I know it's silly to try to come up with "what ifs" but I would imagine, given the generous judging at 2019 worlds, Rika with the level she presented at GPF would have gotten a higher score.
How many skaters do we see there who can land a quad? Quite a few id wager, but then consider the sheer quantity of skaters who have trained under Tutberetzi. It's availability bias - we see the successful ones and never hear of the majority of skaters who never are able to manage quads due to the sheer amount of competition in Russia and the sheer number of skaters.
I think Daria is wonderful-strong and powerful on the ice. All that is missing is a 3A or a quad. Once she has that-watch out.
I get we can take that angle. But from Eteri skaters age 14 and below (we could even say 16), most of them have landed quads/3A haven't they? When I asked my original question it was to do with if there's something in Daria's technique that's preventing her. Maybe drama is what sticks here, but this is the Russian Ladies Figure Skating Thread.
I used to have a feeling that her air position can be loose sometimes, like Aliona on 2A, but I went on to check in more detail, and it looks alright.
How do we know she hasn't or isn't working on a quad or triple axel and has asked for them to not be filmed and posted online?
I know she's going to work her hardest so I'm hopeful for her sake. Daniil said in an interview she has the height. It's interesting that Eteri said they would work on Rippon 2As this season and we saw Shcherbakova, Valieva and Khromykh come out with Rippon 2A this season but Daria didn't.
We know for sure she's been working on a 3A for a while. She said she started to learn it before JGPF 2019 without a harness and wanted to have it by February 2020. There must be some barrier to progress.
Your desire to give Anna Shcherbakova a priority at least in some kind of jump looks ridiculous. I can give free advice: send a petition to the ISU and the Guinness Book, demanding to change your records. You probably have supporters for this. Do this instead of trying to insult your opponents like Flanker does.
I'm not the original poster - Flanker was. And I disagree that he was insulting, if anything I think you're being rather rude and insulting.
I'm sure covid is playing a role too though and the time of ice because of that. Most skaters, with the exception of (I think) Kamila and Sasha, are still working on getting back to the level they were at this time last year much less anything new. It's hard to bring back difficult skills, in general, but especially ones that are new. I would imagine it would be even harder for one's that weren't stable/competition ready much less very new ones or trying to acquire new ones.
It's probably the best they could hope for at this moment. Still sad that if Anna, Kamila, Sasha or any other of the girls that could potentially win the olympics succeed, it will be without their national symbols.
Is this were nominations to Worlds will be decided after so many skaters have been sick? They should have postponed it, there's no reason to rush anyway with Euros cancelled.
