I miss her too... I wish that she would compete again. Why did she quit? I have always wondered about that... I wish that she hadn't quitted :sad21:i miss her. any chance for her to do another ice show next year?
I miss her too... I wish that she would compete again. Why did she quit? I have always wondered about that... I wish that she hadn't quitted :sad21:
maybe she wants to rest and she has already achieved everything there is to win in figure skating. She has also been plagued with injuries. For me, her health is more important than more medals and fame. She has all that already.
Oh, thank you for the information. I have always wondered why she quitted..:clapper:maybe she wants to rest and she has already achieved everything there is to win in figure skating. She has also been plagued with injuries. For me, her health is more important than more medals and fame. She has all that already.
having said that, I also wish she would do more ice shows. I miss her skating too and her programs, both competitive or exhibition, are just beautiful.
Little confession tho: I wish she'd have used Nessun Dorma as an LP in Olympics and Adios as a gala. ))
I miss her too... I wish that she would compete again. Why did she quit? I have always wondered about that... I wish that she hadn't quitted :sad21:
Anyone visit the the Olympics.org homepage lately? :hap57:
Q: Alexander Rafailovich, at the Grand Prix event in Beijing, Chinese skater Boyang Jin was the first skater ever to do 6 quads in the programs, and Russian pair Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov did two quad throws, one of which (the quad loop) wasn't ever done by anyone. Many people say it is a revolution in figure skating. Do you also think so?
A: No, I do not. If we talk about six quad jumps, it's just one more than there is now, that men are already attempting and performing. Yes, six quads - it's difficult, it's interesting. But I do not think there have been any revolution, because we need to understand what's actually going on. I see some tendecies that concern me. What am I talking about? Difficult element brings a lot of points as it is. But for some reason, judges sometimes tend to be more forgiving when they assess the quality of extra difficult elements than easier ones. That means, you do a quad, they will forgive you something that they wouldn't forgive in a triple. Moreover, even the components score started to increase when extra difficult elements are included in the program.
I think this is sending the wrong message. If the element is difficult, it will naturally cost more, but its quality should be assessed by exactly the same standards that apply to the quality of a triple. And this is a subject for discussion.
Same with the components that are unlikely to depend on whether a quad or a triple jump is executed. This is one thing. Secondly — to do and to have it done are two different things. Of course, the strongest performances are those that combine highest difficulty and highest quality. Who will be able to achieve it this season? Let's see. Let's go through the remaining Grand Prix events, then the Final, ISU Championships and then we will analyze the results. Do not forget that it is much harder to do difficult elements under pressure of championships. Secondly, they increase the risk of injuries, so I would take it cautiously. This does not mean that I am against the difficulty, I am for it. But our sport consists of two things - complexity and quality, and they must blend together well. It would be wrong to say that complexity trumps everything else. The system is not designed this way.........................
If an athlete executes all difficult elements with high quality and skates well the program, then victory is probably guaranteed. But what do we see? Skater can make mistakes — tthat's one thing. Secondly, due to the complexity of elements he may concentrate only on the extra difficult ones, and then there will be nothing left of a program. But if an athlete manages to get it all together, he will win.
Q: Do you think that more and more athletes will start doing difficult elements?
A: Figure skating will develop. It's a sport, and its motto is: faster, higher, stronger. And no matter what we say, difficulty cannot be limited. However, if there is no quality, you cannot win on difficulty alone. The question is not only what you are doing, but will you be able to do it? And how will you do it? http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ind...ttee-you-cannot-limit-difficulty-in-fs.96912/
Am I missing something here??
First of all, forget the levels. Adelina's footwork was one of the ugliest footworks I have ever seen. Just kicking through the ice. Did she tick the boxes? Perhaps. But did it have much cohesion with the music or the rest of the program itself. God no. If I was a judge, I'd throw a minus 3 right there and then. Irrational? Perhaps. But no more than the GOEs that were thrown her way.
As for the the strategy part, does the components not matter? Do skating skills not matter? Do transitions mean nothing? In that case, wouldn't we just be seeing girls throwing their Jumps while ignoring the rest of the program?
The mere fact that Adelina got virtually the same component score as Yuna and even trumped both Mao and Carolina for that matter, only says a lot about how the judging was handled.
And I'll just cap it off by saying, the fact that Adelina beat Yuna wouldn't have been surprising. But by the margin that she did? Please.
I agree, the whole technical argument for the lp doesn't even address the pcs which were beyond ridiculous regardless of what skater you like. Not only that, but there's the fact that she had a way easier jump layout for the sp and was scored overly generously for what she put out. But this is getting back to the old issue, which I want to forget about(call me lame, but I never watched any of the sochi programs after they happened. Too painful).
Please re-watch Yuna's Adios nonino (both versions IOC/NBC are great). It was a great performance for ages, if you dont watch it because it is too painful, then you are still a victim of Sochi Scandal.
You should not be, and Yuna's Adios Nonino should not be as well.
Oh, of course I have watched it... obviously it's a beautiful program. I'm just so over that event in general. I don't know. i'll say one thing, though- it is an underrated performance/program. I don't think most people really know what adios nonino is about and how it really is meant to be interpreted.