I can't describe how happy I am about the results. MIRAI , I knew she'd make it to the top one day. Let's just hope she can have a decent free skate so she can clinch the gold.
Geez, wasn't the point of CoP to just score what you see on the ice and that younger skaters and skaters in the lower bracket would be treated with some semblance of fairness?
This scoring system appears if anything to be even more reputation based than 6.0.
The casual viewer sees only the numbers, yet the dedicated skating fans can dig up the underlying agenda. Under 6.0 it was more obvious. I think it's clear why the Cop was constructed the way it was.
I did not expect Kiira be second either. But I get a strange suspision that it's because The Technical Controller was Finnish at this event.As for the skating, I woke up this morning, checked my mail and found a notification of a reply to the Coc Predictions thread in my inbox, and the reply said simply "Dammit Joannie!" Then I was like, Oh man, what happened THIS time?! Then I checked this thread. GP events are among the hardest to "predict" (save for events with Yuna Kim in them) because you just don't know what you're gonna get with the competitors. I was surprised (but not shocked) to see Nagasu ahead. The SP was never Rochette's strong suit but I expect her to make up a bit of ground in the FS. Even if she messes up a couple of the jumps I'm sure her presentation score will be padded enough anyway.
I just finished watching the On-Demand feed on IN. Everyone else is kind of close. I didn't expect Korpi to break 60 though...I think there will be some change of order in the FS. I do hope Nagasu can hold on for the victory (or the medal).
I did not expect Kiira be second either. But I get a strange suspision that it's because The Technical Controller was Finnish at this event.
Although...doesn't anyone find that weird squatting thing she does in the middle of her footwork kind of...unattractive? It's around the 3min mark in the youtube link posted earlier. Aside from that though, I liked that!
The skinny blond fish was very overmarked.
I think compared to Akiko, Nagasu looked absolutely juniorish, not in sync with her music, lanky, awkward, hesitant before her jumps - she also might have been fast, but fast and choppy, and not at all fluent like Akiko e.g. And not all of her spins are good, that camel during the combination spin was mediocre at best. I think she got very good marks for her performance.
The skinny blond fish was very overmarked.
awww, come on, the besti squat is a classic skating move. Show some love.
me 2I was a bit surprised by her low TES, I know she only did a Triple Toeloop as the solo jump, but it was still a low TES.
Mirai was born in 1993 whilst Akiko was born in 1985, accord. to ISU dataHow old is Mirai and how old is Akiko?
Geez, wasn't the point of CoP to just score what you see on the ice and that younger skaters and skaters in the lower bracket would be treated with some semblance of fairness?
This scoring system appears if anything to be even more reputation based than 6.0.
Mao can skate miserably and get highest pcs and Mirai can skate very well and get lowest pcs.
Mirai may still be a work in progress but her skating appears to be much more polished than what I saw from Alena last week.
Not to mention Mirai's posture and speed are good.