2024 Cup of China Women's Short Program

[lileychristie]

(Sorry it took so long to reply. I was looking for an amber jumper with a picture of a cactus on it, since the Men are up next. But, alas, no joy).

CaroLiza_fan

This is where AI comes to the rescue

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

This is where AI comes to the rescue

Well done!

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[4everchan]

looking at scores (yeah.. i did sleep) it was a great event !!!!

 

[snowflake]

A slang expression for “way to go” or “good job”.

Thanks, I always thought it meant 'what a girl, guy...'

 

[Anna K.]

Rinka's lutz was called clean... so confused, as it looks very obviously under even in real time. Meanwhile Mone's lutz and Amber's 3A both got a q mark I don't like conspiracy theories so I'll give the tech panel benefit of the doubt, maybe their replay glitched during Rinka's lutz

Thanks for drawing my attention to this! Can we have a respectful discussion sans conspiracy theories?

I watched it (Rinkas lutz) repeatedly and I found the work of technical panel impeccable (Rinka's work not that much; I'll explain below why).

From my knowledge, URs are detected by the typical hook mark that these landings leave on the ice and/or by the typical boot move when leaving such mark.
Rinka wasn't having her best lutz; she was late in rotation and, upon landing, her boot moved twice: it was the typical hook move and then a stumble (it was very well seen thanks to the camera angle from the side). In the slow-mo though, Rinka's boot made the hook move before it landed - the skate hit the ice after making the hook move in the air and stumbled when landing. So I am guessing that, for the tech panel, there was no hook mark on the ice (i.e. if they watched from above, only the ice mark would be visible but not the boot move that was better seen from the side). Also, did she the hook move after landing, she would be expected to stumble before she corrected her trajectory, not after she already corrected it (the ice is slippery but still). That's why tech callers called it clean. Although visually, it wasn't.
That's my take. What's yours?

 

[throw_triple_flip]

I was watching most of the women while eating dinner in a restaurant and in the car ride home (don't worry, my partner drove lol)

Score seems quite low (almost) across the board - was expecting Mone to be quite a lot higher, and Amber too - despite the big stepout in her combo, the 3A was really good. Yet Rinka's score is surprisingly high - I thought her unders will drag down her score more

But as it stands after the SP, I got 1-5 almost perfectly right, just Rion and Rinka switched places
Hopefully the top 5 will put their best game in the free, it will be exciting!!

ETA: Rinka's lutz was called clean... so confused, as it looks very obviously under even in real time. Meanwhile Mone's lutz and Amber's 3A both got a q mark I don't like conspiracy theories so I'll give the tech panel benefit of the doubt, maybe their replay glitched during Rinka's lutz

The footage we see on replay is not what the tech panel use to review elements. It may have looked better on a different angle?

 

[throw_triple_flip]

Is Gubanova suffering from injury?


She looked so upset in the warmup.

 

[FlossieH]

Is Gubanova suffering from injury?


She looked so upset in the warmup.

I'm not sure, but I asked pretty much the same thing earlier in the thread. She's been off in her last few events.

 

[throw_triple_flip]

I'm not sure, but I asked pretty much the same thing earlier in the thread. She's been off in her last few events.

Looking at her spins, I'm wondering if she might have a back problem?

 

[mrrice]

Does anyone have a video link for the ladies. They are all blocked in my area.