Sr. Ladies SP at 1:00 EST
- Thread starter dorispulaski
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- Mar 14, 2006
Ouch! That's a lot to make up. We may need to postpone the coronation.
I think Akiko was going for 3F-3T.
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- Jul 30, 2009
1 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 66.43 34.26 32.17 8.07 7.71 8.00 8.25 8.18 0.00 #4
2 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 61.30 31.08 30.22 7.64 7.29 7.64 7.50 7.71 0.00 #3
3 Alena LEONOVA RUS 60.46 30.75 29.71 7.36 7.04 7.64 7.43 7.68 0.00 #1
4 Alissa CZISNY USA 60.30 30.72 30.58 7.86 7.29 7.57 7.64 7.86 1.00 #2
5 Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA RUS 54.99 27.36 27.63 7.04 6.68 6.71 7.07 7.04 0.00 #6
2 Akiko SUZUKI JPN 61.30 31.08 30.22 7.64 7.29 7.64 7.50 7.71 0.00 #3
3 Alena LEONOVA RUS 60.46 30.75 29.71 7.36 7.04 7.64 7.43 7.68 0.00 #1
4 Alissa CZISNY USA 60.30 30.72 30.58 7.86 7.29 7.57 7.64 7.86 1.00 #2
5 Elizaveta TUKTAMISHEVA RUS 54.99 27.36 27.63 7.04 6.68 6.71 7.07 7.04 0.00 #6
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- Nov 10, 2011
I'm a bit surprised by how far behind she is...I guess she racks up points largely by jumps and when those don't work there isn't much to pull her ahead of the others. Too bad; I hope she has a good free skate.
Carolina definitely deserved the SP win: http://www.youtube.com/user/NikaQuest?feature=watch#p/a/u/0/V1Mjrk-xGNU
I hope she can do it. It's between her and Carolina at this point for the WC.
If Akiko can up her TES, she can probably take down Carolina. I'll be thrilled for either one to win World.
As for the GPF, Carolina has it in the bag. The only girl who can beat Caro has a 12 points deficit. This will be like the GPF last year. Tut might win the LP, but still place 5th, just like Miki.
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- Nov 19, 2010
at all the simultaneous sympathy pain for little Elizaveta. There there, everybody.
She landed 3F-3T during practice about a week ago for the first time.
I saw her practicing 3F-3T again and again at practice last night during a news report.
I thought they looked good. They said she's been practing 3F-3T over and over.
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- Aug 6, 2009
I highly doubt Liza will win the LP.
I thought it was horribly crooked more so than underrotated.
Protocal breakdown:
jumps:
Carolina 19.79
Alena 16.96
Akiko 15.80
Alissa 14.34
Elizaveta 14.30 (So weird to see her last in jumps!)
nonjump elements
Alissa 16.41
Akiko 15.28
Carolina 14.47
Alena 13.79
Elizaveta 13.06
Clearly the lack of jumps really hurt Elizaveta today. =(
jumps:
Carolina 19.79
Alena 16.96
Akiko 15.80
Alissa 14.34
Elizaveta 14.30 (So weird to see her last in jumps!)
nonjump elements
Alissa 16.41
Akiko 15.28
Carolina 14.47
Alena 13.79
Elizaveta 13.06
Clearly the lack of jumps really hurt Elizaveta today. =(
I get that. And I like Akiko and would be happy if she medaled and/or won at Worlds this season, and medaled here. But I'm just saying, that she hasn't been 100% consistent with her 3T/3T (nor her 2A/3T), so why drop it already to attempt an even riskier 3F/3T? Is the slight increase in base value worth the increase in risk since her previous 3/3 combo isn't completely solid?
Kostner stuck with her 3T/3T (and she actually has a history of having landed some beautiful 3F/3T) and it worked for her here. Akiko never landed as many 3/3s as Kostner did, and she already dropped her 3T/3T and went for something more ambitious. It didn't work for her here.
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- Nov 10, 2011
I saw it in normal speed and slow-motion, and I thought it looked both crooked and noticeably underrotated. I'm surprised too.
