Clean SP is the key. She has the free skate high scoring potential to intimidate the other girls. But not if she 16 points behind the leader after the SP. I'm sure Anna and liza knew where sasha was going into the free skate. If Sasha was say 5th going into the free skate Anna and Liza would have been a lot more tense.The parallels between Sasha and Nathan are realWell done! And it was so good to see the 4F back.
Yeah, she wasn't far off from landing one more quad in her free. The falls on 4S and 4Lz and downgrade on 4T combo looked like exhaustion or a lapse in concentration. With further rest and training over the summer, I can definitely see her managing at least 4 quads in the long and a clean no-3A SP next season.
Except sasha has much more competition than Nathan had. Chen has one competitor Yuzu Sasha has several just in her own country with more coming.
Yes.Don't forget she'll also get a small gold for the FS!
Oh, gosh, I had to listen to my mom for two days that Trusova missed the combo because they took out 3A and she wasn’t tired enough.
Honestly, I thought if they did not take 3A out to play it safe, the combo disaster would not have happened, regardless if she had landed it or not. There was something telling me as I watched her skate that she was too cautious, too focused on extentions and steps, and beautiful arms, and yes, overcautious.... So I guess I have something in common with your mum
BTW, anyone can tell would it have been better for her points-wise to have bombed 3A and nailed the combo or do it the other way round as it were?
Reminds me of my brother's birthday once, he prefers cheesecake to actual cake so we got one and stuck candles in it
Happy cake day, Lariko! 
I feel that bombed combo was a fluke, but indicative of her overall weakness that never goes away. Trusova has a wonderful ability to land a lot of jumps out of many attempts, but has trouble to deliver a routine on demand, particularly when it is a short routine. So, imo, it is better if she always go for 3A. But if she is more prone to trauma on 3A, I get it that 2A is better.Honestly, I thought if they did not take 3A out to play it safe, the combo disaster would not have happened, regardless if she had landed it or not. There was something telling me as I watched her skate that she was too cautious, too focused on extentions and steps, and beautiful arms, and yes, overcautious.... So I guess I have something in common with your mum
Having to listen to he who must not be named commentating over it makes me squirm though.
to the Russian Rocket.
Shoma is also a cakebringer. And during this year’s NKH, my kid’s every correct guess at the podium (but gold for ice dance) netted cakes, but she was really annoyed by the outcome, because first she called grandma, who said she only knows Yuzuru, then she looked up all the stats, and the end result was too low on cake net outcome for the efforts she expended. Initially, I think, she wanted to take the matter into her own capable hands, because at Rostelecom, both of the cakebringers didn’t deliver.Reminds me of my brother's birthday once, he prefers cheesecake to actual cake so we got one and stuck candles in it
Just curious if anyone else has been anointed cake-bringer, besides Sasha and Andrei Mozalev?
No, she needs that 3A in the SP and she is perfectly able to nail it. She just needs to work with a skilled mind-magician to get hold of the nerves. "Just Yuzu
" - thank you very much! There is no one, literally no one in the Ladies FS world nowadays who could be perceived as even close to Yuzuru. But Sasha HAS all it takes to become a female equivalent of Nathan. And if she does, if she fully masters her potential and learns to play the mind game, no one can stop her. No politicking, corridor judging, Russian bloodbath drama or Eteri bonuses. It's pure maths. And once she does, everything else will follow. Plushy just needs to invest in a master sport psychologist. Moose, can you please get the message to him?
You can't win a major title in the SP but you can lose it and that's what happened to Sasha in her world's debut. The strategy needs to be stay within 5 to 10 points of the leaders after the SP and Sasha will be in great shape even if she has a less than perfect free skate. I mean she moved up 9 placements today not skating her best.No, she needs that 3A in the SP and she is perfectly able to nail it. She just needs to work with a skilled mind-magician to get hold of the nerves. "Just Yuzu
Maybe he could drop a call to Mishin?
Why Mishin?I don't get the joke although I feel it is there.Maybe he could drop a call to Mishin?
We'll see tomorrow if Mishin's psychology is working on Misha, who's also on the nervy side.
No question about it sasha is a workaholic. She will go to the ends of the Earth to win and be spectacular and make a statement. I think she can get a triple axel but if it can't become reliable certainly leave it out of the SP by nationals. If she gets a 64 in the SP at nationals the fed won't be happy.. Anna is pretty much a lock for the Olympics unless something on foreseen happens so Sasha will be battling Liza alyona Kamila Maya and Dasha. 5 girls for 2 spots. If Sasha plays her cards right I think she gets one of those valuable Olympic spots.
Yeah, but next year she won't face a shaky Anya but quite a different range and scale of competition. She is going to need her 3A to stay close enough after SP.
Sasha has handled puberty great. It has crushed other girls. My guess is she's about 90% through puberty.
At least we had a world's. I missed Europeans and it's too bad they cancelled that they could have done the same thing that they did for the world championships.
