Mao's jumps are ALWAYS short of rotation, especially the Loops and Flips.
Would have < the second Flip, the Toeloop and the Loop as well.
Gosh, it was even evident to me today on slow motion. But I'm assuming they were all/most less than 1/4 under-rotated?
They were, amazingly enough. I checked slo-mo replays of all her jumps frame by frame. All triples except the second triple-axel were less than 1/4 under-rotated. (And I still think her triple-axel in the short should have been ratified, because that was just at the 1/4 line. :scowl
It's not like skaters land completely backward in any case, you know. If they did land completely and perfectly backward, they would fall.
This is something I'm still learning and studying. It's interesting to me so I appreciate the slow-motion replays AND your explanation This is TERRIBLE to say, maybe, I hope not- but I always found it obvious and easy to see the UR's of Sarah Hughes. For most of the rest, I rely on the slow-motion replays and the expertise of you guys.
For once I'm happy that the Olympics are in Russia so if all the field skates this bad and Julia not...The winner won't be decided by huuuuuuuge PCS boost or smth
Mao definitely deserved the win but was heavily overscored... 131 points for that?
Why not? She landed all her jumps in the second half of the program. If she can land her first two jump passes, that would mean she would score around 150ish. Sounds right to me.
I hope you all enjoyed playing "How low can that TES box thingy go!?"
Yeah, looking at the podium shot, she's about Ashley Wagner's height now, so she should start growing into a woman's body within the next year or so. Lucky Julia, that she gets to compete at Sochi in that golden interim.
I love Mao, but her program winning the FS segment today is a perfect example of what's wrong in this IJS, Julia landed 7 clean triples, Mao landed only a couple of really clean triples and (even if she's artistically better) she should have been behind and then win overall.
I'm heartbroken for Adelina, though: landing the first clean 3Lz+3Lo in ages and then throwing it all away