Why are you on this thread wishing for the skaters being discussed in this thread to fail?
Why is that a problem? This isn't the Fan Fest Forums.
Why are you on this thread wishing for the skaters being discussed in this thread to fail?
I think it will be difficult for Liza if Bradie makes the podium tonight. Then it will be the combined score that separates them and Bradie had a pretty good score at SA and I expect a similar score tonight.
I think it will be difficult for Liza if Bradie makes the podium tonight. Then it will be the combined score that separates them and Bradie had a pretty good score at SA and I expect a similar score tonight.
Lol @ anyone rooting for any of these great athletes to fail.
Why don't they allow quads in the short program for the ladies? No quards in the SP seriously hinders Sasha's short program. Is that fair?
I cannot imagine a professional like Averbukh tearing down like that a principal cast member in his New Year ice show.
Perhaps I should have clarified further. I’m never excited to see someone bomb. Let me start by saying I’m a fan of all the 3A but Alena is my favorite. So I’ll admit to being happy during last years JGPF when Sasha fell on a quad and that allowed Alena the upset. Because I knew that Sasha is Sasha, this was just one skate and she will still continue to dominate. However, seeing Anna’s performance at the final was so hard to watch. Even though I wanted Alena to win I never wanted Anna to have a skate like that.You're just mincing words. They're both one and the same feeling.
I think Trusova will win today. Another victory by one of the 3A.
Evgenia Medvedeva
In my opinion Evgenia should ditch the lutz in the short and go for this layout instead.
3lo
2a
3f-3t x
Her loop is potentially a +5, top skaters like Rika and Kaori also have flips and loops, it's not the end of the world not having a lutz, but Evgenia was trained to do backloaded combos, it's not that she forgot 5-6 years working on that.
I think so, too. It seems inevitable. This is the theme for the 2019-2020 season. The 3A are higher, faster, stronger.
I just watched Trusova run through her free skate at practice this morning, and I have to say, that blue dress is beautiful! Is that her new costume or just a practice outfit?
I think Trusova will win today. Another victory by one of the 3A.
Why don't they allow quads in the short program for the ladies? No quards in the SP seriously hinders Sasha's short program. Is that fair?
Thank you for that information and your opinion. I would love an artistic program and a jump program separately. But I think no matter what if you are allowed to do a triple axel in the short program you should be allowed to do a quad too.Well around the time of the olympics there were only a few ladies doing quads or triple axels, so they didn’t really need to make a rule about it. After this olympics I could totally see them drastically changing the rules around. Whether that be allowing quads or splitting the programs into artistic and jumps. I know that this would drag out competition a lot, but I really like the way Russia’s competitions for their little ones are set up. With having a judged step sequence, then performing their best jumps, then doing their programs. I don’t know if it would help the problem with the scoring gaps, but the ISU should look into it IMO.
I know that this question is intended to be rhetorical, but there is actually a well-established historical answer. The short program (then called the technical program) was intended to be a list of required technical elements (it varied somewhat from year to year -- one year there might be a required triple loop combination, for instance). The idea was that the list of requirements had to be something that all the top skaters could do, otherwise there could be no competition for who can do them best.
Little by little the SP lost that distinct role and became just another long program, only shorter. As Good Vibes points out, the ISU will probably change the rules to allow quads in the SP after the 2022 Olympics, since by that time there will be quite few ladies who can do them. Unless they re-exampine the whole two-program structure, as is being discussed at least informally in ISU circles lately.
Your pretty sure I do what? Did you respond to the wrong comment? Your comment is so combative given the fact that all I said was that Rika is always complimentary of her competitors and I never root for someone to fail. I don't. I find failure heartbreaking. I don't like seeing anyone crushed.
And, as for the last year's world's. Frankly, Alina won because Rika fell twice. A clean Rika would have won. So, her victory did depend on another's failure. I guess that means you can't rely her and have to hope for another's failure? According to your logic?
Anyway, I was still happy for Alina. It was a great end to her bad year. And, a good learning experience for Rika. I don't root for others to fail, I root for my favorites to do well.
Evgenia Medvedeva - I'm sorry but i continue to not understand this strategy. I know that Brian Orser values certain things more than others, they build a particular type of skaters, but a good coach should know that in the end you should work more on what fits best for the skater. If you keep insisting on something that doesn't work in competition, it becomes too expensive.
Thank you for that information mathman. But we don't have time to wait until after the next Olympics to allow a quad in the short program. A skater should not they short-changed if their best jump is not allowed in the short program. then they should take the triple axel out of the short program too.
She needs to practice that lutz under typical competition pressure, besides in my eyes the go is not that important, for me rusnat, euros and worlds would be way more important. Zhenya has won everything besides the Olympic gold medal that there is to win, not only once but twice, she is and a double grand prix winner, mostly won all of her go events for 2 years after another, double Russian national champion, double European and world champion.so literally the go series is not the most important thing.She usually gets pretty generous edge calls on her lutz; "!" and full credit are more common than "e" for her lutz. Here she got an "!" which, again, I think is lenient. It's strange too because the 3F-3T< was a strict call to me; I would have given the 3T full credit but an "e" for the lutz.
Having said that, I agree that a 3Lo is a better idea for the SP unless her team just wants her practicing the lutz under pressure and isn't worried about her results on the GP.
True. You should get involved with the legal profession and get this done!I completely agree. I’d feel the same if 3a was not allowed but a quad combo was. It is very unfair.
All true.She needs to practice that lutz under typical competition pressure, besides in my eyes the go is not that important, for me rusnat, euros and worlds would be way more important. Zhenya has won everything besides the Olympic gold medal that there is to win, not only once but twice, she is and a double grand prix winner, mostly won all of her go events for 2 years after another, double Russian national champion, double European and world champion.so literally the go series is not the most important thing.