2019 World Team Trophy Ladies Short Program

[brens78]

Kaori's 3loop is so sublime! A perfect gold standard.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Kaori, so effortless. And that loop gives me the chills

 

[snowflake]

Kaori also clean... but they just can't compete with Liza's and Rika's well done triple axels...

76.95 in third place

 

[anonymoose_au]

That loop is top drawer stuff as the BES guys would say!

 

[elektra blue]

kaori!!!:clapper: great job! :luv17:

 

[brens78]

Dinner time, see yous all at the men's event

 

[NoNameFace]

What I really loved about that SP of Kaori is how her movement prolongs the music, how she is able to sustain that moment of exit from jumps, spins along the music...There's that lyrical delicacy in a way she moves that feels actually vivid and dynamic for me, she embodies that music with simplicity, but adds nuance in these 'sustained' moments

 

[gonewiththewind25]

Kaori got the highest PCS of the entire Ladies event!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Question: Why do Japan and Russia get the choice KnC boxes? Are they the top qualifiers?

 

[NoNameFace]

Loved flower crowns! I have to seriously consider doing some also for coaches going to next competitions!

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Kaori got the highest PCS of the entire Ladies event!

She is scored more/less same as Rika in all categories except in TR which gave her the best PCS... (Rika's TR suffer a bit because of preparation for 3A... but that 3A gives her a lot more points, so)... And Liza's PE score is around 9 as it should be...

 

[elektra blue]

Loved flower crowns! I have to seriously consider doing some also for coaches going to next competitions!

please do it i'm already picturing in my mind mishin or raf with a crown

 

[auser]

Admire the skaters who skate in the character/mascot costumes

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Oh the mens SP starting soon also, I didn´t think that was today also

 

[NoNameFace]

please do it i'm already picturing in my mind mishin or raf with a crown

As I plan to be at IdF, I definitely will do one for John Zimmermann and Silvia Fontana, also for Marie-France since P/C will be there (and hopefully M-F will be there!). If Maestro Mishin will be there, I will do one for him and one for Tatiana Prokofieva

 

[yume]

Congrats to Rika for the clean SP and big score!

 

[LadyB]

Oh yeah, I forgot that you were coming over to my fair isle this week! Enjoy your trip!

And don't worry, it's not just you at the airport. We are all having problems with the stream. :disapp:

CaroLiza_fan

Landed in Dublin’s fair city...now in the car to Donegal, the pride of all!

 

[Elucidus]

Technically ideal Liza's 3A https://youtu.be/YqbxzoQU1KQ?t=56 getting less GOEs than halfturn prerotated Rika's 3A https://youtu.be/Osem0fAOXs8?t=55 is just
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wtt2019/data0203.pdf
And it's not the first time when Liza's perfect lutz or 3A are getting ridiculously low GOEs. What is it, conspiracy against her?

 

[jenaj]

I just watched the video of Rika's skate and have to comment on what a special skater she is. Her jumps are perfection. No snow on that 3A. It looked as easy as a 2A. And the way she moves over the ice--everything flows one move into the next. When she is on, she is the best ladies skater in the world right now.

 

[Ulrica]

Technically ideal Liza's 3A https://youtu.be/YqbxzoQU1KQ?t=56 getting less GOEs than halfturn prerotated Rika's 3A https://youtu.be/Osem0fAOXs8?t=55 is just
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/wtt2019/data0203.pdf
And it's not the first time when Liza's perfect lutz or 3A are getting ridiculously low GOEs. What is it, conspiracy against her?

Rika's prerotation is exaclty the one needed for a triple axel, in the video you just posted you can clearly see how her toe pick left the ice when her body faced a right angle, at 90 degrees. For an Axel jump to be considered “cheated”, this per ISU ruling if you actually took the time to read it, the takeoff has to be clear backward, so it has to be pre rotated by at least 180 degrees.

To quote Alice from th-real-xmonster tumblr "As to why some people refuse to see what I'm seeing, if you are in a generous enough mood to afford them the benefit of the doubt, I posit that they either (1) lack knowledge of basic geometry concepts, in other words they can’t tell a 90-degree angle from a 180 or (2) need to see an optometrist posthaste. In case you are, like me, not magnanimous enough to assume the best in people, anyone who tries to convince you of Rika’s “cheated takeoff” is either a case of willful ignorance or a pathological liar."