I think it makes sense. The board thing IMO is much more likely to appeal to the average western person than average Japanese woman.
I think it makes sense. The board thing IMO is much more likely to appeal to the average western person than average Japanese woman.
On The Runthrough podcast, Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon pointed out how a lot of the other skaters, namely Kaori and Loena, appear to have peaked early in the season. Last year, they were quite inconsistent throughout the GP series but brought it for Worlds. This year, they both seem to be on fire now, but Ashley/Adam (and I) worry about them keeping that consistency for another five months. Haein and Yelim, on the other hand, are off to a slow start but Yelim is recovering from injury and Haein really picked it up in the last half of the season. I could see Jun trying that strategy as well, especially with trying more quads. Essentially, doing the training needed to skate cleanly is demanding on the body, especially for the men, and can lead to exhaustion later in the season. It will be interesting to see how all of these skaters develop later on.
I agree with Loena being ahead. Loena has strong presentation. There's not great competition here for Loena, honestly, what with Yelim performing poorly. Watanabe just eked out that 3/3 combo, and her PCS are not better than Loena's. It is what it is. Loena's score would be much higher with the double axel. Without any points for a 2-axel, 70 is definitely reasonable IMO.
Your opinion, which is how you see it. Figure skating judging is always gonna be questioned and debated. It certainly is not always fair. But here, Loena got no credit on one element. Her presentation was still impeccable, and much stronger IMO, than the rest of the field. Somewhat similar to Adam Siao Him Fa entirely missing scores for a botched quad in his sp, but landing in second on the strength of his other elements, and his overall presentation. Reputation combined with performance ability, often plays a role in the judges' perceptions.
Sure, but I would not call it 'strategy,' when a skater is not in top form at the beginning of the season. Jun just has to hope he will improve, as he has tended to do. Lots of strong men though, as usual. So, Jun will def need to pick it up. On the women's side, there are plenty of strong females too, so the same goes for Haien and Yelim. It's not over yet, but my predictions in ladies and men at CoC are shot. It's really hard to predict placements when there are so many great talents who may or may not perform at their best.
Agree. 70 for that is criminal. Change the name and that gets low 60s. Joke. And did a single girl here not cheat the pick on takeoff for their combo jump? So far this season it looks like the fix is in for Sakamoto /Hendrix /Levito.
She had a blank expression at all until the jumps were out of the then became expressive.Too bad about the popped Axel - Otherwise, it was a strong skate. However, I don't like the music, and you can add me to the list of people who are not fans of the section where she's touching the boards by the judges.It just seems so exhibition-y. I also didn't feel that she performed much until she got the 3-3 out of the way.
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