Huge congratulations for Joannie, Fumie and Alissa!
I'm especially happy for Fumie, it's great to see her skate well again after her bad two seasons. I agree that it would be great to see all of Mao, Miki, Yukari, Fumie and Akiko at Worlds... The Japanese Nationals will be like mini-Worlds in singles.
Her Lutz got better, IMHO (at least in the LP, I wasn't paying much attention to edges in the SP). Fumie landed a 3S very recently at Japanese Regionals, where she beat Yukari Nakano. She switched to Morozov only a few month ago and I think it takes more time than that to fully improve one's technique.
As for 3A and 3-3... She didn't say that she was going to attempt them, just that she would like to be able to land them (and who wouldn't). I don't think she can land 3A, but she has great height and power in her toe jumps, so maybe she could land a 3-3 if she improved the flow out of her jumps.
I was pleasantly surprised by Joannie's programs, especially the LP. Usually I just can't get into her skating and it leaves me cold, but this time her choreo was actually exciting and went well with the music. Colour me impressed.
I'm especially happy for Fumie, it's great to see her skate well again after her bad two seasons. I agree that it would be great to see all of Mao, Miki, Yukari, Fumie and Akiko at Worlds... The Japanese Nationals will be like mini-Worlds in singles.
As for Fumie, I am glad she is getting her jumps back but she didn't even attemp a salcow nor loop. She also fluzed pretty bad. I thought she was going for a 3axel and a 3/3 this season.
Her Lutz got better, IMHO (at least in the LP, I wasn't paying much attention to edges in the SP). Fumie landed a 3S very recently at Japanese Regionals, where she beat Yukari Nakano. She switched to Morozov only a few month ago and I think it takes more time than that to fully improve one's technique.
As for 3A and 3-3... She didn't say that she was going to attempt them, just that she would like to be able to land them (and who wouldn't). I don't think she can land 3A, but she has great height and power in her toe jumps, so maybe she could land a 3-3 if she improved the flow out of her jumps.
I was pleasantly surprised by Joannie's programs, especially the LP. Usually I just can't get into her skating and it leaves me cold, but this time her choreo was actually exciting and went well with the music. Colour me impressed.