2025 CS Cranberry Cup Senior Women Short Program

[Ichatdelune]

there are much more shameful things one can do on these threads... don't worry about it

I need to set higher standards on myself to justify me being a very opinionated and often severly biased fangirl, but merci beaucoup

Well.. the season has really started with all this Jia vs Samo convo It's official folks Skating is back !

And this is why I didn't want FS season to come back, I was enjoying my break

 

[flanker]

Sonja Hilmer recorded her own blades...

 

[FlossieH]

I think that's the best I have seen Sonja Hilmer skate.

 

[Jeanie19]

Sonja. I love her costume, I love this program.

 

[yelyoh]

Sonja is so unique. I loved this program. Judges do right by her!!!

 

[elektra blue]

this could be my favourite short of the season hands down. great! and the stsq is fire serving old Hollywood Ginger Rogers feeling

 

[cocteautwin]

wow, that was interesting program, a lot of steps and some lovely features and the little hat

 

[4everchan]

WOW... that choreo on the steps... and she did it well on time. Bravo

 

[Jumping_Bean]

1/ Petrosian is basically undefeated for two years (now 2.5) in the toughest senior competition on the planet, is there not a better good reputation than that? I look forward to the Olympic live threads where you justify the judges burying her.

Sorry, but I had to sit through people justifying Samo getting 23 because of no reputation even though every single judge knew what her reputation was, where she had come from, what she had been through.

International judges are not going out of their way to watch domestic competitions, except for the ones they are judging. They might hear things about skaters, but outside of the winner, most of them probably won't even remember the names. They might be lovers of the sport, but they are also all adults with busy lives who mostly have full-time jobs in addition to being judges. A lot of judges aren't even on social media, particularly the older ones, of which there are many.

Even commentators, whose job it is to do the kind of research I do in my free time for fun, oftentimes don't have all of the information that is publicly available and get surprised by new faces, even when these skaters are already being talked about among fans due to their domestic results (as Novices, for example).

 

[flanker]

but scoring in Russia has often been hyped.

If this is a topic now then I say that during the recent seasons scoring in Russia was much harsher than international one.

 

[Skating91]

Well.. the season has really started with all this Jia vs Samo convo It's official folks Skating is back !

I'm trying to get the conversation away from you eating your breakfast

 

[Karoltyna]

And this is why I didn't want FS season to come back, I was enjoying my break

And now it's here and here we go again

 

[lileychristie]

Love Sonja, she's such a breath of fresh air.

That knee slide transition before the 2A I hope we get to see her bi-directional 3S-2S in the free!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

That was so good from Sonja!!!

 

[Skating91]

Well done Sonja. I liked her costume and commitment.

 

[moonvine]

Loving the tap work in the footwork - perfectly on time to the music

This will be one I'll watch again.

 

[moonvine]

I have my Mexican flag...too bad I'm not there.

 

[labgoat]

Love that Sonja finished ahead of Josephine. Nice to see the clean, detailed work rewarded. No shade on Joey though - she gave a spirited performance of her own. Today Sonja was better.

 

[4everchan]

I'm trying to get the conversation away from you eating your breakfast

i have eaten my PB toast a long time ago. At this point, it's almost time for lunch.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Sonja is such a joy. She choreographs her own programs, and they are an absolute delight. She'll have a bright future after competitive sport for sure (though I hope that is still some way off in the future), whether as a choreographer or as a show skater.