I agree, Angela was wonderful!! I'm also very pleased for Jenni Saarinen!! I've followed her skating for several years already and am so happy for how much she has improved during the past few years! And may I correct you IleK, she CAN skate clean LP, I've seen that many times. Even in Junior Worlds this year she did very well! I don't know what happened to her in the previous JGP, she didn't skate a good LP there. Jenni is much more talented than Juulia Turkkila, it is a pity that she couldn't skate in Nebelhorn (Jenni is only 14 years). We might have got the Olympic spot with her skating.
Proklova with a very different program than Wang but excellent as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo9brNF0bQM
I think Wang should have a slight edge in PCS (although Proklova doesn't seem too slow either and performs very well) but Proklova has better spins (and two jumps in bonus) and should edge on technical.
Note: One judge gave Wang all 5s in PCS. That's wrong.
You may correct me, please. I checked on her after I first saw her this year at JGP and there were some competitions where she had some bad FS results and I also saw her in her first JGP not doing very well. But I believe you and I agree she is very talented and I thought the same, why couldn't she go to Nebelhorn, even with mistakes she would have scored better than Juulia. It makes me said that I am already looking at Kiira as being the past of finnish skating and trying to find between these young girls someone worthy to take her place. Not in my heart, but at least on the screen. I can't deal with the fact there will be no finnish lady in the GP and Olympics. Juulia will go to Euros, but can she go to Worlds also?
Yes she can go if she reaches the minimum score to qualify. But it is clear that if Kiira is fit and able to skate, it will be her taking the worlds spot. A couple of days ago there was a media event held in Helsinki by Kiira, her manager and doctor. It was pretty detailed and the media were provided with lots of info on Kiira's situation and her decision to change her coach. She anticipates to be able to return to skating in late November or early December. She said she is now learning to walk (she got rid of the orthopaedic cast earlier this week) and doing lots of rehab exercises. It was also revealed that the tear she had in the achilles tendon was partly in a muscle (to me it sounds more serious than if only the tendon was torn but I'm not an expert!). Finland has excellent doctors and several achilles specialists were contacted all over the country to have their opinion whether or not the leg should be operated. They all agreed that as Sochi is approaching very fast it is better to not to have a surgery (the results of Nebelhorn were not yet known at that time). They also estimated that the damage is not that serious and probably careful rehab would bring the same outcome as surgery would. If everything goes well, Kiira will return to LA to train with Arutyunyan in December. She praised her training mates Adam Rippon and Ashley Wagner and mentioned training with other top skaters was one reason why she chose to move out of Finland. She had also considered Toronto as an alternative training location due to the fact that she had trained there before too (I guess she was referring to her cooperation with David Wilson and Jeffrey Buttle). Kiira became familiar with Rafael last Spring when he visited the national team camp in Finland. Training in LA has been wonderful, according to Kiira. She admitted having been in tears after the results from Nebelhorn came. She thanked Juulia for trying her best in Oberstdorf.
I really hope Kiira will recover from her injuries. I think she is such a great skater and a lovely person with a BIG heart! Her skating is always a joy to watch. I especially loved her short programme from last season and her Evita programme, it was gorgeous! Kiira's personality is incomparable what comes to her kindness and positive attitude (I'm not exaggerating She definitely has the famous Finnish "sisu", which can be translated into English as strength of will, determination and perseverance. In the interview Kiira told that after moving to LA she found a new kind of energy and passion for figure skating and said she hopes to continue her career even after this season.
Oops, I was supposed to write about the junior skaters... I don't know how you define "bad FS results". The Finnish junior skaters to whom I've referred here in the forum are not yet able to skate FS with 100 or higher score. I hope we'll soon witness that day though.
What a nice spin from Minami Hanashiro! Never heard of her, though I am from Germany :think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Sl5nsh3DVlc#t=154
Was that variation after sidways, Zhangs perl?
Liked that variation after Bielmann as well!