She will make her debut next season. Looking forward to an epic Wakaba-Aoki-Russian girls battle.
Don't forget about Marin Honda! She didn't do well at Nationals this year but I have faith in her too!
She will make her debut next season. Looking forward to an epic Wakaba-Aoki-Russian girls battle.
Don't forget about Marin Honda! She didn't do well at Nationals this year but I have faith in her too!
Marin actually did very well at Jr. Nats, she placed 4th I think (over Aoki)! She did have a rather inconsistent season overall though.
Yes, Marin won over Yuna at Jr. Nationals. It's interesting as Marin appears to have 3Lz/3F-3T combinations, so when Marin skates clean, technically she could score pretty good. Yuna, on the other hand, has just mastered adding 3L as 2nd jump in combinations since last year, but not (yet) with 3T. So it's a good sign to see Yuna working on 3T. I'm guessing Yuna wants to make sure she can work out the 3Lz/3F-3T combination before moving up to junior. With the help of Coach Tuzuki (aka Hanyu's former coach), it's interesting to see how far Yuna will go. IIRC, Coach Tuzuki once commented in an interview of Yuna and said Yuna actually out-performed Yuzuru when he was of the same age.
BTW, Marin will attend Bavarian Open (along with another Yuna, [Shiraiwa] for Advanced Novice Girls), and Yuna (Aoki) will most likely have another international competition in March.
I don't know what he's getting at. Girls tend to outperform boys in general (they hit puberty faster and peak much earlier).
Thanks for the info. Do you know if footage of the Bavarian Open will be available?
Yuna is another ardent Yuzu fan. She tries to 'do what he does' and is very determined. I think her coach encourages this.
It's good to set high goals.
I think I'm just sensitive to over-hyping. The girls are still so young and it's ridic that the media are already calling them Pyeongchang contenders, 'Mao 2.0', etc.
So I guess she's keeping the 2A-3T instead of the 3Lz-3T... I'm a bit sad, because from a purely aesthetic point of view, I think lutz-toe is much more beautiful. But Nationals showed her that she'll have an easier time getting the 2A-3T ratified, and under the current rules it doesn't lose her points.Satoko is a VERY hard worker. Her coach says they changed her LP layout to have more jumps in the second half and thereby raise her BV. Satoko was reluctant at first because she really wanted to jump her 3-3 in the LP. But they worked it out together. Her coach says she is very humble and works 3 times harder than others.
Thanks for the translation, Newbiespectator!
So I guess she's keeping the 2A-3T instead of the 3Lz-3T... I'm a bit sad, because from a purely aesthetic point of view, I think lutz-toe is much more beautiful. But Nationals showed her that she'll have an easier time getting the 2A-3T ratified, and under the current rules it doesn't lose her points.
Yulia was pulling better scores before she forced back the lutz-toe...Yep, it's the smarter move. I'm surprised Lipnitskaia didn't keep her two 2A+3Ts, since she was pretty consistent with them, and a 3Z+3T risked flutzing.
Thanks Newbiespectator! I happen to love axels so I'm alright with this news of Satoko. I'm happy as long as she didn't have to compromise any of her beautiful choreography.
So glad to hear Akiko is around working with younger skaters!
You are welcome. Akiko seems to be a really concise teacher. The progress that Rika is making this year in presentation is quite noticable. I still don't think the music is a match for her, but she is definitely getting into the choreography more and giving it more pizazz than earlier in the season. I want Akiko to help Satoko too.
Again? :hopelessness:Oh no, according to today's Nikkei, Yuzuru has sprained his ankle.
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLSSXK40581_S5A210C1000000/ (in Japanese)