Sochi Olympics 2014!

inskate wrote:

Thanks for the videos!

3A looks excellent and so effortless. 3F-3L in the run-through would be UR (free leg toe-pick touched the ice too soon), but the one in this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c85-INUJcC0) video looked good.   
3Lz also looked better than usual:
Not a perfect outside edge, but not inside, either.

True, if only she can bring those out in competition...

The 3F3L in this vedio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dajvMl7yUI) seemed better with a clearer viewing angle, not sure if it was the same one as above though.

linglang wrote:

       1 EST Elena GLEBOVA
2 KOR So Youn PARK
3 CAN Gabrielle DALEMAN
4 UKR Natalia POPOVA
5 GBR Jenna MCCORKELL
6 AUT Kerstin FRANK
7 CHN Kexin ZHANG
8 CAN Kaetlyn OSMOND
9 AUS Brooklee HAN
10 BRA Isadora WILLIAMS
11 KOR Haejin KIM
12 USA Polina EDMUNDS
13 SVK Nicole RAJICOVA
14 CZE Elizaveta UKOLOVA
15 NOR Anne Line GJERSEM
16 GEO Elene GEDEVANISHVILI
17 KOR Yuna KIM
18 GER Nathalie WEINZIERL

19 SWE Viktoria HELGESSON
20 JPN Kanako MURAKAMI
21 ITA Valentina MARCHEI
22 USA Gracie GOLD
23 CHN Zijun LI
24 JPN Akiko SUZUKI

25 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA
26 ITA Carolina KOSTNER
27 USA Ashley WAGNER
28 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE
29 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA
30 JPN Mao ASADA

OMG Mao is skating last, and I didn't expect Mae Meite to skate in the last group

ballerinamao wrote:

linglang wrote:

     
25 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA
26 ITA Carolina KOSTNER
27 USA Ashley WAGNER
28 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE
29 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA
30 JPN Mao ASADA

OMG Mao is skating last, and I didn't expect Mae Meite to skate in the last group

Am I the only one who thinks skating last for Mao is not bad at all!? She's been skating last all season so far, SA, NHK, GPF, probably except for Jpn National? Plus, the skater with the best SP program of the season deserves to skate last ....please show your best, Mao!!  

I'm not surprised that Mae Meite is in the last group, as the referee of ladies' is French, IIRC...if Mae skates well, perhaps she'll be held up like Peter Liebers in men's?

COHK wrote:

ballerinamao wrote:

linglang wrote:

     
25 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA
26 ITA Carolina KOSTNER
27 USA Ashley WAGNER
28 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE
29 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA
30 JPN Mao ASADA

OMG Mao is skating last, and I didn't expect Mae Meite to skate in the last group

Am I the only one who thinks skating last for Mao is not bad at all!? She's been skating last all season so far, SA, NHK, GPF, probably except for Jpn National? Plus, the skater with the best SP program of the season deserves to skate last ....please show your best, Mao!!  

I'm not surprised that Mae Meite is in the last group, as the referee of ladies' is French, IIRC...if Mae skates well, perhaps she'll be held up like Peter Liebers in men's?

I have mixed feelings about her skating last, I worry how the wait may effect her, and also because I remember once reading that she prefers to skate right after the official practice session, but thank you for reminding me that she has been skating last pretty much all season, and I agree Mao has such a beautiful program, leave the best for last!

From twitter:

Lynn Rutherford ‏@LynnRutherford  11m
Mao Asada practice: I saw 4 good triple Axels, two 2A 3T combos, 1 nice 3Salchow (another one was 2 foot) two 2 3Flip3loop combos

First time seeing Mao in white practice-wear

More Clips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBc0Ll6eQOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYhy0IdELU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieZu6GHVKew

Streams:
BBC:
http://www.coolsport.tv/nfl-live-streaming-18.html
http://www.hahabar.com/20140217/v--751253-53021daf8f9b28.42536200.html
NBC:
http://www.dinozap.tv/?id=114

Other:
http://www.hahabar.com/20140217/v--751255-53021db0568c37.45639423.html

Live results:
http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2014/SEG008.HTM
http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-ice-dance-free-dance

Probably I will add some more streams later...

COHK wrote:

ballerinamao wrote:

linglang wrote:

     
25 RUS Yulia LIPNITSKAYA
26 ITA Carolina KOSTNER
27 USA Ashley WAGNER
28 FRA Mae Berenice MEITE
29 RUS Adelina SOTNIKOVA
30 JPN Mao ASADA

OMG Mao is skating last, and I didn't expect Mae Meite to skate in the last group

Am I the only one who thinks skating last for Mao is not bad at all!? She's been skating last all season so far, SA, NHK, GPF, probably except for Jpn National? Plus, the skater with the best SP program of the season deserves to skate last ....please show your best, Mao!!  

I'm not surprised that Mae Meite is in the last group, as the referee of ladies' is French, IIRC...if Mae skates well, perhaps she'll be held up like Peter Liebers in men's?

Nope. I completely agree. Like I've said a few posts ago, Mao skating after all the favourites is a good thing if she delivers. this way, the judges have seen them all and won't hold her down, so they can keep a room if others (yuna, Yulia, Adelina) deliver as well. I think that this is what hapened in Vancouver. Yuna's PB at the time was 76.15 (i think), so by keeping room for Yuna, they gave Mao "only" 73+, had she skated after Yuna, she would've scored 75+. IMO of course.

As for Meite, didn't the skaters themselves draw the starting numbers? The groups were assigned to world ranking, so if you're top 12 at the ranking you drew the start number for the last two groups, if I'm not mistaken. I guess Meite got lucky.

josling, thank you, thank you thank you, for the links!

I missed the shibutanis    but glad they are leading   

ballerinamao wrote:

I missed the shibutanis    but glad they are leading   

I didn't like them, to be honest. IMO, they need a different program.

man, my stream is awful today.    

So, my bet, IF Lena/Nikita skate clean, they'll win the bronze, no matter what the french team does.

I think the Shibs were trying to expand their range?

And V/M have just broken the world record FD score.

l-spiralmao wrote:

I think the Shibs were trying to expand their range?

And if this is the case, it's great, but IMO, this program, or to say it better, this particular music collection didn't do them justice. There are many very good MJ songs, I wish they would choose something else. But that's just IMO.

V/M 114.66, D/W need 112+ to win. Go D/W!     

I/K were clean. thank God, I was worried what the judges would do in the ladies event to compensate if they wouldn't get a medal in Ice Dance.

110+ Come on, that's too much. They were great, but not perfect.

And Russia will probably leave the event with a bronze.

Why is B/S program 8 points worse than that of I/k?! really?! 8 points?     

zarinaballerina wrote:

I/K were clean. thank God, I was worried what the judges would do in the ladies event to compensate if they wouldn't get a medal in Ice Dance.

110+ Come on, that's too much. They were great, but not perfect.

I don't think it about compensation anymore, they just want as many medals as possible.

Ok seriously? D/W were great, and all they get is a polite applause? No offense to all the russian posters on this board, but to be honest, I am deeply disapointed by the Russian audience.    So far, this has been the worst audience at all the Olympic Games. Again, IMO of course.

So Russia is uber-nationalistic then...

And congratulations to D/W!!!! I'll miss you and V/M after this season!

zarinaballerina wrote:

Ok seriously? D/W were great, and all they get is a polite applause? No offense to all the russian posters on this board, but to be honest, I am deeply disapointed by the Russian audience.    So far, this has been the worst audience at all the Olympic Games. Again, IMO of course.

You are not alone! I think they are terrible too. Everyone should have been on their feet!!

l-spiralmao wrote:

So Russia is uber-nationalistic then...

And congratulations to D/W!!!! :cheer:I'll miss you and V/M after this season!

I have no problem with them being nationalistic, though all that Rossiya chanting gets tiresome. You can be nationalistic and still show respect to other outstanding athletes. It's something people in this arena haven't learned.

Anyway, I was wondering, does anyone know who are the tech callers for the Ladies event?! Praying it's not Shin Amano   

GOLD for Meryl and Charlie! Yes!!! Audience wasn't so supportive, though. Their support ended after the last Russian pair skated. V/M also skated beautifully but I really like D/W's FD more.

rachmaninoffangel wrote:

Anyway, I was wondering, does anyone know who are the tech callers for the Ladies event?! Praying it's not Shin Amano   

It's Lakernik, he's Russian. In the past he was known to be fair, but after the ladies team event, it looks like he switched to the dark side.    i sincerely hope this was due to the Russians really wanting the team gold, and that he'll go back to his normal fair self in the ladies single event.      he was also the tech caller in Vancouver if I'm not mistaken.

Edit: here's the panel of judges.
http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2014/SEG003OF.HTM

zarinaballerina wrote:

rachmaninoffangel wrote:

Anyway, I was wondering, does anyone know who are the tech callers for the Ladies event?! Praying it's not Shin Amano   

It's Lakernik, he's Russian. In the past he was known to be fair, but after the ladies team event, it looks like he switched to the dark side.    i sincerely hope this was due to the Russians really wanting the team gold, and that he'll go back to his normal fair self in the ladies single event.      he was also the tech caller in Vancouver if I'm not mistaken.

Edit: here's the panel of judges.
http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2014/SEG003OF.HTM

Thanks so much Sending good vibes to Mao! Really wouldn't know how I would keep my sanity without this forum.