Bijoux said:I really enjoy this skater...is she a contender for the podium at Olys?
Linny said:Realistically speaking, Rocette might not be a contentor but in figure skating anything can happen. It's part of the charm of the sport.
Linny
Sarah would have been even lower than that because of her cheated jumps - they would have been downgraded to doubles.chuckm said:You can't help wondering how the 2002 Olympics would have worked out if it were held under CoP. In the SP, given the judges at that event, Sarah's TES and PCS scores might have been low enough to keep her from winning, even with the bravura skate in the FS. I suspect that had the competition been under CoP, Irina would have won, Kwan would have been second, and Sarah third or even fourth (Sasha might have edged her sufficiently via PCS scores to make the podium).
chuckm said:That was Skate Canada. In 2005 there were only 3 Worlds top 10 competitors, and one of them (Weir) was injured early in the FS and struggled with his program, and another (Buttle) skated like c--p. In 2004, the field was even weaker, with Lindemann (not an early-season skater) and an injured Honda.
Sandhu can't expect to finish 6th or 7th in the SP at Torino and walk off with a medal of any color. He has bombed his SP in the last two Worlds and finished off the podium, despite a great FS.
screech said:Sarah would have been even lower than that because of her cheated jumps - they would have been downgraded to doubles.
Screech - I thought we put that branding of Sarah's jumps to bed. Slutskaya, Cohen, and Kwan lost the gold to Sarah. Live with it.screech said:Sarah would have been even lower than that because of her cheated jumps - they would have been downgraded to doubles.