Senior Ladies Short

[fumie_fumie]

Mira Leung,

new sp

3lutz 2t to open up, edges are suspect
3flip
doughnut spin
overall improved artistry
very slow entry to 2a, just rotated it.
nice bielmann spin
step sequence, more finished, sophisticated look to her skating
combination spin to finish

overall, it is a better program than pink panther

 

[museksk8r]

^^ It'll be interesting to see if her 2Axel is downgraded.

 

[netnuts]

^^ It'll be interesting to see if her 2Axel is downgraded.

It looks rotated to me.. This was the best 2A she has done which tells you sth...

 

[PolymerBob]

I hope Joannie does her triple-triple. I've even heard she is practicing a quad.

 

[ks777]

Oh no, Lesley.... she better come back strong in the LP!!

 

[museksk8r]

I hope Joannie does her triple-triple. I've even heard she is practicing a quad.

Are you serious? Let me guess, 4Salchow? Her 3Salchow is such a steady jump for her!

 

[Wrlmy]

I'm just glad Joannie went for that 3-3!

 

[fumie_fumie]

Joannie Rochette

yeah!!!!

skate to piano concerto

3f-3t, fall on 3t, but fully rotated.
3lutz, gorgeous
layback spin good variations, centering
step sequence, perfect harmony with music
spiral, she just glides
camel spin to sit spin to finish off.

she just stands out. her dominance and presence are well noted.

 

[museksk8r]

I'm just glad Joannie went for that 3-3!

Did she land it or was it a failed attempt?

 

[ks777]

I hope Joannie does her triple-triple. I've even heard she is practicing a quad.

no way, unless Joannie is doing pairs and throwing someone with that big muscle of hers.

 

[silver.blades]

anyone else a little unsettled by how close Mira is to Joannie?

 

[museksk8r]

Joannie Rochette

yeah!!!!

skate to piano concerto

3f-3t, fall on 3t, but fully rotated.
3lutz, gorgeous
layback spin good variations, centering
step sequence, perfect harmony with music
spiral, she just glides
camel spin to sit spin to finish off.

she just stands out. her dominance and presence are well noted.

Good for her that she didn't back away from it! She needs that mileage in competition to be able to get it done the way she does in practice.

 

[Wrlmy]

anyone else a little unsettled by how close Mira is to Joannie?

I am....

 

[netnuts]

Joannie 3+3 was underrotated from watching the replay, well, at least this was the first time she even tried. Good for her...

Cynthia was again overmarked. She's a non starter at international competitions.
Mira Leung was also overmarked a bit, but this was perhaps her best SP...

 

[PolymerBob]

Joannie is a free skater. She climbed 5 or 6 places at Worlds last year.

 

[museksk8r]

I am....

I am too! Mira's program was more conservative in its difficulty and she surely is not in the same league as Joannie with regard to maturity, sophistication, and carriage across the ice. I smell scandal!

 

[PolymerBob]

Mira did a double axel.

 

[rain]

Even with the fall, I'm glad Rochette didn't chicken out on the 3/3. If she's ever going to successfully include it, it may take a few times of her going for it and it not working before it does. If she just pops it or doubles the second jump all the time she'll never get there. I'm perturbed by how close Leung is to her. Even with a fall, Leung is not in Rochette's league. If this is the Canadian judges' way of trying to make Leung appear more of a contender on the world stage, I don't think it's going to work.

 

[fumie_fumie]

It's held in BC and Mira is a hometown girl. I would put Samson a lot closer to Mira. The quality of jumps Samson has is non-existent in Mira's program.

 

[Dennis]

can someone please place scores for the last two flights? I can't open the files for scores