Yeah, you'll notice I only said I think Alysa would beat Alyona at CS....The only way Kami and Liza don't get the top 2 spots is if one of them makes a MAJOR error. Let's face it, Liza has the most consistent 3A in the Women's right now. It isn't the prettiest, by far, but it is darned consistent.
I can’t imagine taking the scoring seriously in any sport where you have to have “the favor” of judges to be scored fairly, but I repeat myself.Agreed on that but honestly, Liu is far and away the top US female skater. Like, there's not even a competition. And they will be pushing hard for her, as seen by the debut PCS she got. I only expect her scores to rise. Russia‘s not the only one who can play that game and Aliona especially is very vulnerable right now. She had a disastrous last season and underperformed at Finlandia Trophy, so I‘m not sure how much backing she‘ll continue to get by the judges. Finlandia was handing out personal bests to everyone and their grandmothers and yet she only got like 68 PCS in the FS (not that she deserved more but they easily could have, considering how lenient they were scoring). Obviously, I want her to make the podium and I think, if in better shape than she’s been so far, she‘s still clearly the better skater, but I can‘t pretend that I‘m not seriously worried. If she loses to Alysa… I don‘t know if she can even come back from that.
God, why does Skate Canada have to be such a bloodbath every season? It‘s not good for my nerves.
Well it's not controversial to say that Anna would have only won 1/3 titles under international scoring. Simply because her margin of victory over Trusova in 18-19 and over Kostornaia in 19-20 was so small. If she got just a (!) call on one lutz it would be enough. Or if yout replace all their PCS scores with their best international PCS scores from those seasons. Anna comes out behind.
This but unironically. The judges are loving Liza right now certainly more than Aliona. Everyone says she is being overscored in PCS at Finlandia and it won't happen again and while I agree it was a generous score, she also won PCS domestically at cup finals over Kostornaia Valieva Usacheva and Khromykh. And scored very high PCS at worlds and WTT.
Liza is absolutely known for consistency right now. She has scored 220+ in her last five international competitions (Golden Spin 2019, Rostelecom 2020, Worlds 2021, WTT 221, Finlandia 221) and even when she was making mistakes and missing jumps in the start of 19-20 season she still scored 214 212 205 209 which can absolutely beat Liu.
According to the judges she’s the best PCS skater in the world right now! Certainly the best Russian. I guess you’re saying that’s what it is and how its gonna be.
My phone decided that Liza’s scores was a phone number. The numbers were underlined, and when I clicked on it, it lead me to call someone who didn’t exist
And I'll be the first to say this: If Liza skates her heart out and is clean I will LOVE her and all her successes. At this point in my 'pyramid', the top three are Kamila, Sasha, and Anna. I would put money on that right now. But the next in line is Liza for me, over Alyona and Maiia. I love Alyona but she's a shadow of her former self for whatever reason. And as much as I root for Maiia's success, she really just doesn't do it for me presentation-wise. I see where she's going and what she's trying to do with her choreo, but it's not working. Liza's bawdy, low-brow skating is a fun alternative.
That would be an awesome accomplishment for Alyssa if she places 3rd. It's a step up to the podium. I would guess that she and her team are focused on making progress, not winning every competition at this point. Maybe her peak will be at Nationals and next is the Olympics. I wouldn't discount Alyssa this year in any way. She's got the fire in her bones for working hard, not giving up, getting her jumps back, and being one of the best in the world.
Easily explained. She tripped trying to avoid tripping over the obstacle that is the blue line. HahaAmazingly clean and smooth 3A and then casual clumsy stumble, poor Sofia. And the malicious laugh. Those girls...
I believe so! Ladies' practice starts at 2:45 PM Vegas time
I plan to watch the practices today on Peacock. I'll post what I see, though it's more fun reading posts from people who are actually there. I'm still annoyed that I canceled my plans to be there this week. I just was overly cautious wrt Covid/Delta.
oh shoot peacock is streaming them?? then that's where i'll be! thanks for the heads up.
