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- Mar 28, 2005
This is how I recall Tracy Wilson broke down the scoring and the results between Slutskaya and Cohen, when she broke down the scores into different areas:
"So while Irina Slutskaya allowed the major mistakes on her jumps to affect her other elements(spins and steps) and overall performance level as well; Sasha was able to put the mistakes on the jumps aside, and deliver the rest of her performance and that was the difference for the silver medal."
The one part I dont agree with on that is that I dont feel Irina's quality of spins, steps, and PC suffered noticeably more after the two jump errors, I feel they were already below her usual standard from the very start. I did not get a good feeling from the start of her program, although if she had landed all her jumps she still would have probably won, I was worried about her performance from the start and how she looked even before the big jump errors. I dont know what it was, extreme pressure, her performance lacked any of its usual spark, and her elements all looked ragged and shaky from the start. I remember thinking to myself in horror from the start, "omigod if she ever tight, either that or too tired."
Granted she seemed to rush through the final straightline footwork, you could almost tell she was already very upset since she knew she was not going to win after the second major jump error, and she both lost value since it was valued only a level 2, when it could have been valued at a level 4 done properly, as well as GOE scores, which might have been enough to eke out the silver if it was really well done. Irina was pretty much set on the gold in her mind from the start though, once she realized that was gone I am not sure if she really cared that much.
"So while Irina Slutskaya allowed the major mistakes on her jumps to affect her other elements(spins and steps) and overall performance level as well; Sasha was able to put the mistakes on the jumps aside, and deliver the rest of her performance and that was the difference for the silver medal."
The one part I dont agree with on that is that I dont feel Irina's quality of spins, steps, and PC suffered noticeably more after the two jump errors, I feel they were already below her usual standard from the very start. I did not get a good feeling from the start of her program, although if she had landed all her jumps she still would have probably won, I was worried about her performance from the start and how she looked even before the big jump errors. I dont know what it was, extreme pressure, her performance lacked any of its usual spark, and her elements all looked ragged and shaky from the start. I remember thinking to myself in horror from the start, "omigod if she ever tight, either that or too tired."
Granted she seemed to rush through the final straightline footwork, you could almost tell she was already very upset since she knew she was not going to win after the second major jump error, and she both lost value since it was valued only a level 2, when it could have been valued at a level 4 done properly, as well as GOE scores, which might have been enough to eke out the silver if it was really well done. Irina was pretty much set on the gold in her mind from the start though, once she realized that was gone I am not sure if she really cared that much.