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Yuna seems happy with her draw number.
Yuna seems happy with her draw number.
Somehow Americans and Canadians always manage to skate close to last.
Great draw for Rachael Flatt. Not so good for Mirai, but she is not a medal contender, so it's OK.
Yu na skates right after Mao. That should be interesting. I hope Mao skates clean and gets full credit for her 3A. Otherwise it may not be so interesting.
Skating last (Miki) can be a positive thing in the SP because she is not off the ice for very long after the warmup. In the LP it could affect a skater negatively.
A part of me hopes JoRo performs "Hymne a 'lamour" as her LP now. I remember back in 06 when Sandra said the reason why JoRo chose that song is because that song gave her mom some solstice. Maybe performing that again will give her some comfort in this really tough time.
But I'm sure her tango and S&D programs will make mom proud.
Can skaters switch their LP at the last minute like that?
Maybe she'll do it in the gala - I believe all Canadian skaters get to skate in the gala, regardless of placement, because they're the host nation. It would be a nice tribute.
Yeah things are really being set up for Rachael to Win a medal. She really has a great draw! By the time she skates the judges will know what marks to give her so she will be in the hunt for a medal.
I hope Miki goes for the 3-3 combo regardless of what Morozov might tell her. Look at Oda, he was landing quad-triple so well in practice and decided to take it out in the program when he knows that Evan and Chan had the score to beat his clean skate. What does he have to lose? Hoping for Plushenko, Daisuke to fall really badly and cling on to a bronze?
If Miki decided to go with the safe route, she will be out of the medal hunt. The judges will reward a 3-2 Rochette over a 3-2 Miki.
Joannie is more prone to mistakes then Miki though and Miki's strength is the LP. We also don't know what Mao will do here, or which Carolina will show up to the competition. I wouldn't say Miki is out of the medal hunt if she doesn't do a 3-3, it really depends on what everyone else does.
Joannie is more prone to mistakes then Miki though and Miki's strength is the LP. We also don't know what Mao will do here, or which Carolina will show up to the competition. I wouldn't say Miki is out of the medal hunt if she doesn't do a 3-3, it really depends on what everyone else does.
She won't be out of the medal hunt but I think she probably needs it to contend for the gold, because Yuna rarely botches her 3-3 attempt.
She has botched it the last 3 times she attempted it... she hasn't done it clean since the SP at Skate America (so overall that means she has only done it clean 1/2 of her attempts at it this season).
I think Miki will really only go for the 3-3 depending on how Yu-Na and Mao fair... if she doesn't think she needs it, I doubt she will (something she has learned over the years and at Turin with the 4S). I doubt Mao cared when her draw was, since she already announced she would be "going all out" since she felt comfortable in practice (reading the whole interview almost seemed to infer she had backup programs just in case). Rachael will have to do the 3-3 to be in the medal hunt.... Mirai, I think she will make the final group going into the LP, since the SP has been her strength this season. I'm glad to see Akiko after the "dynamic duo" than any other contender, since she seems the least to crack under the pressure. She truly seems like one of the few skaters who really sees only herself as the competition and doesn't just spout that line out but not mean it. I admire that about her.
She has botched it the last 3 times she attempted it... she hasn't done it clean since the SP at Skate America (so overall that means she has only done it clean 1/2 of her attempts at it this season).
I think Miki will really only go for the 3-3 depending on how Yu-Na and Mao fair... if she doesn't think she needs it, I doubt she will (something she has learned over the years and at Turin with the 4S). I doubt Mao cared when her draw was, since she already announced she would be "going all out" since she felt comfortable in practice (reading the whole interview almost seemed to infer she had backup programs just in case). Rachael will have to do the 3-3 to be in the medal hunt.... Mirai, I think she will make the final group going into the LP, since the SP has been her strength this season. I'm glad to see Akiko after the "dynamic duo" than any other contender, since she seems the least to crack under the pressure. She truly seems like one of the few skaters who really sees only herself as the competition and doesn't just spout that line out but not mean it. I admire that about her.
I need a recap. Why didn't Miki take advantage of Yuna's mistakes at the GPF? I always thought that Miki totally missed a good chance there.
I think Rachael will do better in the LP and pull up a few slots. I hope she and Mirai make the final group for the LP though!
I think Miki didn't do a 3-3, thought that a clean performance would pull her through. Then she had a hand down on either the sal or lo during her FP.