OLIVIIA WON THE FREE SKATE AND THE 
GOLD MEDAL!!!
Gliss Extra Advanced Novice Ladies FS: Results;
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Gliss Extra Advanced Novice Ladies: Results
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Oliviia finished 1st out of 32 in the FS, with a score of 82.39. This meant that she climbed to 1st position overall, with a score of 125.55.
Unfortunately I didn't realise that Gliss Extra was on this week, or that Oliviia was competing. However, I have now watched the archived livestream, so here is the sort of post I would have written about the Warm-Up if I had been watching LIVE:
Right, there are two girls wearing white jackets over a black dress. But, it is easy to work out which is Oliviia, because the other girl is older and taller.
Oliviia stayed at the far end of the rink at the start of the Warm-Up, and I think she was lining up a jump when she went out of camera shot.
When she came back into shot, she was heading straight towards the camera lining up a jump, and then did it out of shot. Then the graphic came up with the starting order for the group, but it was partially transparent. So, we saw Oliviia come back into shot, and then turn around and go back where she came from!
Shortly after, she came back into shot and, just after the start order graphic disappeared, did a small jump. And then went back where she came from. But not long afterwards, she came back into shot and did a beautiful jump, and then went back to where she came from. Her coach must be positioned at that end of the rink.
After a long wait, she came into camera shot, circled around, and went back out of shot again. A short while later, she scared the life out of me when she suddenly entered shot at speed right beside the camera! She started lining up a jump, and we would have had a good view of it had another skater not overtaken her at just the wrong moment.
Then she circled around and did another jump. There was nobody anywhere near her this time, but unfortunately she popped it. She then circled around and had another go, and this time the jump was beautiful. And then she started coming down the rink and just casually did another beautiful jump.
She then started practicing her Step Sequence. And then when she was finished that, she circled around and did another beautiful jump. I'm not sure if she did any more jumps after that, because she went out of shot a couple of times. And then the Warm-Up ended.
She looks good. Let's hope she does come the programme as well!
CaroLiza_fan
And here is the sort of comment I would have written about her programme:
Ooooh! Beautiful black dress with a blue and green pattern on the front. Is it a sea theme programme?
Don't think so. It's strings music.
Lovely choreography at the start.
Beautiful opening jump.
Combination jump looked effortless.
So did the next jump and the Change Foot Combination Spin that immediately followed.
And the sequence of jumps, although the last one looked like it only just got far enough around.
No such problem for the next individual jump.
The next jump and the Flying Sit Spin were both beautiful.
The choreography during the Step Sequence at the end was exquisite!
She was delighted when she finished, punching the air!
I know I am biased, but this little girl is a star. Not a star in the making. A star already.
Somebody threw her a gift. Probably her Mum, as I saw her around that area.
Big fouble waves and a hand heart when she reached the sofa.
She has a lot of (grown-up) company with her on the sofa. Mum Irina, coach Jelena, and a third person who is really feeling the cold!
Awww. As soon as she got her jacket on, Oliviia started holding her Mum's hand.
Mother and daughter are doing a lot of chatting with each other, and with Jelena.
Oliviia pointing out the Cyprus patches on her jacket. Good girl!
At first Oliviia is satisfied with the scores, but then you can see concern in the faces of all four of them.
She goes into the lead of both the FS, and overall.
WELL DONE OLIVIIA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
Looking at the Protocols, it was not quite as beautiful a skate as I thought. She actually had five elements with issues.
The opening jump, the Triple Lutz, was landed on the quarter. It had the biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -1.77, but the impact was lessened by also getting a bonus point. So because it had the third highest Base Value of the programme, it remained as the third highest scoring element of the programme. It also got -3 from four Judges; and -2 from Judge 2.
In the combination that followed, the Triple Salchow-Triple Toe, the first part got a bonus point, but the second part was under-rotated. It had the third biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -1.00, but that was completely cancelled out by the bonus point. And because it had the second highest Base Value of the programme, it remained as the second highest scoring element of the programme. In terms of Judges marks, it got two -3's; and three -2's.
The third element, the Triple Flip, was also under-rotated. It had the second biggest GOE hit of the programme, at -1.13, which made it the lowest scoring element of the programme. It actually got the exact same line of Judges marks as the previous element.
This is where it gets interesting. The fifth and sixth elements had the exact same issue with the exact same jump, and got the exact same GOE. In both cases, the Triple Loop was landed on the quarter, and the element got GOE of -0.98.
In the fifth element, the Triple Loop was the first part of a sequence of jumps, and was followed by two Double Axels. And the first of the Double Axels got a bonus point. Which meant that the sequence actually scored 0.02 more than it's Base Value. And because it had by miles the highest Base Value of the programme, it remained by miles the highest scoring element of the programme. It got -3 from Judge 1; -2 from three Judges; and -2 from Judge 3.
In the sixth element, the Triple Loop was done on it's own. However, it didn't get the luxury of a bonus point, so it became the second lowest scoring element of the programme. it got -2 from four Judges; and 0 from Judge 1.
For the remaining elements, the GOE ranged from +0.43 for the seventh element, the Triple Salchow, to +1.50 for the final element, the Choreographic Sequence. The aforementioned Triple Salchow got 0 from Judge 5; and +1 from the remaining four Judges. The Judges marks for the other three elements with positive GOE ranged from +2 to +4.
Oliviia finished the Free Skate 2.69 points ahead of 2nd position, Lili Liisa SAKS (EST), and 18.35 points ahead of 3rd position, Arina VOEVODINA (EST).
Overall, Oliviia finished 1.58 points ahead of 2nd position, Saks, and 24.45 points ahead of 3rd position, Voevedina.
After the SP, I said Oliviia was held back by her programme content. In the FS, her programme content helped save her. Oliviia made a lot more mistakes than Lili: five of Oliviia's elements had issues, whereas only two of Lili's did. But because the total Base Value of Oliviia's programme was a good bit higher than Lili's, she was still able to get a the highest TES of the field, albeit by only 0.20 points.
But it was the Programme Components Score that Oliviia won the title on. I have watched the FS programmes from both girls, and both programmes were beautiful. But, you could see why there was a difference in PCS. With Lily, you could see she was concentrating during the programme. But for Oliviia, it was coming more naturally.
Well, we don't have to wait long for Oliviia to be in action again, because she will be competing at the Volvo Open Cup in Latvia in a few days time. And hopefully there will be a free stream, as I really want to see Short Programme.
WELL DONE OLIVIIA!!!
CaroLiza_fan
Oman. Another of my kids, Amani Fancy, also used to live there. So, I wonder if they have ever spoken, and compared notes.
Silver Medallist in the Cyprus Championships, including being just 0.06 points behind the winner in Basic Novice A Ladies at the inaugural edition in 2013.
Bronze Medal, from the inaugural edition in 2013, until 2016. But finally, when she moved to Basic Novice B in 2017, she won the 
Austria.
Bulgaria, along with Angelina and Ilia.
Latvia.
So I have no confidence that we will actually be able to watch Oliviia and Mia's fight for gold.
programme. Yep, Spanish-sounding instrumental music at the start, which eventually gave way to "Yo Soy María".
