2025 World Championships Women's Short Program

[museksk8r]

Wakaba should absolutely pass Alysa, but will she?

 

[Zora]

Wakaba So powerful!!!

 

[yelyoh]

I would put Wakaba in first by a hair but....

 

[LazyFuzai]

Yep.At the end we are in Boston no?

 

[yuumagical]

Wakabird!!! She's just like one of those sand worms from Dune, annihilating almost everything in her path!!!

 

[nickp91]

Dune Part Two has scored more figure skating wins then freaking movie awards

 

[norwegianfairytale]

As expected, but I take that

 

[cocteautwin]

Wakaba She lost only to homecooking.

 

[Skating91]

Wow, 32 PCS. The combo was completely rotated no underrotations unlike the leader.

2.5 point gap to first

 

[yuumagical]

Yep.At the end we are in Boston no?

Yeah, that's partly why I'm not there.

 

[Placebo11]

Wakaba was way better than Alysa.

 

[Karoltyna]

Oh, well judges, where your glasses?

 

[museksk8r]

Hmm, both are world medalists; Higuchi with a silver in 2018 and a Japanese judge on the panel and Liu with a bronze in 2022 and home ice, but no American judge on the panel.

Alysa did beat Wakaba recently at 4CC and Wakaba competed at the Grand Prix Final, which Alysa did not qualify for. This ranking feels wrong to me.

 

[Ziotic]

I’m so happy Wakaba is still competing

Wow, 32 PCS. The combo was completely rotated no underrotations unlike the leader.

2.5 point gap to first

I love Wakaba, but the combo was q, just not called.

They should be closer IMO, maybe both in the 72 range

 

[Paulipau]

Higher PCS for alysa, like...

Makes you hate this sport sometimes

 

[Jontor]

As predicted, I feel Samodelkina was underscored. The rest of the skaters (except for maybe Kurakova) will probably score better.

We'll see what happens...

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Well, I have to go - I'm so happy for Alysa and Wakaba, and I hope for the best for the skaters in groups 5 & 6! If someone else could do PBPs, I'd be very grateful. I'll be back for the pairs' short!

 

[Skating91]

As predicted, I feel Samodelkina was underscored. The rest of the skaters (except for maybe Kurakova) will probably score better.

We'll see what happens...

They're pretty brutal on Gubanova.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Wow, thank you for teaching me something new about British English! In America "nip and tuck" would refer to the surgery or perhaps to a project that is close to completion ("all it needs is a nip here and a tuck there").

Yeah, those meanings are commonly used over here too. But the original meaning (the way Chris used it) is just as common.

Now that you mention it, I suppose the same phrase being able to be used in so many different ways could get confusing...

By the way, I've left again, at the end of the Group 4 Warm-Up. I'll come back to the skating tomorrow morning,

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Skating91]

I hope this error from the judges doesn't cost Wakaba a medal. Would be a shame.