I'm so nervous for Rika... She usually does not land all of her jumps. I'm sorry to say that Rika seems to be one of those skaters who you expect to have at least one mistake in the program or at least in the competition. Had she skated a clean SP I'd be expecting a mistake in the Free. Since she already made a (huge) mistake I have hopes that she will show us her strength in the Free. The problem is, the level of difficulty of that layout... It will be glorious if she lands everything but the probability is not high imho. If she lands all the jumps and get the levels she's definitely in talk for a medal.
I'm praying.
I saw from the video that he pointed/gestured to the side of the rink. So I'd assume that the bear was thrown from the audience and the bear didn't make it inside the rink. So he picked it up and passed it on to Rika instead.I wonder why Dudakov presented her pink bear? 0_0
Its a shame. She's landing her 3A in 6min warmup just fine. Maybe its her nerves. If she can get it together she will be one of the biggest threat with 3A in both SP/FS. I thought her 3A consistency is getting better with her landing 6 3A in 3 competition (JGPF, junior and senior nats) with only 1 pop in JGPF. I think she think about domestic and international differently because she land everything all the time in domestic competition but in international competition she always make mistake
Rika’s working on some transitions to the 3A.
https://instagram.com/p/BhDF07fAVr-/
It looks good! Much better than that ~long preparation.
I wish she could do something like those beautiful transitions she had in the Kung Fu Piano going into the 2A but with the 3A, that would be amazing! But I guess it’s too difficult.
Anyway, this is certainly a step up. Can’t wait for next season! I’m dying to know what she’ll skate to and to see how much better she’ll do.