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What’s even more surprising is that 1 of the judges who gave Chiba the 8.5 in skating skills is the Japanese judge on the panel. What in the world?! You have a lot of explaining to do!
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Yes! She has a youthful energy which suits particularly these programs, which articulate well together too.
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Japanese judges are Japanese judges! It's also at Japanese Nationals that the motto is, let's give them stricter scores than at international competitions, while other federations rather inflate scores to set a precedent for the championships of the end of the season...
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No way. Isabeau is going for gold every time she skates. She's a world silver medalist. She definitely started the season planning to make the GP final and Olympic team easily, and her goal is an Olympic medal.
Except Chiba’s UR axel.
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Worth going back and rewatching. I can not not watch Team Japan.
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Oh I love Mone's spirals
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Isabeau really showed she wants a podium spot at olympics and to be on that US team. She really is a competitor. She, Amber and Alyssa really look like the clear faves for Italy. Sarah had her chance and Bradie always looked kind of like the fourth lady, the pewter specialists and this competition didn't help. Good on Italy - she Lara is making a case for her to be top ten and help Italy win team bronze. The three Canadian ladies were non factors here and sadly I guess you can say no one looked particularly sharp or interesting. Schizas was tops here but not convincing but she continues to have that Jennifer Robinson vibe - somehow good enough to be the best of the worst in Canada. On the positive she came back from a disaserous short to beat both her compatriots. She still may be Canada's best. As for Japan Mone looked wonderful. Clearly the best here. Ami's triple axel looked more supsect here still she is looking strong. Japan and USa have great depths as we see here. Bradie was not bad here at all though Sarah was not very effervescent here.
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Mone Chiba is so lovely. She's better than Kaori Sakamoto so far this season.
Her protocol makes no sense. They gave her 4 q's, none of which should have been given, but then didn't give the clearly 'q' 2Axel the call.
Her protocol makes no sense. They gave her 4 q's, none of which should have been given, but then didn't give the clearly 'q' 2Axel the call.
Her carriage and back position on the ice are just exquisite! It's a shame she may not make the Grand Prix Final......
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At this point in the sport, every slightly suspicious landing gets marked as a q, even when the jump is actually rotated if you watch it in slow motion. The tech panel and its weird calls…
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Congratulations to Mone, Isabeau and Ami on their podium finishes 
! Well deserved. I was a kittle disappointed when I saw how much Isabeau’s TES dropped, but was relieved that she still made the podium. The technical panel I felt was unduly harsh on Sarah. She must have been devastated. Hopefully, she can put it behind her with the quick turnaround for NHK Trophy next week.
! Well deserved. I was a kittle disappointed when I saw how much Isabeau’s TES dropped, but was relieved that she still made the podium. The technical panel I felt was unduly harsh on Sarah. She must have been devastated. Hopefully, she can put it behind her with the quick turnaround for NHK Trophy next week.
Actually I feel like Mone does look alot cleaner in real speed than she does in slow motion. Because her jumps are usually more horizontal than vertical, and she has extremely fast rotation with low a bodyweight, only slow motion reveals many of her jumps being under. I also think the scoring in general has been inflated this season, maybe because of the Olympics,especially in GOE. 217 with all the q's she got was very high. She is almost getting Kaori level inflation now. And Ami getting 227 when she landed her 3As, but 203 without them? Crazy Amber level discrepancy there.
They missed a lot of them with Levito, and gets high GOE on any jump she stays on her feet without an obvious underrotation.
Skaters who fully rotate their landings and have an aesthetically pleasing technique should be rewarded for it.
Skaters from the major Feds(US,Japan,Russia) that are favored by their Fed are generally scored by different standards than non favorites or people from other countries. It's pretty much been that way for a long time.
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And a few others they missed. And she was underscored in PCS when compared with skaters with less packed program, weaker Skating Skills etc (less so than poor Yuna Aoki though, I hope that her scores will improve when she's better known). What's all this this insistence against ONE skater who overall was neither overscored, no underscored? Why (and who) did her victory trigger that much?
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