2015 Worlds Ladies Free Skate March 28

[Iscariot]

She must be ill, but she did not use it as an excuse to fight por her placement!! Bravooo

 

[randomfan]

Elena is out of energy today...

Did she trash her GPF dress? I liked that one way better.

 

[Seren]

You can tell Elena is off, but to her credit she still fights for it.

She looks pretty exhausted coming off the ice, I wouldn't be surprised if she's still sick.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Elena RADIONOVA (RUS)

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

Blue dress, beaded shoulders

3Lz - bit forward, planned 3-3
3F
3Lz+3T - good job
StSq
CCoSp3p
3Lo+1Lo+3S - eeked out
2A
2A - stepout
2Lo+2T
FCCoSp3p
ChSq
LSp

Had to fight for the jumps and one pop, maybe her "worst" FS of the season. Still, maybe enough for silver given the SPs from the US girls...

FS: 60.01+61.95 = 121.96, 191.47, 2nd (out of 21) - wow, not silver or even medal?

 

[Kissx3]

Nowhere near what I'd expect from her but she's still a superstar.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

This will be close. I think Elena has it though.. She has built her PCS up all season and thus has that advantage over Miyahara ... Still, her worst skate of the season but not a terrible one.

 

[Krunchii]

Michelle Kwan's skating always creeps into my mind when I hear this music, not a great day for Lena unfortunately

 

[ahy]

She looks so ill after her performance

 

[ramurphy2005]

My biggest take away from this program: I miss Michelle still.

Agreed

 

[mimishawl]

Well....I'm going to bed. I always think it's laughable that people think the Americans are rigged to win. There has been such a hostile attitude towards Americans in general on this feed. But when things like P/C, and Satoko getting way overscored while making the same mistakes as the Americans......sigh. So frustrating. But thankfully we got our three spots. And no one can cry North American rig anymore.

 

[Flantan]

I'm quite sure she will still lead though, with her PCS and SP score. As I recalled, she had a fever the day of the SP, and I'm sure that's really affecting her right now.

 

[shiroKJ]

Her first World Championship. Nerves

She had a terrible fever during the SP. She's probably still feeling off

 

[Scovies]

Amazing fight from Elena (especially to get that 3z-3T!), and I love her performance ability, but her flail-y arms drive me nuts.

 

[blue_ice]

Poor Elena,she looks so sick

 

[ArcticMonkeys]

She is my favourite russian skater, I hope she will get silver!

Elena had to fight but she did it

 

[Mangomango]

Radionova's hunched posture is just horrible. On the jump landings!

Very true. She was already hunching but today, it's a lot worse.
Didn't understand a single point of her choreography. It was lots of arm flailing and head grabbing and what not.
Amazing mental strength for a girl that age but still, she needs something less abstract and more training on her posture and refinement of movement

 

[4everchan]

This will forever and always be Michelle music. -PCS for using it, Radio!

actually it's rachmaninoff's not michelle's

 

[hippomoomin]

Yeah, I agree. I just get a total blank from her when I watch. It's all good. The jumps are done, if small. The spins are good, she has good body line, arms etc. It's just...vacant, somehow. Maybe that will change as she matures. She certainly seems to have lots of fans on this board, anyway.

 

[gravy]

Wow... In 2ndnoverall

 

[Alchamei]

Satoko is still first!!!