He should get as much exposure as possible and if he had skated well at the Olympics he might have a better shot at medaling at this years worlds.
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And yet USFS has criteria for the Olympic Team and stuck to it.
Yes he said for the time being they are not moving to CA.I'm trying to get to the other thread, really I am
I hope that those who have listened to the interview can substantiate that Ilia said he was staying with his parents this next season and not going to Raf full time. If so, I am glad he is keeping at least somewhat of a normal teen experience.
Well if Nathan does Worlds, and there is no word he is not, spots will not be on the line. Second what consistency are you talking about? And hey one person's silly is another person's sagacious.
I usually don't tune into the Patreon shows but occasionally watch an archive if I have time. I notice Dave is little more restrained when he's with Jenny, I think because he respects her experiences as an elite competitive skater. Although Dave himself is an accomplished adult level skater and his stories of his coach Galina are pretty funny.
That is my point exactlty. At the Olympic Games the skaters will not be judged by how well they performed at 2022 U,S, Nationals. They will be judged by what they put on the ice in Beijing. In a month we will know how Jason skated. We will never know what Ilia might have done.
And if Ilia had been sent we would never know how Jason would have done. We also will never know how Jimmy Ma, Camden, etc would have done. Unless God forbid we have a withdrawal.
The only other Team Raf person I know of is Nadia Kanaeva who's listed as his choreographer in his ISU bio. She choreographed most of Nathan's Junior programs (including the Michael Jackson SP) as well as Prince Igor.
I agree, the fact that race still comes up is something I thought we'd be passed by now. We've had skaters of every race in skating. To me, it's a non issue.
Well gee I guess your "wrong" is the definitive response to what I wrote. I assure you I realize Nathan alone cannot guarantee three spots. Have a little faith in the US men if you can manage it. And blah blah blah ice coverage.
This shows how different we all are. Several people suggested Ice Tea to me and I listened for about 3 minutes and was done. I'll never listen to them again. I do listen to TSL even though I probably disagree with at least half of what they say. I guess we like what we like.
That may be, but I wondered if he might have done some work with Brezina or Adam or someone like that, not credited as a coach or choreographer... just lending a hand to help out a youngster.
That's also how I interpreted what he said
No, they didn't. They used the median scores and national placement to put skaters in Priority Groups, ie, both Jason and Ilia in Group 3, for Olympic spot consideration; but they failed to use scoring trend and scores at major competitions close to the Olympics (GPF and Nationals) to differentiate them as they state in their selection criteria. If they stuck to it, it'd be Ilian who would get the Olympic spot over Jason.
I don't know what substantiating means, but to substantiate is to provide evidence or proof of something. I assume substantiating is present participle of that - providing proof or evidence/in process of providing proof or evidence/continually providing proof or evidence?
