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Thank you a lot, zenskate, for finding these photos.By comparison, even if Alina is still to the side part in group pictures, they are truly revealing about how much she evolved..for the little, shy girl, to a beautiful, confident lady. :luv17:
Our girl deserves all the GOE for these beautiful jumps, imo these are textbook jumps, worthy to be included in the +5GOE guidelines. :luv17:
Last year, Alina tried to add the Charlotte-2A transition, and she was not able yet to perform it consistenly, but this is not the case this year. And not only she performs a Charlotte-2A entry, but she also added a Charlotte entry before the difficult 3Lz jump into her arsenal (and probably preparing it for future seasons). This is one more proof for Alina's huge development and improvement. She's like saying, "don't worry, I'm adding newer, more difficult stuff every year. So I am here, on the top of my field, and I am here to stay." :thumbsup:
Someone pointed out earlier that she also did Charlotte into 3Lz in the "Tiger" exhibition last year also.
I actually think the Charlotte into 2A looks more difficult to do because she has the 180 degree turn (or whatever its called) right before the jump takeoff.
And the other 2A she does in her Carmen LP also has what looks like a fairly difficult transition into it.
I'm surprised the GOE on her 2A's haven't been higher this season, because even the jump itself looks better than last season.
By comparison, even if Alina is still to the side part in group pictures, they are truly revealing about how much she evolved..for the little, shy girl, to a beautiful, confident lady. :luv17:


