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- Mar 26, 2014
I agree. Kaori literally just won Nationals. And where is she jumping ”heavier“? I would like an explanation on that because frankly speaking, I fear that I‘m becoming blind. I didn‘t see any heavy jumps from Kaori, only a few mistakes in the FS and otherwise beautiful skating skills and soft jumps with a gorgeous knee bend. She wasn‘t perfect but who‘s always perfect? I hope she will do well at Worlds.
What can I say? It's either one of the three: my eyes fail me, my screen distorts the picture or she does jump heavier than before. To my defense this was not only my view: there was an opnion in the competition thread from an American who hardly has any "vested interest" in bashing Kaori:
Has Kaori always jumped like this ? She sort of takes off with two feet on most jumps.. Looks sort of labored and overall a little low? Was that just her struggling today or is that normal for her?
I don’t remember having that impression before but I have t seen her perform in a while too.
Also I remember how people kept praising Gracie's jumps up until the end although they got lower and lower with every season.
And as for the thread topic, I still see her as #3 right now so that there is no need to pick on my opinions - they are just my opinions. You see beautiful skating skills - I don't pick on that despite "skating skills" is such a travesty. And I wouldn't pick on "gorgeous knee bend" although for me those soft knee landings are not aesthetically pleasing.