I would guess a minimum of 2-3 years. At least that's how long it took Liza to get her 3A back, and she had better foundational technique and was working with arguably the best technical coach in the world.
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I remember when Michelle Kwan "Lost" her jumps during the 1997 season. She lost her National and World Titles to Tara and had some rough outings that season. She seemed to recover by the next season and won everything except the Olympics in 1998. Hopefully, Alysa will be in the same boat. The way things are going right now, who knows when she'll truly get to train with her team in the same rink.
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I remember people also said that season Michelle had new skating boots as well because her dad made an endorsement deal with a manufacturer so she had to switch her old ones for a new ones due to the contract. Bad move on Danny Kwan's part because new skating boots for no real reason during a growth spurt = a really stupid move.
Still despite that she managed to win two GP events and place no worse than second in all her other competitions (all to Tara in the latter half of the season). It kind of makes me wonder if her struggles that season were mostly due to the boots rather than her growth spurt considering, as you said, she recovered very quickly the next season (but damn that stress fracture!!!!).
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I remember that as well. I always wondered if it was a combination of both. She had a hard time "Checking" her jumps that year. She would rotate them, land them, and then fall, or skid after she hit the ice. It was very strange.
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Aha! So this was what spawned Dick Button's legendary "unnecessary and uncalled for" comment.
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Alysa never had a 4Lutz, at least now we don’t have to pretend she’s doing one. Maybe she can also now focus on doing a proper axel takeoff, landed fully backwards, instead of a “spin off the ice and land sideways” axel that can be credited as a Triple if you squint.
The U.S. Ladies just need to wait for the new Artistic Program to be instituted. I mean, keep training some harder jumps, but please try to win that event, when it hopefully becomes born.
The U.S. Ladies just need to wait for the new Artistic Program to be instituted. I mean, keep training some harder jumps, but please try to win that event, when it hopefully becomes born.
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why did you even bother posting?
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USFS has a new article today (Nov 18) re the three friends Amber Glenn, Ashley Cain-Gribble, and Timothy LeDuc.
usfigureskatingfanzone.com
The entire article is worth reading. Excerpts from one of my favorite parts:
(I am 99.99% sure that the article did not go live until today, although the dateline says Nov 15. This kind of incongruity is not uncommon with Fan Zone articles.)
Better yet, the U.S. Nats bubble will have some additional safety measures beyond what the successful bubble for Skate America had.
Example: Nats will require a second round of COVID testing for everyone present during the first week (senior competition); plus a third round for those (such as coaches) staying for the second week (junior competition).
Texas Teammates Ashley Cain-Gribble, Timothy LeDuc and Amber Glenn Are Squad Goals - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Any skater will know that lifelong friendships are born at the rink. It is natural for friendships to blossom when you spend so many hours training together in the
usfigureskatingfanzone.com
The entire article is worth reading. Excerpts from one of my favorite parts:
..."I think what binds us together is our commitment to excellence. Something that I super appreciate about our training relationship is the way that I'm inspired by Ashley and Amber on a daily basis to work my hardest and to be my best," says LeDuc. "I can have a day where I'm struggling with motivation or just having a hard time getting myself in the zone and I'll look over and Amber is doing like 16 perfect triple Lutzes and I'm like, 'Okay, I gotta get into this. I gotta go. I gotta work.' ...We're always pushing each other and encouraging each other and after a really hard session we can all come off the ice and just laugh and joke about things. It makes for a great training environment for us all to really be pushing ourselves to be our best.
"An example of that was at [2020 Guaranteed Rate] Skate America where there obviously were not fans allowed and normally we feed off the energy of the crowd. The athletes were allowed to go up into the suites to watch the events and when Ashley landed this perfect throw triple Lutz, the only sound I heard in the arena was Amber up in the suites and we knew it was her and we were like, 'Oh my God, she's here supporting us.' I really appreciate that aspect of our trio." ...
"An example of that was at [2020 Guaranteed Rate] Skate America where there obviously were not fans allowed and normally we feed off the energy of the crowd. The athletes were allowed to go up into the suites to watch the events and when Ashley landed this perfect throw triple Lutz, the only sound I heard in the arena was Amber up in the suites and we knew it was her and we were like, 'Oh my God, she's here supporting us.' I really appreciate that aspect of our trio." ...
(I am 99.99% sure that the article did not go live until today, although the dateline says Nov 15. This kind of incongruity is not uncommon with Fan Zone articles.)
Better yet, the U.S. Nats bubble will have some additional safety measures beyond what the successful bubble for Skate America had.
Example: Nats will require a second round of COVID testing for everyone present during the first week (senior competition); plus a third round for those (such as coaches) staying for the second week (junior competition).
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I think this additional testing is great! I hadn’t heard about it.USFS has a new article today (Nov 18) re the three friends Amber Glenn, Ashley Cain-Gribble, and Timothy LeDuc.
Texas Teammates Ashley Cain-Gribble, Timothy LeDuc and Amber Glenn Are Squad Goals - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Any skater will know that lifelong friendships are born at the rink. It is natural for friendships to blossom when you spend so many hours training together in the
(I am 99.99% sure that the article did not go live until today, although the dateline says Nov 15. This kind of incongruity is not uncommon with Fan Zone articles.)
Better yet, the U.S. Nats bubble will have some additional safety measures beyond what the successful bubble for Skate America had.
Example: Nats will require a second round of COVID testing for everyone present during the first week (senior competition); plus a third round for those (such as coaches) staying for the second week (junior competition).
Thanks Ice Coverage for this info. More round of testing is certainly needed. Where can we find more information about the safety measures? One concern I kept reading is safety of traveling to Las Vegas, especially with surging cases of TSA staff. Would USFSA provide some help in that regard? With the holiday travel in December and Januar, the situation is only going to get much worse.
Spike in COVID cases at McCarran airport worries TSA employees | Tourism | Business
As of Wednesday the TSA reported 101 confirmed cases of coronavirus among TSA employees at McCarran since the pandemic began, marking a 55 percent increase since Nov. 19, when 65 cases were noted by TSA data.
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Grand Prix Series 2020 Top Scores
1 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 229.51
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 223.39
3 Alena Kostornaia Russia 220.78
4 Mariah Bell United States 212.73
5 Bradie Tennell United States 211.07
6 Audrey Shin United States 206.15
7 Karen Chen United States 204.90
8 Wakaba Higuchi Japan 200.98
9 Anastasiia Guliakova Russia 199.03
10 Rino Matsuike Japan 198.97
Skate America was the only event with top4 all scoring over 200.
If they were to organize gpf by top 6 highest scores 3 US ladies would have made it vs 2 russians and 1 japanese.
But US ladies are supposedly the worst and the weakest right?
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That’s quite a weak argument considering how many people were sidelined in the GP series. The top 6 easily could have been 4 Russians and 2 Japanese under normal circumstances, and the Americans pose no threat at all of winning a World Championship, or really even a medal, right now.
Nothing wrong with wanting people to succeed artistically though, and be able to win under a different ruleset that could possibly exist in the future. The form, the skating quality, the musicality, the choreography, the expression; yes it would be great to see anyone raising the level there.
Nothing wrong with wanting people to succeed artistically though, and be able to win under a different ruleset that could possibly exist in the future. The form, the skating quality, the musicality, the choreography, the expression; yes it would be great to see anyone raising the level there.
What did you think of Karen Chen at Skate America, and Audrey Shin?
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As it’s already been pointed out several top skaters didn’t get to compete (including Anna and Rika, both of whom can easily put up 230+ scores) but I’d also like to say it’s ridiculous to compare scores across these competitions. Skate America was very generous in scoring while NHK (apart from Kaori) was very harsh.
Grand Prix Series 2020 Top Scores
1 Kaori Sakamoto Japan 229.51
2 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Russia 223.39
3 Alena Kostornaia Russia 220.78
4 Mariah Bell United States 212.73
5 Bradie Tennell United States 211.07
6 Audrey Shin United States 206.15
7 Karen Chen United States 204.90
8 Wakaba Higuchi Japan 200.98
9 Anastasiia Guliakova Russia 199.03
10 Rino Matsuike Japan 198.97
Skate America was the only event with top4 all scoring over 200.
If they were to organize gpf by top 6 highest scores 3 US ladies would have made it vs 2 russians and 1 japanese.
But US ladies are supposedly the worst and the weakest right?
The US ladies are not terrible by any means and had a real shot at getting three spots had Worlds happened but trying to prop them up like this isn’t painting an accurate picture.
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3 spots would be a HUGE accomplishment for the Ladies. Realistically, the only shot we had at a podium finish was with Alysa. Unless she gets her jumps back ASAP, I don't see it happening. This years worlds are a wash IMO and it's 2022 where we'll see who is at the top of the US Ladies
Three Russians and three Japanese and then there is everyone else. The US Ladies certainly are at the top of that list (OK, maybe Young You, too, but she has been inconsistent) and have a fair shot at getting three spots. Two of the Russian/Japanese would have to underperform. As noted above, Higuchi already has scored below the US ladies, assuming she is on the team. We don't know where Miyahara stands currently. It could happen.
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At the time there were two points of view. One was that Mr. Kwan had made a terrible mistke and should abandon the new boots ASAP. The other was that he had agreed to the boot contract and did not then feel that he should go back on his word.
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I agree. Anything can happen. Even without Alysa, it is not totally out of the question for Bradie and Mariah to grab 6th and 7th.
It's a long shot, though. Commentators used to say things like, "So-and-so has a one-fall advantage over the other girl." But with the base values that the Russian ladies (especially) can put up, they can win even if they hit only half of their planned super-jumps. It's not like the big jumpers are deficient in other areas like Skating Skills and Presentation.
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If there had been a 2020 World's, the US ladies would have had a realistic chance of getting 3 spots. Mostly because the Japanese ladies were having a terrible year. (Rika excepted) However, I don't see that happening this year or next. The Japanese ladies are on a definite upswing. Anything could happen, but it isn't likely. However, the US ladies are talented, I think Bradie, Mariah, Audrey, Amber and possibly Karen will be competing for the World's spots this year. ( If World's is held)
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