I've watched Mirai, Rachael and Carolina;
Mirai: I'm not a fan; but her jumps looked secure; ina bauer and double axel were brilliant; she has good flexibility and thus hits some very nice positions. The footwork is still too cutesy for my liking, but maybe it works in real life...
Carolina: I hope she wins!! I was never much of a fan; I think seeing her in real life two weeks agao made me convinced that she is a beautiful skater. She has actually really nice posture on the ice. She's very balletic for one so tall! I could barely recognize the program! Once she realized she was nailing the jumps, she looked so happy and threw her heart in the performance; lovely to see!
Rachael: the youtube vid didn't show the part where she apparantly cried; but all I can say is; what the hell have you to cry about? Okay the performance wasn't perfect; but it's still early in the season. Look at the score, not the placement; you got a higher score than Ashley last week who was perfect other than the edge deduction on the lutz! I think she's expecting too much of herself. She seems to want perfection every time she hits the ice; that is in itself a good attitude of course, but she shouldn't get so worked up about every tiny mistake. At this point in the competition and with her score; she hasn't lost anything!
Mirai: I'm not a fan; but her jumps looked secure; ina bauer and double axel were brilliant; she has good flexibility and thus hits some very nice positions. The footwork is still too cutesy for my liking, but maybe it works in real life...
Carolina: I hope she wins!! I was never much of a fan; I think seeing her in real life two weeks agao made me convinced that she is a beautiful skater. She has actually really nice posture on the ice. She's very balletic for one so tall! I could barely recognize the program! Once she realized she was nailing the jumps, she looked so happy and threw her heart in the performance; lovely to see!
Rachael: the youtube vid didn't show the part where she apparantly cried; but all I can say is; what the hell have you to cry about? Okay the performance wasn't perfect; but it's still early in the season. Look at the score, not the placement; you got a higher score than Ashley last week who was perfect other than the edge deduction on the lutz! I think she's expecting too much of herself. She seems to want perfection every time she hits the ice; that is in itself a good attitude of course, but she shouldn't get so worked up about every tiny mistake. At this point in the competition and with her score; she hasn't lost anything!