You just made my day XDIf Kovtun didn't like her, that's probably a great sign.
Alena only got GP because someone else WD from NHK though..... RusFed don't care much about her.
You just made my day XD
On Satoko's jumps: yeah... yeah, probably overscored TES. But I'm so glad she got PCS she deserves. That's a rare sight. Didn't expect scores that high, really.
I believe we should not get used to it unfortunately, maybe it's just because of the event being held in Japan, i doubt her pcs will stay this high all season which is a shame because if someone deserves those pcs scores it's her.
I was very impressed with Rika. So sad she fell on her 3A, which was UR to be honest.
Satoko - brilliant performance, deserved PCS, but totally unacceptable TES. Should have been 4-5 points below Liza. Giving her +3+4 for the jumps is a joke. We're at NHK, the scoring of the Japanese in Japan is so much more generous than at SC and Rostelecom.
All the other girls were a joy to watch.
Well, Rika's 3A was indeed called UR.
I think that Liza deserved a larger lead, but not THAT larger. The difference in TES should be much bigger but the difference in pcs should also the higher. The empress deserved a 3 point lead, imo.
Yes, aside Satoko, Japanese didn't get gifts. The judging was overall fair with almost everyone.And no, the japanese didn't receive any gifts (except Satoko's jumps, but that happens everywhere, not only in Japan), two of them got UR calls and Mai was underscored in pcs as always. NHK is definitely one of the fairest competitions out there.
A very interesting event and very bad judging. I am not a commentator on TV so that it's not a crime for me to say "It's Japan". I usually don't care about the scores when they don't affect placements. This time they did. Eunsoo Lim was a clear third. The tiny lead they gave to Liza means she has very few chances against Satoko in the free.
Well they could have give it to Gubanova, Gulyakova, Sakhanovich, etc. Still good even if she got it after a withdrawal.
RusFed does not assign the replacement - Japanese Fed does. Why would they invite Gubanova, Gulyakova, or Sakhanovich, since all of them can challenge for medals this season?
Masha
all her videos are either blocked by YouTube or the sound is off... what am I to do?
For the same reason they invited Eunsoo.
Satoko was the only Japanese lady held up in the scores. Her 3Lz was ! and the 3T was probably UR. The +3s for the jumps you could argue against but you could also say she does check 3 bullets: good body position, creative entry, good takeoff and landing. With that said, she did get 35PCS when Liza got 32 which is fairly generous score to Elizaveta imo. So as always, I’ll say “it evens out” in the end? Because Satoko is a 38~39PCS skater but she never gets that kind of score.
they invited eunsoo because she was on top of the list. same for Alena.