These insufferable posts dissecting the angles and degrees of jump takeoffs and landings is a big reason why many are turned off from this sport. You shouldn’t have to use a ruler and protractor or endless screenshots to have an appreciation or criticism of the beauty and difficulty of figure skating.
That’s not to say that I don’t want blatantly cheated landings or takeoffs to be penalized, but to the degree that it is being done in this thread is too excessive. I can understand being this meticulous if we are determining an Olympic Champion, an event that only happens every 4 years, in a very close contest, but it’s every event and in every thread now that people are posting these screenshots over and over. It’s also only being done to select skaters and not all the skaters, so there is a clearly biased agenda that is being presented as well. Stop trying to take away the joy of this sport. It’s figure skating, not geometric skating.
These are blatant. In the SP, Amber with her 3A got away with a q for what was an almost forward facing two footed landing. Should have been downgraded. That is the gold medal to Alysa.
Alysa was not without her problems, but Amber got away with more of them and had inflated GOE on everything as well.
9.5 for skating skills from one judge for Amber. Four gave her 9.0. Are they trying to stir up controversy on purpose? That is totally absurd. It mocks the sport. 9.5 is for someone like Hanyu or peak Valieva.
This is easy stuff to judge, that can be identified in real time. Simple stuff that in a JGP they ding every skater for, but in senior events suddenly the tech panel are wildly inconsistent in applying the rules and assessing elements.
This inconsistency is what kills the sport.
LOL, you meticulously dissect the jump landings of Amber and Alysa, but then make a claim that Sarah’s score is not justified and she should have scored higher, yet you don’t post any screenshots of her jumps. This is an incomplete and biased argument, albeit absolutely ridiculous as well.
I just don't have the time, maybe later, but she had really impressive jumps. Her triples are better than Amber and Alysa (if we exclude the 3A which Amber lives and dies by).
Amber has a triple axel. That is what separates her frôm the pack - but does anyone get tired of the anguish? She looks so stressed out before, during and after. It’s hard to enjoy the performance.
In a way it's her identity now, it's sometimes hard to change. Maybe she gets motivation from being someone who overcomes, and it leaves an inbuilt excuse when things don't work out.
I really like how Alysa goes about her skating. It's a genuine passion. Whereas with Amber, if she's not happy with the most consistent 3A in the ISU, defeating the Japanese armada at the GP final, undefeated throughout the season, then it's never will be possible to enjoy her career.
Liu is just happy-go-lucky, footloose and carefree, and I absolutely love her for the joy and energy she brings.
Amber and Alysa have different personalities and competitive approaches. Alysa is laid back and carefree and is better at shutting off her mind during competition than Amber, although Glenn has tremendously improved in that regard this season. Amber has to really dial in and calmly focus when she competes and her elation releases in the kiss and cry once the pressure is off. That doesn’t mean Amber is unhappy, doesn’t enjoy skating, or is unsatisfied with her results.
