Congrats carolina! Her two most recent free skates are pretty consistent, and I think she will soon be better than ever.
Clearly she is attempting 3F+3T in the short, and she will be adding 3Lz in the free skate for sure or else there is no point of learning the 2A+1Lo+3S combo. So we will see a full difficulty 7 triple free from Carolina...if she skates clean technically she will be on the same playing field of everyone else (other an Evgenia) and her PCS looks like it will be the highest of all, deservedly...
I'm thinking she's going to get silver at worlds!
Can someone explain why her 3Sal was invalidated? I thought you could do a jump twice if it was done in combination one of the times. The rules are so confusing!
Did she already do two triple loops before the second 3S? I haven't seen protocols but one poster's PBP indicates she did two triple loops as the repeated jump.
If you watch her here, you'll see the following changes
setup for flip, loop, sal are much shorter than 2014. she's also increasing her TR to the point where it's competitive with the rest of the young girls. her rotational speed is also increasing by a lot. Look at the snap into the 3F and 3Sal.
This is quite incredible after two years off ice and at the age of 30.
I'm a fan of Carolina but I have never thought her comeback would be so promising. I hope she keeps the freeskate layout the way it is now and only adds the lutz. This should be competitive enough to be in the hunt for a medal.