I’m impressed with her for coming back to competition after being severely punished. She loves figure skating and obviosly also love to compete. So excited too see her programmes next season. All luck to Carolina!
I don't understand that argument. With the jumps/combos she did in 2013/14 a 2nd 2A instead of a solo triple would have actually lowered her base value.The only program with Carolina's TES is the fact that she can do a 7 triple FS, but usually does it in a way that she misses out on adding a 2nd 2A. Without she, she loses out on quite a few points relative to the other ladies in the field that can do 7 triples + 2 2A.
I don't understand that argument. With the jumps/combos she did in 2013/14 a 2nd 2A instead of a solo triple would have actually lowered her base value.
But she needs to change her jumps/combos anyway, because she can't do 3 2T's now, only 2 are allowed. Her salchow is good, so we might see a half loops salchow combo from her, I would like to see that. And if she does that we actually might see a 2nd 2A in her FS, I'm pretty sure that Carolina is capable of doing a 2nd 2A, even if you doubt it.
I was only mentioning that you can't know for which jump layout Carolina will go next season, because she cannot do the layout she did in Sochi. A half loop salchow combo could be what she needs. I don't necessarily expect Carolina to do a 3-3 in the FS next season. I honestly doubt that she will go for that. 2A-3T and 2A-1L-3S could be good enough.I don't doubt anything. I made an objective observation that Carolina goes for a 7 triple 1 2A program while the other ladies are going for a 7 triple 2 2A program. In 2013/2014, Carolina either went for a 3F-3T or a 2A-3T. Exclusively one or the other, not both. For example, Carolina completed the following at Sochi:
3Lz
2A-3T
3F
--
3Lo
3T-2T
3S
3S-2T-2T
She completed a successful 3F-3T in the short program.
What she should have done:
3Lz
2A-3T
3F-3T
--
3Lo
2A
3F
3S-2T-2T
At Sochi she made the mistake of not including a 2nd 2A and also repeating the two lowest value triples. She lost ~4 points of base value because of it.
She clearly has what it takes to do these elements, but the fact that she doesn't means that she's going to be missing out on a lot of TES compared to say someone like Evgenia who does two 3-3 combos (repeats 3F and 3T) and 2 2As.
I don't doubt anything. I made an objective observation that Carolina goes for a 7 triple 1 2A program while the other ladies are going for a 7 triple 2 2A program. In 2013/2014, Carolina either went for a 3F-3T or a 2A-3T. Exclusively one or the other, not both. For example, Carolina completed the following at Sochi:
3Lz
2A-3T
3F
--
3Lo
3T-2T
3S
3S-2T-2T
She completed a successful 3F-3T in the short program.
What she should have done:
3Lz
2A-3T
3F-3T
--
3Lo
2A
3F
3S-2T-2T
At Sochi she made the mistake of not including a 2nd 2A and also repeating the two lowest value triples. She lost ~4 points of base value because of it.
She clearly has what it takes to do these elements, but the fact that she doesn't means that she's going to be missing out on a lot of TES compared to say someone like Evgenia who does two 3-3 combos (repeats 3F and 3T) and 2 2As.
Carolina looked very tired doing the jumps towards the end of the Sochi long program. I think she presented as much as she could have cleanly.
Any updates on Carolina? Is she still trying to come back?