deserve, who said the competitions were fair in the first place. they aren't. they are who the federations want to win and push and political. just look at the coaches/canadian prospals why, they want to overlook mistakes.
it is who they want handed the win by overlooking their mistakes and nailing the skater they don't want to win with their mistakes;;; ex --michelle 98 olympics,
winner of the ogms from since it started. nancy supposedly would have won 94 nationals maybe we don't know.
sure not deserve, but they aren't. they are handed.
Here were the scores (Total, SP, FS):
172.19 60.16 112.03 Flatt
171.84 62.60 109.24 Zhang
162.89 65.07 97.82 Nagasu
142.54 50.30 92.24 Vahamaa
139.44 54.15 85.29 Nishino
138.06 49.76 88.30 Leonova
130.46 49.10 81.36 Helgesson
128.45 46.12 82.33 Hecken
In the SP:
[1] Nagasu: 3z+3t(
e), 3l, 2a; sp l4, l4, l4; l4 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 25.26
[2] Zhang: 3f+3t, 3l, 2a; sp l3, l4, l4; l4 spsq; l2 fw; pcs 24.10
[3] Flatt: 3l, 3z+3t, 2a; sp l2, l3, l4; l3 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 24.22
[4] Nishino: 3z(
shaky)+2t, 3l, 2a; sp l1, l3, l4; l4 spsq; l2 fw; pcs 21.92
[5] Glebova: 3l, 3t+3t, 2a; sp l1, l2, l3; l4 spsq; l2 fw; pcs 22.29
[6] Vahamaa:
2l, 3f+2t, 2a(
to); sp l1, l4, l4; l4 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 23.28
in the FS:
[1] Flatt: 3s, 3z+3t, 3l, 3f, 3z(
e), 2a+2t, 3f+2t+2l; sp l3, l3, l3; l3 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 50.29
[2] Zhang: 3f+3t, 3z(
e)+2t, 2a, 2a, 3f, 3l
<+2t+2l, 3z(
e); sp l3, l4, l4; l4 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 51.09
[3] Nagasu: 2a, 3z(
e)(
2f), 3f+2t+2l, 3f
<, 3z(
e)(
fo)+seq, 3s, 3l+2l; sp l3, l3, l4; l4 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 49.09
[4] Vahamaa: 2a, 3l+2t, 3t+3t
<(
to),
1f, 3l+2t, 3f(
fall), 3s; sp l2, l4, l4; l4 spsq, l3 fw; pcs 46.16
[5] Leonova: 3z, 3f+2t, 3l, 2a, 3f,
2s+2t, 3t+2a+seq; sp l2, l3, l3; l3 spsq; l2 fw; pcs 40.10
[6] Nishino: 3z+2t, 3f(
e), 3l
<(
2f), 2a(
hd), 3z, 3s
<(
hd)+
1t, 3t
<+
1t; sp l1, l3, l4; l4 spsq; l3 fw; pcs 44.78
Exactly WHO do you think should have medaled at Junior Worlds this year if not Flatt, Zhang and Nagasu?
Zhang had been flutzing at every event this season, and had also been gigged for underrotating jumps.
Flatt occasionally got gigged for flutzing, but not consistently, and most of her URs were on the 3/3 in the SP. Her JGPF FS was almost identical to her JW performance, and she was not gigged for either UR or (e) in that performance.
Nagasu made a lot of mistakes in her JW FS, but not nearly as many as Vahamaa and Nishino. Vahamaa was notably nervous and Nishino's FS was the worst I've ever seen from her.
So tell me, how do you see any of the US ladies as being "gifted" at JW. None of the other ladies stood and delivered when it counted.
