She grew a lot from last year and had one of the best senior seasons ever.
Theres nothing different about Yulias body now compared to last season. So its a nonsensical hypothesis to begin with. By the time she puts on more weight she will be retired. 2018 Olympics will likely her last event before retiring.
While Gold will be hanging on into her 20's like Wagner hoping 'this is the year'.
All of your statements are incorrect. Sotnikova has far superior skating skills, speed, flow and jump quality.
Which skaters' jumps garner more positive GOE when well executed? Adelina, by far. Her jumps, minus the lutz, are all excellent. Gracie does not have quality jumps; she just has difficult jumps (that she often fails to execute, hence her poor competitive record.) Gracie has stiff landings, no flow out of jumps, poor height, etc. Her jumps are not good and have been deteriorating since she started training with Carroll.
I nearly choked on my food.@CSG Did you lose a bet to Skyfly or something? I mean you've always been supportive toward Gracie but even you have sided with Adelina being a better jumper than Gracie in previous posts if my memory serves me correctly.
I'm not sure of the reason but Gracie seemed to be landing more stiff as the season progressed and began crawling out of her jumps. I hope it's not a sign of anything and as suggested earlier she can losen the reigns on some of the old power jumps she did. During the WC and Olympics there was definite chatter around GS about her jumps looking weird and especially during the event in the ladies thread. I think it's possible she is just skating a bit too guarded and the result is inconsistency unfortunately.
@CSG Did you lose a bet to Skyfly or something? I mean you've always been supportive toward Gracie but even you have sided with Adelina being a better jumper than Gracie in previous posts if my memory serves me correctly.
I used to think that Gracie's jumps were massive but ever since she hooked up with Frank, the only jumps she really wows me on is her lutz.
I agree with Sam when it comes to Gracie's landings. She used to have more flow in her landings, though she'd fall a bit more frequently. Now, for the most part, she's staying upright but she lands kinda heavy and very tight with little flow...I guess that's her way of coping with the nerves. It's much more preferable to splatting but it doesn't leave a great impression for the overall program.
lol No I'll keep calling them brats, and when no one but delusional pathetic ingrates are offended, you can start your political campaign 4tehchilrenz! See I just came up with your slogan. You being offended because you are invested in a 15 year old girl, does not make calling 15 year olds brats offensive. It makes you a pathetic human being.
Soyoun Park's jumps are the only ones out of the current ladies' that I find impressive all-around. She has decent speed going in, great rotations and body positioning in air, and good landings and flow-out. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anyone else in next season's ladies field that has such well-rounded jumps. Most of the ladies are strong in some aspects and weak in others (ex: big, explosive jumps, but unattractive launches and landings).
^I heard she's adding a triple-triple to her LP (she did it in SP this year), so the difficulty level of her programs will go up. It remains to be seen if she'll remain consistent in competitions, and if she'll build up enough of a reputation to be a challenge for the podium.
Soyoun's skating aesthetic is lovely. Her jump technique is similar to Yuna's, but I find her skating to be much sweeter, joyful, and softer (prob. because she hasn't been buried under all the pressure and expectations yet). I hope they let her fine-tune her own individual style and not try to force her into being a Yuna 2.0.
I also hope people don't treat her like a Li and put all this pressure on her because of one solid competition. Many people are calling her a threat or consistent, based of her Worlds performances. I wonder if people feel the same for Chafik Besseghier?
All of your statements are incorrect. Sotnikova has far superior skating skills, speed, flow and jump quality.
Which skaters' jumps garner more positive GOE when well executed? Adelina, by far. Her jumps, minus the lutz, are all excellent. Gracie does not have quality jumps; she just has difficult jumps (that she often fails to execute, hence her poor competitive record.) Gracie has stiff landings, no flow out of jumps, poor height, etc. Her jumps are not good and have been deteriorating since she started training with Carroll.
You overestimate Gold's jumping technique. Her double axel and triple flip are awful jumps, meaning she has horrible technique on 2/6 of her main jumps that she performs. And she needs much tighter rotation than Sotnikova because she can't generate the same power Sotnikova does. Sotnikova's jumps have like twice the height of Gold's, so she would overrotate jumps if she had tighter air position. They are different style jumpers. Sotnikova is a power jumper in the mold of Slutskaya. Gold is more like Sasha Cohen, someone with tiny jumps that relies on quick rotation. I guess it's a matter of preference, but I vastly prefer Sotnikova's style.
Gracie has tiny jumps like Sasha Cohen? Are you nuts? Yes last season Gold's jumps weren't as big as in previous years and i think part of that is thanks to Frank Carroll making Gracie get too thin and that took some power from her. Please tell me when Sasha ever had as huge a 3lutz3toe as Gracie did at Nationals in 2013 for instance.