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Liza was awesome! I liked her skate so much today! What a change from last year. Great music, great timing and interpretation (no O mouth, hooray!), great costume, and on top of that Liza performing her jumps with confidence. May this season go for her as splendidly as the 2015 one did!

OK, I'll try to avoid steering into the dangerous competition discussion territory now, so I'll speak as vaguely as I can. I have an all-event ticket for another challenger where Liza is going to perform, and as I'm leaving on the day of her FS, I cannot be there to watch her. If any Liza fan can make it to the venue on the day of her FS but doesn't have or cannot afford a ticket, I am offering mine for free for that one day. An all-event ticket also allows one to see the practices. Just PM me if interested.
 
Congrats to Liza! Great to see her putting out consistent free skates. Improved from last week even, with the new costume and in performance. Enjoyed her lip-syncing to the songs, shows that she is having fun out there ;)!
 
I mean, I have to laugh at Doug Haw suggesting Liza would get higher PCS if she lost weight, only for her to earn her best PCS since 2015 less than a week later.

What bothered me most about that comment was that they spent the first segment dogging out Eteri Tutberidze's training regimen, suggesting she starved her skaters (never mind that Haw initially said he believed her skaters were doping back in February - suspiciously silent on that assertion now that Medvedeva is at his rink). You can't be on your high horse about weight and then perpetuate the very culture you claim to be against, especially when it's not even accurate. I've always sensed PCS is largely linked to consistency; Liza's peak season saw her PCS rise little by little with every clean competition before she topped out at that year's Europeans.

All that said, I'm so pleased with the direction she's gone in with these programs. With a skater like Liza, you can take many different artistic routes - charming, dramatic, flirty - and I feel they went dark and dramatic too many times in the last couple seasons. She clearly lights up with fun and flirty programs like Bollywood, Bolero, and now this year's Roaring Twenties FS. There's such attention to detail, commitment to both character and choreography. I clocked her lip-syncing a couple of times, and it all just seems to be in line with this über fun Twitter persona; she's skating for the love of the game this season, and I'm glad to see her without the pressure of being a defending World Champion.

The jumps are as glorious as ever -where has that 2A-3T been?? with a tano today, no less - and my guess is there's a spot open for the 3Lz-3T. I'm ok with her ditching the flip so long as she's planning seven triples, though given the GOE she generally gets on the 3A, I'd love for her to lay down all eight.

Based on the scores coming in from Salt Lake City, it appears Lombardia scored on the higher side, but it's a great baseline for Liza to take into the Grand Prix; should she skate even cleaner there than here, I expect her PCS - but more importantly, her jump GOE - will continue to rise.
 
ovafanboy1 said:
I mean, I have to laugh at Doug Haw suggesting Liza would get higher PCS if she lost weight, only for her to earn her best PCS since 2015 less than a week later.
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What?!! He was the one who said that?! Well, he can put this win in his pipe and smoke it!

Go Liza! It was on too early for me to watch but I'm gonna find it on Youtube and watch right now!
 
SXTN said:
Liza, I'm your fan again. Love your sassy tweets and I loved your program today!
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Finally a program that fits her style. Interpretation, composition and performance were top-notch (transitions will never be her best friend though)! I was also pleasantly surprised by the last combo spin! Very well centered, nice speed!

Judge No. 6 belongs to jail. He gave a +1 for her Lutz and only a +2 for her perfect 2A-3T and 3Lo.

With Alina and Zhenya obviously struggling, will Liza be the underdog this season?

72,30 technically is also a remarkable score since she left lots of points on the table: step out on the 3A, 3Lz-2T instead of 3T, no 3F yet.
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And judges were quite modest on her lutzes as well as on her 2A. Could have given her at least +4 for those.
 
ovafanboy1 said:
Based on the scores coming in from Salt Lake City, it appears Lombardia scored on the higher side, but it's a great baseline for Liza to take into the Grand Prix; should she skate even cleaner there than here, I expect her PCS - but more importantly, her jump GOE - will continue to rise.
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I wouldn't benchmark against Salt Lake. The altitude seemed to be a huge factor in the performances, and in the scores.

Nam Nguyen who won the men's event said that he was ready to cry by the last minute of the program.

This week's scores at Nepala and ACI will be a better comparison.
 
To be competitive she needs 3A-3L/3T at the 2nd part of SP.
It could help.
Or to have two 3A, one in combo, if the Board agrees.
 
TryMeLater said:
You cannot do 2 3A in the SP.
To be competitive it's enough to have a 3A instead of 2A and any 3-3 Combo.
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Why so?

It could be 3A, 3Lz and 3A-3Lo at the end with maximum possible points today. If the Board agrees and not going for BTW (Burn the Witch) mode to discourage her like Trusova.
Requirements: Combo with triple, Axel (2+) and some other jump after the step sequence.
 
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