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Skate Canada has added Aurora Cotop & Gabriella Daleman to the 2019 ISU World Team (+ Alaine Chartrand National Champion)
Who? :confused2:
Skate Canada has added Aurora Cotop & Gabriella Daleman to the 2019 ISU World Team (+ Alaine Chartrand National Champion)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRTTxXIilM&t=3sWho? :confused2:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRTTxXIilM&t=3s
National silver medalist. Never competed as a senior internationally before apart from the Bavarian Open in recent weeks, where she got the TES minimums.
She was a rough-around-the-edges talent in the junior ranks, now trains under Ravi Walia, and has already shown a lot of improvements, though she’s been hampered by a pelvic fracture this year.
Joseph is 17 and heading to junior worlds. I think this is a good decision as Canada have 2 spots in seniors which are taken by Keegan and Nam.
Hopefully Joseph and Stephen can earn 3 junior spots for next season.
I'm nervous for how this will go. I don't care about the spots (well, I do) so much as the possibility that another bad day will be a really huge mental setback for her.So happy Gabby is going to Worlds! I think she's definitely capable of being ready for it. She showed at last year's Worlds that she can come out of a disastrous competition and skate well in the next, and even if she's not in top form she can manage her nerves better.
I'm nervous for how this will go. I don't care about the spots (well, I do) so much as the possibility that another bad day will be a really huge mental setback for her.
gabby was devastated at 4cc (2017??) when she had tough free.. then had a very bad olympics ...and was devastated... and then also had a rough worlds but was injured...
so I am sure that she is not expecting here to be top 5. Perhaps, she was upset in those other instances because she hoped for a placement. All I wish for her is to skate her best and deal with the result with a positive outlook. She is learning how to be a human being, coping with all sorts of difficulties, including mental illness issues.... so who cares if she ends up 11th? I hope she won't see it as a setback but as as a growth, if ever she doesn't place as high as she has previously. This being said, if she is "together and in the zone" ... she could beat just about anyone.
Now.. for the rest of the team : to me it eases up Alaine's responsibilities and that MAY help ALaine to skate better... so it's a win win situation.
I am a huge Gabby fan... she managed to turn me around as when she was much younger, I didn't like her style at all.. but she has worked, like a beast to reifine her skating and I adore what she offers now : power and heart.
So go Gabby.. Skate for yourself. See this as another growing up experience.. Do not worry about the results. You have proven yourself plenty of times already you, Olympic Champion !
I'm honestly relieved by the choices of ladies, not that Cotop is going to do anything to help Canada keep spots, but at least Chantrand and Daleman have a least a chance...but Cotop deserves to skate in Worlds since she did come in 2nd at nationals...i guess, but i thought she was still a junior...
IDK, I think Cotop might pleasantly surprise us.
It is hard to be overly optimistic with the Canadian women but miracles do happen. Alaine did not really look good even at Nationals. Aurora is no Evegenia or Alina at her young age. Gabby is the hope but I think she would be happy just to be in the top ten. it would be a horrible day for Canada if all three miss the cut to skate the free which is not impossible. What would be more horrific for Canada is that they are down to one spot. Gabby comes back strong and edges Katelyn next year for he one spot and that could be the end of Kaetlyn or whoever
Gabby had a silver at 2017 4CC, so not that one But I agree that with some managed expectations, I think she can do fine. I was really impressed with how she handled her free program at Worlds last year- the ankle sprain prevented her from skating very well, but after every error, you could see that she was regrouping and keeping control of her nerves, so that she didn't have a complete meltdown like she did during her Olympics free. Even with errors, she was able to end the program with equanimity.
I think she can do the same at this year's Worlds- she'll have been working to focus on keeping control even if errors happen. I doubt she was really ready mentally for Nationals, considering how little time she'd been back on the ice before that. But I'm sure the time since then has been more productive for her, both physically and mentally. I do hope that the pressure of keeping spots for Canada isn't too much to put on her right now, but that's much less pressure than aiming to repeat a Worlds medal, and is still a worthy goal for motivation.
Maybe I'm overly optimistic, being a huge Gabby stan, but I definitely think she has a track record of being able to bounce back from setbacks, so I am cheering for her!
I'm honestly relieved by the choices of ladies, not that Cotop is going to do anything to help Canada keep spots, but at least Chantrand and Daleman have a least a chance...but Cotop deserves to skate in Worlds since she did come in 2nd at nationals...i guess, but i thought she was still a junior...