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She could do a Tetris program maybe?
Ugh, I'm hoping tomorrow is better. I really would to do well in a prediction game.
Ok finally just now got to watch this and what.... did... I just.....watch!?!?
If something was wrong with the ice that would make sense, it just seemed like there is some black home in the arena that is sucking out the life energy from these girls.
Mai Mihara looked like she didn't know what the heck happened with running into those boards. I thought she recovered well though. Off topic but can I just say I appreciate her dress and that her bottoms are very appropriate. It's nice not to see awkward butt cheeks hanging out and we won't have to worry about a click bait YouTube thumbnail for her.
Alina Zagitova, everything with her was like 2 steps off. Seemed like she was really trying to catch up the entire program. Like she's the one in the orchestra that's behind and trying to find her place in the sheet music. As a result everything looked rushed.
Maria sotskova stood out as being very powerful but I swear that one arm over the head is looking worse. It looks like that Tetris peice everyone hates getting when all we want is that smooth straight peice. I didn't think it was possible to be bent at the elbow AND the wrist. It is the thing that I remember most from an actually well done program and that is unfortunate.
Katelyn Osmond was just kind of "meh" as well. I was expecting her performance to be outstanding in France for the SP!
Hopefully tomorrow is better!
I like Alina so much. I think that too much pressure is being put on her. When I saw the faces of her coach and especially choreographer sitting next too her, I just felt like she's trapped. That was so sad. I hope that this relation isn't as bad as it looks, but I feel really sorry for her. And I am worried about what could happen in a year or two with her.
I give Eteri a 9.75 in Performance PCS for her "utter disgust" face when handing the blade guards to Zagitova.
I think still that she is strong, talented and will cope. I think most of us (me included) expected her to come to the senior scene and be Medvedeva 2, who never makes mistakes, but it's actually only natural that she suffers from some nerves when making her senior debut and being already seen as potential olympic gold or silver.
If this weren't an olympic year it'd be less pressure for her, but her first senior season and she has to go all in already. I still expect her to have a great FP.
Panic in Eteri's rink! first Evgenia now Alina!! The world is ending...
Anyways the skates here were a mess. Katelyn and Alina are supposed to be Olympic podium favorites....It's a little early, but I think carolina looks to be the favorite for the Olympic silver right now.
Of course, you are right Her abilities, skills are amazing and expectations were high,but I was thinking about her coach and choreographer reactions. He had such expression on his face like he was thinking 'how pathetic, how disgusting', something like that. Maybe I am too sensitive, but I really had that impression. I hope that they are treating her in a proper way - like a human.
Might be, but I really think that Wakaba Higuchi has shown more up until this point. If it so happens that Kostner would win over Higuchi with both skating an average performance, it'd really sting.
Zagitova probably needed a bit more of an adjustment period. It's quite harsh having to come into seniors and immediately need to do a really difficult program for the Olympics. She probably needed some more time... She's only 15 after all.
She doesn't have time. It's now or never to beat the others with her technical content - she's the best 'senior' in the World right now, and it is just her luck that this is the Olympic year. I don't think it's all doom and gloom for her. I'm pretty positive she will come back in the LP. And even if not, she still has several outings to prove herself, before judgement day. Technically it will only go down, the older she gets, we know that. I think the cracks are beginning to show now with Evgenia. She might make the Gold medal at Pyeongchang, but she won't be the dominant skater in the years to come.
Polina has the mental advantage of coming from behind. I don't like her but I think she'll surprise us this season.Never thought I'd say this but I actually prefer Polina Tsurskaya to Alina Zagitova now. I'm not sure but this unusually high rate of mistakes by Alina this year are maybe mental - she's obviously nervous.