You're right. I forgot that she almost always had just a 6 triple program.
2025 Skate to Milano Women's Free Skate
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Usually everything is exactly the other way around than what is claimed at another site.
Friend, we understand where your STRONG allegiances are but 'popularity' is not a requirement to get into international skating competitions. AIN skaters should thank their lucky stars they were even able to compete here. They were skating against mostly weak competitors, (Gubanova & Loena excluded) so of course I was expecting them to put down great programs in comparison. That being said, if they can remain healthy, they should be at least top 10 in Milano when ALL the ladies 'big guns' will be out.
Interesting. That Australian judge really did hit the +button. Almost 10+ points for everyone, except for Loena who she held down.
Quite the contrast to the Azerbaijani judge who really really liked Loena.
The Azeri judge is the former Ukranian judge. Who has a big tail of fishy stories behind him.
Yes he gave the highest score to Loena. And even the lowest to Adelia ! Wow. Zero pro-russian attitude. Although his scores were outliers, so not counted for both of these skaters - that's how you create an illusion of unbiased judging without influencing scores.
And guess what - he didn't need to influence the scores. Because it was already done by the Georgian judge, who was banned once. Also by the Slovakian judge who is fluent in Russia. And by the Australian one, who judged her last competition almost 2 years ago. Wait, wasn't Jonathan Gurreiro's mom a representative of the Australian federation? And of course, by the representatives of Hungary and Israel, the two Russian satellites, in the tech panel.
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I noticed it too. There were enough judges to provide a re-set for YK's bias trends. However, the end result was surprisingly bias-free. Go figure.
I just want to say how impressed I was with the top 3 women here, all had something to prove and are now on their way to the OG.
I love Gubanova's "Ghost" program - it hit me in the feels watching her bounce back from her disappointment at Worlds. Nice to see Loena back, even with a few errors and her programs are more of the same to me. She's got grit. And Adeliia wowed everyone, I honestly have not been following her closely over the past few seasons, but she came here with confidence and performance, I think she was the right choice. Despite my feelings about her coaching team, she is a definitely a contender for the podium at the OG.
I love Gubanova's "Ghost" program - it hit me in the feels watching her bounce back from her disappointment at Worlds. Nice to see Loena back, even with a few errors and her programs are more of the same to me. She's got grit. And Adeliia wowed everyone, I honestly have not been following her closely over the past few seasons, but she came here with confidence and performance, I think she was the right choice. Despite my feelings about her coaching team, she is a definitely a contender for the podium at the OG.
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I bow to your investigative powers! Hope the judge is okay.
She has enough to think about regarding her own performance, like learning how to skate well. Others do not.
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But none of the serious competition for the OGM - except Petrosian - were there. So the fact that the symbol for the notorious scandal got the biggest reaction, such as it was... ummm, predictable much?
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I look at it this way. Petrosyan went into battle leaving her big guns at home. She won anyway, despite respectable efforts from Gubanova and Hendrickx.
Botton line? A ho hum competition that gave us no information about what to look forward to at the Olympics. If she skates like this at the Olympics she will not win the gold medal. If she skates like this and does two quads it is quite likely that she will, unless someone else can up their tech in the meantime.
To me, that is the reality of the situation, regardless of whose skating I like or don't like.
Agreed. Gorbacheva's 4S is gorgeous. But I was talking about Russians without ultra-c, would Gorbacheva without the 4S be up there?
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Yes, i would say so. Murav'eva withiut 3A would also be there, as well as upcoming Petrova, Pleskacheva and Dzepka. I would strike Guschina personally, but that's just me. I like more dramatic performances or more elegant. Basically more. But this is out of the range for Chinese Nebelhorn.
I don't see your reality. But then you thought Nathan was conquering 4th quarter 2017 when he won GPF by a mere half point because Shoma got a time deduction, and neither Yuzu nor Javi were even there competing. Good grief . . . that's some 'reality' you have there. He/She who does the most quads doesn't necessarily win.
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