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Well, assuming he keeps up his training AND assuming he skates in January (2 rather big "ifs", granted) this might not be a bad idea.
As to this "slipping ranking" observation, yes, that for the most part is true, BUT under CoP it's rather a meaningless statistic. If you skate well, they more or less gotta give you the points regardless of what you've done or haven't done the last few years. Under the old system, once the judges pretty much gave you chance after chance to prove yourself and you didn't, they'd say forget it, hold you down, and start boosting others. Now at least if you skate well they gotta at least put you in contention whether they want to or not.
I do, however, question Eman's ability to skate well in Vancouver, his hometown.
Perhaps Emanuel would do better as an ice dancer? He could focus on the dance elements, footwork, and choreography which he is so good at and avoid getting penalized for inconsistent jumps.
Thank you for saying that. I couldn't quite put my finger on what was so different about Emanuel's jumps, but that's it. Like a ballet dancer (or Michael Jordan) he has learned how to give the illusion of hanging in midair when he jumps.I would take Eman's big, beautiful, airy jumps (with their great balletic height, his stretched and extended limbs, his pointed feet, the run-out and flow in his landings....) any day...
He may be inconsistent with the jumps but when he does land them, they are things of striking beauty.
I would take Eman's big, beautiful, airy jumps (with their great balletic height, his stretched and extended limbs, his pointed feet, the run-out and flow in his landings....) any day over jumps that barely get off the ice (Lambiel, Oda, Takahashi...) or sloppy, muscled, forced jumps (Plushenko, Joubert, Verner...).
Watching Eman jump is like watching a bird in flight (natural, effortless, beautiful).
With that said, I agree he would also make a great Ice Dancer.
This is old news that was reported as far back as May.
As for Sandhu, I think that if he can find his motivation, he can come back strong. After all, he has left the sport before (between the 1998 and 2002 Olympics) and has come back, so he can do it again if he wants to.
I think has he has a better shot of earning a spot in Vancouver for the Olympics than say, Dubreil and Lauzon or Sasha Cohen.