She was 4th at senior and 1st at juniorI think so. Wasn't Polina at the senior nationals last year?
She was 4th at senior and 1st at junior
When I look at the Russian Ladies I despair. It's a shame that only 3 can go. Do you think any of them would be comfortable skating for other countries like some Canadians or Americans do? Do any of the russian ladies have ties to Belarus or any of the other old SSRs? Would they be willing to switch so they can go to the Worlds and Olympics?
When I look at the Russian Ladies I despair. It's a shame that only 3 can go. Do you think any of them would be comfortable skating for other countries like some Canadians or Americans do? Do any of the russian ladies have ties to Belarus or any of the other old SSRs? Would they be willing to switch so they can go to the Worlds and Olympics?
I don't like that: i mean if a skater move to US or Canada to live there or for many other reasons okay, otherwise changing nationality just to go to worlds or the olympics, to me it sounds almost disrespectful for the country you are coming from.
Was surely <<Satoko's 3Lz < ? :angry2:
Mistakes TechPanel:
Satoko MIYAHARA: it has to be noted 3Lz<< .
Wakaba HIGUCHI: it has to be noted 3Lz<(!) not clear edge, 3F(e) wrong edge.
Anna POGORILAYA: There is no UR on a combo 3Lz-3T (within norm).
Etc.....
Very loyal refereeing for Japanese and excessively rigid for the others (Mirai NAGASU as example).
I am for justice. Wakaba does not have good technique in edge jumps. This time it was very visible that she has the wrong edge in both lutz and flip. Well, tell me which jump is flip and which is lutz judging by her takeoffs. Sorry, I told this many times already but people keep praising her jumps while she has wrong edges and nothing has changed since 2 years ago.
http://radikal.ru/lfp/s014.radikal.ru/i329/1611/a7/1d4121635123.jpg/htm
http://s014.radikal.ru/i329/1611/d7/3b8eb14445dd.jpgi
In Satoko's case, the jump being considered under rotated instead of downgraded saved her bacon. You can't double the solo jump in a program so she at least got credit for that. In reality, she should have received a downgrade which would have made the jump invalid.It's interesting that people want spins and step sequences to be worth more and yet are content to judge overall scores purely by jumps.
In Satoko's case, the jump being considered under rotated instead of downgraded saved her bacon. You can't double the solo jump in a program so she at least got credit for that. In reality, she should have received a downgrade which would have made the jump invalid.
I agree with you apart from Wakaba's 3Lz. The landing was within a quarter turn, just like Anna's 3T.
As for her lutz, I know you have been griping about it for two years But I really don't think you are right. Her weight is on the outside edge the whole time before her right foot picks the ice. In the screen shot you posted above, by that moment her weight has already transferred to the right foot. Her left leg, although tilted inward, was not carrying her weight anymore.