This thread has real potential to eliminate the need for Zhenia grumble threads :yay:
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I think you are quite wrong about her not changing styles eventually. Look how diverse her exhibitions are. She's only been in seniors for 2 seasons and you think she isn't going to want to switch things up at some point? Of course she will.
So is this just going to be 100 pages of people whining about Evgenia again?
This thread has real potential to eliminate the need for Zhenia grumble threads :yay:
I am really pulling for Laurine Lecavelier. As soon as I saw her SP at the Trophee de France, it was a done deal for me. She's extraordinary. She's a long-shot at Worlds, of course, and she's had shaky competitions at the Torun Cup and the Golden Spin, but she's skated lights out when it counted this past season at the Trophee and at Europeans. She's also upgraded her programs since the beginning of the season and seems to just be getting stronger. Perhaps her top 5 finish at Europeans will help to get her the PCS she deserves at Worlds? (Maybe I'm dreaming about the last one.) I know a podium spot is very unlikely, but I think top 10 is absolutely possible. Maybe top 6 if everything falls into line and she works out that 2A-3T.
But, when will the French Federation make the official selection?
PS, of course I hope Evgenia will win. She's the best right now and it's incredible to watch someone in top form like that who consistently delivers such high quality performances. Hoping Satoko, Anna, Katelyn, and Ivett Toth will be in good shape for worlds as well. They're all fantastic this season.
Laurine is 21st on the SB list, but she's 12th out of the ladies who'll be at Worlds. The top six of girls who'll be there are:
1 229.71 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS
2 218.33 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN
3 216.47 Anna POGORILAYA RUS
4 212.45 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN
5 210.52 Carolina KOSTNER ITA
6 200.85 Mai MIHARA JPN
Laurine's 188.10 at Europeans is her PB, but Mai's PB was 190.92 before 4CC, so I guess 6th would be a possibility. The other girls ahead of her on the SB who'll be at worlds are Maria, Ashley, Gabby, Wakaba and Mariah, so she'd need to finish ahead of a couple of them for top ten, which is certainly possible.
Adding to the statistics that I seem to love researching, here is a snapshot of the best elements done so far by the Ladies this season. Includes best solo and combination jumps by total score and GOE, best step and choreographic sequences and best spins.
BEST ELEMENTS OF THE 2016/2017 SEASON
This is really cool! Satoko and Karen get the credit they deserve for their super awesome laybacks (and spins in general), Elenas sassy SP steps get rewarded, and most of all Wakabbys amazing jumps get her the points they should. Yes!
Can someone help me out here? I was just wondering what rankings or combination of rankings skaters need to achieve in order to gain or keep three spots?(Americans, Canadians, Japanese). Where would Dabin Choi have to place to get Korea two spots again, or I guess any country with single representation?
You listed all the worthy ones (sans Gabby Daleman's flawless 3T-3T). But the remaining entries in this table are LOL. Major LOLz at Kaetlyn Osmond's 3Lz getting +1.80.
You listed all the worthy ones (sans Gabby Daleman's flawless 3T-3T). But the remaining entries in this table are LOL. Major LOLz at Kaetlyn Osmond's 3Lz getting +1.80.