I haven't seen any footage yet but the protocols are up. Karen must have skated fairly well to match Medvedeva on PCS scores and have the second highest PCS scores.
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I haven't seen any footage yet but the protocols are up. Karen must have skated fairly well to match Medvedeva on PCS scores and have the second highest PCS scores.
Ok. I assume you agree with her PCS too.We will have to agree to disagree. She can score 114+ with a clean program, so 100 seems about right.
Wakaba is just 13 years old, isn't she? Awesome! I am not fond of her style, but to beat Evgenia in the free...wow...
So what do you think? Deserved 3rd place or not? Your opinion is always interesting for me, I don't even know whyIt is interesting that Karen had the highest Transition/Linking Footwork/Movement score at 6.21
Comparing her to Medvedeva...the only two skates I've watched so far...I don't think Karen's Transitions were better. Karen did have a great StSeq and her SS were strong but I find it perplexing that a good looking jump with an (e) can cause so much harm to scores yet when someone falls and doesn't connect their elements they get no reduction. I've seen falls where skaters pop right back into their program and I didn't see that from Karen personally.
Anyway....Evgenia was pretty good today. I really like how her personality comes out on the ice. Good luck to her in preparation for the JGPF. I'm looking forward to watching Wakaba
Wakaba and Evgenia were really impressive. Good to see two great clean skates and such a heated competition for first this time. For me, it was a battle of Wakaba's more powerful jumps and superior skating skills against Evgenia's superior artistry, interpretation and balletic grace. Both of their jumps are really beautiful to me, but I would give a slight edge to Wakaba, as the protocols indicate. One thing that helped Wakaba win the freeskate was that she had 2 points more in base tech score, 59 to 57 and 4 jumps with over 1 GOE compared to only 2 for Engenia and Evgenia lost 2.4 points on base value of her lutz. Evgenia made a little bit back on the spins which helped her win overall, but not enough for the freeskate. I love Evgenia's artistry and expression, but Wakaba's fighter spirit to come from behind and the beauty of her jumps reminds me of Mao, so I don't know who I like better now. I think if Wakaba could develop a Biellmann, some nice spirals and a little more balletic grace like Evgenia has, she would be at the top. I think Evgenia just needs more speed and a little better height and rotation on jumps like Wakaba.
I don't know if it was right to put Karen Chen with two foot landing and a fall over Mariko Kihara clean. I guessed that Karen's score would be around 100 in the FS before I saw it and thought she should have a higher PCS. but I thought Mariko's should have scored a little higher. I do think Karen has better more flexible spins, skating skills, and artistry, so overall I don't have a big problem with it. If there was one thing that took away from Kihara's otherwise wonderful performance for me, it was the relative lack of speed or fluidity compared to the top three, though I thought her balletic grace compensated a lot for this. I think this may have been the reason she received lower PCS.
So what do you think? Deserved 3rd place or not? Your opinion is always interesting for me, I don't even know why
Wakaba has such a mature presence that I cannot believe she is only 13! Her jumps are great but just her lines could be better.