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I hope Rika lands all her 3As successfully in France
Twice now Rika has failed the opening 3A in her short program. Don't remember if she landed one at Ondrej Nepela, but as ever it's her free skate that pulls her weight. Maybe she should switch the 3A's position with her other solo triple? Because girl I am DYING for her to deliver it clean, and if it keeps being a problem, then idk... I want this girl to Grand Slam everything this year lol...
The Japanese have a real chance of sending 4 girls if Mai can win. Too bad Wakaba has been injured all year or it could be 5. LolKaori Sakamoto virtually guaranteed entry into GPF now after the IDF short programs, since the scores were so low.
Rika Kihira just needs to hang on and finish at least fourth place to get in.
The battle will be between Mai Mihara (she actually has a shot to win it :eeking and Evgenia Medvedeva; with Samodurova ready to take it if Mai doesn't win and Medvedeva is 3rd or lower.
So true. For the last 2 - 3 seasons Mai has been the almost-girl. Hope one day she will be the lucky one and hits it big. But who knows, I feel like these days anything can happen and the ice is more slippery than ever (see Evgenia, who I wish all the best, but now it becomes very clear how overscored she used to be, especially her SS).Oh Mai, your GPF ticket was in the hands of that 3S...
That girl is so underscored and unlucky that i would have switched her place with Rika. She deserves some happiness.
Congrats for your medal at least!!!
Oh Mai, your GPF ticket was in the hands of that 3S...
That girl is so underscored and unlucky that i would have switched her place with Rika. She deserves some happiness.
Congrats for your medal at least!!!
Then Wakaba is 90% out i think. She basically needs to win. Even a 2nd place can not be enough depending on who is behind her.OK, criteria for Worlds selection in Japan are published:
https://twitter.com/tsubakindy/status/1065311496362553344
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Then Wakaba is 90% out i think. She basically needs to win. Even a 2nd place can not be enough depending on who is behind her.
Then Wakaba is 90% out i think. She basically needs to win. Even a 2nd place can not be enough depending on who is behind her.
It's this kind of scenario that i had in mind. Imagine 1) Kaori 2) Wakaba 3) Mai 4) Rika 5) Satoko (Not impossible) at nats, while Rika and Satoko medaled at GPF. I can see fed giving spots to Rika and Satoko. Even if they put nats results in first in past seasons. Given what happened last season, medalists should get the big spots..
(In fact the only scenario in which I could maybe see them knocking the 3rd place finisher off the team would be if their skate was very flawed and Satoko or Rika place in 4th after having medaled at GPF with 2 clean programs)
Oh Mai, your GPF ticket was in the hands of that 3S...
It's this kind of scenario that i had in mind. Imagine 1) Kaori 2) Wakaba 3) Mai 4) Rika 5) Satoko (Not impossible) at nats, while Rika and Satoko medaled at GPF. I can see fed giving spots to Rika and Satoko. Even if they put nats results in first in past seasons. Given what happened last season, medalists should get the big spots.
If she's in, nats will be the event the most watched in Japan this seasonJapan Nationals is always my favorite competition of the year, and this year seems like no exception to there. There's even a small chance that Miyu Honda will qualify!