Yes. She has a SP and is getting back to Olympic condition.
2018-19 U.S. Ladies' figure skating
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Yes. She has a SP and is getting back to Olympic condition.
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2015
Polina just announced she’s planning a comeback Not for this year but for the coming year. It’s on her Instagram.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/09/27/polina-edmunds-figure-skating/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/09/27/polina-edmunds-figure-skating/amp/
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2013
This is great to read!! I’ve never stopped following her social media and this makes me very happy. She seems like she’s in s good place now. Good luck Polina!! You’ve been missed!
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2014
Based on how these girls have skated, I would send Bradie and Mariah to Worlds. I think they are both bringing some truly beautiful, elegant skating to the table, and Mariah has always been one of my faves. It's a good look for the US. I hope she can pull it together this year. I was heartbroken for her for the Olympics. I never could get on the Karen Chen train.
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2015
They definitely already both had a great short, but it’s a little early to choose a worlds team.
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2014
I just watched Ting’s SP and I am impressed- I had not payed much attention to her skating before and she was a happy surprise.
I think having just 2 spots for senior worlds is likely a blessing in disguise. I think it will motivate our ladies to fight for those spots- Mariah and Bradie have both payed down good early season skates- now the pressure is on the rest, especially with promising juniors.
I think having just 2 spots for senior worlds is likely a blessing in disguise. I think it will motivate our ladies to fight for those spots- Mariah and Bradie have both payed down good early season skates- now the pressure is on the rest, especially with promising juniors.
How do you know this? This is so exciting!!! My dream is for mirai to have one last blow out skate... Olympic team event was not enough for me.
I felt Mariah and Angela were lowballed at US nationals. I would love to see her on the World team.
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2016
Does anyone have any updates on these skaters:
Haley Beavers
Paige Rydberg
Kaitlyn Nguyen
Emily Chan
Livvy Shilling
Rebecca Peng
Vivian Li
Haley Beavers
Paige Rydberg
Kaitlyn Nguyen
Emily Chan
Livvy Shilling
Rebecca Peng
Vivian Li
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2016
Let's see how Mariah does in the long. Also, I think it's a bit early to chose a worlds team quite yet
- Joined
- May 25, 2018
I wasn’t aware that Mirai was thinking of coming back for nationals, and in all honesty my feeling are a little mixed about it. It’ll be good to see her skate again and I was going to miss going to miss her this season, but honestly, it always worries me when skaters decide to do half seasons.
I feel like it would be better if she took a whole season off, nationals is such a high stakes competition to come back to after being off for so long. The beauty of starting the season off with a challenger is that you have the ability to make some mistakes without long term consequences. Your happy for a skater when they do well at a challenger, but it’s also not the end of the world if they don’t, they have more chances to prove yourself.
At nationals you have one chance, and after not competing all season, Mirai would have to be amazing to go to worlds. But she probably won’t be because it’d be her first commotion back. I just can’t see this being a smart move.
I feel like it would be better if she took a whole season off, nationals is such a high stakes competition to come back to after being off for so long. The beauty of starting the season off with a challenger is that you have the ability to make some mistakes without long term consequences. Your happy for a skater when they do well at a challenger, but it’s also not the end of the world if they don’t, they have more chances to prove yourself.
At nationals you have one chance, and after not competing all season, Mirai would have to be amazing to go to worlds. But she probably won’t be because it’d be her first commotion back. I just can’t see this being a smart move.
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2010
I liked her skating a lot when she last competed, and I think she has developed greater artistry. However, the technical bar is so high now that anything less than she was able to deliver during her peak years won't be enough. Still, I enjoy watching her skate even with watered-down content.
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2011
i was impressed with Ashley Lin today at Nebelhorn. i had never watched her skate until today and i was pleasantly surprised. i don't know if this is her first year as a senior, but she had a really respectable outing this week and has a lot of potential. she doesn't seem like much of a head case like many of the other US ladies.
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2012
Maybe she wants to go to one last Nationals before announcing her retirement, since she's ruled out trying for the next Olympics. I liked what she said about other people deserving spots on the Grand Prix series.
Getting a huge SP score can through skaters off. Especially if there is a lot of pressure. I'm really happy for Ting. She got to see that she can nail a clean SP and two opportunities to really test out of her junior programs. She has a case of nerves, but with some experience I believe she can overcome them.
Hopefully she gets a few CS competitions so she can get more international experience.
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2016
No, it just seems to be solid fact that US ladies skaters are tremendously inconsistent. 
