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according to this article, after a short break and Nagoya Fest Rika will be headed to Colorado for 3 weeks. She will prepare for 4CC and it seems like she might do Challenge Cup this year as well before Worlds.
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Everytime she does one of those dodgy Challenge Cups I get an ulcer. Baby girl cannot afford to skate on crap ice!!!!!
Only two ladies have won multiple 4CC titles (Fumie Suguri and Mao Asada, each with three), and none have ever won consecutive gold medals there, so Rika could make that piece of history in February.
Mao should have won four, but she was underscored in the 4CC's in 2012. I really hope Rika can join the multiple 4CC winning club this season.
Here is a long interview with Rika from about a week ago. Unfortunately, there is no translation. However, compared to the interviews at Torino it is wonderful to hear her beautiful voice instead of the translation in English dubbed over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RQiZvvZXjE
Mao should have won four, but she was underscored in the 4CC's in 2012. I really hope Rika can join the multiple 4CC winning club this season.
I was there and I don’t think Mao was underscored, at least not in the long program. She had several mistakes and Ashley skated clean.
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according to fan reports today:
- rika did 3lz in practice. 3lz3lo, 3a, 3f3lo
- at the show rika performed spirit (3s, 3f rippon) + iaop encore, ending part with 3lo
wow, did not expect that. Glad to see 3lz back, and in good form!
I'm not a fan of -3Lo combos myself, if she's not comfortabale with them enough to put them in competitions, there's not point to them. I think it would better for her to do SEQ+2A tbh. So smth like that:
4S
3A+3T
3A
3Lz
3Lz+2Ax
3F+Eu+3Sx
3Lox
TES is the same, but Max TES (with GOEs) is bigger because of solo 3Lo rather than 2A. +3Lo combos give more excitement I guess, having two 3-3 is more impressive. If she's feeling good about them, I'm fine with it but it's not necessary.
2A sequences incur a 20% base value penalty over the entire jump. I'm not convinced that your layout is preferable.
I am so happy that Rika finally has her 3Lutz back. I hope that she is able to land it and a triple loop combo in the 4CC's and Worlds.
I think everyone is entitled to their opinion, but Mao received lower PCS in the free skating, had a lot harder tech content and only received 4.71 points for her triple axel, a ur call and almost -2 GOE with the infamous Amano on duty for what looked clean to many including me and Tara Lipinski, while a number questioned the tech calls in the SP as well. Anyway, here is a video that has a lot of criticism of the scoring, as the comments under the video demonstrates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWnS907QiRU
Mao did her 3A right in front of me (seated in first row) and it was 2-footed.