Please. Julia's programs was the most artistic program of all night.
The opening was brilliant. After that she was just a tornado on the ice.
Please. Julia's programs was the most artistic program of all night.
As for Julia looking young for her age, I would disagree. I would say she does look her age. It's just that every other teenage girl in the world looks older than their age!
CaroLiza_fan
Both girls are Алёна (~Alyona). Stupid announcer called Leonova Alna, like Alina Kabaeva.Kinda like Leonova's first name (Alena) being pronounced the same way as Savchenko's (Aljona).
The opening was brilliant. After that she was just a tornado on the ice.
Unlike Kostner who just waited waited and waited for her jumps
If we are looking expression wise like you posted Julia is a lot of better than Kostner and Sotnikova.
All preconceived ideas. But if you actually look at the jumps ... the 2A barely gets off the ice. The last jump sequence, she almost comes to complete stops in between the jumps. Even some of the relatively clean jumps early in the program have bad landings, one of them was so off she had to abort the triple at the end.
Press Conference of Winners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctxQ6-P9o8c&feature=player_embedded
Carolina speaks good english
journalist: last time Russia won gold was Irina Slutskaya in 2006, was she your idol ?
Julia: I was 7 years old, I didn't even watch Figure Skating yet on TV
I found Julia to be quite rude with her answers...
she's kid so of course she will give blunt and honest answers
I don't think she was rude. Maybe very straight and on the point, as Russians often tend to do. She did not try to "sell" herself, like Caro did, for example. But there was nothing offensive in her answers.I found Julia to be quite rude with her answers...
I was never a big fan of Kostner, so meh.
Julia is an amazing young skater, but I did find numerous faults with her program. First, she has extra long pauses in between jump combos, so I imagine those must count as sequence instead? Her landings are wonky too. Her spins are amazing, have to give her credit there, especially the final spin in her FS. Also, when she started her LP, I thought "wow, this girl really has a sense of presence for the moment and understands delivery" but as she got into the technical content she lost the magic and was just kind of doing tricks out there and flailing her arms around. So in that regard she started out really good and then got worse as the program went along.
But, I also think she should not receive as high PCS as the women. She looks too young out there, it's kind of jarring to watch aesthetically pleasing ladies skaters dance all over the ice and then there's this girl who looks like she's 10 years old. It's not her fault, but I think the PCS should take this into consideration.
I found Julia to be quite rude with her answers...
I've been saying this all over the place. Thank you for not only helping to promote this view but as Frenchie said, saying it so brilliantly!!As for Julia looking young for her age, I would disagree. I would say she does look her age. It's just that every other teenage girl in the world looks older than their age!
CaroLiza_fan
The highest score possible and ever achieved for a step sequence:
10 StSq4 3.90 2.10 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6.00
A record.
Yes, Carolina managed to get it. She is the best in the steps.
+3 from all judges.