Only Yulia. They have the same coach who might use the same approach if necessary. Adelina always looked strong and fit to me.Like Yulia and Adelina ?
Only Yulia. They have the same coach who might use the same approach if necessary. Adelina always looked strong and fit to me.Like Yulia and Adelina ?
Seriously. Marin skated like a queen, a mature and absolutely gorgeous senior skater, superb quality. Zagitova skates like a junior. Huge difference. But congrats for the winner, a deserved victory for an amazing technicall display(with good ss, tr and ch to be fair). Alina certainly won the gold fair and square, but once again it seems (by the crowd's reaction) that Marin won the publics' heart.
Sotnikova was 17 when she won the Olympics and she turned 18 in 2014 so we would have seen her at the Olympics under my "rules".
And regarding Lipnitskaya - I suspect that we would still see her skating now at a top level if she didn't have to go through the process of drinking protein shakes for a year or so when she was 15. But she's Olympic champion so she's definitely not a loser of this system, same goes for Sotnikova. But I would prefer if we could still see both of them compete. We all know that they have the potential.
Where in the criteria it says doing your jumps in the second half makes yours routine unbalanced? Like seriously is there a formula to it?
Marin won in PCS (very subjective criteria) while Zagitova blew her in TES(can be measured).
The story is (probably not 100% accurate) that Yulia gained weight easily a couple of months before the Olympics. The only thing that let her keep her weight and the energy was some special protein shake (I don't remember the name). So she didn't eat, she only drank that shake. Eteri said that she was very sorry for her during that time but that it couldn't be helped.Protein shakes ? Can you elaborate, please ?
I also find it remarkable that you think everyone else's 'faves' can't backload a program. It's amazing Eteri students have learned to do so at such a young age but this isn't like learning a triple axel. I have no doubt that at the rate we're going, every top ladies skater will put all their jumps in the 2nd half and many will be successful in doing so. They simply won't have any other choice (which is the 'bad' part in all of this).
How shall I put this.
Alina was the best junior skater today. It was a tick box system with all the ticks in big bold bright red felt tips in a maths exam.
Marin was the best senior skater today. It was a well realised program that has the beauty, grace and well phrased musicality and the emotions...
Still ... there is no harm in tempering our gush now and saving it for later.
Marin Honda was a delight, no doubt. But if we compare her to the most senior of the seniors -- Carolina Kostner or Mao Asada, say -- we can still tell the difference between junior skating and senior skating. It gives us something to look forward to in the future. :yes:
Many will be successful in doing so? Who? Because I'm not seeing that.
The top ladies we just saw? Marin, Eunsoo, and Kaori could do it. Maybe Yuna too (who skated well despite her injury).
It's definitely a challenge but I don't understand why people assume they won't be capable of doing it if it becomes necessary.
Protein shakes ? Can you elaborate, please ?
Lipnitskaya was on "powder diet" to keep her light & tiny as long as possible during Olympic season.
The top ladies we just saw? Marin, Eunsoo, and Kaori could do it. Maybe Yuna too (who skated well despite her injury).
It's definitely a challenge but I don't understand why people assume they won't be capable of doing it if it becomes necessary.
She was in Asia, so that may have had something to do with the crowd reaction. Let's be fair. If this had been held in Russia, the crowd reaction may have been quite different.
Didn't Marin try to backload her combo in the SP and decided it isn't working for her?
Sure, we might see it more in the next seasons. But so far, I don't think a lot of ladies 'took the hint' last year, when Evgnia, you know, dominated and became WC. Backloading included. So so far, I think it's fair to assume not 'many top ladies' seem to be comfortable with such a backloaded layout.