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If there is a 3rd spot next year I think it would be between Hicks, Agnes, and Gao with Agnes getting it if she doesnt totally bomb, and Czisny and Nagasu having outside shots.
that was heart wrenching watching her reaction to the judges' marks at nationals tonight. She seemed totally devastated.
Imagine all that hard work to get back on top in the sport, and finishing 3rd in the short, with the possibility of making it on the podium. No, her program certainly wasn't her best. I have never felt so sorry for someone like this in a long time (and granted what she experienced was far from the worst thing in the world). This raw human emotion really affected me.
I heard the boos of the crowd - they seemed to think she was given a raw deal. Were the judges' basically telling her to "move aside" for the new up-and-coming? The politics of this sport are brutal.
imo, it should be nbc who wouldn't get out of her face with the camera
ITA. Feeling crushed for her & Caroline!
If there is a 3rd spot next year I think it would be between Hicks, Agnes, and Gao with Agnes getting it if she doesnt totally bomb, and Czisny and Nagasu having outside shots.
I thought Caroline gave it a whole lot more than Mirai. Mirai wasn't in the zone, but she wasn't in the program either. I wasn't sold at all. She had other skaters who were clean that were ahead of her - for the most part.
Neither Caroline or Mirai have given the judges a reason to give them the benefit of the doubt. (Not saying Agnes has)
I'm just not seeing the wuzrobbed on that one. If we're to be mad at anyone, IMO, it should be NBC who wouldn't get out of her face with the camera.
If we did get a third spot back i think someone like Wang or Cesario could contend. Wang has all the goods she just kills herself in the SP and Cesario needs to up her tech scores. Alissa is almost 26 with a bad hip and Mirai is inconsistent and not getting better. As for Agnes she needs to prove she can skate a clean LP and Gao needs to keep getting better also. It says how much depth there is now that the 3rd group outskated the last group. 2014 Nationals is going to be a bloodbath. It was last night.
What makes it even harder for someone like Mirai you now have skaters like Hicks, Wang and Cersario getting into the mix. Nationals next year is going to be even more intense. More reason to get that 3rd spot back. There's to much talent to only have 2 spots. In 2010 there wasn't this much depth and quite frankly 2 spots was about right.