2015 Europeans Ladies Free Skate, Jan. 31

[DexterK]

I think she is smiling in miss and cry!! Haven't seen her do that in a while.

 

[Mirunna]

Two 2A - why didn't she add 2T at the end of one (like at Nationals when she struggled with 3Lz)? It's gonna make her score lower
Otherwise, I love everything in this program - music cut, choreography, how she expresses the music, her jumps. Maybe only spins could be better.

She already did 3 combos, so adding a 2T to a 2A would invalidate the element

 

[tulosai]

I think she is smiling in miss and cry!! Haven't seen her do that in a while.

!!!!! I know!!!

 

[Alchamei]

125.71... I'm glad she is smiling.

 

[LittleLotte29]

I think this was a great interpretation of firebird in the first half. In the second half she visibly lost steam though.

Unfortunately, you are right

 

[Shayuki]

Maybe not next year but for this her Worlds spot is definitely safe now. And we'll have to see what the Juniors can do next year- look at Lipnitskaia this year. At least Anna seems to have her grown up body which can't be underestimated.

Sotnikova, Radionova, Tuktamysheva -are the erason why it's no hope, #4 she might be. Next year will be interesting for Russian girls as the tano twins enter seniors.

 

[tulosai]

Come on ELENA!!!!

 

[satine]

These streams

Anna POGORILAYA ............66.10+125.71(65.14+60.57)=191.81
Mae Berenice MEITE ............55.84+100.63(51.12+50.51)=156.47
Angelina KUCHVALSKA .........49.28+107.09(58.74+48.35)=156.37
Roberta RODEGHIERO ..........51.79+102.73(51.14+51.59)=154.52
Nicole SCHOTT ..................52.03+101.60(52.30+49.30)=153.63
Laurine LECAVELIER ............51.58+99.85(53.87+46.98)=151.43
Nicole RAJICOVA ................53.78+95.66(48.51+48.15)=149.44
Nathalie WEINZIERL ............50.80+97.98(48.38+50.60)=148.78
Anastasia GALUSTYAN ........51.78+95.40(51.04+44.36)=147.18
Eveline BRUNNER ................52.00+91.97(45.54+47.43)=143.97
Eliska BREZINOVA ..............47.40+95.65(52.52+44.13)=143.05
Natalia POPOVA ................49.21+89.06(43.67+46.39)=138.27
Kerstin FRANK ...................50.74+82.98(40.68+42.30)=133.72
Sonia LAFUENTE ...............48.53+83.07(41.99+43.08)=131.60
Aleksandra GOLOVKINA ......45.01+86.46(44.86+43.60)=131.47
Fleur MAXWELL ................51.36+77.11(33.17+45.94)=128.47
Camilla GJERSEM ..............46.82+81.28(40.49+42.79)=128.10
Gerli LIINAMÄE .................44.46+79.85(38.48+41.37)=124.31
Elene GEDEVANISHVILI ......49.20+73.68(27.38+47.30)=122.88
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Kiira KORPI ......................WD(sick)

 

[sabinfire]

Elena held on to that landing.

 

[Mirunna]

Radio's jumps look a bit bigger today so far

Everything landed, I think she just won the whole thing

 

[Kinga]

Funny how swedish commentators critisize everything about Pogo. Geeeez

 

[gravy]

That finale... I always expect Radionova to bust out a Michelle Kwan CoE spiral! Tuktamysheva will have to BRING it.

 

[HanDomi]

Liza needs to land 3A to win this...

 

[cheerknithanson]

The stream's not working for me. Good thing this thread is here for "live-posting" about what's going on.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Elena RADIONOVA (RUS)

Music: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Trio Elegiaque No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov

Blue draped dress, heavily beaded shoulders/back

3Lz+3T
3F
3Lz - bit scratchy
StSq
CCoSp3p
3Lo+1Lo+3S
2A
2A
3Lo+2T - eeked out
FCCoSp3p
ChSq
LSp

Not 100% perfect, but more or less clean and enough for gold unless Tukt delivers

FS: 71.86+67.22 = 139.08 (PB), 209.54 (PB), 1st (out of 20)

 

[Mirunna]

That finale... I always expect Radionova to bust out a Michelle Kwan CoE spiral! Tuktamysheva will have to BRING it.

Tukt does not have the same content, not to mention weaker spins.
As much as it pains me, I don't think gold is within her reach regardless how she skates

 

[tulosai]

Elena is absolutely enchanting!!! I love her more every time I see her. THat end spiral sequence is out of this world!

 

[EdgeCall]

Now, that is figure skating!

 

[bartlebooth]

Amazing Lena!

 

[Sandpiper]

How does Elena do this?! Maybe not the best landings, but she landed them anyway!