Her TES was higher than any lady at Russian Nationals (and the difference in scoring is huge between the two competitions) with a big mistake in the 3lo and lost levels. Amazing. In Russia she would have scored something close to 150.
Rika Kihira
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Her TES was higher than any lady at Russian Nationals (and the difference in scoring is huge between the two competitions) with a big mistake in the 3lo and lost levels. Amazing. In Russia she would have scored something close to 150.
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I hope she will go for it at Worlds!
Oh my god!!!!! :eeking:
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Rika has such insane technical potential... didn’t she try 4S at practice last year as well?
I really hope to see her staying healthy, she has the potential of a future champion!
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My suggested layout for her at Junior Worlds
3A
3A+3T
-------------------second half bonus
3Lz+3Lo
3Lz+2T+2Lo
3F
3S
Oh no! she's done 8 triples but still have a jumping pass left! will she do a 2A at the end? that's kinda anticlimactichwell:
How about:
3A
3A+2T
-------------------second half bonus
3Lz+3Lo
3Lz+2T+2Lo
2A+3T
3F
3S
2A
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You need to remove that last 2A because that's one jumping pass too many
But 3A+3T is her money combo! she's the only female skater in the world who can do it right now (and who has ever done it in competition). It's gotta be 3A+3T. :cool14:
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You need to remove that last 2A because that's one jumping pass too many
But 3A+3T is her money combo! she's the only female skater in the world who can do it right now (and who has ever done it in competition). It's gotta be 3A+3T. :cool14:
Oh, yeah.
But the points are just added up, so the 3T will now get the bonus.
She can probably train to do the 3A+3T in the second half, too, haha.
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This one's great.
EDIT: Just realised I never posted here to say how exciting a talent she is! Hope to see her compete in 2022!
EDIT: Just realised I never posted here to say how exciting a talent she is! Hope to see her compete in 2022!
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I'm not sure if she will do -3Lo combo, it was my first time seeing her doing them 
She should start with 3A-2T, then 3A and have 3Lz-3T or 3F-3T in second half. I would love her to try it though (obviously) but I mainly want her to have two clean programs!
She should start with 3A-2T, then 3A and have 3Lz-3T or 3F-3T in second half. I would love her to try it though (obviously) but I mainly want her to have two clean programs!- Joined
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If she could jump -3Lo combo then my suggested version is
3A-3T
3A
—
3Lz-3Lo
2A-2T-2Lo
3Lz
3F
3S
The solo 2A is indeed kinda anticlimatic so i’d rather she tacks it on a combo. And 3A-3T is her money maker so she should not give it up either. She can also fo 3Lz-2T-2Lo and 2A-3Lo instead but I have never seen her done the latter so *shrug*
3A-3T
3A
—
3Lz-3Lo
2A-2T-2Lo
3Lz
3F
3S
The solo 2A is indeed kinda anticlimatic so i’d rather she tacks it on a combo. And 3A-3T is her money maker so she should not give it up either. She can also fo 3Lz-2T-2Lo and 2A-3Lo instead but I have never seen her done the latter so *shrug*
I can’t see her changing the 3A-3T followed by 3A as her first jumping passes either. She had great GOEs for landing her 3A-3T so cleanly, and in case something goes wrong in the 1st pass, it allows for her to try to attempt to make it up in the 2nd.
One other option to make up for points missed if she doesn’t have a 3?-3Lo combo would be to start putting her 4S, which she has landed beautifully in practice, into competition. Another Japanese skater will be trying that this upcoming season, which could motivate her to try as well. On the downside, that puts a lot of weight and gamble on 3 jump passes, so it’s risk vs. reward. Seeing her do a 3A, 3Lz-3T, 4S in the short program would be glorious though. Then again, a fall on 4S would only be a .2 difference from what she normally gets on a 3F with +GOEs (+2) so long as it is fully rotated.
For me personally, I would like to see her working more on some non jump elements like the speed of her spins, her extension during spiral type transitions, a little more speed her in step sequences, deeper edges, etc. Luckily her program LP doesn’t suffer so much in comparison with the opening 3A’s as Mao Asada’s did with the trend of backloading jumps. With so many skaters starting to backload the jumps, the longer preparation periods for the 3As don’t stand out as a “nothing happening” period.
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