Elsa is 21. She starts out as a princess in her movie.
I never even picked up on any of the princesses' exact ages! You folks impress me!
Elsa is 21. She starts out as a princess in her movie.
I don't see the distinction between men and women. Polina hasn't turned out to be consistent, either. She lucked into Worlds in 2015 because Karen was too young. The USFSA bet in on an unknown to be their future. They lost that bet.
I don't see the distinction between men and women. Polina hasn't turned out to be consistent, either. She lucked into Worlds in 2015 because Karen was too young. The USFSA bet in on an unknown to be their future. They lost that bet.
And, again, Polina performed well at the Olympics--one spot behind Ashley Wagner. The future of U.S. skating at that point was thought to be Gracie Gold.
Polina was coming on strong with a silver at nationals the year of her injury. She would have won if Gracie hadn't had the skate of her life. That doesn't indicate a bad choice on the fed's side. Polina's had two big physical things--puberty and an injury that interfered with her skating at different points. She has to work on under-rotations (and now getting back her jumps). But when she has something, she delivers it. And she's still only 19.
But the main point is that she beat Mirai at Nationals that year and Mirai didn't have the sort of record that showed she should be given precedence over Polina.
If Mirai had beaten Polina at Nationals, I think Mirai should have gone. But she didn't and fell further down the ranks a year--so your argument just doesn't make a lot of sense.
I never even picked up on any of the princesses' exact ages! You folks impress me!
Isn't it possible that she "fell further down the ranks" because of the disappointment of being passed over for both the Olympics and Worlds in 2014? And my argument does make sense because the placements at Nationals are not determinative. A third place finisher can pass a second place finisher under the current rules and the rules that were in place in 2014. You don't have to agree with me. But I think Mirai's record was better than Polina's and that she should have been on the Olympic team. If USFSA wanted to send Polina to Worlds, fine. I think that would have been enough for such an inexperienced skater.
Yet, last week he was giving advice to Hanyu.
Is that right? What advice, do you know? Just idly curious.
Not to overtrain