2016 World Championships Ladies Free Skate

[yuzuandyulls]

Who's Bear!???

 

[Watermelondrea]

Have you guys ever wondered that maybe Zhenya gets SS points because she's able to make slow skating VERY smooth and graceful? (This obviously isn't why, it's clearly inflation but just food for thought )

 

[sabinfire]

Omg, what a dream. Speechless. Can't believe I was here to witness this moment!!!

 

[ioanablabla]

I think the crowd was pretty damn amazing. Of course they went bananas for the Americans, but they showed lots of love to pretty much all the skaters, I was impressed.

 

[frida80]

Wait both Mirai's +3t combos were valid? Good for her! Not easy skating with a bad boot! Two better choreographed programs will help her a lot next season.

 

[Lota]

Who's Bear!???

Medvedeva. Medved in Russian means 'bear'

 

[Krunchii]

Who's Bear!???

Evgenia's last name means bear in Russian

 

[Rikku]

NBC never shows the medal ceremony. Seriously.... They need to do better. I didn't see any of the reactions to the scores except for a few people.

medal ceremony is in the No-Spoilers-Video-thread

 

[Plisskin]

Really? The crowd was amazing and you guys still find a way to complain about the conspiracy and bias against Russian skaters.

Agreed. The crowd was fine. Anna executed her jumps, but that performance was just as cold as Gracie's Frozen Chicken LP. Why would the crowd give a standing-o to a cold performance? Nobody, not even the Russians, should receive obligatory standing o's just because they skate clean and their nationality.

 

[brightphoton]

What I said on Thursday:



Was I right, or was I right. I told you Ashley loves this program! She sold it when it counted! She just showed all the people who said they wish she's get a new program. Way to go Ashley!

Now how do we solve a problem like Gracie? Just blew it again. Sigh...

You were right

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

Because the quality was not up to par? The 3Lz deserved a ! just like Ashley's did, it's unfair to all the competitors if they'll call everyone else but not hers. Also her 2As are tiny and are of poor quality while the rest of her jumps are not amazing. It's not fair to exceptional jumpers like Anna to be getting similar GOE when the quality is so much better.

Also during Yuna's days the 10% bonus was available in the FS portion only but her jumping passes were spread much more evenly throughout the program

If Satoko can score the second highest TES with no calls then in comparison....Zhenya deserves three extra points. Honestly she had the best 3-3 and outside of a ! she had the cleanest jumps and landings. People don't have to like it to at least respect its quality. Just my take.

 

[Hyena]

I have to say, I feel like the crowd has been incredible all week. I haven't noticed single performance where their response didn't match my own. But maybe I'm a biased American too.

 

[Watermelondrea]

About the Gracie having higher PCS than Mao: Yeah!! Like ***?! It's not like Mao had a bad FS either, it was FANTASTIC. Although a few URs here and there and popped lutz, it was still incredible.

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I have to say, I feel like the crowd has been incredible all week. I haven't noticed single performance where their response didn't match my own. But maybe I'm a biased American too.

I have to agree, except just with Pogorilaya's perforance was the only one they didn't cheer as well as, IMO, they should have but fanastic

 

[Krunchii]

Guys, you need to see Anna live. She blew me away during her SP. She is passionate and skates big. Her jumps are just as big, if not bigger, than Gracie's. She made me a fan.

I remember they zoomed out in the SP when she was going into her 3Lz-3T and the 3Lz looked absolutely massive! You are so lucky to witness it in person!

 

[andromache]

I keep having new thoughts about the LP.

Evgenia won as anticipated. Good for her for delivering under pressure. She's very musical. Can't wait to see what she brings next season, if she struggles with growth, and what kind of programs she does. I'd love to see her try something dance-inspired, something different from this season.

Ashley is a hero. Getting that silver and ending the drought after being that American who couldn't seal the deal for such a long time. If I was a skater, I would be trying to skate with Raf. Adam and Ashley were both stunning this week. I wonder if she will retire now that she got that World medal? But US skating would suffer without her, IMO.

Anna is another hero. The red-headed stepchild of the Russian fed, who no one ever expects to make the team but always places in the top 3 at Nationals, and even then no one expects her to be on the Worlds team. Well, she kicked butt here. A little more life in her performance and she would've clinched the silver. But she doesn't connect to Schez like Ashley and Evgenia do to their music.

Satoko was nice, but those pre-rotations kill me, which is why I'm not bothered by Gracie beating her. Gracie made some unfortunate mistakes, but at least she didn't melt down and her elements (sans the double and the opening combo) were quality. But Gracie has more time ahead of her than Ashley does, so I can live with the fact that Gracie's mistakes helped to allow Ashley the medal.

 

[twirlingblades]

The fact that she beat Mao with an emotionless disaster skate with a fall and a pop when Mao had the most exquisite and touching performance of the night and even performed a 3A is a joke, and even in PCS.

I agree that Gracie is always overscored, but its not like she beat her by 5 points or something. Mao had THREE URs and an edge call, so it evens out.

 

[hippomoomin]

A parallel would be that Satoko gets high technical score because she jumps small jumps very steady.

Have you guys ever wondered that maybe Zhenya gets SS points because she's able to make slow skating VERY smooth and graceful? (This obviously isn't why, it's clearly inflation but just food for thought )

 

[lyndichee]

I have doubts that the trio of Russian girls will be shaking in 2 years. They'll probably be replaced by another trio of tiny pre pubescent fast rotators. Russian skating is like a revolving door.

If Evgenia starts going through puberty then she will struggle like Elena. Elena I don't see around much longer.

What is interesting is that Anna has been around the longest. She skated in 2014 (When Adelina and Yulia were around, with Adelina not going to Worlds). Anna was also in the trio last year (Elena and Eliza)and this year (Evgenia and Elena). With Elena posture and messy jumps, I am not sure if she'll even survive.

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

I have doubts that the trio of Russian girls will be shaking in 2 years. They'll probably be replaced by another trio of tiny pre pubescent fast rotators. Russian skating is like a revolving door.

That's kind of the way it works when the top ten in your federation could compete for podiums at just about anyone's nationals. It might start happening in Korea very soon me thinks.

 

[Kutien]

1 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS 223.86 3 1 video
2 Ashley WAGNER USA 215.39 4 2 video
3 Anna POGORILAYA RUS 213.69 2 4 video
4 Gracie GOLD USA 211.29 1 6 video
5 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN 210.61 6 3 video
6 Elena RADIONOVA RUS 209.81 5 5 video
7 Mao ASADA JPN 200.30 9 7 video
8 Rika HONGO JPN 199.15 7 8 video
9 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN 195.68 8 9 video
10 Mirai NAGASU USA 186.65 10 11 video
11 Zijun LI CHN 184.52 11 12 video
12 Elizabet TURSYNBAEVA KAZ 183.62 12 10 video
13 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK 173.05 15 13 video
14 Da Bin CHOI KOR 159.92 16 15 video
15 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT 158.99 18 14 video
16 Roberta RODEGHIERO ITA 158.41 13 19 video
17 Alaine CHARTRAND CAN 157.82 17 17 video
18 So Youn PARK KOR 154.24 22 18 video
19 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA UKR 154.02 19 20 video
20 Viveca LINDFORS FIN 152.93 23 16 video
21 Amy LIN TPE 146.55 14 22 video
22 Niki WORIES NED 140.87 24 21 video
23 Ziquan ZHAO CHN 139.67 21 23 video
24 Anastasia GALUSTYAN ARM 136.07 20 24 video