At some point it will change I mean doesn't everyone who jumps a 3A in the SP have one in the lp as well?
At this point I think she DOES need it, she needs to win Nationals, and to do that, she needs the 3A, and she needs to hit the rest of her elements as well. Today she really had it, just doubted herself I think. But she can't miss the other elements as well.
There needs to be a focus on international competition, not just trying to beat each other. Mariah should be encouraged to go for that 3-3, Amber should be encouraged to do 3A, etc. It's true that these skaters might be better off without these elements domestically, but how much good does that do. It's a tough call.
It will be interesting to see what happens if Lindsay medals in at Nationals. With her tech content she is a real threat. Seeing her land that 3 lutz 3 loop was exciting.Has Amber ever done two 3-3s in her FS though? She hasn't been that consistent even with her non-3A layout, and it seems like she really might need that 3A to get an edge on Mariah. She doesn't have much of an international track record and seems to be perceived as behind Mariah and Karen. A clean program with one 3-3 wasn't enough for her last year, so she's going for that 3A even though it's high risk. Her chances look slim, so maybe she feels she might as well go for broke.
It's kinda funny- the Russian and Japanese women are trying to add 3As and things, meanwhile in the US it feels like we're telling the ladies to hold back and do bare minimum in hopes that the other US women will do even less than them.
She will need the lutz loop, (even if 'q') and may need it in the second half. Only Alysa is going for the second half bonus on combos-(with limited success), something that really puts us behind other skaters in the world. I think it is just as much perception as actual execution-one more way American skaters are falling behind other skaters in the world. (Especially Russians of course). We are getting left behind in small ways as well as big ways. Amber in particular does better jumps when she has shaken off the nerves and settled in a bit, she should certainly be moving the opening combo to the second half.
None of them will medal at the Olympics, other than (hopefully) a team medal and Alysa will likely be the only one to get that. I really wish it went to the whole team but you know what they say about wishes.Has Amber ever done two 3-3s in her FS though? She hasn't been that consistent even with her non-3A layout, and it seems like she really might need that 3A to get an edge on Mariah. She doesn't have much of an international track record and seems to be perceived as behind Mariah and Karen. A clean program with one 3-3 wasn't enough for her last year, so she's going for that 3A even though it's high risk. Her chances look slim, so maybe she feels she might as well go for broke.
It's kinda funny- the Russian and Japanese women are trying to add 3As and things, meanwhile in the US it feels like we're telling the ladies to hold back and do bare minimum in hopes that the other US women will do even less than them.
Has Amber ever done two 3-3s in her FS though? She hasn't been that consistent even with her non-3A layout, and it seems like she really might need that 3A to get an edge on Mariah. She doesn't have much of an international track record and seems to be perceived as behind Mariah and Karen. A clean program with one 3-3 wasn't enough for her last year, so she's going for that 3A even though it's high risk. Her chances look slim, so maybe she feels she might as well go for broke.
It's kinda funny- the Russian and Japanese women are trying to add 3As and things, meanwhile in the US it feels like we're telling the ladies to hold back and do bare minimum in hopes that the other US women will do even less than them.
thank you. This statement is kinda true.
The Olympics are a whole different animal. Look at Adelina Sotnikova. She has ZERO World Medals and 2 Silvers from Europeans. She had lost to Yulia just weeks before Sochi and was not the favorite going in. No one that I know had Sarah Huges winning in 2002. She had exactly one win over Irina and Michelle in her entire career going into Salt Lake City. That was Skate Canada but, she lost Nationals to Michelle that same season. I think most people expected Yuna Kim to win in Sochi, and some people think she should have. Blanket statements like this are often proven wrong.Has Amber ever done two 3-3s in her FS though? She hasn't been that consistent even with her non-3A layout, and it seems like she really might need that 3A to get an edge on Mariah. She doesn't have much of an international track record and seems to be perceived as behind Mariah and Karen. A clean program with one 3-3 wasn't enough for her last year, so she's going for that 3A even though it's high risk. Her chances look slim, so maybe she feels she might as well go for broke.
It's kinda funny- the Russian and Japanese women are trying to add 3As and things, meanwhile in the US it feels like we're telling the ladies to hold back and do bare minimum in hopes that the other US women will do even less than them.
Honestly, at this point I hope Lindsay grabs one of the spots. Not one of the senior American women aside from Alysa is trying to push herself to have tech content that is competitive internationally.
Based on the criteria that USFS set out back in July, Mariah and Karen are both ahead of Amber in the pecking order because Mariah and Karen both crossed the 208.44 threshold for what would have been top 5 at Worlds last year. Karen hasn't crossed that threshold this season, but she did at Worlds 2021, and that's good enough for the committee. Karen also gets the added bonus of having "consistently scored top 10" by the committee's definition since Worlds 2021 scores also count for that, and her median score at eligible competitions this season is 194, just above the 193.44 needed to be top 10 at Worlds 2021. Mariah's 210.35 is above the top 5 threshold they drew, and her median score (her Cranberry score doesn't count since that's not an eligible competition) is 200.57, which is also above the threshold needed for consistent top 10.
