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Anyone watching?
Anyone watching?
2013 US Nationals Junior Ladies
- Thread starter Reginald
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I'm watching the numbers . . . not quite the same thing but this is life when you are a figure skating fan.
I'm watching the numbers on icenetwork too.
Here comes the heavy hitters group.
Can Karen Chen come through in the clutch?
She just fell apart--a few falls, a waltz jump (i.e. ZERO points).
Protocals:
Polina: 3 URs, 1 DG and edge call on the flip. So with out the URs -- 4 clean triples. That explains the relatively low score.
Barbie: One UR, -GOE on the flip, low level step sequence. But all level 4 spins. She actually wins in TES. 5 clean, non UR triples.
Mariah: edge callon the lutz (where she fell), -GOE on popped flip. But she got the highest PCS. 4 clean triples
Karen: Yikes, three DG. UR on another jump Edge call on the flip. Sad, not a single clean UR triple.
Layback always lovely, though!
The rest of the final group sort of melted down....
http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2013/68390/results.html
Looks like Gracie gets to keep her record for another year.
Polina: 3 URs, 1 DG and edge call on the flip. So with out the URs -- 4 clean triples. That explains the relatively low score.
Barbie: One UR, -GOE on the flip, low level step sequence. But all level 4 spins. She actually wins in TES. 5 clean, non UR triples.
Mariah: edge callon the lutz (where she fell), -GOE on popped flip. But she got the highest PCS. 4 clean triples
Karen: Yikes, three DG. UR on another jump Edge call on the flip. Sad, not a single clean UR triple.
Layback always lovely, though! The rest of the final group sort of melted down....
http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2013/68390/results.html
Looks like Gracie gets to keep her record for another year.
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wow, just looked at the protocols and LOTS of cheated and downgraded jumps by several girls. karen had 3 jumps downgraded and 2 more with cheats. polina had one downgrade and 3 other cheats, and madison vinci had 3 downgrades also. the rest of the field had numerous cheats/downgrades too. they've got some work cut out for next year and polina at least for junior worlds.
i love polina's grace and maturity, and all her jumps were so easy for her. congrats on the win.
mariah deserves the silver for sure, she has improved so much since last year. her jumps are so much more solid and no cheats, and she is so fun to watch.
barbie skated great, it was good to see her come back after the short. although i do still find her boring, she also has improved since last year.
i am in LOVE with karen's skating. she is so mature for her age and takes total command of the ice. so happy she wound up with a medal despite the downgrades.
i also found a few of the other girls to be quite boring for their music choices, such as madison and katia.
although amanda gelb wound up in 11th, i really like her skating. she is a very pretty skater and skates to the music, not through it like some of the other girls. i hope she stays another year junior and gets some more triples under her belt and she will end up with a medal.
i love polina's grace and maturity, and all her jumps were so easy for her. congrats on the win.
mariah deserves the silver for sure, she has improved so much since last year. her jumps are so much more solid and no cheats, and she is so fun to watch.
barbie skated great, it was good to see her come back after the short. although i do still find her boring, she also has improved since last year.
i am in LOVE with karen's skating. she is so mature for her age and takes total command of the ice. so happy she wound up with a medal despite the downgrades.
i also found a few of the other girls to be quite boring for their music choices, such as madison and katia.
although amanda gelb wound up in 11th, i really like her skating. she is a very pretty skater and skates to the music, not through it like some of the other girls. i hope she stays another year junior and gets some more triples under her belt and she will end up with a medal.
I'm glad Chen didn't win. Right now the other girls have more maturity to their skating and Karen is a bit of a jumping bean. It doesn't help that she's so tiny. Growing a few inches might help with her look next season. She has a lot of time to mature.
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a downgrade is when a skater cheats the landing more than 1/4 of a rotation and it gets downgraded to a double. a UR is less than 1/4 rotation and gets negative GOE.
So if a skater attempts a triple jump, but only rotates it 2.99 times, it is an under rotation.
If a skater attempts a triple jump, and only rotates it 2.74 times, it is a downgrade.
In general, if it's that close (2.99), I don't really see the judges giving it a UR. Basically it's more of a matter if it's close to that .25 cheat.
ETA: What icellist said below.
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