To be honest, Elizaveta is a hell of a performer and Anna is still 15, at her first senior competition and she is able to do better than she did here (she did good, but not her best).
Some other day, not today.
To be honest, Elizaveta is a hell of a performer and Anna is still 15, at her first senior competition and she is able to do better than she did here (she did good, but not her best).
To be honest, Elizaveta is a hell of a performer and Anna is still 15, at her first senior competition and she is able to do better than she did here (she did good, but not her best).
Such a sweet moment between Daniil and Anna https://vk.com/eteritutberidze?w=wall-97272391_185716
Followed by the most russian comment I could possibly find on the internet (with the help of google translate) - "Now with peace of mind I’m going to cook borsch!������" wrote a girl named Olga
It's so funny that yesterday everyone here was so ready to riot against the judges of Lombardia Trophy because Anna was supposedly underscored while today everyone is cool with it despite Liza was in fact underscored.
PCS got lower by 4 points compared to last year which would have made the difference to win here.
http://www.fisg.it/upload/result/4802/CSITA2018_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf
http://www.fisg.it/upload/result/5020/CSITA2019_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf
Deservedly so I think, the layout is a bit of a mess, lack of transitions, minimal choreography and even her appearance let her down. She looked like she was dressed for a day at an office!
It's so funny that yesterday everyone here was so ready to riot against the judges of Lombardia Trophy because Anna was supposedly underscored while today everyone is cool with it despite Liza was in fact underscored.
PCS got lower by 4 points compared to last year, 4 points that ironically, would have made the difference to win here.
http://www.fisg.it/upload/result/4802/CSITA2018_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf
http://www.fisg.it/upload/result/5020/CSITA2019_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf
Beyond that GOE went back to Russian Nationals nonsense, after a controversial but reasonable judging in the SP, so Anna's get higher GOE on jumps only because of transitions, despite the quality is weaker.
Case in point
Elizaveta's 3ltz in the second half +1.18 GOE
Anna's 3ltz in the second half + 1.42 GOE.
Mishin will probably complain again about nonsensical use of GOE (after the iconic +3 for Evgenia's terrible 2a at the Olympics)
4 years ago...Such a sweet moment between Daniil and Anna https://vk.com/eteritutberidze?w=wall-97272391_185716
Liza's programs are worse than her programs last year. She isn't entitled to the same PCS as last year for worse programs.
Same goes to Anna Shcherbakova tho.
I just don't see how one can look at those two skates and call them of comparable composition and quality. I'm not saying Anna's program was perfect, but this is a rank order problem. The deficiencies of her program were far less than those of Liza's in terms of PCS.
I'm the first to admit that Liza's programs are whatever, but yesterday everyone here cried for pages about inconsistent PCS and now that it is inconsistent but for Liza we are all cool with it. It's just funny how judging becomes horrible only when you feel your favourite gets penalized, but you (not you in particular) defend it as soon as it is no longer a problem for your fav (but it is still for someone else)
I updated the post which what to me was the bigger problem here: GOE.
In the SP, the use of GOE for jumps rewarded the quality of the element, in the free that disappeared.
Well in the SP judges did prefer Elizaveta's SP over Anna's, maybe they don't like Anna short program (i like it but it's understandable: music sparse, theme a little inappropriate for a 15 years old)
It has been explained to you that Liza's program this year isn't as worthy of the same PCS? Are you suggesting it should he automatically given the same despite being an even more choreographically empty program that needs a hell of a lot of work?
As for GOE, Anna's difficult transitions do make a difference. Liza does have the better 3LZ if you take only the pure jumping element of it but Anna does not telegraph, her transitions and their difficulty are a factor in the GOE.
It's best if judges stayed well away from 'appropriateness' of themes and images. Seniors are seniors, there is no such thing as 'theme ratings' in the ISU rules.
It's the objective artistry that matters, and in this I see no reason to deduct Anna, none at all!
Same goes to Anna Shcherbakova tho.