Is Polina Tsurskaya eligible for Jr. Worlds?
No,
I hope Sotskova wins junior nationals but its probably a long shot now
Sakahnovich will get 130+ in FS with higher PCS :disapp:
so Sakhanovich and Sotskova are assured of Junior Worlds spot ?
and last spot for Elena if she can recover in time if not Proklova will sub her
What is the nature and extent of Elena Radionova's injury?
its either ankle or leg injury
not sure how severe it is, if she cant recover in time then she may not compete
Radionova has fallen into the Junior Worlds Ladies curse I think, No lady has ever won 2 junior world titles
3F at 8, 3T+3T at 9 (at competition).Gubanova is landing 3F-3T at 11 years old now and landed her first 3F at 9 years old
Thank you.
To be fair, Sotskova's LP isn't that good and I would give Serafima maybe better SS mark. Other than that, I prefer Maria overall as a skater and her jump technique is way better.
So Proklova gets on the team even with a fourth place I assume, especially since she had a great Sr nationals too. She is my favorite from the current juniors
Sakhanovich knows what is to bend her knees. In skating, it is something to be desired. Look at the Japanese skaters, how they bend. She is also a powerful skater and has a feel for music. That goes into PCS too, even if you don't like it. Sakhanovich is the one who had the highest score in international competition (over 190), so I wouldn't claim that international judgers don't like her. She had a problem at JGP, especially in her first event, because she went through a growth spur and her jumps were inconsistent, but since then she is back to her last year's form.
Sakhanovich may have the power or maturity the other junior Russian ladies don't have yet, but the rest will catch up in a short time for sure. I don't think her knee bend is the good kind of knee bend; we discussed about Satoko MIYAHARA's knee bend a while ago. To me, bending knees to make up for the lack of height in a jump is bad. Sakhanovich is not as flexible as other juniors, and she has centering problem in some of her spins. So her advantages at this point are temporary and easy to lose.
hippomoomin said:I don't think her knee bend is the good kind of knee bend; we discussed about Satoko MIYAHARA's knee bend a while ago. To me, bending knees to make up for the lack of height in a jump is bad.
Great competitors!(As expected) a great competition!
Me too.I was really blown away by Sotskova, she should have won for me! Serafima is very good, yes, but the highest PCS is kind of for me. I am also very happy that proklova ended up on the podium!
AFAIK she has not serious injury.But, do you really think that Radionova is injuried? Maybe she just wants to skip Jnationals and compete at worlds...