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2016-17 State of Japanese Ladies Skating

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Welp, Marin is still having trouble with her 3F it seems. She's been having troubles landing them during summer shows, hope she fixes it by the time junior gp starts. (Also her lvl 2 stsq and lvl 1 spin, goodness). Japanese and Korean wunderkinds aside, Polina is still a major threat to everyone if she skate the way she did last season, and Fedichskina is also still around. This year JGP ladies will be a bloodbath. I am also excited about Rika Kihira (3A!!!!). If she manages to land them consistently (and also land 3-3s) she will be a threat not only for junior but also senior ladies.

No video yet :(. But yeah Marin is skating later for the free skate. I'm really curious of how she's going to do her Romeo and Juliet, especially with the music from both the Niño Rota version and the Leo one. The new Korean Juniors are spectacular! I've only managed to find 1minute clips of them on IG. But their spins are nice too not just the jumps, I dunno about steps sequences so don't take my word for it, but It looked nice and smooth. They may be a threat to Marin and the Russian babies. Does anyone know how many spots the Korean girls have at JW?

I think they have 6 spots in total ( 1 entry in 6 events) for GP. So probably yerim+eunsoo will get 2 spots and the rest will get 1? For JW they will have 2.
 
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Great for the Korean juniors! It seems like they're finally starting to become major contenders on the world scene (at least, as juniors-but it'll bleed over into seniors as they move up). But not great news re Marin...I WAS STARTING TO LIKE YOU SO PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!
Oh, the perils of being invested in a junior...
 
Great for the Korean juniors! It seems like they're finally starting to become major contenders on the world scene (at least, as juniors-but it'll bleed over into seniors as they move up). But not great news re Marin...I WAS STARTING TO LIKE YOU SO PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!
Oh, the perils of being invested in a junior...

Not surprising that the Korean girls that are starting to make a mark most likely got inspired to take up skating watching Yuna in her prime and were shown that if she could do it they can too. It was going to take some time to get another top skater from a country that didn't have a history before Yuna and it wasn't going to be a skater who already was in the system and was just a couple years from competing on the JGP.
 
Marin won the FS and the Junior Ladies competition. The FS:

1 Marin HONDA JPN 116.41 61.61 54.80 6.75 6.50 7.00 6.92 7.08 0.00 15 2z, 3f+3t, 2a+3t, 3s, 3lo, 3f, 2a+2t+2lo
2 Ye Lim KIM KOR 109.33 59.06 50.27 6.42 6.00 6.42 6.33 6.25 0.00 17 3z+3lo+2lo, 3z+3t, 3s, 3lo, 3f<<, 2a+2t, 2a
3 Eun Soo LIM KOR 108.44 59.58 49.86 6.50 6.00 6.33 6.08 6.25 1.00 16 3z+3t, 3f!, 3lo, 2a+3t<↓, 3z+2t+2lo, 3s, 2a

Ye Lim KIM got 13.83 points for that first combo!! If she can build her stamina and not fade out on the flip towards the end, she could be one tough contender.

Final Standings:

173.67 Marin HONDA
170.59 Ye Lim KIM
169.05 Eun Soo LIM
 
Marin won the FS and the Junior Ladies competition. The FS:

1 Marin HONDA JPN 116.41 61.61 54.80 6.75 6.50 7.00 6.92 7.08 0.00 15 2z, 3f+3t, 2a+3t, 3s, 3lo, 3f, 2a+2t+2lo
2 Ye Lim KIM KOR 109.33 59.06 50.27 6.42 6.00 6.42 6.33 6.25 0.00 17 3z+3lo+2lo, 3z+3t, 3s, 3lo, 3f<<, 2a+2t, 2a
3 Eun Soo LIM KOR 108.44 59.58 49.86 6.50 6.00 6.33 6.08 6.25 1.00 16 3z+3t, 3f!, 3lo, 2a+3t<↓, 3z+2t+2lo, 3s, 2a

Ye Lim KIM got 13.83 points for that first combo!! If she can build her stamina and not fade out on the flip towards the end, she could be one tough contender.

Final Standings:

173.67 Marin HONDA
170.59 Ye Lim KIM
169.05 Eun Soo LIM
Good for Marin! :yahoo: And that combo from Ye Lim...daaaaang. :eek:
 
Marin won the FS and the Junior Ladies competition. The FS:

1 Marin HONDA JPN 116.41 61.61 54.80 6.75 6.50 7.00 6.92 7.08 0.00 15 2z, 3f+3t, 2a+3t, 3s, 3lo, 3f, 2a+2t+2lo
Right in the haters faces! :taunt::handw:
Don't ever underestimate the heart of world champion! :love:
 
3Flip+2Loop. I can't with her awful SP strategy. Unless this means she has well and truly mastered the Lutz over the summer and will eventually be doing the 3Flip+3Loop and 3Lutz in her SP. It's really not worth the risk in this system, though. 3Flip+3Toe, Mao. Say it with me. 3FLIP-3TOE. Put your name on this combination! Do you want to be Olympic Champion or not?!?!
 
3Flip+2Loop. I can't with her awful SP strategy. Unless this means she has well and truly mastered the Lutz over the summer and will eventually be doing the 3Flip+3Loop and 3Lutz in her SP. It's really not worth the risk in this system, though. 3Flip+3Toe, Mao. Say it with me. 3FLIP-3TOE. Put your name on this combination! Do you want to be Olympic Champion or not?!?!

You can say it loud... I am sure Mao would have won a lot more than she actually has just through a wiser strategy: simplifying her programs...
- An easier/reliable 3-3T combo would allow Mao to do 3L as her solo jump in SP ->no edge calls -> higher scores
- Even without a solid 3-3 she could do:
3A
2A-3T
3F
3S
2A-3T
3L
3F-2L-2L

 
After watching Wakaba Higuchi's new SP, I think I just start to like her (I was neutral before). She does not have long, lean lines but her sp proved that you don't have to be that way to convey something sensitive and beautiful. She seems to be a genuine performer who skates with her heart. Hope she can improve her flexibility and extension in spins.
 
After watching Wakaba Higuchi's new SP, I think I just start to like her (I was neutral before). She does not have long, lean lines but her sp proved that you don't have to be that way to convey something sensitive and beautiful. She seems to be a genuine performer who skates with her heart. Hope she can improve her flexibility and extension in spins.

Is there a link to this?
 
After watching Wakaba Higuchi's new SP, I think I just start to like her (I was neutral before). She does not have long, lean lines but her sp proved that you don't have to be that way to convey something sensitive and beautiful. She seems to be a genuine performer who skates with her heart. Hope she can improve her flexibility and extension in spins.
Where did u watch it, wanna see it!
 
3Flip+2Loop. I can't with her awful SP strategy. Unless this means she has well and truly mastered the Lutz over the summer and will eventually be doing the 3Flip+3Loop and 3Lutz in her SP. It's really not worth the risk in this system, though. 3Flip+3Toe, Mao. Say it with me. 3FLIP-3TOE. Put your name on this combination! Do you want to be Olympic Champion or not?!?!

I think that this is actually a very smart manoeuvre - building slowly towards the Olympics. Mao's team decided to start very easy with respect to technical content in 2012-2013 and it had borne fruit by the Sochi Olympics season in the form of a fairly stable consistency. Admittedly, she had a bizarre day off on the day of the short program much like Slutskaya on the day of her Torino free skate, but the season as a whole was technically consistent. Last season's gutsy start was cut short by that stomach flu and fatigue so now they want to build calmly towards the Olympics so that she can peak at the right moment. If this easier content (3A, 3F+2Lo, 3Lo) lets her achieve consistency then I'm ok with it. Interestingly, none of the currect lot have broken Mao's 2014 SP record, which she accomplished with virtually the same content (the only difference is that the double loop from the combination has been moved to the first part of the program by attaching it to the triple flip). As the season progresses she may well upgrade the combo to 3F+3Lo and replace the solo triple loop by the triple lutz. If she completes such a program cleanly she will easily break 80, which would be huge, but her "simpler" content performed well (78.66) is still good enough to beat even the greatest efforts by Gold (76.43) or Medvedeva (74.58).
 
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