2018 Skate Canada Ladies Short Program

[Metis]

Woah okay so it seems like I missed Zhenya's performance. From the comments, I don't know if I want to go and watch it, but at the same time I really want to see how much her style's changed. Wakaba's turn right now, she's rocking it!

She finished with TES comparable to the first skater, who popped and was a disaster. Med — 3Lz! (probably e, camera wasn’t helpful to audience), 2A okay, fell on 3F and no combo. 25 or 26 TES? Yeah, not coming back from that.

 

[draqq]

A solid performance from Wakaba with very strong jumping passes! Powerful 2A to open, a well-performed 3Lz+3T, and a 3F that was just a bit forward (3F perhaps was <). Spins were fairly centered and could be faster, and the step sequence could be a bit more difficult. I think this program is fun and has a lot of vitality, though I don't think the choreography really shows off her powerful edging and has places that make her look slower than she really is.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

I feel like I jinxed Zhenya by watching her

What on earth happened

I have never seen her do a jump like this

Omg

6th how please someone tell me

7th probably it's too sad I want to sleep and forget about Skate Canada and wake up on Sunday morning to see her happy
skate gods, is the GPF really too much to ask for??

 

[Fluture]

Great for Wakaba!! She‘s one of my faves so thanks for her at least delivering.

 

[Jammers]

Other then the jumps everything Wakaba did in this performance was superior to Liza.

 

[mau]

I can’t stop listening to this song since ACI. Thank you Wakaba!

 

[Zhafiraiha]

What happened to Shoma?!?!?!? I thought he did alright? :sad4:

SAVE ME WAKABA!!

Shoma had a quite bad fall and misstep in his jump combo. Still ranked 2nd for short though.

 

[karne]

Replay suggests possible UR on the -3T.

EDIT: and probably 3F as well.

 

[Seruleane]

Completely missed Wakaba's skate because still so upset about Evgenia's fall. I hope she realizes this program is lovely, and I definitely see the improvements in skating skills. I loved how she didn't give up on the performance after the fall.

 

[ranjake]

Woah okay so it seems like I missed Zhenya's performance. From the comments, I don't know if I want to go and watch it, but at the same time I really want to see how much her style's changed. Wakaba's turn right now, she's rocking it!

I LOVED the performance- I think she's grown as a skater- the best skating all-around, except for the blasted combo

 

[IlVoloFan]

The podium and GPF is so realistic for Zhenya btw ... Apart from Liza the other scores are not too far from Zhenya to catch in the free

 

[Ziotic]

So far SC has been very unpredictable.

 

[Fluture]

How is she going to come back from that??? She was so good in practice why just why... i was fine with her being 2nd after seeing Liza throwing down her 3A (kudos to that btw) but now she‘s 7th??? Can she even podium??? Make the GPF??? What i cant believe it this is so unfair why world

 

[Princessroja]

I LOVED the performance- I think she's grown as a skater- the best skating all-around, except for the blasted combo

Yeah, and the PCS tell the story. Higher than everyone else's easily.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Wakaba is skating like she has no energy. I love this music, but she looks like she's totally not feeling it.

She does in the last 1/3rd of the program, starting with the jumping in place. She needs to bring that joie to the rest of the program.

 

[frida80]

:sucks teeth: I need to see those protocols now.

 

[andromache]

I'm glad I have a wedding to be at tomorrow so I don't need to worry about this comp. Fingers crossed for an open bar.

 

[kimi492]

6 points is nothing - if Zhenya can pull it together she can easily move up

 

[SarahSynchro]

Well, this is a real shame.

I vastly prefer this more adult woman Medvedeva to the little girl version who pretended to answer the telephone.

Evgenia somewhat reminded me here of Adelina’s short comeback season in 2015-16. Her maturity and performance abilities grew leaps and bounds from her previous season, which was the Sochi Olympic season, of course. I suppose we can give some credit to her stint on Russian Dancing With The Stars for that.

As for Zhenya, I think she will be okay. I’ll continue to keep the faith. She’s made so many enormous life changes in the past year, not just in relation to her skating, per say; and they are changes that I’m willing to bet none of us have ever had to face all at once. It makes me sad to see people write her off already.

 

[Hyena]

Rough to see Evgenia have that error - it sounded like she was doing so well in practice. I'm glad to see Wakaba have a clean skate though.