Japanese Nationals 2013-2014 - Ladies
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What species of troll are you?
Sorry I was half serious. Because they do comment repeatedly that Asada is not sexy-ish and that's the reason she always lose against Kim.
Thank you!
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I think every time Yuna beats Mao it's because Yuna wins on TES. Yuna does get higher PCS but because she usually skates better when they go head-to-head.
it's 12:15 now in Japan. Ladies FS starts from 16:15 but Asada scheduled to skate 24th(last).
To check progress, http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/figureskate_all/1968
updates every 60 seconds with additional info after 16:15.
Please use web translation although it does not always translate Chinese character of skaters' name correctly.
To check progress, http://live.sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/live/sports/figureskate_all/1968
updates every 60 seconds with additional info after 16:15.
Please use web translation although it does not always translate Chinese character of skaters' name correctly.
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Yes, because sexy and your earlier use of "artistry" are so very interchangeable.
No. Don't start.
And kind or were you being sarcastic????
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It will be a relief when the Ladies LP begins....
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What is mountain time? do you live on a mountain? There will be relief and agony once the LP is over. There will be the thrill of victory and the agony of not going to Sochi.
None of what you say makes the short programs tes scores go away. That was what I was commenting on, not who will be on the podium. I still find it interesting that Satoko outscored Mao in tes. Probably my fault, but I have never even heard of her.
The conversation I started was about TES Scores, not the total score for the short program.
The time zone in the U.S., Skater Boy.
Badknees, the SP will start at 12:15 a.m. your time (MST). The final group won't be on until 3:15 MST.
For those of you living on the E. Coast of the U.S. (EST), the start time is 2:15 a.m.
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Artistry and the soul a skater gives the performance is in the eye of the beholder. Akiko for me is the one who reminds me most of Michelle Kwan's passion and genuine heart for the music and performance. Even slightly moreso than Yu Na Kim who would be 2nd of current skaters in that regard (despite that with her career achievments and greatness she would be the more logical one to compare to Kwan than Suzuki).
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Satoka did the hardest triple-triple combination of everyone and made it cleanly. That is why her TES was so high.
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:thumbsup:
I predict Suzuki bombs again. The gap with Miyahara is 3.6 points, which is similar to the gap with Radionova at NHK trophy. Radionova's 128 points put huge pressure on Suzuki (skated right after Radionova) and we know the result. If Miyahara skates visibly clean FS (very likely so), she will get the score of 128 or even higher. Miyahara is UR is not so problematic in this competiton, and the judges will be supportive. In fact, Miyahara at Japanese nationals is even more formidable than Radionova at NHK trophy. Last year's nationals, Suzuki bombed badly after Murakami's stellar free skating. Her mental weakness is more than apparent. Murakami can skate after confirming Suzuki's "result". That is a big advantage. We can forget about Ando now.
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You can tell she was disappointed to be behind Miyahara, but Miyahara did outjump her.
Regardless of what happens in the FS, I think Miki can chalk this up to Sasha's comeback where she delivered essentially a clean SP and showed people she still had it. Hopefully it gives her a confidence boost. It's rather apparent that the JSF isn't doing her any favours but she can certainly hold her head high with that SP.
It was beautiful to see her skate with abandon, when she's known as such a technician and wasn't delivering as well as she could earlier this season.
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I could not agree more. Have you read Dick Button's new book yet? He has great things to say about Yu Na but also he articulates some things many of us on this board have been saying: that Yu Na's artistry as far as passion, heart, and soulfulness go is just not up to the level of a Michelle and that she needs greater toe point, stretch etc and less of a rounded back. He is also somewhat critical of Mao so this isn't about him picking sides in the Yu Na/Mao debate. I was grateful to him for eloquently expressing what many of us feel.
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