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Wonderful job, Mai!
Mai's first 70+ score in a comp that won't count for PBs....
That was fantastic, Mai! I love her step sequence.
At least, the score is going up so it’s a step forward! And I agree, it was gorgeous!Mai's first 70+ score in a comp that won't count for PBs....
That was fantastic, Mai! I love her step sequence.
Yes, Senior event does.Does this competition count towards world standings?
Apparently, they only do it after competitions end. But on the FB they put up the current standing and scores.Why is there nothing up on the results page?
Mai's first 70+ score in a comp that won't count for PBs....
Does this competition count towards world standings?
it’s 61 according to some on twitter. Well, that’s better lol
I can only hope she’ll be able to pull it off in the free. She’s very inconsistent, unfortunately, but maybe that will change. It would be a very nice thing before Worlds next week.That's great! Not an SB, but breaking 60 has been a struggle for Laurine this year and I'm thrilled that she gave a beautiful clean skate with confident jumps and got into the 60s even with a 3-2 combo.
I can only hope she’ll be able to pull it off in the free. She’s very inconsistent, unfortunately, but maybe that will change. It would be a very nice thing before Worlds next week.
But overall I’m happy with how the French girls fought during SP. Of course, I don’t expect any of them to medal, but those current 4-5th places felt as a good as a podium finish to me lol!
Yes, she did have her share of injuries (like Maé, though their injuries are different), because she has big jumps so when she hit them it’s impressive. I’m hoping her coaching change will be worth it. But of course, time is needed before it can really be fixed.She's had a lot of injuries over the years, hasn't she? I remember she'd had a problem with her back just before Europeans and only got back into training a week beforehand.
The thing I noticed here that was different - I talked about this a bit in Laurine's fan fest thread too - was that on every single jump here, her axis was really strong and secure. That seems to have been her biggest problem since Worlds last year, that her axis would go wonky and that would affect her balance and landing, and I remember reading somewhere that she'd always been very much a 'natural' jumper, so when things started going wrong she didn't have the foundations she needed to analyse the problem and correct it. It's something she's been specifically working on with Kori and Rohene, I believe, but of course it takes time for things to get better. That particular improvement, especially as she felt secure enough on the 3Lz to add a tano, tells me that whatever they've been doing has started to click into place for her now. She's got no negative GOEs at all on her protocol, and everything was called fully rotated, which is awesome.
The FS will be more of a challenge, or course, but if she keeps showing the same strong jump axis it'll be a good sign that things are improving for her all round. And she shouldn't have any trouble making the free skate at worlds if she repeats this showing!
Sandra looks to have done a very nice job! I didn't realise until seeing the protocols that Lea Serna had withdrawn, though. It's a shame; I enjoyed what I saw of her skating at French Nationals.