Kostner doing two flips in the LP is a good thing. Her SP jump content was sub-junior. 3T-2T, 3Loop, as the main triples is beneath a world champion frontrunner! It is good to see two flips. Reaching for a flip as your hardest jump is pre-90's and very 80's. "Will she go for the flip?" is not something good. I would like to see a lutz. But if there are two flips that's a little better. I am not going to be over the moon about her SP ever. Even if she was successful with a 3T-3T it's silll unsettling. Kim Yu-Na had lutz and flip and Mao can do a 3A. There are skaters who don't do all triples and that's fine. I am not an all triple person. My opinon is that 3lz-3T or 3A to replace something you don't have is going far enough in one direction that you can leave out other jumps. Kostner with her 2 triple flips is showing prgress and some desire to do jumps but it's not like an impressive 3-3 or a 3A or doing flip and lutz.
Abbott's TES is abysmal but his PCS are saving him, but the problem this really speaks to is skaters getting held up at Nationals.
Did you even SEE Abbott's skate at Nationals? He was phenomenal - not held up in the slightest. If you haven't, it's on Universal Sports' youtube page.
Agnes and Miner.
Did you even SEE Abbott's skate at Nationals? He was phenomenal - not held up in the slightest. If you haven't, it's on Universal Sports' youtube page.
No kidding, there was no one else who even came close to winning over Jeremy.
Wasn't talking about Jeremy, that's why I don't think he should be replaced. Even if his score at nationals was inflated, internationally his PCS are miles better than any of the other US men. I was talking about Alissa and Adam and how I don't think their 5 point cushions in PCS over Caroline and Ross were justified, especially because Ross and Caroline performed skates that were technically cleaner. I'm sick of the USFS's love affair with Czisny and Rippon and their weak jumps. Maybe they will adjust their views after Worlds this season if things go as I fear they might...
Thanks for the first-hand reports, Trewyn. :thumbsup:
(Poor Alissa. )
That wasn't how it was written - you mentioned Abbott and then you mentioned held up and didn't explain you were referring to the other 2...For the men, the only one who stood a realistic chance of beating Rippon was Miner, but he had too many mistakes at Nationals.Rippon wasn't great, but he skated better than the alternatives.Wasn't talking about Jeremy, that's why I don't think he should be replaced. Even if his score at nationals was inflated, internationally his PCS are miles better than any of the other US men. I was talking about Alissa and Adam and how I don't think their 5 point cushions in PCS over Caroline and Ross were justified, especially because Ross and Caroline performed skates that were technically cleaner. I'm sick of the USFS's love affair with Czisny and Rippon and their weak jumps. Maybe they will adjust their views after Worlds this season if things go as I fear they might...
Why it is unsettling going for a 3t3t in the short? it's always a 3-3, with the easiest jumps but with a higher value and more difficult even if it's with toes! Yuna kim had the 3lz3t but couldn't do the loop...mao had the axel but now it's more a miss than a hit and she has no lutz and tend to have her jumps downgraded. so what?..every skater works with what they have! I'm happy that carolina is not going for the lutz sice it gave her so much problems! She has two flips now and 2a3t! she cannot do 3f3t in the long without avoiding the 3toe after the axel because it would mean repeating 3 jumps and since her 2a3t is more secure than 3f3t she's going for it!
Kostner doing two flips in the LP is a good thing. Her SP jump content was sub-junior. 3T-2T, 3Loop, as the main triples is beneath a world champion frontrunner! It is good to see two flips. Reaching for a flip as your hardest jump is pre-90's and very 80's. "Will she go for the flip?" is not something good. I would like to see a lutz.
I believe you mean that Asada has a 3A<, which is not quite the same thing. Why does a skater need a big trick? I don't think any of the recent men's champions can be identified as having a single big trick. And really, the whole point of Yu-Na is that she was strong across the board; her skating wasn't about having a specific wow element.Carolina has no "big" trick to make up for a missing Lutz. Yuna had no triple Loop but she consistently landed big 3/3's. Mao Flutzed and had problems with the Salchow but she could do the 3Axel. What is Carolina's big trick these days? Good skating skills and artistry? Yuna and Mao had those, too. She's hardly on par with them, and not just on the medals count.
Carolina has no "big" trick to make up for a missing Lutz. Yuna had no triple Loop but she consistently landed big 3/3's. Mao Flutzed and had problems with the Salchow but she could do the 3Axel. What is Carolina's big trick these days? Good skating skills and artistry? Yuna and Mao had those, too. She's hardly on par with them, and not just on the medals count.
But her most recent tech content is pretty decent.