2014-2015 GPF Ladies Free Skate 12/13

[alexikeguchi]

Anna looked so devastated in K&C. I think she would really benefit from getting her emotions under control.

Ooh, much better dress for Radionova

 

[adelia]

Much better costume. The previous one made her neck look even shorter.

 

[satine]

Jesus, the poor girl looks like she's having a breakdown
Never seen a skater like that in the K&C...

Yeah, she looks really bad. I know she's still a teenager & it's understandable for her to be upset, but I'm concerned with how hard she's taking this. Her skate wasn't a masterpiece. She's still a great skater though. I feel bad for her right now

 

[sabinfire]

Something about this performance feels sluggish to me. Where's Elena's usual energetic self?

 

[CarneAsada]

Slow and convoluted steps don't really fit Rach 3 last movement well....

 

[SashaJuliaSpins]

Although I'm sad that she's sad with her score. I'm glad her PCS is relatively low today, her performance really needs work.

She is killing it so far! I think I love this dress more!

 

[FlattFan]

Anna looked like someone punched her in the gut each time she went down. Her program is a mess. Firebird? Her PCS is too high compare to Hongo.

 

[jkun]

Elena is clean. Probably a very big score for her.

 

[MIM]

Omg it is painful to watch Anna being so disappointed.

 

[tulosai]

Unlike Anna I like Elena MORE every time I see her. She is such a beautiful musical skater AND most of all you can tell she really loves skating and being out there. So happy for her.

 

[cebi26]

ELENA

 

[sabinfire]

Elena will take the lead here but that performance still leaves the door wide open for others.

 

[MalAssada]

Lena Beautiful dress, beautiful performance!

 

[jkun]

She is killing it so far! I think I love this dress more!

I was talking about Anna x)

 

[SashaJuliaSpins]

Dear Radio, please win. I have to get at least prediction right.

You comment is funny! She will medal for sure. Her FS skate was a beauty!

 

[Lota]

I would not give a guarantee that I understood every detail, mind you, because my Russian is not that good. But when Ashley was finished (but before the scores came up) one of them started saying something like: "You know, Ashley "traditionally" uses to get good pcs", and I was like "O.k., I do not necessarily disagree but now I am interested in what reason you give for that fact" and all I heard in the following was about her nationality (that is, nothing, for example, about the stuff of newcomers getting always lower pcs and nothing about Lipnitskaya also being sure to get a certain pcs level because she is the European champion etc.)

He did say something similar to that, but only as a joke, and then proceeded to explain just why her pcs were always so good — great technique, skating ability. And they just continued singing praises to her the rest of the time. I don't blame you, when I don't understad the language well, I also just get bits and pieces and make a conclusion. It's just that it was a bit out of context and in a forum like this it's very easy to take a thing and run with it, just like the others have with your comment Trankov always says stuff that's easy to misunderstand...

 

[sequinsgalore]

Elena RADIONOVA (RUS)

Music: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Trio Elegiaque No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov

Yellow/blue ombre dress, ombre sleeves (new) - I like it!

3Lz+3T
3F - actually looked inside edge
3Lz
StSq
CCoSp3p
3Lo+1Lo+3S
2A
2A - bit small as the other
3Lo+2T
FCCoSp3p
ChSq
LSp

Nice clean skate, she jumps with joy! Should be enough to medal at least

FS: 70.90+63.95 = 134.85, 198.74, 1st (out of 4)

 

[bartlebooth]

Lena and her smile :yay:

 

[Florencito]

I live for her final celebrations!

 

[zamboni step]

And Radionova once again slams the gauntlet down... This will be good!