Actually I am a Math major. What we have in FS scoring technic is actually Arithmetic. LoL!
2020-21 Russian Ladies' Figure Skating
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Is that the Olympic team next year or the world's team?
Congrats to the winners and to KV on trying some different things today. Experimenting in a competition like this was the right thing to do.
If Maya had skated like this would Zhenyas team have won? Congrats Maya on landing her to quads today and on winning the silver. Awesome. She just lights up the screen to like a movie star.
I doubt. I think at least one of Anna S and Sasha T will make the team.
But really it's too early to say.
I have always wondered, could Maia purposely skated badly so that Zhenya's team lost....
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I wouldn't compare Kami here to Yuzu at Sochi. At Sochi like all the men flopped, it wasn't just Yuzu - he just happened to flop a tiny bit less. Kami here wasn't great obviously, but like Maiia was! So I honestly don't think it's that similar a situation.
Maybe something similar would be Anna at JGP Bratislava who won over Tarusina despite having a mistake on her experimental quad.
But yes, if Kami got 238 for these two performances, imagine what she would get if she was clean with 3A in SP and FS with 4S, 4T+1Eu+3S and 4T in the second half.
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I'm so happy for Liza. And she's in better form now, compared to 2019? I think so.
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what a disgusting comment, even compared to the usual hate thrown around here
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That‘s the most ridiculous thing I‘ve heard in a while.
The two team "competition" was actually a piece of well crafted entertainment. An elite athlete would not let an opponent win for the heck of it, unless is paid an exuberant amount of $$.
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Patrick Chan also used to win falling all the time. And Sasha usually still podiums even with explosions. Math is still a thing people.
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Berestovskaya is with Davydov. But yes, she is probably one of the most charming and adorable skaters I've ever seen.
I wouldn't say Sofia Samodelkina's skating is "charismatic", more like she has the most elegant arms out of all the juniors and lovely stage presence and projection. The second half of her FS is charming for sure, but I don't know if charismatic is really the term I would use... more like... lovely? I don't know.
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Arithmetic is a branch of mathematics.
And I'm a graduate student about to start my PhD in electrical engineering in the fall and finishing my masters with a Bsc in EE (with an additional major in math) - if we're just going to start throwing out credentials now lol.
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Fun fact: Liza Tuktamysheva won PCS today!
I was surprised at first but thinking about it, I guess I'm not too surprised? I mean Maiia's FS isn't really that great IMO, Daria was a bit messy, Kamila had falls, Alyona wasn't nearly at top shape, Anna Frolova lacks a bit of projection and engagement quality. And while I really enjoyed Nugumanova and Talalaikina they definitely weren't going to give either of them highest PCS.
I was surprised at first but thinking about it, I guess I'm not too surprised? I mean Maiia's FS isn't really that great IMO, Daria was a bit messy, Kamila had falls, Alyona wasn't nearly at top shape, Anna Frolova lacks a bit of projection and engagement quality. And while I really enjoyed Nugumanova and Talalaikina they definitely weren't going to give either of them highest PCS.
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What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. Like completely unfounded and frankly stupid. There is NO reason to say that especially as even clean she wouldn't have closed the gap on her own - Liza needed to be clean on her 3As etc and Sasha needed to land her quads as well.
Also, the idea that any of these girls go out there NOT planning to skate their best each and every time - especially considering the ever increasing stakes and the depth of the Russian ladies field - is quite frankly so preposterous I don't even know how to respond. You must be trolling - that's the only logical explanation.
Kamila has guts, she could play safe with almost 15 points ahead of Maia but I knew she would use this competition to try her 4S 
3 quads and one 3A is a huge amount of difficult
. there’s still time to improve for the next season and since she’s confortable with the 3A now maybe she should add it in combination. It would be a hella snake to beat 
I was bluffed by Maia, I didn’t expect for her to land 2 quads, bravo, I knew she could land at least one quad beautifully but two chapeau
As always Dasha is beautiful to watch, not her best free but good job
Liza congrats for winning your ticket, I’m sure you will shine at worlds
Alena, bravo for skating clean today and it was a wise decision to play safe. I wish you a good recovery
3 quads and one 3A is a huge amount of difficult
. there’s still time to improve for the next season and since she’s confortable with the 3A now maybe she should add it in combination. It would be a hella snake to beat I was bluffed by Maia, I didn’t expect for her to land 2 quads, bravo, I knew she could land at least one quad beautifully but two chapeau
As always Dasha is beautiful to watch, not her best free but good job
Liza congrats for winning your ticket, I’m sure you will shine at worlds
Alena, bravo for skating clean today and it was a wise decision to play safe. I wish you a good recovery
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Liza N wasn't perfect either. She underrotated everything and had a downgraded 3T. She also fell on a 3F I think??
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That has to be.... some kind of mistake....
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Berestovskaya is Nugumaniova junior version but with more complex quads and triples. She has 100% the sweetness of her and like Liza, you only have to see her smile to wish her to the podium...
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Yeah, it feels odd, but who else would you have put in first?
I think she’s ready for a 3A but a quad is not for everyone. Maia persistance paid off but she had so many failures, I’m glad she did it today. It was a long run.
I think Dasha could be another Alena if she can land 3A and two triple combinations.
Precisely my point. PhD in electronics is very admirable indeed. But and here it is - falling on ice, although doesn't cancel the performance in total, decreases the enjoinment from it to a considerable degree. I would have deducted many more points for such a folly, which in turn is bound to encourage skaters to produce a cleaner skate. IMO.
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It's important to remember their base values. Even with Maiia landing two clean quads - she wasn't completely clean here either. She had an edge call on her flip and a weird hyroblade thing haha. Also she stepped out of her 2A in the SP. If she was clean across both programs she would have won but she wasn't.
And Kamila landed a clean 3A in the SP and had a clean skate. So they were going in with a crazy difference - a clean 3A in the SP vs a step out of a 2A in the SP.
Besides Kamila attempted 3 quads and a 3A in the FS. Kamila's 3A's alone make up a not insignificant amount of the value of Maiia's quads. In BV alone in the FS Kamila was only 2 points behind even with all her quads being called.
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