2024 JGP Ankara Women's SP

[elektra blue]

not enough high-pitched screeching?

it might be...

 

[TallyT]

Another entry in the list "covers I never wanted to hear"

And it moved straight into the top ten too.

Is it my appalled imagination, or are we getting more bad covers than ever this year?

 

[FlossieH]

Yu-Feng seems to have found her form again at the right point. When I looked yesterday, the last few results for her hadn't been that good.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Meanwhile, let me ask you a question @Jeanie19: Do ugly dresses even exist?

 

[Mariiiiskate]

Yu-feng dress is very pretty

 

[Jeanie19]

Meanwhile, let me ask you a question @Jeanie19: Do ugly dresses even exist?

Not in juniors. Some are prettier than others. I try to be kind to all juniors. In seniors if I say nothing it means I don't like it.

 

[elektra blue]

Meanwhile, let me ask you a question @Jeanie19: Do ugly dresses even exist?

leave Jeanie alone, she has to counterbalance grumpy snakes like me

 

[FlossieH]

Is that a typing error, or are you being devilish?

CaroLiza_fan

That's dyslexic type spelling. I try to be careful, but can't always see errors.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Another entry in the list "covers I never wanted to hear"

what was wrong with the original song?

It was so bad a cover that I didn't even recognise the song until we reached the title line!

The credit in the ISU Bio is to the writer of the song (A-ha's keyboardist, Magne Furuholmen), so I have no idea who it is that we have to avoid.

Despite this, the skating was good enough to put TSAI Yu-Feng (TPE) into 6th position.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[FlossieH]

That was surprisingly good for a Bulgarian skater. Does she train elsewhere?

 

[Jeanie19]

Lia. Pretty dress. Nice program and skate.

 

[TallyT]

I like that dress! Simple but glittery and it makes her look even prettier.

 

[Ichatdelune]

To harp on names a bit more: the meaning of Mlle. Tsai's name is quite nice, jade and the Feng (think Chinese phoenix, female). But while I have no idea how it feels to Taiwanese people if you write her Chinese characters and read them in the Korean way it becomes a very clunky, old-fashioned name that doesn't feel like a 15-year-old girl. But then again, she's not going to live in Korea so

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

That's dyslexic type spelling. I try to be careful, but can't always see errors.

Sorry about that. Given what was being discussed, I thought it was your way of making a sly dig at Ted.

Hey, I totally understand about not spotting mistakes. I have been known to not spot typing errors I have made until weeks or months afterwards.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Ichatdelune]

That was surprisingly good for a Bulgarian skater. Does she train elsewhere?

ISU bio only lists Sofia but maybe she goes to training camps abroad?

 

[anonymoose_au]

Uhoh the dreaded +COMBO

Still haven't fixed the sound issue I see

 

[FlossieH]

That was a good skate for her. The axel was particularly nice.

 

[Jeanie19]

Elena. Pretty dress. Shame about the combo, but still a good skate.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

That was surprisingly good for a Bulgarian skater. Does she train elsewhere?

She is from the Elit club in Sofia.

I know we normally just hear about the Denkova-Staviski club, but there are a few good clubs in Bulgaria turning out good skaters. Having watched a few Bulgarian competitions last season, I'm surprised that more Bulgarian skaters haven't broken out and grabbed our attentions on the international stage.

Lia LYUBENOVA (BUL) goes into 13th position.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[TallyT]

Great costume for a horror theme.

But can they stop getting in the judges' faces? It was stale last year. On the other hand, to be fair, juniors often pick up what the seniors are doing...