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Oh yeah saw Bradie's SP on instagram. I absolutely love it. I've always had such a soft spot for her so I hope her gp season goes just as well.
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We start the gp friday with Isabeau and Elyce up first. All I hope and expect for Elyce is to beat her score from Nepela. She looked so down in her fs there and I just want to see her happy with her skating. She got the USA 14 spots in the jgp and has the talent just needs to control her nerves. For Isabeau it would be great to see her on the podium which she is completely capable of. Good luck to both of them!
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Absolutely great SP from Isabeau at GP France. I'm proud of Elyce for finding the strength to add the double toe after the mistake on the lutz. Good luck to them in the free.
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Even though she got 4th, I thought Isabeau had a really nice fs aside from the mistake on opening combo. Her score would have her winning most events just really tough competition here. I think for Elyce her goal should be just improve each comp and she did that here by almost 20 points, so thats great for her! The whole time I was watching I kept thinking if she skates this clean or even with a few mistakes this should do really well at Nationals with this type of music. I don't think shes in contention for the Olympic spot so with less pressure on her I hope she is able to have those skates we know she is capable of. Great job to both American ladies!
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Would it be inconceivable for American women to take gold, silver, and bronze at the Olympics? Wouldn't take much for an Alysa-Amber-Isabeau podium 
I think it will be really hard for any other skater outside of Amber, Alysa and Isabeau to make the Olympic team.
Amber has the 3A and already a 210+ score this year and has won Nationals twice in a row.
Alysa is the World Champion. She may do the worse this season. But, USA will never leave out the reigning World Champion. She locked that spot with a win at Boston.
Isabeau may have only placed 4th at GP France. However, her 210+ score is phenomenal. She also has placed top 4 at the WC’s the past three seasons.
However, if in some case, another American lady somehow wins two GP medals and sneaks into the GP finals, that is the only scenario I see with someone knocking out one of the above. But, even then. Those top three just have too solid resumes. I’m really rooting for Bradie though…
Amber has the 3A and already a 210+ score this year and has won Nationals twice in a row.
Alysa is the World Champion. She may do the worse this season. But, USA will never leave out the reigning World Champion. She locked that spot with a win at Boston.
Isabeau may have only placed 4th at GP France. However, her 210+ score is phenomenal. She also has placed top 4 at the WC’s the past three seasons.
However, if in some case, another American lady somehow wins two GP medals and sneaks into the GP finals, that is the only scenario I see with someone knocking out one of the above. But, even then. Those top three just have too solid resumes. I’m really rooting for Bradie though…
That will be hard. The Japanese ladies: Ami, Kaori, Mone, and Rion are all having phenomenal seasonsWould it be inconceivable for American women to take gold, silver, and bronze at the Olympics? Wouldn't take much for an Alysa-Amber-Isabeau podium
Also, Adeliya and Loena could mix things up. Senior Ladies has too many ladies in contention for any country to sweep the podium.
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That's my thought as well. Even with two different boots Alysa scores almost 200 and lands most of her jumps where others would falter. Amber has gotten pretty solid and has really high score ceiling and Isabeau has the skating skills and consistency to lean on. And I love this group (their tiktoks together were hilarious), but... I will always have a soft spot for Bradie, and I at least want her to get a 4CC gold if not on Olympic Team.
Let us not forget Sarah who is quite capable of jumping ahead of Isabeau.
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"Jumping" is the key word I believe. Sarah has guts and a very good consistency of landing jumps properly. But Isabeau has finesse, elegence and wonderful polish in her overall skating; something that Sarah so far lacks. If it's a jumping contest and Isabeau falters, yeah, Sarah can win over Isabeau, but assuming they both are technically equivalent, Isabeau wins easily, IMO.
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It would be very difficult for the US to sweep the podium with Japan having 3 solid challengers for medal forget some 'minor' threats fro Europe or the Koreans.Would it be inconceivable for American women to take gold, silver, and bronze at the Olympics? Wouldn't take much for an Alysa-Amber-Isabeau podium
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And Bradie is one tough fighter. I still think it would be really hard for a sweep.
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Bradie does seem more likely to be able to make the team than Sarah. Sarah is technically very competent but she's not the type of skater judges will throw PCS or GOE at. She's not Ilya with a technical advantage so unlike him she needs to improve her SS and performance to actually be competitive. ( I wonder if her team recognizes this?) I see her more as a skater who will hopefully come into her own next quad.
Bradie can and has gotten scores over 220. However, not going to Worlds last year did hurt her chances. Alysa's the skater among the three most likely contenders who has the lowest scores this year and IMHO the least appealing programs ( that may change, her FS has potential) but she was world champion last year. It would take a lot to knock her off the team.
Bradie can and has gotten scores over 220. However, not going to Worlds last year did hurt her chances. Alysa's the skater among the three most likely contenders who has the lowest scores this year and IMHO the least appealing programs ( that may change, her FS has potential) but she was world champion last year. It would take a lot to knock her off the team.
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Right, and we know that Alysa competed at that assignment with her boots being held together by a prayer. I was surprised by how well she actually skated given the circumstances.
She's going to use Promise for her SP this weekend, and I hope she's gotten her boot issues resolved and can just skate.
Promise is a spectacularly choreographed program; I think keeping it for the season would be a great decision. This sp could easily score an 83÷ at the Olys with a 3A, final group position, and WC bona fides.
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Alysa is going back to her Donna Summer free skate as well!
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To be honest, I think this is a bit disappointing to hear. The promise progam was lovely and I'm happy to see it again, but her Donna Summer FS is just an ok program. I thought her Lady Gaga program had promise. She just wasn't able to perform it with the commitment or speed it required. I wish she would have kept it at least a few more months to see how it worked out. But, of course, it's the Olympic season and most skaters play it safe.
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It might just be for this competition. Lady Gaga is banned in China.
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Super happy Alysa will use her Promise sp. I think with changing her jump layout it will feel fresh. I don't understand why people are mad about her using her fs again while she reworks her program. Everyone and their mother was screaming at her that they hate the gaga program, blah blah blah. She already said she would have to reuse it during this time.
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