Haha. Yes. Corrected the title.I am presuming you mean American skater?
Let’s make sure Bell isn’t in that hat and we have a deal.I send Gracie and any random female skater I draw from a hat. Cuz that’s how I roll.
With you.Amber - she's inconsistent yes, but she has worked to try and upgrade her tech with adding the triple axel in the SP here (not a 100% here but she went for it) and she was the second highest place finisher at Nationals. Neither of the 2 skaters that would replace her have any better shot at getting on the podium - why devalue your nationals competition by not sending your silver medalist in lieu of the 3rd or 5th place skater who don't have the technical skills to compete with the top 5 skaters in the world, they did it with the men before and I thought it was a bad move then as well.
2021 Nationals | ||||||
2 | Amber Glenn | 5 | 70.83 | 2 | 144.5 | 215.33 |
3 | Karen Chen | 4 | 70.99 | 3 | 143.99 | 214.98 |
2020 Skate America | ||||||
4 | Karen CHEN | 4 | 68.13 | 2 | 136.77 | 204.9 |
5 | Amber GLENN | 5 | 67.85 | 6 | 122.24 | 190.09 |
2020 4CC | ||||||
7 | Karen CHEN | 8 | 67.28 | 6 | 133.78 | 201.06 |
9 | Amber GLENN | 9 | 65.39 | 9 | 125.44 | 190.83 |
2020 Nationals | ||||||
4 | Karen Chen | 5 | 70.41 | 4 | 123.24 | 193.65 |
5 | Amber Glenn | 4 | 73.16 | 9 | 113.42 | 186.58 |
2019 Skate America | ||||||
7 | Amber Glenn | 7 | 64.71 | 9 | 104.92 | 169.63 |
8 | Karen Chen | 6 | 66.03 | 10 | 99.64 | 165.67 |
I like this reasoning very much. You still send a fresh face, you still send a current National medalist, and you make the gold medal the only “automatic“ spot.I would send Chen over Glenn. Glenn didn’t win over Chen by a significant margin; the margin of victory was less than a point. USFed would want to gain three spots for the Olympics. This is unlikely to happen regardless of who they send, but the best shot is Tennell and Chen. The most realistic combination is 5 + 8. Glenn is not a top 10 Worlds skater. She’s just not, but Chen can squeeze in there. She’s also more well known to international judges.
But choosing Glenn won’t be so bad, either. (Maybe she’ll land the 3A in the SP.) Like I said, the US ladies are unlikely to get that third spot anyway. But they absolutely should not choose Bell. She hasn’t earned it and her “body of work” isn’t stellar anyway.
“Of course I would love to be on the World team,” said Glenn, echoing Tennell on Worlds. “It would be an honor to be able to make it onto the team. If Worlds happens, US Figure Skating should go with a team that they know will go and get those three spots back. Whether that includes me or not, I’m all for it either way. I’ll be happy with whatever decision they make because I know they will make the right one. Whoever goes, I will be cheering for her to get those slots.”