2014 Olympics Ladies Short Program
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I begin to think that Adelina Sotnikova can be the new Olympic champion and the new queen of the ice
The last week has shown us that all she needs is to be clean, And it's hers.
If it has to be her than i hope she goes out and REALLY earns it,
Either way the Russians were too greedy
The crowd was atrocious
And these Olympics were a joke
Holding out for a great competition tomorrow to at least bring this to an exciting end
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I didnt know that!!
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Impressive top 3 especially Carolina. Shocking and heartbreaking for Mao. Did not anticipate that at all.
I was surprised as well, but I think the scores at the Olympics are always very high for clean programs plus she has a bit of a home field advantage.
Anyway, I'm devastated for Mao. Devastated. I still can't believe it.
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She was!
But still, her jumps should not have received higher GOEs than Kim's and her PCS should not be almost as high as Kostner's.I said in another thread that if Julia skated clean and so did the other top skaters she would be kept close in terms of PCS but if she faltered and Adelina was clean Adelina would be the backup. And it happened.
I think the placements were right except that as others have said Caro should have been second. I actually thought Caro was a bit slow today but she was ethereal. I think Adelina was really on top of her game but her PCS are not in the same league as Yuna and Caro yet. As I said, she is being kept very close to them so that is either of them falters even a bit and she is clean she gets gold. She may get anyway with the crowd (mob) behind her. I think Julia, Gracie and Ashley will come out on fire tomorrow because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. But who knows maybe Paulina will beat them all : )
Finally I hope Mao skates at World's goes clean twice and wins.
I think the placements were right except that as others have said Caro should have been second. I actually thought Caro was a bit slow today but she was ethereal. I think Adelina was really on top of her game but her PCS are not in the same league as Yuna and Caro yet. As I said, she is being kept very close to them so that is either of them falters even a bit and she is clean she gets gold. She may get anyway with the crowd (mob) behind her. I think Julia, Gracie and Ashley will come out on fire tomorrow because they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. But who knows maybe Paulina will beat them all : )
Finally I hope Mao skates at World's goes clean twice and wins.
Combined with the obvious, questionable scoring, these Games really leave a bad taste in my mouth.
I don't understand why so many people are disliking Yuna's program. They are just going after anything they can criticize out of Yuna's skating-why hate her so much? I thought Send in the clowns was beautiful in its own way. She was a bit nervous though-she said in interview that she suddenly got nervous before doing her short program and she couldn't move her legs well. Anyway, I'm so happy for her that she still managed to skate cleanly-those jumps were simply amazing 
Also, as a Yuna fan, IMO she was the best, no matter what others think lol
Adelina was great too, but really, if she deserves 74, Yuna should've gotten at least 76 or something. Carolina was brilliant, I was hoping for her to have great performance and I hope she performs well with her bolero too tomorrow(I love that program lol)
Well, and a bit shocked at Julia and Mao.... I guess Julia can do well in free tomorrow. But Mao....though I'm a Yuna fan, I was really shocked, I liked her sp this season too, and I feel so sorry for her... Wish she can have her free skate tomorrow without any regrets
Also, as a Yuna fan, IMO she was the best, no matter what others think lolAdelina was great too, but really, if she deserves 74, Yuna should've gotten at least 76 or something. Carolina was brilliant, I was hoping for her to have great performance and I hope she performs well with her bolero too tomorrow(I love that program lol)
Well, and a bit shocked at Julia and Mao.... I guess Julia can do well in free tomorrow. But Mao....though I'm a Yuna fan, I was really shocked, I liked her sp this season too, and I feel so sorry for her... Wish she can have her free skate tomorrow without any regrets
With so many falls, was their a problem with the ice.....the reason I am asking this is because with the hockey, the players found the ice really soft and not a crisp ice for skating. I know that they are skating at different venues but it could be a possibility. Food for thought. My heart goes to the top skaters that faltered after all their hard work.....let's hope they do better in the long program. It's not a true win if you win by the best failing...it's luck.
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I believe the judge numberings are scrambled only once, then carried out through the event. Anyone confirm?
ITA!!! Speedy time to reign in the judges' scores and judge what they see.
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No, we do 't hate her. Just say we don't feel much tension in her program like we sued to, maybe she's holding herself back because of injuries, but it's just the way we feel. It's not hate, damn it. People have different taste. That's all.I don't understand why so many people are disliking Yuna's program. They are just going after anything they can criticize out of Yuna's skating-why hate her so much? I thought Send in the clowns was beautiful in its own way. She was a bit nervous though-she said in interview that she suddenly got nervous before doing her short program and she couldn't move her legs well. Anyway, I'm so happy for her that she still managed to skate cleanly-those jumps were simply amazing
Adelina was great too, but really, if she deserves 74, Yuna should've gotten at least 76 or something. Carolina was brilliant, I was hoping for her to have great performance and I hope she performs well with her bolero too tomorrow(I love that program lol)
Well, and a bit shocked at Julia and Mao.... I guess Julia can do well in free tomorrow. But Mao....though I'm a Yuna fan, I was really shocked, I liked her sp this season too, and I feel so sorry for her... Wish she can have her free skate tomorrow without any regrets
Forgive me if this has already been posted, but here is the Free Skate order. I think Yuna has the advantage here by skating last. Poor Gracie has to skate after Adelina. Will be an interesting top 6 Hunger Games!
Place Start Number Country Name
Short program
Place
Points
Free program
Place
Points
Total Score
1 KOR So Youn PARK 23 49.14
2 AUS Brooklee HAN 22 49.32
3 CAN Gabrielle DALEMAN 19 52.61
4 CZE Elizaveta UKOLOVA 20 51.87
5 NOR Anne Line GJERSEM 24 48.56
6 SVK Nicole RAJICOVA 21 49.80
7 CAN Kaetlyn OSMOND 13 56.18
8 GEO Elene GEDEVANISHVILI 17 54.70
9 KOR Haejin KIM 18 54.37
10 JPN Kanako MURAKAMI 15 55.60
11 CHN Kexin ZHANG 14 55.80
12 JPN Mao ASADA 16 55.51
13 CHN Zijun LI 11 57.55
14 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE 9 58.63
15 JPN Akiko SUZUKI 8 60.97
16 ITA Valentina MARCHEI 12 57.02
17 USA Polina EDMUNDS 7 61.04
18 GER Nathalie WEINZIERL 10 57.63
19 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA 5 65.23
20 ITA Carolina KOSTNER 3 74.12
21 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA 2 74.64
22 USA Gracie GOLD 4 68.63
23 USA Ashley WAGNER 6 65.21
24 KOR Yuna KIM 1 74.92
The link can be found here. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-ladies-free-skating
Place Start Number Country Name
Short program
Place
Points
Free program
Place
Points
Total Score
1 KOR So Youn PARK 23 49.14
2 AUS Brooklee HAN 22 49.32
3 CAN Gabrielle DALEMAN 19 52.61
4 CZE Elizaveta UKOLOVA 20 51.87
5 NOR Anne Line GJERSEM 24 48.56
6 SVK Nicole RAJICOVA 21 49.80
7 CAN Kaetlyn OSMOND 13 56.18
8 GEO Elene GEDEVANISHVILI 17 54.70
9 KOR Haejin KIM 18 54.37
10 JPN Kanako MURAKAMI 15 55.60
11 CHN Kexin ZHANG 14 55.80
12 JPN Mao ASADA 16 55.51
13 CHN Zijun LI 11 57.55
14 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE 9 58.63
15 JPN Akiko SUZUKI 8 60.97
16 ITA Valentina MARCHEI 12 57.02
17 USA Polina EDMUNDS 7 61.04
18 GER Nathalie WEINZIERL 10 57.63
19 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA 5 65.23
20 ITA Carolina KOSTNER 3 74.12
21 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA 2 74.64
22 USA Gracie GOLD 4 68.63
23 USA Ashley WAGNER 6 65.21
24 KOR Yuna KIM 1 74.92
The link can be found here. http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-ladies-free-skating
She was!
Kostner was a fully point ahead I believe on PCS. As for the jumps, I don't know if anyone in that competition jumps higher than Sotnikova. I think she absolutely deserved huge GOE on her jumps.
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No. They are re-randomized for each skater separately.
I'm glad Radionova isn't at the Olympics so people won't develop a grudge against her. I know it's not Julia and Adelina's faults and I still really like Julia, but it's hard to separate the judging from the skaters themselves.
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