I'm elated for Kaori. She was wonderful today and would definitely have won the Olympics with that skate if she'd done it in Milan. Still, it's incredible that she was able to have one of her best-ever skates to close out her career. I'll miss her.
Mone did better than she usually does jump-wise. I think she's the deserving silver medalist, but 150 for what that was, with a mistake on the 2Lo and some sketchy looking jumps at the end (that last 3F looked UR to me in real time). She's lovely and polished, but I don't get a depth of emotion from her skating. I think her score overall (including the short) is 5-6 points too high.
Pinzarrone to me was also overscored. Her skating is pleasant and consistent enough but a little boring. That 3Z(ur) - 3T(q) combo at the beginning wasn't called for reasons I don't understand. IMO, she should've been around 138-139. That wouldn't have changed the result.
I'm really bummed for Amber. She started off so well by nailing the 3A and the 3F-3T. I thought this might be even better than her long in Milan. Then she made the mistake on the 3S, and it's like she remembered she was at Worlds and in contention for a medal and froze up. I imagine she's also exhausted after the Olympics. I hope she becomes a World medalist one day.
Isabeau did better than Milan. She's polished and consistent, but she needs better music for next year. There are cuts of Cinema Paradiso that she could've used that wouldn't have made her program seem so one note, like 4 minutes at the same cadence. I hope she chooses programs that are better vehicles next season.
Mone did better than she usually does jump-wise. I think she's the deserving silver medalist, but 150 for what that was, with a mistake on the 2Lo and some sketchy looking jumps at the end (that last 3F looked UR to me in real time). She's lovely and polished, but I don't get a depth of emotion from her skating. I think her score overall (including the short) is 5-6 points too high.
Pinzarrone to me was also overscored. Her skating is pleasant and consistent enough but a little boring. That 3Z(ur) - 3T(q) combo at the beginning wasn't called for reasons I don't understand. IMO, she should've been around 138-139. That wouldn't have changed the result.
I'm really bummed for Amber. She started off so well by nailing the 3A and the 3F-3T. I thought this might be even better than her long in Milan. Then she made the mistake on the 3S, and it's like she remembered she was at Worlds and in contention for a medal and froze up. I imagine she's also exhausted after the Olympics. I hope she becomes a World medalist one day.
Isabeau did better than Milan. She's polished and consistent, but she needs better music for next year. There are cuts of Cinema Paradiso that she could've used that wouldn't have made her program seem so one note, like 4 minutes at the same cadence. I hope she chooses programs that are better vehicles next season.
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), and there will be fewer opportunities for her to medal as the skating seasons move on. I do give her props for the 3A, seems like that jump is getting more consistent. However, my "all-time chock" had to be in the 2022 winter Olympics free skate, when the first place skater went into the long and just completely melts down (using your words), and fell off the podium.
