Adelina has better edges, speed, and ice coverage - so absolutely a clean Adelina should beat a clean Julia. Plus her jumps are much biggerwith good low and she is no slouch with the spins either.
So Mao's flip and double loop were cheated and yet you say they were not even UR'ed. Make up your mind
She is the only one capable to land a very "pretty" looking triple axel and in the SP she landed one which was less than 1/4 UR. I also watched it in the slow motion. I agree that this season she got some favorable calls on her 3A (which were close and could have gone either way) but today she was underscored. She shoould have got full credit on the 3A. But I expected this with Amano making the call, is not the first time he is unfair with Mao. But I don't expect you to admit it, you are clearly biased against Mao.
I hope in the LP Adelina, Mao and Ashley remain on the podium. Good luck to all the ladies and may the best one win
Sorry, but this is ridiculous. An underrotated 3A is still a lot more difficult than a well done 2A.
What are you going to do with a downgraded jump? Give it -5 points just because?
That is absurd. You clearly don't skate or know anything about the technique of skating.
An underrotated 3A is not a perfect 3A, but it sure as hell is a different jump than a 2A. They should be scored differently.
Except Mao's 3A would never deserve -2. For a jump that is <, the range is -1 to -2, and -2 is only deserved with jumps that are close to <<. Which Mao's 3A was not.Yeah, they should be scored differently. If you underrotate a jump, you should (most of thetime) get minus GOEs which is, according to the rules, which you and the judges chose to ignore, the case.
A <3A, with only 70% base mark and -2 GOE gets you 4 points.
A clean double axel with +2 GOE gets you 4.3 points.
Once in a while there is a program that is just so amazing and special...and Mao's program was like that for me. I don't even care if the triple axel was rotated or not. The entire program was spellbinding. I am so happy that she got to have that moment!
A triple axel is much more difficult than a double axel but how about we start rewarding skaters for doing well and punish them for having wrong skating technique by finishing the rotation on the ice. It's a very new and foreign concept for you (and the judges), I know that.
Except Mao's 3A would never deserve -2. For a jump that is <, the range is -1 to -2, and -2 is only deserved with jumps that are close to <<. Which Mao's 3A was not.
So are you saying you know more than the judges?
Mao's axel looked textbook.
Definitely not, it was relatively small and you could see some rotation completing on the ice while she landed.
If it WAS going to get called, then it definitely should NOT receive -GOE.
Double fail on the part of the judges. Par for the course.
Mao's axel technique (and her jumping technique in general) isn't that great. You really don't need to be an expert to see that.
So are you saying that the judges should have ignored the rules if they didn't like the decision of the caller?
And Mao didn't even get that many -GOEs...
Very surprised about Julia with 2 level 3s. She's so advanced in all areas of skating.
What's "good" anyway...is there even a standard?
^ ^ What's "good" anyway...is there even a standard?
Does anyone else think Ashley should lose the floppy ponytail?