URs and tech don't affect PCS. And if they did that doesn't really help Kseniia whose jumps were visibly smaller than those who game before her.
LOL.
I think some of it has to do with the fact that Russia itself doesn't vaccinate minors yet. Remember, at the end of the day, the it's a skating competition and the governing body is a skating organization. It's not the government nor a political entity.
We’ll see how this conflicts with her self-stated desire to break records. I think she said she doesn’t care about a medal if she breaks a record. She wants to be the first to do something even if it costs her first place.
If it’s not approved in your country it’s still illegal to purchase and administer, lol. Besides, what if they don’t want to? Sasha said she didn’t want to get vaccinated. Canada offers plenty of exemptions for all sorts of travelers, holding up visas and then forcing quarantines on people who are low risk both from a health and age perspective seems cruel and overtly political.
Yes, I believe that she really made an argument for that Olympics spot today, in Russia they were always pushing Daria ahead of her in SP by calling her Lip and ignoring Daria's flutz. Also Daria was always getting higher PCS pretty much regardless of how they both skated,
I have no idea why is this ridiculous. Reasonable, for me. If some country systematically have problems with competitions, then it is reasonable to transfer the right to host the competition to another country. At least for the time of the crisis period in which we live.
It would be strange if Daria didn't get higher PCS.
You can't compare Skate America scores to Finlandia. Finlandia was candies for all and only 4 Russian ladies have scored more than Liza's FS PCS there. They are Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Adelina Sotnikova and Aliona Kostornaia.
Also Anna.
Sorry yes, and Anna, I didn't see her WTT score.
Aliona, Makar, Sasha S, and Evgeni are also over 18. But I don't think they're vaccinated. It's probably where the delay comes from. (Kamila and Liza T are probably more easily able to get visas as they are either minors or already vaccinated.)
But it shouldn’t make a difference whether or not they are vaccinated, because regardless it is a vaccine, which Canada doesn’t recognize. If Liza is vaccinated with Sputnik (which I assume she is), then to Canada she’s considered as “not vaccinated” anyway. So that wouldn’t be a reason to differentiate between them.
It might be. They need a letter for an amateur athlete exception. Liza T got the only vaccine she CAN get indicating a willingness to get vaccinated and comply with COVID protocols and preventative measures. Kamila can't get a vaccine in Russia as she's too young (same with Anna, Sasha, Daria, Maiia, and Kseniia). That would put them in a different light to Canada's deputy minister. It's not like Russia has another vaccine so both of them would show a different willingness.
Yes she does want to break records, but she also one said something along the lines of “First place is winning, everything else is loosing”. So she clearly wants to win as well.
