I agree with this but apparently Sasha doesn't want to water down her content and she rather WD if she cant do her quads. Shame cause her triples looked good and with her reputation a clean triple program with 1 quad attempt to get rid of the 2T in one of the combos would most likely bring her a medal anyway.
is there any official rules about it ?
I thought so too but if the situation was like simone biles (in the case of skating, they basically just can't seem to jump ? ) would it be possible ? Bcs simone was allowed to have private training outside of the olympic venue which still weird me out bcs I thought they were supposed to be in a bubble.
That's different as, after all, Simone went to the official practice (podium training) for the events she did do. She was at podium training and she did the warm up for beam. She withdrew from everything else.
They can't have more practice hours in the ice of the competition ... but in other rink there is no problem. In the GP, that was never a question because they are in different cities, two days maybe three most .. and most cities only have only one ice rink (and some none) except for russia... Maybe I'm wrong but I remember some federation ( i think was the japonese) renting an ice rink in the olympics in an different city.
I doubt that she will win without quads. The problem is that sasha won't get PCs without the 4 .. her FP is base on the 4 ( the program is empty without them). A Sasha without quads against a perfect daria or the jpn ladies will loose.
That's another good point in favor of not withdrawing. RusFed will definitely look at other competitions apart from Nationals, and the only competition with most/all contenders present prior to Nats will be GPF. If Sasha finishes 1st/2nd in Nationals, good news, but if she doesn't, only one GP event won't look too good when deciding who gets 3rd spot.
It's a good point of view... I think if were Kamila the russfed wouldn't think twice
The question is, if it could make the injury worse if she skates at skate America on it or not. We don't really know what exactly she has but I can't be the only one starting to get flashbacks to 4 years ago ?
Yeah, almost all costumes are a bit disappointing, either too basic or too experimental. They're not super bad, but each girl has had better dresses before. Or maybe I have been desensitized by Olga's tie-dye - straps - open shoulders - lace details style.
I'm thinking the same and hoping that everything goes for the better for Sasha... the main difference between her and Evgenia is that four years ago Medvedeva already secured a place in the Russian team with her impressive previous resumé and her consistency under pressure, while Sasha is only one of the big contenders among others, albeit the one with the greatest scoring potential if clean.
