For someone who's scored a 69 for TES before that's a very small consolation prize. At least she has a shot at the final, hopefully she can up her tech content by her next assignment.
Sorry about Karen but I can't help but be extremely happy for Medvedeva. Eteri's girls are clean sweeping the golds.
And another gift for US girl. Unbelievable that she got 100+ points for that skate. Overscored as hell. I just caaaaaan't... Poor Mariko, she had 2 almost clean skates and still no medal.
Congrats to Zhenia and Wakaba. Great job girls.
Medvedeva books a well-earned place at the final!
Higuchi - WOW! Amazing! What a talent! If she can skate like that in Germany, she could make it to Barcelona too! But she'll be up against Chen and Iushenko again... and Proklova... and Ice Is Slippery...
And another gift for US girl. Unbelievable that she got 100+ points for that skate. Overscored as hell. I just caaaaaan't... Poor Mariko, she had 2 almost clean skates and still no medal.
Congrats to Zhenia and Wakaba. Great job girls.
She lost like 13 points between base value and -GOE. I'd hardly call that gifted. She would has score like 110 at least (and I'm being conservative) had she been better.
Yeah Mariko really deserved bronze, IMO. Chen is quite lucky.
Yes, you're right. But.
My point was that she was worth than Mariko and should be lower. Her PCS were way too high (same as Medvedeva with not comparable FS today), and her +GOE on her other elements were too high also. Just look at the protocol, she has +2 almost for everything, except for her OBVIOUS mistakes. Probably because Judges wanted to compensate her mistakes. And they did it brilliantly. Congratulations.
She mainly got majority +2 on her non-jump elements, namely her steps and spins, which were quite good. Her jumps got +1 mainly and a whole lot of zeros.
And they did mark her down on her wonky layback, cause in the SP she got +2 and +3. Today she got
no +3 and a bunch of +1.
With this I agree.
But overall, still too much.