were still counted. My hunch is that ISU has no official rules, perhaps some wishy-washy ones open to interpretation. Why give so much power to the technical specialist? Why not put it down on stone? Weird.
Prolly the tech panel had a bad day or something. I remember Tat protesting that very strongly b/c she said Mao shouldn't be penalized like that. That's where she did so badly that she lost any chance at making GPF Tokyo.
I hope Speedy gathers all the judges, tech controllers and the respective panels for the various disciplines and work out a common set of standards. Moves legal in one competition and potentially illegal in the next, skaters suddenly getting music deductions ... it's getting too much.
But then again, it's Speedy. Not going to happen.
I hope Mao takes this one although Mirai's a fav. I think Mao needs this more and I would like to see her smile again. Hopefully Mirai can grab a spot on the podium with Yu na.
Too bad Miki is too far down.
If Mirai manages to win, that will be an upset comparable to the one at 2005 GPF where Mao beats Irina. Sign of an new era approaching?
I really don't see Yuna being any lower than 3rd unless she has a meltdown, which I don't see happening.
I hope Mao takes this one although Mirai's a fav. I think Mao needs this more and I would like to see her smile again. Hopefully Mirai can grab a spot on the podium with Yu na.
Too bad Miki is too far down.
I think Mao could win this and it will be an excellent confident booster for her! But then if she did retain her title, she would continue to rely too much on her 3A and 3A, which has been double edge sword for her.
Marai should medal, but probably not gold because it will be too much for her too soon. The media will hype her, not that she doesn't deserve it, and pressure will get to her as defending champion. If she won bronze or silver, at least she has goals to improve and stay in the game longer. I don't want a repeat of Meissner, when young skater come out and then just as quickly fade away.
Yuna settling for silver behind Mao will be nothing new and well we could always use 'Kim vs. Asada + Marai' saga for the next four years. Which I am hoping Yuna will stay till sochi. I mean who is going to entertain us if all the bots are gone?? lol
My though exactly. I hope Miki can make it to top 6 and retain 3 spots for Japan.
Yes, she could. However, the poster I quoted seemed to think somehow Nagasu is the only one who is not vulnerable, which is just crazy talk, hence I had to point out no one is invincible.
I predict the podium will be Mao, Yuna, Mirai or Laura.