I have a weird feeling Mai Mihara's gonna be surprise world bronze medalist. If she skates clean once again she will hit 210 and it might be enough. She got her momentum and confidence boost at 4cc.
I am almost sure US will loose 3 spots.
Satoko is madly consistent and rightfully gets more PCS than Mai. I can see her beat Sotskova perhaps, but imagine Carolina like at Europeans, do you think the judges will give it to Mai, even if her tech is better? No...Mai is strong..but I think the only way for this to happen is if Anna is off podium and Satoko makes a mistake.
I'm not a fan of Evgenias skating by any means, and I'd still criticize a lot about her (from her jumping technique to her spread eagles), but all the weird way-over-the-top complaining about her, or how everything is so boring because she's so likely to win anyway, has actually changed my mind somewhat - I hope she skates great and wins this in glorious fashion. Just because I'd love the outcry
Aside from that, I hope Anna skates well and gets scored fairly. She's clear #2 if she does that IMO.
It is a strange concept...as I don't think we've seen this kind of dominance in sometime. Even with Yuna Kim, there was always Mao Asada to shake things up -- not mention a mix of players for the bronze. And even Michelle Kwan didn't win everything either internationally -- her long tenure is what allowed her to rack up those World titles. and she only won back-to-back titles once
I was going to even say Katarina Witt in the late 80s could be an example, but even then you had the likes of Debi Thomas playing spoiler. This streak of winning, in my opinion is pretty unheard of in Ladies, IMO.
Between 2008 October and 2010 February Yuna won only one silver medal (GPF 2008), all the others were gold (that's 7 gold from 8 competitions, while Medvedeva won 8 golds in a row).
She was so dominant in that period, but at the same time, Mao was not a real threat to her (no Worlds podium in 2009, hasn't even qualified for GPF 2009). I think Yuna was as dominant as Medvedeva now. But if Evgenia continues her dominancy next season, then yes, it will be unbelievable.
I would love to see a classical program with soft piano pieces from her.I actually hope that she'll reinvent herself for the next year, but I doubt it. It will be soft piano pieces, and light airy classical melodies 'til the end.
+1 for her Junior World title .... she is first who won back-to-back Junior World Championships and Senior World Championships.And if she becomes World Champion this year it's only 2 back-to-back titles.
I think this is the last season she will dominate like this - because we know who's coming into seniors next season. And if she becomes World Champion this year it's only 2 back-to-back titles. Impressive yes, but not unheard of. I actually hope that she'll reinvent herself for the next year, but I doubt it. It will be soft piano pieces, and light airy classical melodies 'til the end.
Yeah, that crossed my mind -- whether this dominance can last for more than two seasons. We'll see.
I just hope Polina will stay healthy and will keep her this season SP.Well, next season there's Alina and Polina coming up from the juniors.