2018-19 U.S. Ladies' figure skating
- Thread starter Spirals for Miles
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i think people are over rating 3-3. Its important in SP but its not necessary needed in LP. Mariah without 3-3 and only 6 triples LP (compared to usual 7 triples) scored 135 in NHK because she's clean, not that far off from Bradie's 137 SB this season. Current judging system reward quality and cleanliness rather than harder content. Look at Emmy Ma/Nicole Rajicova (at European), both attempt 3-2 and went clean yet still got almost 36 TES. Mariah with nats inflation and UR 3-3 got 36 TES. Anyway if Mariah want to do 3-3 i think its better to do 3F-3T instead because her 3F is super consistent this season and her 3Lz landing often shaky and she lost momentum to tack 3T. Or even 3T/3S-3T is okay for me, its better to do it clean than UR-ing harder tech element.
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Bradie is THAT woman. I had taken a step away from skating this season, and hadn't seen Bradie's short. I LIVE, BISH. I don't scream very much anymore at Figure Skating programs. I was hooting and hollering at my computer last night. ALL the PCS from me go to Bradie for that short program. I felt the tension of the music from her skating through my computer.
Brava, Bradie.
Brava, Bradie.
Bradie should get a sleek bob and skate to the Gone Girl soundtrack. Intensity is her thing.
Ting did that last year. She was eleventh after the SP and came roaring back in the FS with a score just 0.37 less than Alysa's winning FS score, and finished 3rd overall.
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I ice monitored the event last night so heres some of my thoughts-
Bradie was effervescent, seeing that SP in person is really something special and she skated lights out. The jumps were solid, spins were fast, skating in general was at a very high level. I had no question she was going to hit everything. Also, i said great job to her after she and her coaches walked away from the kiss and cry and she is so nice.
Alysa and bradie were if I remember correctly the only 2 skaters of the night to receive standing Os, but alysa had the crowd literally eating out of the palm of her hand. She blew the roof off. That triple axel was STUNNING. To be honest i was a little surprised at first they called her combo UR, in real time it looked clean. She was magnificent.
Mariah was beautiful, Adam did a wonderful job choreographing this program. Fits her like a glove. Her jumps are really big and easy, but it's too bad she URed the combo. She hit one or 2 clean in the warmup.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR AMBER OMG. she deserved that skate and I'm so glad she was finally able to throw it down. I really really hope she medals here.
Emmy ma was stunning, her emotion at the end made me almost cry! It makes me so happy when skaters have that moment when everything comes together. I also hope she has a solid long today.
I am so heartbroken for ting. I was really rooting for her. She has a very special quality to her skating and so much potential. I hope she comes back in the long today.
Overall, it was a really great event. Theres so many girls with great potential and I was so happy there were breakout moments for a few. It was so cool to watch from rink side and see this level of athleticism and talent...TV really doesnt do it justice.
Bradie was effervescent, seeing that SP in person is really something special and she skated lights out. The jumps were solid, spins were fast, skating in general was at a very high level. I had no question she was going to hit everything. Also, i said great job to her after she and her coaches walked away from the kiss and cry and she is so nice.
Alysa and bradie were if I remember correctly the only 2 skaters of the night to receive standing Os, but alysa had the crowd literally eating out of the palm of her hand. She blew the roof off. That triple axel was STUNNING. To be honest i was a little surprised at first they called her combo UR, in real time it looked clean. She was magnificent.
Mariah was beautiful, Adam did a wonderful job choreographing this program. Fits her like a glove. Her jumps are really big and easy, but it's too bad she URed the combo. She hit one or 2 clean in the warmup.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR AMBER OMG. she deserved that skate and I'm so glad she was finally able to throw it down. I really really hope she medals here.
Emmy ma was stunning, her emotion at the end made me almost cry! It makes me so happy when skaters have that moment when everything comes together. I also hope she has a solid long today.
I am so heartbroken for ting. I was really rooting for her. She has a very special quality to her skating and so much potential. I hope she comes back in the long today.
Overall, it was a really great event. Theres so many girls with great potential and I was so happy there were breakout moments for a few. It was so cool to watch from rink side and see this level of athleticism and talent...TV really doesnt do it justice.
Hanna Harrell is working on 3A and 4F: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019...ers-notebook-nathan-chen-and-more-from-day-2/
Hanna Harrell, the 15-year-old who sits fifth in Detroit after a clean short program, decided what was good enough for the Russians might be even better for her: All of the jumps in her short, including a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, are done with both arms overhead.
“Especially after the Olympics, even before that, I would watch the Russians and look up to them,” Harrell said at the U.S. Championships. “I always watch them do two arms above the head.”
Do Alexei Letov and Olga Ganicheva, her coaches in Plano, Texas, encourage her to do this?
“Uh… not necessarily,” Harrell said. “They were like, ‘OK, maybe try it if you can.’ But I wanted to one day be like the Russians, so I drilled all of my triples with two arms over the head, and now that’s how I do them.”
It’s a trait Ganicheva and Letov, married former Soviet Union competitors, have grown to accept.
“Hanna loves to do this,” Ganicheva said. “It’s just her thing. We cannot just take it away from her.”
Looking at the bright side, Letov added, “There’s no deduction for it. It can (bring) more positive GOEs [grades of execution]. What can you do? She will give you everything with arms.”
Harrell, fourth in the U.S. junior ranks last season, has other jumping aspirations, including triple Axels and quads.
“She does work on triple Axel and quad flip,” Ganicheva said. “She is a brave girl, very athletic and brave.”
“I’ve been working on them on the [jump] harness, and off the harness, but before nationals I wanted to focus on what I could do,” Harrell said. “Definitely my goal is to do triple Axel next season.”
Hanna Harrell, the 15-year-old who sits fifth in Detroit after a clean short program, decided what was good enough for the Russians might be even better for her: All of the jumps in her short, including a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, are done with both arms overhead.
“Especially after the Olympics, even before that, I would watch the Russians and look up to them,” Harrell said at the U.S. Championships. “I always watch them do two arms above the head.”
Do Alexei Letov and Olga Ganicheva, her coaches in Plano, Texas, encourage her to do this?
“Uh… not necessarily,” Harrell said. “They were like, ‘OK, maybe try it if you can.’ But I wanted to one day be like the Russians, so I drilled all of my triples with two arms over the head, and now that’s how I do them.”
It’s a trait Ganicheva and Letov, married former Soviet Union competitors, have grown to accept.
“Hanna loves to do this,” Ganicheva said. “It’s just her thing. We cannot just take it away from her.”
Looking at the bright side, Letov added, “There’s no deduction for it. It can (bring) more positive GOEs [grades of execution]. What can you do? She will give you everything with arms.”
Harrell, fourth in the U.S. junior ranks last season, has other jumping aspirations, including triple Axels and quads.
“She does work on triple Axel and quad flip,” Ganicheva said. “She is a brave girl, very athletic and brave.”
“I’ve been working on them on the [jump] harness, and off the harness, but before nationals I wanted to focus on what I could do,” Harrell said. “Definitely my goal is to do triple Axel next season.”
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Amber Glenn has never skated two clean programs back to back. It KILLS me because I am such a fan. I think Mariah is safe.
Mariah has been doing clean 3-3s in practice. Maybe it's a mental thing at this point?
Bradie is turning into a star.
Mariah has been doing clean 3-3s in practice. Maybe it's a mental thing at this point?
Bradie is turning into a star.
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Considering nationals inflation I can accept Alyssa's 73 and Bradie's 76 but Mariah's 70 was a bit hard to swallow The 3-3 she attempted wasn't even close and also very messy in appearance. I would have put Amber Glenn ahead of her by a few points. But I guess Mariah is being rewarded for the solid GP season so
I can't imagine they'll keep Alyssa off the World Team if she delivers a clean free program. With her technical content, she's the best bet for us regaining that 3rd spot.
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Alysa is not age eligible for senior worlds.
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Alysa is not age eligible for worlds or even junior worlds. She will not be on either team.
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That was my next question. That being the case, I think they'll send Mariah even if she were to finish 4th. She certainly has a case for BOW, when it comes to the rest of the field.
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Ambitious that her coaches never taught her to do rippon arms, she personally wanted to do this. I hope she can get 3a but it won’t be easy. 4f? Even more out of reach. She’s a huge talent. She was a star in the sp, completely immersed in the performance, as well as great spins... she’s far from just a jumper. I know she got her triples really quickly, if I remember correctly in about a year she had them all. So for this, her inconsistency is understandable. I hope she does start to find consistency, she’s a big talent.
Does she really though? I mean she had a great season but none of it resulted in medals in the GP circuit. Yeah way much better then everyone, except Bradie, but still she didn't stand on any podium (except I believe one Bronze at a senior B event).
Is BOW now simply highest results and point totals regardless of number of medals and that's it? Is that what the USFSA is thinking these days?
The only thing stopping Alysa from being on the World team is her age (13) haha.
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I’m wondering who will be the 3rd lady on the 4CC team?
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I actually don't know. If Alysa is too young, than I think they should based on the placements as they happen. If Mariah wants to go she should skate her way to worlds and not hope for the committee to save her.
