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YNK + PC. Or are they the same person in two different costumes?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJjwVtTsS_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJjwVtTsS_8
This is my fav Carolina SP, and one of my favourite from ladies, period:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNTyUG0DTE
That 3-3 at the beginning was one of the best I've ever seen.
This is the sad thing about Carolina. She has the artistry, the speed, the flow and even the jumps to be spectacular.
On Sunday she didn't skate the best program of her life technically, but I've never seen her skate a LP with that much control and ease.
But if Carolina wants to win gold medals, she has to go for it. She was only a few points behind Alissa. But instead of going on the attack, she put down a nice, but beatable, LP at Skate America. She needs to re-discover her lutz and her 3-3 and skate to win. I recommend that she watch Michelle's LPs at 2000 and 2001 Worlds for inspiration. In both cases, Michelle was behind after the short program. She came out and skated perfect, technically difficult programs and dared her rivals to beat them. They didn't.
1. Alissa and Carolina were both the class of the field, so I while I understand the varying opinions of who should've won and the techical merits of both I'm still dealing with the realization that Alissa & Carolina were the class of the field, period. And good for them - it's a long time coming.
2. I am sad to confess that I am officially over Caroline Zhang... She's like a bad high school boyfriend: in the morning, remembers to pick you up for school so you're heartbroken that afternoon when he blows you off and you're forced to walk home in the rain... I wish her all the luck & blessings in the world and pray that she makes me eat crow, but I'm sorry. I simply can't do it anymore.
Re: Caroline. It' s just too sad to see someone not be able to put together a decent LP two years in a row. And, with all the nerve-wracking jump attempts, the performance aspect goes out the window completely. In figure skating, struggling to make it and then falling apart is not fun to watch. That's why Kostner now is such a goldmine. She makes figure skating look fun and easy. It all happens so smoothly and effortlessly that the viewer can' t help but enjoy himself. Alyssa is not quite there yet. She has a lovely smile and a gentle, smooth style that does make her skating seem effortless to an extent. However, she' s still a bit nervous. But even so, she' s lovely and elegant.
Are we talking about the same Kostner who skated two of the worse programs i have ever seen a top lady skate at Worlds in 09 then the Olympics a year later?Re: Caroline. It' s just too sad to see someone not be able to put together a decent LP two years in a row. And, with all the nerve-wracking jump attempts, the performance aspect goes out the window completely. In figure skating, struggling to make it and then falling apart is not fun to watch. That's why Kostner now is such a goldmine. She makes figure skating look fun and easy. It all happens so smoothly and effortlessly that the viewer can' t help but enjoy himself. Alyssa is not quite there yet. She has a lovely smile and a gentle, smooth style that does make her skating seem effortless to an extent. However, she' s still a bit nervous. But even so, she' s lovely and elegant.
I think Alissa should drop the 3Lz+3T. To me, it looked like that attempt just threw the whole rest of the program off. Alissa's problem is not the lack of a triple-triple. She lost 3.99 GOEs on her first 6 jumps, and it would have been more except that some of the negative GOEs were discounted by downgrades. She had 2 downgrades, 1 under-rotation, an "e", a fall, and a doubled Salchow.
She should do 3Lz+2T, 3'lip, 3Lo, 3Lz, 2A+2T+2Lo, then for her last two passes she could do 3S if she really has it (otherwise 3T) and 3Lo+2T. That is a a higher base value than last year. The emphasis should be on getting the rotations and bringing the GOEs on jumps up to 0, then cash in the spins and PCSs. There is no need to try to do 7 triples. The last two Olympics were won with six and five.