I am still glad that all these ladies are so different in their musical taste, interpretation, attack, and packaging. It makes the competition more interesting, and tacky is different for everyone. Stay true to yourself, ladies!
Satoko really skates like a child, and her PCS should be not very high. And what is more important - she underrotates jumps, fortunately this time she got adequate penalty for that.
Alena said she's satisfied with her performance in general, and the only dissapointment were her spins. She thinks she lost approximately 5 points due to mistakes on spins. And the most dissapointing was the last one which got only base level.
Thank you. This was exactly what I was trying to get at, with all my rambling posts.Personally, I like the program a lot. Reminds me of pre COP skating
I really like her too, yes, she looks young in that dress but it is ok, she is cute, and her skating looks more refined than Anna`s. I couldn´t to finish Anna´s program, too much boring, the dress nothing special and the music terrible.
I liked Ashley and Alena too but my favorite was Satoko.
Ugh, Ashley's program fails to hit the highlights of the music. She needs to move both of the jumps further back back and put a spiral sequence in there. C'mon now. She has time too, because she is doing nothing after the first couple spins. Emptyyyy.
Satoko was not underscored. Her PCS is lower than the leader just less than a point. It's her jumps that did not fully rotate, she jumped sooo small.Same. I'm not going to pour over protocols etc., but I think Satoko was underscored... And I LOVE her dress. Simple and elegant.
:yes: And I hope she keeps her own style and doesn't turn into another clone from the pretty princess factory.
Anna's PCS has always been too high. She's rough as sandpaper. Everything about her is too much. Typical Russian skater.
More is not always more.
I sadly have to agree; almost as if they judged what they WANT to be there- but I'm not a JudgeAnna's PCS has always been too high. She's rough as sandpaper. Everything about her is too much. Typical Russian skater.
More is not always more.
No bad feelings to go on killing spree but I see no resemblance whatsoever. Butyrskaya had a "true lady" posture plus she had perfect jump technique. Although she skated half a rink before making a lutz it was worth it.Don't kill me Russians but, I see Ashley as the Maria Butyrskaya of the US.
No bad feelings to go on killing spree but I see no resemblance whatsoever. Butyrskaya had a "true lady" posture plus she had perfect jump technique. Although she skated half a rink before making a lutz it was worth it.
Yeah, I don't see much resemblance between Ashley and Maria in appearance or skating style. Maria was a mature lady like skater. Ashley is a Miss America smile traditional American lady skater. I guess both are blood (naturally or otherwise) but very different skatings styles. Maria tended to fall more and Ashley two foots like every few jumps.