2015 NHK Ladies Short Program

[peese]

I'm thinking Mao was overthinking grinding out the outside edge on the lutz and ended up with the pop.

 

[paperhearts]

Go Courtney! Love her dress + her hair.

 

[hikki]

I'm a big Mao fan but I thought it'd be more like 58-59...
Maybe it was 3a (fall), 3f3l<?

 

[Snow63]

Asada UR'ed all her jumps. That was bad. The score is too high.

 

[jrodlopez]

She was trying to hold onto the outside edge on the lutz and forced it too much which cause her left side to go!

 

[hurrah]

Aww, Mao... She's looking so downcast. :sad4:

Hope she'll do better tomorrow!

 

[mirai4life]

courtney and her turns

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I love Mao to death. She should not have been ahead of Mirai.

Same here.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[FSGMT]

Even if it breaks my heart, the situation is now very open and interesting

 

[Vili67]

That skating gives Ashley really good chances to win SP

 

[Shayuki]

I think it should have been 3 >s and she only got 1? And probably too high GOEs considering how flat the entire performance was today. Mirai should be leading.

In any case, good luck to Hicks.

 

[EdgeCall]

Clearly it was too much to ask the skating gods for Yuzuru AND Mao to do well today.

This is ancient wisdom. They don't like the mortals to come too close to them.

 

[YesWay]

Wait for protocols before whining about scores

 

[andromache]

Protocols will be interesting....

Mao shouldn't be ahead of Mirai, IMO, but she doesn't seem too overscored on PCS? So I'm half-asleep and confused.

 

[Mirunna]

Whaaat such overscoring...

edit: on TES.

if the 3A was fully rotated despite the fall and if she got credit for 3F-3Loop 30 seems appropriate. 62 is ok-ish, 61 for Mirai was too low IMO

 

[randomfan]

Courtney landed the 3T, but with the turnout in the middle of the combo. I wonder how the judges will give their GOEs for that one...

 

[Snow63]

I'm a big Mao fan but I thought it'd be more like 58-59...
Maybe it was 3a (fall), 3f3l<?

Her flip was UR'ed too. She should be behind Mirai with this skate.

 

[iceberg]

im kinda guessing shes gonna have a stellar lp

 

[sabinfire]

Asada UR'ed all her jumps. That was bad. The score is too high.

Not all. I think the single lutz was clean.

 

[FlattFan]

Hicks made a major error by turning in between her huge flip and 3t combo. Much weaker skater than Mao but should still lead.