Question: does proklova have to win to qualify for the jgpf?
Combo was 3T<. Otherwise she did good. 2nd place will be enough for GPF.
Edit: But I think she still have a good shot for the win. Chen's last FP was disastrous.
Both will get in - don't worry. Liu/Johnson had two falls yet they still were kept in the top 3. And Karen will win this event no problem - her GEO and PCS will keep her in 1st. And I am not so sure Parsons/Parsons will not get the win here too! A JGP Final without any USA teams would not be a good thing. And since this is the last event, things can fall into place nicely.
Both will get in - don't worry. Liu/Johnson had two falls yet they still were kept in the top 3. And Karen will win this event no problem - her GEO and PCS will keep her in 1st. And I am not so sure Parsons/Parsons will not get the win here too! A JGP Final without any USA teams would not be a good thing. And since this is the last event, things can fall into place nicely.
I can see Chen and Sotskova both maintaining their places and qualifying, but I don't think Parsons/Parsons will win Dance, especially after Yanovskaya/Mozgov's massive FD score from their first event. I think they're stuck relying on Morozova/Zhirnov bombing.
And bomb big time they will have to do -- like somehow end up in 5th or lower.
Wow what is up with the young Can Jr Ladies this season. It seems they get worse with their 2nd time out rather than improve! And not just worse but their scores drop drastically! I am sure the powers that be has their reasons for sending some of the younger girls who did not even place well at nationals but I can't see what it could be after the results we have seen this season.
Because she's from Slovakya. I was impressed by her, too.I loved Karen! I hope she can deal with puberty just fine
What's the deal with Rajicova? I can't understand her PCS so far behind the Russians and American. For me she was much better than Sotskova and her jumps should garner more GOE than her too
I wonder... She was born in USA, why chose to represent Slovakya: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00013894.htmI have often wondered what the GOE and PCS marks would be for some of the top skaters if we didn't know what country they were skating for! ;-) It seems some of the bigger skating countries do seem to get bonus marks in these areas.
I can see sending one unknown but send one of the seasoned ones as well. That way the 'new' one has less pressure. It worked the last couple of years when Alaine and Gabby were still doing JRs. The second one at the events ended up doing much better then they have this year. And in fact Dunley even beat Alaine in her JGP event last year.