Cup of China 2007-08

Results
http://www.isufs.org/results/gpchn07/

Todays Ladies SP,
1 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 60.82 34.10 26.72 6.90 6.50 6.65 6.65 6.70 0.00 #8
2 Caroline ZHANG USA 58.76 36.40 23.36 6.10 5.60 5.85 5.80 5.85 1.00 #6
3 Yu-Na KIM KOR 58.32 30.40 27.92 7.15 6.70 6.90 7.05 7.10 0.00 #12
4 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 55.46 29.66 25.80 6.55 6.25 6.40 6.45 6.60 0.00 #11
5 Alissa CZISNY USA 51.08 27.40 23.68 6.05 5.55 5.95 5.95 6.10 0.00 #7
6 Susanna POYKIO FIN 48.48 24.40 24.08 6.20 5.85 6.05 6.00 6.00 0.00 #10
7 Beatrisa LIANG USA 46.44 24.80 21.64 5.55 5.20 5.35 5.50 5.45 0.00 #5
8 Dan FANG CHN 45.88 26.36 19.52 5.00 4.70 4.95 4.80 4.95 0.00 #2
9 Binshu XU CHN 45.74 26.14 20.60 5.40 4.80 5.25 5.15 5.15 1.00 #4
10 Yueren WANG CHN 45.48 26.80 18.68 4.90 4.35 4.70 4.65 4.75 0.00 #1
11 Fumie SUGURI JPN 44.76 21.20 23.56 6.10 5.70 5.90 5.90 5.85 0.00 #9
12 Arina MARTINOVA RUS 40.54 21.26 20.28 5.15 4.95 5.05 5.20 5.00 1.00 #3

Carolina: very good I love her SP!
Caroline: Great!!!!!!!!!!
Yu-na: Good. I believe she will do well at FS!

but.............
Fumie..........

I haven't watched the videos yet, but it seems like the judges really got stricter this season when it comes to PCS...

It would be great if Yu-Na came back in the long to win the entire event, just like Mao did at Skate Canada.

Why are the scores so low? Did Yu-Na pop a jump, or was the 3-3 downgraded..?

I can't even have look at the programs now, because I'm supposed to write a paper for tomorrow and I just have no inspiration at all...

Poor Fumie. It looks like her injury really influenced her skating. Her body just isn't keeping up with the demands of CoP. Such a shame, she's a gorgeous skater. Perhaps she should go pro... She's still amazing in shows (love her Chicago program) and I would love her to try commentating; she has such a great sense of humour.

I haven't seen the competition but I couldn't help myself but laugh at the results. Yu-Na being 3rd after the SP just like Mao was the week before... It reminds me so much of the previous season when I think they both won the SP at their first GP event, then finished 4th in the FS and 3rd overall.
I'm not trying to be mean but that's a real rivalry between the two!
I hope Yu-Na does well in the FS and wins it all so the fun can continue!

kawaiimao wrote:

I haven't seen the competition but I couldn't help myself but laugh at the results. Yu-Na being 3rd after the SP just like Mao was the week before...

Yeah, that's a funny coincidence! :joker:

I couldn't help myself and I watched YuNa's SP. It had rather cute, funny choreo to Strauss' music.

Her 3F had bad landing and she popped 3T to a single. She had also a bit of problem with a Biellman spin (slow and travelling). Probably she was nervous, but she should be able to come back in the LP.

she did well. but not much.. i mean.. it was not bad....
i think some of her jumps was a bit shaky. even her 3lz became 1lz.
after all, her choreography was normal, i couldn't think her performance
was good. but she didn't get any minus points at all.
while i was whatching today's competition, i was very annoying.
most of competitors fell down on the ice.. oh my god...
what happened to them..!? fortunately, Yu-na didn't make a mistake.
and she got 122 point. i don't understand... she's always so lucky..
it was not great, not so much beautiful...
even the judges were not so strict today.
last time, when Mao did 2a-2lo-2lo, they gave her negative GOE.
because her second foot touched the ice for a nano-second on the last jump. nano-second...........................they make me crazy.
they seem to consider on only edge rather than beauty...

But GPS has just started.

Congrats to Yu-na

But poor carolina and caroline

karivian, I merged your topic with this one, because it contained spilers. I hope you don't mind.

Actually, I think the result at CoC is engouraging for Mao. Even though YuNa skated perfectly except for 3Lz, their scores were close and Mao even got a bit better PCS, even though her program had no 3A, no 3-3, the 2A2L2L got -GoE and her lutz got less points because of the wrong edge take-off.

This should give Mao confidence and show her where she can gain points.
Jumps aside, I think she could gain some extra points easily if only she held her spins and spirals a bit longer. She can do that - she does it in exhibitions, just in the programs she has not enough time scheduled to hold the spins long enough to get bonus GoE's.

I think Mao's layback improved greatly - it's fast, well centered and she started to turn her leg out. But, because she does not manage to hold positions long enough, it's usually lvl1 with no + GoE.
Meanwhile YuNa, even though she had problems with the layback (particularly Biellman) in the SP got high GoEs, because she held the positions longer.
I think it's a lesson for Mao's coaches and choreographers. Mao has the potential to score very high GoE's on steps (she already does), spirals and spins, and they should milk this potential for all it's worth.

Back to CoC: congratulations to all the medalists.

I look forward to D/S going against V/M in the finals (provided some major difficulties, both of the teams should get in easily).

Poor Carolina indeed. She seems to be very fragile mentally in competitions...

Great job from Caroline! I can't see how her 3F of 3-3 combo was not downgraded, it was more than 1/4 short of full rotation. The technical specialists can be really harsh one second, then turn blind the next and it's really confusing.

I haven't watched Pairs and Men yet.

i think i was too hard on Yu-na earlier..

(but it's weird that her 3f was not given -GOE...)

anyway, sorry about that..