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Liza’s original short program is 10x better than Oblivion
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Liza’s original short program is 10x better than Oblivion
The problem is she can't skate back to back 2 clean performances. But I hope she will soon.
) but her music choices are a bit odd for a junior debut especially. She does the best she can with them and still is able to show her beautiful skating.No doubt and think of how great it probably was before Mishin got rid of most of the transitions. ��
Cup of St. P., top 5:
1. Tuktamysheva 229.12
2. Sakhanovich 193.09
3. Gubanova 188.57
4. Gulyakova 184.36
5. Deyneko (spelling?) 182.11
I think people are also turned off by the music choices for her programs. Daria has everything you could ask for from a junior skater (minus a quad I guess) but her music choices are a bit odd for a junior debut especially. She does the best she can with them and still is able to show her beautiful skating.
Cup of St. P., top 5:
1. Tuktamysheva 229.12
2. Sakhanovich 193.09
3. Gubanova 188.57
4. Gulyakova 184.36
5. Deyneko (spelling?) 182.11
Gubanova -> very conservative with the contents, probably a strategy for now cause she is not in the best shape, still lots of things to polish, but overall it worked, she is on the podium, she can build from here.
Gulyakova -> much better than her previous outing, though you can tell she is also not in shape yet, she doubled all the triples in the second half and looked slow towards the end. I think the program suits her style which is powerful, i want to see more of everything: more speed, more choreography in between the elements, etc.
whenever i watch liza i always want her to skate faster. her jumps are textbook and GOEs would be through the roof if she had more speed in and out. i feel like she doesn't "push" to gain speed.

Yes, I don't think it's a good idea to shorten the StSq, because she is already only getting lvl2 on itIt was funny to hear today in K&C Mishin said - We should shorten (cut) the StSq and Liza - No, we shouldn't. If it was Mishin's will he would have removed everything from the program except jumps
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For the first time I just didn't feel Gubanova's "magic". Her jumps are so muscled and ugly. When I was learning singles I had sort of the same arms (not tucked and basically a square). She needs to pull in and have a better air position. She just looks labored. Her jumps are ugly. I understand now if the RFSA ignores her.
Guliakova. Well, it seems she wasn't injured last week when she competed and blew her LP in the second half. She did the same thing. So, her idea of competing is to just DOUBLE everything in the second half? What is going on?
Tuk. She's fierce. Not my favorite by far, but dang, she is bringing it. I prefer her (I can NOT believe I'm saying this....) over Shcherbakova..... Hopefully Anna at Skate America will change my mind (I will be there).

Great skate by Liza. Her 3A seems super solid. But I still think she leaves a lot of points on the table. No 3S and just one 3F. Perhaps she will change that later on in the season?
Serafima looks great. I am looking forward to see her in SC and RusNats.
Gubanova was good. Maybe she doesn't have the stamina yet but I expect her to up her game coming RC.
But I am worried about Talalaykina. This will not do to get her into RusNats. Her solid 3Lz3T combo from last year just isn't there anymore.
Who is that girl ending in 5th place?
Well, music is okay for me but I'm not a native English-speaker, so I see a beautiful skater performing to a delicate and emotional music when I watch her SP.
Is it another "Big spender" for you?
Sometimes I get the feeling she is skating with a Dry Martini in her hand.
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