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I wish Rika would focus on stability with her two 3A’s instead of trying to upgrade when she hardly ever skates clean anyway...
2018-19 Japanese Ladies' figure skating
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I wish Rika would focus on stability with her two 3A’s instead of trying to upgrade when she hardly ever skates clean anyway...
I'm sure either would be good.
To play devil's advocate, though, if she upgrades, maybe she won't have to skate clean to win. The axel has a lot of risk to it, no matter how much she works on stability. That risk is always going to be there. If she has more leeway, pointwise, it might take some of the mental pressure off doing the axel.
I doubt she will be consistent even if she kept working on her 3As because it's such a risky jump which is why so few even attempt it. It's an on/off jump even for some top men outside of Hanyu. Even with mistakes she can get decent TES with a high enough BV instead of having to rely on always going clean which is nearly impossible with the difficulty of her layout.
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Is she preparing a quad Toe? wow I was expecting a quad salchaw since I saw her landing it fully rotated, I thought she still needs work on the quad Toe but maybe she has already landed it in practice, her layout is crazy!
Satoko FS is a tango https://mobile.twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1008219518932414464?p=v
https://mobile.twitter.com/Iron_Klaus/status/1008219558765875200?p=v
And Rika Kihira already skated her new FS
https://mobile.twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1008222915081277440?p=v
I hope there will be a broacast. Good that she's getting better with the jumps. It was worrying to see the clear doubt in her eyes before each jump in the previous shows.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Iron_Klaus/status/1008219558765875200?p=v
And Rika Kihira already skated her new FS
https://mobile.twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1008222915081277440?p=v
I hope there will be a broacast. Good that she's getting better with the jumps. It was worrying to see the clear doubt in her eyes before each jump in the previous shows.
Mai Mihara skate from Fantasy on Ice.https://twitter.com/liliorum/status/1008410130445225984
Kaori Sakamoto New Program:https://twitter.com/liliorum/status/1008387522806931461
Kaori Sakamoto New Program:https://twitter.com/liliorum/status/1008387522806931461
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Updates on Yuna Shiraiwa? I hope she doesn’t get lost in the shuffle!
And Marin, now in America??
And Marin, now in America??
I hope that isn't Kaori's program...
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It's constructed like a short program, but it would be such a disappointment after a fully-backloaded Olympic-season SP to only have 2A in the second half?! Why not put the single triple there instead...
She will change the layout if this is indeed her SP for the season, I think. It's good to see that she's experimenting with different styles.
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her program can be weird. In 2016-17 season she have 1-2 SP with 3F+3T in 2nd half but in FS she do 5-2 layout, one of the most frontloaded junior top skater program. But in her senior debut she do fully backloaded SP and 2-5 layout FS which is complete opposite with her FS before
Weird indeed.
Maybe she should do more piano or violin pieces, like moonlight sonata. She's good in that style.
I hope too. Maybe she tried to be more mature but that just seems juniorish. It's like her James Bond girl EX.
Maybe she should do more piano or violin pieces, like moonlight sonata. She's good in that style.
I think somewhere in thhe news it was said this is her EX
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Thanks for the article, yude san! Sounds like she is going for a slightly more mature style, but she says it's an upbeat Cabaret number that is "totally me." I haven't seen the video, but it sounds more her than last season's tango EX (which was far better than I expected).
Hmm I'm not sure I like Rika Kihara's beautiful storm program ... it sure is very artsy and unique, but I feel she kind of lacks the artistry to perfect it... It's more something I could imagine Satoko or Akiko skate to it ... Hopefully Rika's performance will improve on this one 
I really do look forward to see her jump though
I really do look forward to see her jump thoughIt would be too much to expect Rika to have Satoko's level of refinement at this stage of her career but still, I think the program has huge potential. I like that it is so daring and flashy. Following the evolution of the program throughout the season will be both exciting and scary at the same time because of the risks that are involved.
If everything goes alright with this program, she can be a serious medal contender in this upcoming season.
If everything goes alright with this program, she can be a serious medal contender in this upcoming season.
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