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Kwan is the queen of the 6.0 system and Kim is the queen of the COP!
I also think Michelle wouldn't have had the longevity under COP that she did under 6.0,
Why do you think this?
Michelle did not have a very flexible back. When the CoP first came out, with it's requirements about changes of positions on spins, her first strategy was to do lower levels and try to make up the differentce in GOE.
That didn't work. So she tried to up the ante by spinning in weird positions. She ended up straining her back and had to drop out for a time to rest it.
Michelle did not have a very flexible back. When the CoP first came out, with it's requirements about changes of positions on spins, her first strategy was to do lower levels and try to make up the differentce in GOE.
That didn't work. So she tried to up the ante by spinning in weird positions. She ended up straining her back and had to drop out for a time to rest it.
That's why the scoring for spins needs to be revamped. Gaining levels should be worth less points and +GOE should be worth more. It's HARDER to do a fast, centered sit spin with a completely straight back and free leg than it is to an ungainly cannonball position held for 8 revolutions with lackluster speed. And yet, the latter scores more points under the current system and makes the program look worse too.
If the hands-clasped-behind-back layback position counts as a difficult variation, she's also done some level 2 laybacks.
Blades of Passion said:The one case where I think this feature should remain is for spins in a single position without a change of foot. Aside from Laybacks, we never see single position spins anymore unless it's a flying spin or change-of-foot spin. Doing a scratch spin on its own or a back camel on its own can be a worthwhile piece of choreography within a program.
All time LADIES RANKING with the BEST SKATE...Under any judging system.
1. Yuna Kim
2. Mao Asada
3. Kristi Yamaguchi
4. Tara Lipinski
5. Michelle Kwan
6. Irina Slutskaya
7. Midori Ito
Remember...7th ranked Midori of her best can beat Yuna sometimes...ICE IS SLIPPERY !
Had she not had those 2 mistakes Vancouver would have been her best ever performance and she still would have been crushed in the overall total by 10 points or more (she lost by 25 as it was).
IMO. That was not Mao's best performance ever. It wasn't her most difficult layout, which was back in 2008. Neither was it performed by a Mao in her best condition as the general consensus was that her form was much better pre-TAT.
In any case Mao has never done a pair of performances that would have beaten Kim in Vancouver or even come that close. She has not yet fulfilled her full potential as a skater at the senior level really despite her successes.
Did (Michelle) ever land a triple/triple after her broken toe of 1998?