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I never thought she shouldn't go and she did skate well. She and Gracie will be a great thing for the US (well, they kinda already are, but more so) if things keep going as they are!
why say apologize...she skate nice...she a future diamond...
I am not trying to defend Edmunds. I don't like her either. But I think she earned her spot to compete at the Team Event along with Gold based on her Nationals performance. Wagner didn't have a really great skate at the Team Event (63.xx points) and no matter where Edmunds finished in the Team SP, Team USA would still have won a bronze medal.
I think USFSA thought they really had a good shot at a Gold medal or at least a Silver medal in the Team Event, which is why they put Wagner in the SP. But, even if Edmunds finished last in the Team SP it would not have affected the overall results at all.
Based on her Nationals performance, I think Edmunds earned a spot at the Team Event along with Gracie Gold.
And apologize for what. Wagner supporters said Wagner was entitled, had to be on the team, and didn't care if Edmunds or Nagasu was left home. Nagasu supporters said she should go as third, didn't care if Wagner was left off as 4th or Edmunds, who had zero senior international edperience, was left home. Edmnds supporters, as few as they were, said either 3rd Nagasu or 4th place Wagner should stay home., not 2nd place Edmunds. No one, not Wagner supporters, or Nagasu supporters said Edmunds couldn't skate or wouldn't perform in Sochi. And I, whom you consider a psycho, predicted on this forum Edmunds would finish 9th to 12th in Sochi, which Edmunds did, and further said she will be a great addition in the next quad, which she will be.I think people are suggesting that the Mirai psychos who wanted to boot her off the team in favour of Mirai ought to apologise...
But I reiterate my opinion: there are a lot of people who owe both Polina AND Ashley an apology.
I am not trying to defend Edmunds. I don't like her either. But I think she earned her spot to compete at the Team Event along with Gold based on her Nationals performance. Wagner didn't have a really great skate at the Team Event (63.xx points) and no matter where Edmunds finished in the Team SP, Team USA would still have won a bronze medal.
I think USFSA thought they really had a good shot at a Gold medal or at least a Silver medal in the Team Event, which is why they put Wagner in the SP. But, even if Edmunds finished last in the Team SP it would not have affected the overall results at all.
Based on her Nationals performance, I think Edmunds earned a spot at the Team Event along with Gracie Gold.
Edmunds did the most difficult combination of any of the ladies with that flip/loop/salchow. She probably has the highest potential of the US ladies.
I wouldn't put too much stock into this. At that age, it's fairly easy to pop these tricks out, and that's why it's pretty popular on the junior circuit (off the top of my head, Serafima Sakhanovich, Alexandra Proklova, and Lutricia Bock also do a variation of this, as well as a few other girls). She'll likely lose that jump (or at least be unable to keep it at competitive levels) as she ages.