2025 World Championships Women's Short Program

[FlossieH]

Is it 2 hours to pairs, or 1 hour? My maths says 2, but that seems a long gap.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Anybody see how this resemblence to Boston Worlds in 2016? Gracie leading after the SP, but ended up in 4th... The crazy thing is that Alysa might end up in 4th, not because she will make mistakes though but because the competition is so hard

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Or Wakaba’s

Kaori was 4th after the Short last season, over 3.5 points back from first and won at the end. Not saying this will happen again this season, Kaori is not the same skater and neither is anyone else competing here, but it's just to say that ice is slippery and movement can and will happen.
There's not much give between a lot of these placements and lots of skaters who can be hit-or-miss.

 

[Arigato]

State of mind trumps all, whether you are male or female. All I saw was pure joy and peace of mind in a single skater as she moved across the ice. One.

 

[Axel Rose]

Chaeyeon is so stable usually, I am always surprised when she makes a mistake on a jump. Shame it had to happen today after her great season..

And she was placed all the way down at 11th, pretty shocking.

This was her championship to win. I’m surprised she made a mistake. I don’t particularly like her skating (just indifferent), but I saw her as the favourite coming in.

 

[Ares]

Watching the women make me depressed. There are so many with phenomenal skating skills that should be strongly in top 10.
Sorry but Schizas is NOT a top 6 skater, not even top 12.

Ok, you may rate some skaters lower than other ones but I find it very disrespectful towards Schizas and I'm not even a big fan of hers. And I mean we have a competition for a reason and this is not some glorified crowning out there. Also ice is slippery.

 

[Skater Boy]

Wow. I only saw some of the ladies. Yay Alyssa what a comeback and ditto for Isabeau but Amber is still in striking zone. I don't think a US sweep is likely. Mone, wakaba or Kaori - one of them is likely to podium. I am impressed by Isabeau and Alyssa though others opened the door for them. Sad about Kim but thats skating. Kind of thought the Canadian girl was harshly marked. But then again with Kaori ahead what to do. The scores are so close.

 

[jenaj]

Not too bad. If Kaori pulls herself together she will win with a clean skate.

I still think Kaori is going to win.

 

[momrk]

I hope there are a lot of strong skates in the Free- redemption skates, and for those at the top, more good skating. Lots of clean, good skating and let the medals fall where they may

 

[ramurphy2005]

Is it 2 hours to pairs, or 1 hour? My maths says 2, but that seems a long gap.

Pairs starts at 6:45 EST, so about 2 hours.

 

[mirai4life]

Protocols

 

[museksk8r]

Why am i not surprised that Alysa and Isabeau finished ahead of Amber? The mental game is a big part of being a champion.

They had nowhere near the pressure she had and neither attempted the 3Axel. It’s easier to go clean with a conservative program.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

And this will be it for me today, pairs will be too late for me. Probably going to join for men some time tomorrow

 

[Skating91]

Cursed ice. I think the ice is just a tad too soft for skaters like Chaeyon who rely on a very good toe-pick to get height on their jumps. It's also a NIH-sized rink, so lots of skaters have to skate smaller than usual. Kaori also wasn't super comfortable with the smaller rink last year in Canada (she placed 4th in the Short then).

It's a good point. It's a figure skating championship it should be on a regulation sized rink, not a regulation NA hockey rink. Probably the heating in the arena is too high as well for spectator comfort so they can take off their coats. It's not good enough for the premier event.

 

[cocteautwin]

I'm sure Amber feels very dissapointed and frustrated rn but I hope she remembers she's not running away from a bear. It's just figure skating.

 

[labgoat]

Do you remember this?
Worlds 2017 ladies result
A year before the Olympics. I think there were many surprises.

excellent example - it just goes to show their is a learning curve to winning. some will not learn, others have it, others learn - hopefully in time.

 

[labgoat]

I’m surprised she made a mistake.

She was making it on practice, which sadly not everyone got to watch so I wasn't surprised

 

[Dawn825]

Kaori could definitely still win if she skates her best. The only skater who I think could beat her if she does is Mone at HER best. I think the other 3 are probably fighting for the other medals.

 

[Ares]

Cursed ice. I think the ice is just a tad too soft for skaters like Chaeyon who rely on a very good toe-pick to get height on their jumps. It's also a NIH-sized rink, so lots of skaters have to skate smaller than usual. Kaori also wasn't super comfortable with the smaller rink last year in Canada (she placed 4th in the Short then).

I know the rink is a little bit smaller but what's up with the ice being soft? Did some skaters complain or you deduced that from something? I remember World Championships in 2016 held here in Boston and skaters really doing so well.

 

[labgoat]

I'd rather the women learn how to deal with the pressure here and now than next year at the Olympics