2018 Olympic Figure Skating Ladies FS

[CellarDweller]

Ok Karen, slay them!!!!

 

[satine]

Alina almost rotating into Evgenia

 

[BabblingBrook]

I like Masha I really do but those helicopter arms...

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Very good skate :clapper: I hope all the other Ladies will follow that path

 

[somelikeitpink]

YES MASHA!!

Too bad about the Triple Triple combo but so glad she got to go clean.

I really wish that her programs excited me a little bit more though.

 

[randomfan]

Too bad about the salchow, but the rest was beautiful! Unlike the many people who fall asleep during this program, I actually quite like it. There's a wonderful quality and polish in her choreography and the way she performs. And the gorgeous dress helps too.

She looks so relieved. Good job Maria!

 

[hippomoomin]

What a redemption!!!

 

[loop9497]

Good job Maria. Got through it with no huge mistakes.

 

[treeloving]

Maria :agree:

 

[Fruit Loops]

They should add deductions for a sleepiness factor.

Can you imagine the forum fights??

 

[SpiffySpiders]

So graceful, so smooth, and then the bent arm tanos start!!!! Stop doing that. Please. You don't need it, Maria.

I feel for her. She's forgotten in her teammates' battle for the gold shadow.

 

[sequinsgalore]

13 SOTSKOVA Maria (OAR)

Music: Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

Grey long-sleeve high-neck lace dress

3Lz+3T
3F
LSp
StSq
3Lo
3F+1Lo+2S
3Lz
ChSq
2A+2T
2A
FCSp
CCoSp

One pop, otherwise clean with 6 triples. Could move her up some spots

FS: 66.94+67.30 = 134.24, 198.10, 1/13

 

[TerpsichoreFS]

I wish Maria would stop waving her arms around... she has such lovely long limbs, use them...

She is a Kostner fan so there is hope. You can tell she tries really hard to mimic gracefulness

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Even though she's been blond for a few years now, I still keep picturing Sotskova with her with her dark hair.

Oh, I'll bet she looks lovely with dark hair. I love pale skinned brunettes

 

[OS]

I know I was complaining about sleepy music but Debussy can do no wrong for me! So happy Maria performed so well after that short. Crossing my fingers that she really comes into her own next quad

Yeah especiatlly at 3.19am.. seems she looks quite different from earlier in the season.
Look forward to see what she do next year. Please find exciting programs.

 

[sunnystars]

You did it, Masha! :sad21::sad4:

 

[draqq]

Maria Sotskova

High 3Lz+3T, both tanos. Strong 3F with a tano as well. Calm and completed layback spin (Level 4). Footwork a bit slow but nice turns nonetheless (Level 3). Clean 3Lo and a 3F+1Lo+2S with a tano on the 3F. Good height on the second tano Lutz. Spiral a bit wobbly and deficient. Good 2A+2T and an alright 2A again. Decent centering on the flying camel spin (Level 4) and the final change foot spin (Level 4).

A collected, clean skate for Sotskova today. She has balanced flow and good arms that made the phrasing of Claire de Lune pass by. I still wish her tanos had a better arm position, in part because it jars with the music. Her choreography could be fuller and have more stretch, but the transitions have a good variety and decent speed. Good performance for her and nice comeback from the short program.

 

[Fruit Loops]

Kurt has been so critical of the "floppy arm" tanos and I never noticed until now. Thanks alot, Kurt! :furious:

 

[yelyoh]

Whoa Zag almost jumped into Med backstage. What's up with that?

 

[shiroKJ]

Karen's probably going to have a Mao moment too.