2012 Cup of China Ladies Long Program

[sequinsgalore]

Thanks for the link!

Mirai NAGASU (USA)

Music: Symphony No. 3 in C minor by Camille Saint-Saens

Blue dress w/sparkly halter and cutout on bodice

3Lz
2A+3T - DG <<
3F
StSq
FCSp
3F+2T+2Lo - Ok, perhaps UR
3Lo+2T
2A
3Lo
CCoSp
ChSq
LSp

Solid program

 

[brightphoton]

OH MY!!! Mirai did it!!!

 

[sky_fly20]

Korpii ahead of Zijun
hope Mirai can bump that score

 

[tulosai]

OMG Mirai went (almost) ENTIRELY CLEAN. I realized tonight that watching her for me is like watching Sasha used to be- so nerve wracking- BUT unlike Sasha who always fell Mirai did not and I can breathe easy!!! She is such a more mature skater now but she is getting some of her old energy and exuberance back. Briefly toward the end she smiled like Mirai of 2 years ago I was so happy.

Ok I will stop gushing/freaking out now. Go Mirai!

 

[ortemis]

Omg
omg
omg
om
g



god help me



god help mirai


i live

i liveeee

 

[brightphoton]

oh no, it looks like from the replay she got an edge call on the lutz, a downgrade on the 3T on the 2A-3T, possibly underrotations on others

 

[sequinsgalore]

Nagasu
Score: 103.70, total 163.46 and into 2nd

She def got some UR and DG's

 

[draqq]

I'm impressed with Nagasu's jumps, all getting good height. I think she could be bolder and even more stoic to reflect the music. She will need to work on the landings.

 

[bibi24]

4th for Mirai good effort!

 

[tulosai]

oh no, it looks like from the replay she got an edge call on the lutz, a downgrade on the 3T on the 2A-3T, possibly underrotations on others

On the bright side if she did get all that it is a great score in a way. I just think this is such an improvement either way. SO happy for Mirai. She is getting her mojo back

 

[sky_fly20]

Korpii medals

 

[ortemis]

Omgwtf@ mirai's score

im tired of this crap

 

[tulosai]

Omgwtf@ mirai's score

im tired of this crap

Having seen the jumps on replay I think the score was probably fair/good.

I am sure she will be happy with this at least somewhat. She gets some prize money and is getting credibility back with the judges. One step at a time for her now.

Mao is GORGEOUS. It is surreal to watch her. She floats. Crowd is going crazy and rightly so.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Mao ASADA (JPN)

Music: Swan Lake by Peter I. Tchaikovski

White strapless dress w/ black and sparkle "feather" on trim

3Lo
2A+3T - 2foot, DG<<
3F
2Lz - e
FCSp
3S
3Lo+2Lo
CCoSp
3F+2Lo+2Lo
FCSp
StSq
ChSq

Solid program. Did she repeat a spin again or did I miss something?

 

[Mao88]

Position After 8 of 9

Overall

1 Mao ASADA JPN 181.76 2 1
2 Kiira KORPI FIN 169.86 4 2
3 Mirai NAGASU USA 163.46 3 3
4 Zijun LI CHN 160.06 5 4
5 Amelie LACOSTE CAN 135.46 6 8
6 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 134.43 7 6
7 Ying ZHANG CHN 130.65 9 5
8 Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS 127.36 8 7

Free Skate Scores

1 Mao ASADA JPN 118.87 54.53   64.34 8.14 7.75 7.96 8.11 8.25 0.00 #9
2 Kiira KORPI FIN 110.17 51.03   59.14 7.43 7.04 7.32 7.54 7.64 0.00 #7
3 Mirai NAGASU USA 103.70 45.89   57.81 7.39 6.96 7.25 7.32 7.21 0.00 #8
4 Zijun LI CHN 100.85 51.58   51.27 6.61 6.21 6.32 6.54 6.36 2.00 #6
5 Ying ZHANG CHN 87.27 46.97   42.30 5.61 4.96 5.36 5.29 5.21 2.00 #2
6 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 84.76 38.16   47.60 6.04 5.64 6.04 6.04 6.00 1.00 #4
7 Sofia BIRYUKOVA RUS 82.97 37.07   45.90 6.21 5.50 5.50 5.86 5.61 0.00 #3
8 Amelie LACOSTE CAN 78.03 31.06   48.97 6.46 6.11 5.71 6.25 6.07 2.00 #5
WD Bingwa GENG CHN                     #1

 

[FSGMT]

Mao's program: :yay:

 

[brightphoton]

Having seen the jumps on replay I think the score was probably fair/good.

I am sure she will be happy with this at least somewhat. She gets some prize money and is getting credibility back with the judges. One step at a time for her now.

Mao is GORGEOUS. It is surreal to watch her. She floats. Crowd is going crazy and rightly so.

Do 4th place finishers get prize money, (assuming Julia also medals)?

 

[draqq]

A little scratchy on the ending footwork, but I thoroughly enjoyed Mao's performance. She rarely let a note go by without interpreting it in some way. She will definitely get a full downgrade on the triple toe, and her double lutz won't serve her well. I imagine a 114 or so.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Asada
Score: 118.87, total 181.76 and into 1st

 

[tulosai]

Ok now I get to worry about little Julia... hope she can be as consistent here as she always has...