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It's not really the same though. Aliev and Samarin don't have a big PCS gap internationally (even if I think they should), whereas Trusova and Kostornaya do. So I'm not sure how much looking at the men tells us.
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It's not really the same though. Aliev and Samarin don't have a big PCS gap internationally (even if I think they should), whereas Trusova and Kostornaya do. So I'm not sure how much looking at the men tells us.
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Kostornaia is already getting 73 PCS - to boost her PCS just 3 points she would need 9.5s across all categories which will be difficult to get. Sasha is getting around 66/67 and can more easily gain 5-6 points, which would put her at an average of about 9. This would close the gap slightly. The closer your are to the max score, the harder it is to grow your score as you have less room for improvement. So their argument of the PCS gap shrinking could make sense to me if Sasha is clean.
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Yuna Kim had one of the best and most consistent 3Lz-3T combos of them all.
This makes no sense...
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Ok, if you say so. Maybe Yuna Kim was just that special
Nevertheless, Liza definitely has troubles with 3+3 combos - so much so that she is compelled to downgrade her layout - just to avoid them as much as possible.
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Ok, if you say so. Maybe Yuna Kim was just that special
Nevertheless, Liza definitely has troubles with 3+3 combos - so much so that she is compelled to downgrade her layout - just to avoid them as much as possible.
She's even struggled with 3T-3T this season when she put that back into her SP, so it doesn't seem to have anything to do with lutz/flip technique.
as many here I am disappointed with Liza's planned layout. However, I think she is playing the long-term game. She probably knows chances to have a clean more complicated layout are very slim. So this year she will lose anyway. The goal is Olympics. So she shows them all: look I have a quad, my puberty long gone, give me 1-2years and I will complicate my program for O.
She actually is fighting against zhenya for an Olympic place on the team. With a little bit of luck one or two of the 3a are in the middle of puberty at the O season. For zhenya to land a quad is not very realistic, even correct lutz edge is not in sight. Valieva looks like she will grow quite a bit. For zagitova to come back is very unrealistic. The other two junior eteris are not that promising/talented as 3A. But liza will be there, reliable with quad and 3a. She will get the place on the olympic national team and get a medal at O. Mission accomplished[emoji6]
She actually is fighting against zhenya for an Olympic place on the team. With a little bit of luck one or two of the 3a are in the middle of puberty at the O season. For zhenya to land a quad is not very realistic, even correct lutz edge is not in sight. Valieva looks like she will grow quite a bit. For zagitova to come back is very unrealistic. The other two junior eteris are not that promising/talented as 3A. But liza will be there, reliable with quad and 3a. She will get the place on the olympic national team and get a medal at O. Mission accomplished[emoji6]
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This is one of the cases where correlation doesn’t mean causation.
Polina has a delayed rotation, which caused urs, Sotskova just grew a lot, others are barely good examples too.
Besides, Kim Yuna was probably was one of the few who underrotated the least in her time, unlike Mao Asada, who didn’t have that technique and who was often plagued by < calls, which actually helped Yuna to ensure podium finish in every competition.
Veronika Zhilina has beautiful jumps, and hers are ginormous.
Liza always had problems with 3-3 combos of any kind, one season she lands Lz-T, the other she can’t get to land it once. It’s her personal problem, but nothing to do with technique.
Gosh new seniors among the actual juniors will be eligible for the olympics. I don’t think that Zhenia or Liza will have a chance even with a quad. You need to land 3 or 4 quads to be competitive.
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Zhenya broke her boots during practice today and has to skate in new boots tomorrow.
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Unfortunate. Really bad timing.
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I agree that her layout looks like she isn't even trying to medal.
At least at the moment this new juniors don't have multiple quads. And they don't seem as talented as the current eteris aka 3As (besides valieva, who most likely will grow. She looks very similar to teen rodionova). My point though is that chances to get in the O team are higher and more realistic for liza than medal at this nationals from todays point of view
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That's like the worst time to have such thing happen. How much does it usually take to feel comfortable in new boots?
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A few weeks up to a month
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I think the ladies sp begins at 7:30 am eastern time in the US, right??? I can’t wait!!!! Will the livestream be the one and only time to see that portion of the event or will videos be available afterwards?
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I still remember the blisters and hobbling around in pain from trying to break in new boots as quickly as possible.
I feel for Zhenya...it is going to be a very uncomfortable competition for her, I hope it doesn't damage her confidence.
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Oh, poor Zhenya. The only things I know about breaking into new skates are from 'Ice Princess' movie, where the main character performs badly after getting new skates before competition lol. I really hope it turns out better for Evgenia. Also, whoever manages to create boots that feel comfortable from the first day could probably become a billionaire.
