Warsaw Cup Senior Ladies FS: Results;
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Warsaw Cup Senior Ladies: Results
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXI4aPAXIBU
Aleksandra finished 13th out of 26 in the FS, with a score of 90.07. This meant that she dropepd to 12th position overall, with a score of 141.49.
Unfortunately, I was not able to watch Group 4 because I was eating my Sunday Dinner at the time. However, I have now played catch-up on the archived livestream, so here is the sort of comment I would have written about the Warm-Up if I had been watching LIVE:
Ooooh. Stefania did a little pose in the doorway before she did her walk on. Well, run on! Double waves once she got onto the ice.
Double waves from Aleksandra just after she came through the doorway, and then a causal walk onto the ice. Then a stretch of the arms, before another double wave.
We saw Stefania taking off her jacket as soon as the Start Order graphic disappeared. It's the white dress for her "The Artist" FS, so it's just the SP that's new. Mind you, when we switched to the camera zoomed on ion her, we saw her having a bit of trouble taking it off. That's what happens when you try to do things on the move! But, Kristina successfully got it.
Oooh, when Laura SZCZĘSNA (POL) was being focussed on, it looked like Aleksandra was going to collide with her. But, she passed by without any drama. It might just have been the camera angle making them look closer than they were.
Also when they were on Szczęsna, we saw Stefania in the background lining up a jump, but she went out of shot before doing it.
When they switched to focus on Aleksandra, she was just landing a jump close to the camera. Her jacket was gone by now, and she was wearing a beautiful red dress. She then crossed over to the far side of the rink, and at the same time we saw Stefania lining up a jump, but again she was out of shot too soon for us to see it.
As she was going down to the other end of the rink, she was gliding along doing an Arabesque, but got obscured by the Planned Programme Content graphic, so we didn't see the end of it. But, when it disappeared, she did a sequence of jumps. The first one was beautiful, the second had a bit of an iffy landing, and the third one didn't have a great landing at all. We were lucky to see the third jump, because Stefania came into the foreground doing a jump. But, we only saw the top half of her, so I don't know what her landing was like.
When the camea switched to focus on the next skater, we saw Stefania going over to the boards to talk to Kristina. And a while later, we saw her leaving again. The stream actually then jumped a bit to the next skater, and in the background we saw Aleksandra skating alongside the boards. Then we saw Stefania in the background going in the opposite direction. She then went out of shot and, not long later, we saw her circling around, before going out of shot again.
While they were showing the current Standings table on screen, we saw Stefania circling around lining up a jump, but she did it out of shot.
In the last minute or so, when they had a graphic up on screen telling us what we were watching, we saw Stefania and Aleksandra go through teh shot a few times, but didn't see them do any elements. There was one tie that Stefania did a jump in shot, but another skater went past her and blocked our view at just the crucial moment.
But, we are going to see Stefania do lots of elements now, as it is her turn to do her programme.
ALL THE BEST STEFANIA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
And here is the sort of comment I would have written about her programme if I had been watching LIVE:
I like the starting pose.
Beautiful choreography at the start to go with the beautiful music.
Beautiful combiantion jump to start with.
Ach, singled out the Loop.
Thought she was going to fall on the first of the sequence of jumps, but she held on. Didn't see the landing on the second jump because we changed camera at the wrong moment. Third jump looked fine.
Not a great landing on the Triple Flip, but the Flying Change Foot Combination Spin immediately afterwards was beautiful.
Just about stayed on her feet on landing the Triple Salchow, but a hand down.
Ach, fall on the next Triple Salchow, so no combination means a repeated element was called.
But the Double Flip just afterwards was beautiful.
The Step Sequence and Choreographic Sequence were beautiful, but slow. Not her fault - she was keeping perfectly in time with the music. The natural speed of the music was just too slow for them.
Layback Spin and Change Foot Combination Spin at end were both beautiful.
Wiping her eyes just after she finished. Could this be an indication that my feeling about her retiring is correct?
That's her husband sitting with her. And I'm guessing the older lady is either her Mum or his Mum. Oh My Goodness, I think I'm right. This is her swansong competition.
As has become tradition, she is the recipient of one of @NoNameFace's flower crowns. She teases putting it on herself, and then Lukas, but then puts it on herself. But then she puts it on Lukas. And then he puts it on the older lady. Who then puts it back on Aleksandra.
Diana starts telling the story of @NoNameFace and her flower crowns.
Aleksandra goes into 4th position.
She looks disappointed.
WELL DONE ALEKSANDRA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
When she was being introduced, my friend from Norway,
@norwegianfairytale, commented:
I havn´t seen Aleksandra for a while, delighted to see her still skate. Just looked it up, she only competed at two competitions last season
And she really has been around for a while!
After she skated, my good friend in Sicily,
@elektra blue, was her usual diplomatic self:
the program is about a bombing so she bombed
Our bastion of positivity,
@Jeanie19, was more positive:
Aleksandra. Pretty red dress and a beautiful program. A really nice skate.
@norwegianfairytale then came back to point out that Aleksandra had got one of
@NoNameFace's crowns:
And
@Jeanie19 elaborated:
She got a flower crown. Diana is talking about these wonderful crowns.
When the next skater came on,
@norwegianfairytale realised the significance of this part of the group:
We are really having a Lithuanian skate off here now
Looking at the Protocols, there were five elements with issues. The secind element, the Loop, was singled. It had the smallest GOE hit of the programme, at -0.02, and because it already had the lowest Base Value of the programme, it remaine as the lowest scoring element of the programme. The Judges gave it three -1's; and four 0's.
The third element, the Triple Toe-Double Axel-Single Axel done in sequence, had the second smallest GOE hit of the programme, at -0.76. But because it had the highest Base Value of the programme, it remained the highest scoring element of the programme. It got -3 from Judge 6; -2 from four Judges; and -1 from two Judges.
The fourth element, the Triple Flip, was under-rotated. It had the biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -2.04, which meant that it went from having the third highest Base Value of the programme, to being the third lowest scoring element of the programme. The Judges gave it five -5's; and two -4's.
The sixth element, the Triple Salchow, was under-rotated. It had the third biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -1.31, which meant that it went from having the fourth highest Base Value of the programme, to being the fourth lowest scoring element of the programme. The Judges gave it five -4's; and two -3's.
The seventh element was another under-rotated Triple Salchow, but this time she fell. This meant she couldn't attach anything onto it, and so it was called as a repeated element. It got the second biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -1.72, which meant it went from having the fifth lowest Base Value of the programme, to being the second lowest scoring element of teh programme. Unsurpisingly, it got -5 from all seven Judges.
The opening element, the Triple Toe-Double Toe, had neutral GOE, and since it already had the second highest Base Value of the programme, it remained as the second highest scoring element of the programme. It got -1 from Judge 2; and 0 from the remaining six Judges.
The remaining elements had GOE ranging from +0.07 for the eighth element, the Double Flip; to +1.30 for the tenth element, the Choreographic Sequence. All the Judges marks for the elements with positive GOE ranged from 0 to +3.
Only five skaters had a higher Programme Components Score than Aleksandra.
Aleksandra finished the Free Skate 0.39 points behind 12th position, Karolina BIAŁAS (POL), and 5.94 points ahead of 14th position, Sarah Marie PESCH (DEU).
Overall, Aleksandra finished 6.76 points behind 11th position, Niki WORIES (NED), and 6.28 points ahead of 13th position, Białas.
Well, it may not be the best skate of your career, but you have given us lots of pleasure over the years. I am so proud of you, and so happy to have been a fan of your's.
Of course, as a fan, I hope this is not goodbye. But if it is, I wish you all the best for the future.
WELL DONE ALEKSANDRA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
