Agnes got +1,8 for her 3T+3T... That means she recieved (4)four +3 and 3(three) +2. Also, she got +1,4 for her Lutz.
Sometimes, Agnes reminds me of Kostner(my favorite skater). Tall, fast, massive jumps, great basic skills and edges, nice music choices... I think that Agnes will be the "new Kostner".
Well, I definitely don't think this SP does her justice at all.
Even so, Agnes being in front of her is nonsense. I do like Mirai's FS. Go Mirai!!!!! We love you!
She traveled quite a bit before centering her layback. Perhaps that was it?
Agnes how could you screw up the 2axel?
Like this:
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22vrdARzZ1rqqvu8o2_250.gif
(No bashing here, just found the gif really really funny.)
Then Agnes also got higher PCS, in part due to skating last while Mirai skated very early. This latter would have been far worse under 6.0 than under CoP. So for anyone who wants to rescore this using 6.0 - know that skating early used to be the kiss of death for many skaters considering that in the past, skating order was a total random draw and the design of 6.0 forced judges to save marks or else risk running out room for their ordinals.
Mirai has actually done pretty decently on the international stage- excluding the highlights of 2010, she's actually done ok with 4CC and the SGP. I'm going off the top of my head here, but hasn't Mirai won more medals on the SGP (read 2) than Agnes (0)?
I don't have a live stream so I can't compare the two in this competition... but having watched that youtube clip- how on earth did Mirai only get .79+ GOE on her final layback spin?? Are the judges blind??
I don't care what kind of score Caroline got, it was a lovely performance. I think with such a small cushion going into the long, Ashley is going to feel the pressure. At the moment, I am inclined to think Agnes is going to pull off an upset.
Mrs. P, Zawadski scored 10 points on her triple triple - she reversed them according to icenetwork.
... My heart actually breaks for Caroline. Not for the performance itself, which was lovely (and she looked so happy and relaxed), but after, when she heard her marks. Just- no.
Thanks for posting these, though. It sucks not being able to access a live stream, so fast uploads and swift linkers are much appreciated.
ETA: Thanks, IP, for the correction on the GP medal count. Clearly my memory isn't that great...
For all this talk about people getting dumped or boosted by PCS scores here, I'm not sure if I see it....
You don't? Maybe because it's not as glaring if you break it down into tiny pieces. I think what happens is that small, consistent boosts add up. Was Ashley really that much better in every single section, or is she being boosted cause she's the frontrunner being coached by John Nicks?