I thought they both got zero, but I am glad they didn’t. Anyway, with 19th, Gurgenidze now has no chances, but I suppose they can take crazy risks like that because she might stay in juniors for another year or something.
she will be in juniors this whole olympic cycle and there's no other Georgian juniors so there's really no risk in taking crazy risks for her. She still will have guaranteed 2 spots in JGP and a junior world spot next season.
I am just going on visual observations. Both the Korean skater and Nakai who were placed above An didn’t have (to me) the maturity and sure skating An showed. An really stood out. That’s said, where women from Europe excelled versus Japanese was in the fluidity and composition. Karhunen, Guegenidze, Frank, Yakovleva, Polina D, Shield, the not-Petrokina Estonian woman were all delivering watchable programs. Shia, An and M.Kim imo did as well. They felt like holistic programs.
that’s what I told mom, but I still felt it was unwise move if they arrived late. She looked tired as well. Heh, we are sitting right next to where the skaters prep to go on ice so we have insanely good gossip girls seats. But kudos for brazen attempt. Even with a fall it looked effing huge
do this with the music please:
I was very surprised because US women had no reason to be impacted by travel, but they all skated not only with errors but without any kind of fire, which to me is worse. All three performances were flat and among the most boring to watch. Honestly, all 3 of them qualifying when Frank with her charming skate didn’t was a bit sad. I wish Thoringren went to Juniors after problems she had in seniors. Yes, she makes mistakes too this season, but she is marvellous otherwise.
the risk could be an injury though... it was a heavy fall... if it's not stable... or as @lariko pointed out, if she has arrived late at the competition, didn't go to practices..etc... at the same time, she and her coach are the ones who really know what to do... and true about the absence of consequences on JGP or within her national team.
the third spot is probably gone but it would take a disaster to lose the 2nd.
she was landing 3A-3T in practice there tho so it looks like it works out fine in practice which why they went for it here. It would have been smarter to get more points by going safe and clean but considering how she was scored during JGP even if she had been clean she wouldn't have likely been in top 5 anyway so taking a risk makes sense in that regards. She is out of contention now but can still make top 10 easily so she could get 2 spots for next JWC not that there's any use for it.
yes. It makes sense. Looking at protocols she may feel a bit angry seeing that with a simpler combo, she would, this time around, have placed higher... Clean jumps were rewarded.
Looking at their scores doesn't give me too much hope. US skaters have always done well in Canada. The audience is ALWAYS friendly and they have some amazing facilities.
I m sure they will do better in the LP.. They knew they were fighting for a spot on the final flight and that it was going to be tough... so there was a lot of pressure. Now, they can skate freely. Happens all the time... I expect better LP results for all 3 of them.Looking at their scores doesn't give me too much hope. US skaters have always done well in Canada. The audience is ALWAYS friendly and they have some amazing facilities.
Spins were Scott Davis’s calling card. Did not expect his student to struggle with scores on them.
