Skate America 2015

l-spiralmao wrote:

I missed the last three ladies because I had to eat dinner and my stream died during Karen, Alaine, Elizabet, and Haruka... so out of everyone I did see, I liked Mariah, SY, and Julia (except her jumps.)

My heart almost broke for Alaine, she was torn apart in TES. It was brutal.

I'm in love with Tursynbaeva. Hopefully she'll only gain strength when she grows and won't go down Julia's road. Right now, she's tiny and so are her jumps.

I don't understand what's going on with Satoko's PCS. Her jumps are very tiny that's true, but her program and SS are good. So why does a reigning world silver medalist gets 4 points less in PCS than a russian wonderbaby?! Really, no comment.

I wish So-Youn would manage to skate at least one competition clean. It's getting ridiculous. I get it you have issues with jumps, but now she's also messing her spins? What's up with that? I'm not following korean skaters so I don't know if she's coming off from injury, but it's weird. I really like her, though to be honest, she's reminding me of Yuna more and more.

zarinaballerina wrote:

I don't understand what's going on with Satoko's PCS. Her jumps are very tiny that's true, but her program and SS are good. So why does a reigning world silver medalist gets 4 points less in PCS than a russian wonderbaby?! Really, no comment.

I'll guess small jumps = small PCS but +1 for every tano you add. Medvedeva seems to be a pretty good skater but the PCS marks are way too high for someone who just moved to seniors. Satoko is like Akiko... might never get the PCS she really deserves and that is really not good or motivating.

roma wrote:

zarinaballerina wrote:

I don't understand what's going on with Satoko's PCS. Her jumps are very tiny that's true, but her program and SS are good. So why does a reigning world silver medalist gets 4 points less in PCS than a russian wonderbaby?! Really, no comment.

I'll guess small jumps = small PCS but +1 for every tano you add. Medvedeva seems to be a pretty good skater but the PCS marks are way too high for someone who just moved to seniors. Satoko is like Akiko... might never get the PCS she really deserves and that is really not good or motivating.

Sadly I think you're right. It sucks for Satoko, I hope she will manage to get bigger jumps, because they are really holding her back.
I do wish ISU would limit tano on jumps. It's annoying when almost every jump is with tano.