Glad someone said she is in a league of her own. Her SP would be worth the price of a tix to ladies Olympics or world. Mao and YuNa cannot crete the majic that Caro can and they are beautiful skaters. The LP winner at worlds for me was Ashley Wagner in terms of PCS. She flew across the ice and there are only a handful of women who can make any program look good. Caro deserved the gold if you support beauty on ice. Sadly the sport favors tiny, short limbed girls who rotate quickly. Caro has lovely jumps. To me, it does not matter if YuNa Kim has a never miss harder 3x3. Caro has everything else. I watch her not to count rotations, check correct edges which I need slo mo to catch anyway. She is what skating was all about. She is the only one where you go, OH beauty, she loves doing this. Aside from Akiko who can be majestic in her own tiny way. Caro has those legs and arms that make you feel you are watching a balachine trained dancer who decided to fiqure skate. Her LP was not her best, sadly. But I am so happy she did not quit a few years ago. The judges have to love someone like her. Anna was amazing technically. Just wow. But I have forgotten her music, her program. She and Adelina have no charisma at present. Altho Anna was better than Adelina at the Olympics for me. If Anna keeps skating, and they concentrate on finding her better music and she does develop, I think she will surpass Sotnikova (or should and Julia as well.
Julia has better music, better phrasing. But I am already tired of seeing Russian teens who think gumby is what skating is. There is no Sasha Cohen in Russia. Sasha had stunning programs despite falls. I think Anna may be the one to watch, and she and Julia will fight. I think Sotnikova may do a sarah hughes and disappear into Russia's many ice shows. I imagine she will get commercials and many things to do. I wonder if she will work much on her presentation given how she won the gold on technical skating.
Thank God for Caro and Mao at these worlds And Gracie and Ashley especially. They should be winning because they can skate with beauty in these IJS days that often disappoint artistically.
Carolina is not a chronic two-foot lander. There's nothing techinically wrong with two-foot skating although having more one-foot skating shows off skating skills more, but it's not like she can't do it. Her Bolero program is heavily influenced by the ballet where the dancer spends most of the time on two feet hence the choreography.
