Yep, I'm the one who took it a step further and chose to analyse the programme on two separate levels. So it's not Kamila saying that it's about grief; that was my interpretation of a possible development of the meaning of the programme, based on her saying it was dedicated to her grandmother. Nobody else has to agree with my analysis! Kamila herself might be astonished that I've gone all English major on her SP and tried to add more to it than she intends.
Well I think I hold other skaters to it, personally. And many other people do as well. This is why Sasha was considered weakest in performance in her junior season, because she was always on beat but didn’t really emote. Take Kill Bill, for example.
A lot of people also thought Kill Bill was one of her best, including me. And at the time she was getting some of the highest junior PCS so the judges credited it. The criticism of Sasha has always been the FS predominantly. Talking about quads I mean Sasha often has messy landings with much less flow and longer set-ups. But do you? Sasha said she was Daenerys in her 2019 FS, in that case her musicality would be zero, but there weren't arguments based on the "story" back then.
In what world does sasha without 3A deserve to match Liza in the short with 3A? Liza’s base value is 37.23 and Trusova’s is 33.01. Trusova has a small advantage in spin GOE worth maybe 1 point total across 3 spins. I can’t say Trusova has a jump GOE advantage over Liza with those ugly bent leg landings she does in the short compared to Liza’s beautiful and controlled jump landings. Neither of them have a great flip but Liza’s is more often (!) while Trusova’s is usually (e) which essentially negates Trusova’s spin GOE advantage. As for PCS, Trusova has a small (small!) advantage in skating skills and a decent sized one in transitions - she’s not Valieva or Usacheva here. The other three are subjective but in my opinion Liza’s program is much more unique and suited to her strengths.
Totally agree. Bad coaching indeed. Still, there is still junior RusNats for Sofia, but as you said, her Nationals hasn't been great before.
Trusova’s jumps are near effortless when she isn’t jumping on a broken foot and even at Skate America, you could barely tell, except maybe on the quad. You could make comments about edges but that’s competition dependent. Liza’s spins should have been downgraded at Rostelecom for example (I think nussnacker pointed it out here) and Trusova has much better transitions/skating skills. This program isn’t as “sensitive” as Liza’s but it is much more complex choreographically and deserves good marks for composition and interpretation still. I don’t think it’s an 80 program without a 3A for sure but I also don’t think Liza’s technical elements are only a 1 point difference.
100%. And Valieva with the 3 clean quads and a 3A only at 155? Kostornaia could get that score with 1 3A alone, Alina has scored higher with no 3A or quads. Heavy bias towards Sasha and heavy bias against Kamila. Just my view but I think this is a symptom of being upset that Sasha isn't the one that can "always win when she's at her best" anymore.
Well I watched Game of Thrones after 2019 so going back and rewatching those programs now makes them more disappointing because it turns out Daenerys is a very sly and complex character, perhaps something Aliona could pull off but not Sasha when she performed it then. I didn’t think her GoT performances were all that brilliant anyways because she was so focused on the quads. I think going to Plushenko a season really benefited her because he was a *PERFORMER* and she grew a lot for me last season in regards to engaging with and connecting to the music more.
Not really. I have always favored Aliona. If there is anyone I have expressed favoritism for it was for her, not really anyone else. It was never important to me between the rest who wins. I simply have a large distaste for the judging system.
As always, people overestimate Sasha's scoring potential just because she does many quads. That clean 5 quad skate from Test Skates were scored by many and it ranged from 180-185. Kamila just scored 185 with 3 quads and a 3A.
I don't think Sasha was great with GoT. Not bad either. But I wouldn't judge her based on the show or what she said. You concede that your score would change from before you watched GoT and after. Judging should not be based on that. Like Aliona and Kamila, and frankly almost any other skater, I think Sasha performs better when she doesn't have to worry about the jumps. But even with GoT, the number of quads and elements to get through, it's a tough job, not to mention Daenerys doesn't even feature in the Night King or the other song. I have massive respect for her. Then I think they "said" she's a dragon and it suited more with the energy she was giving. But really I would just look at all the performances and think of Sasha giving a fierce performance to some dramatic GoT music. There doesn't need to be a story, or a dragon or Daenerys. Anyways it's all for nothing since Valieva was just tributing her performance to her grandma.
I think 80 for Aliona with a 3A vs 83 for Anna without a 3A is pretty harsh on Aliona. Or perhaps 83 for Anna with no 3A is too high
In no world should Anna be over 80 with her spins looking like they do.I think 80 for Aliona with a 3A vs 83 for Anna without a 3A is pretty harsh on Aliona. Or perhaps 83 for Anna with no 3A is too high
Hands down!
If we think of Yuna Kim at 78.5, there's the extra sequence but her PCS was 33.8 so we could move the 4 points to that. Everything else balances out. With better GOE spins she would have been 80+. There's a pathway to 80+ without a 3A IMO but you need 42+ TES. I'm assuming 38 is the max PCS we'll likely ever see.
She did not do nearly enough transitions to garner ~38 in PCS
