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Yay for Caro
She was in much better shape I thought she would be. I´m over the moon that she even medalled! Congratulations, Caro! Love her!
It's great to have her back and to see her on the podium! Well done, Caro!
That maturity. It's just on a whole another level. I feel so grateful that we get to witness and be a part of her journey.Kostner: 'What I'm looking for is to surprise myself'
Collaboration with coach Mishin sets Italian skater on path of self-discovery
By Jean-Christophe Berlot
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/01/28/214606904
Well, Carolina was already 4th in 2003, and 3rd here 14 years later, even more impressive !Btw: Yesterday was the 10-year anniversary of her first European Gold in 2007. At that time Medvedeva was 7 and Pogorilaya was 8
I posted about that in the pbp thread they missed Joubert, who got #10 one year before Plushenko.D'you remember when you said to me: to reach such a high score, she should be a man? Well... seems like it happened.
Caro è entrata nella storia perché mai nessuna come lei in 81 anni di Europei al femminile a numero di medaglie (tra gli uomini hanno fatto “10” sono le leggende Ulrich Salchow, Karl Schäfer e quella vivente Evgeni Plushenko)
(No woman in 81 Euro competitions won 10 medals, only between men...)
http://bit.ly/2kkh6uO
I don't understand - are you simply a troll, or do you have reading and comprehension problems? Did not you even notice that Carolina won only bronze in these Europeans, and her total score (for both programs) was 210.52 points? Evgenia Medvedeva won with a total score of 229.71 points which is the new world record for female skaters. The previous record belonged to Yuna Kim which was 228.56 points. Carolina's best ever international score was in 2014 Olympics which was 216.73 points. She has never beat a men's record or even been close to 300 points. Men's record is 330.43 points now which Yuzuru Hanyu got at the 2015 Grand Prix Final. Before the previous season men's record was 295.27 points which Patrick Chan got at 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard (one of the Grand Prix events). Carolina is a great skater, and she has won many medals indeed (except an Olympic gold), but she has never been the technically strongest skater. Her programs have either had not very high difficulty in terms of jumps, or when she had greater difficulty she almost always made a lot of mistakes. Her jumps are very good when she does them clean, but often they are not clean. And her spins are far from the best even if sometimes they are beautiful. Unfortunately skaters can't win the highest scores only with great skating skills and musicality/interpretation.Just... a bit upset for her. 33 medals: 7 Worlds, 10 Euro, Grand Prix n Olympics. STILL... according to some, she ha snot won enough.
She is approaching the men's score, she did beat a men record; still... no. She "may not win medals, but her skating is so gracious". She may not win medals, ja.
Anyway, she's in Canada, most likely working on the 300 score.
Caro, who won the Scandinavian Open next week, got interviewed for "La Domenica Sportiva" on Rai2. A podcast will appear, I think.
The real gold medalist in Sochi. She was an even bigger victim of the whole Sotnikova farce than Yu Na IMO.
I thought I was only person who thought Carolina was the OGM.
I remember a commentator..... maybe Scott that said it was so close between top 3 that if they were held in Italy Caro woudld have won and if they were held in Korea Yuna would have won....
That says something about home field advantages and how it shouldnt be
And if it were held anywhere but Russia Sotnikova would be lucky to barely get a bronze medal over Gold and Asada
I am actually unbiased and here is how I scored the ladies
1. Carolina
2. Yuna
3. GRACIE
4. Sotnikova
Just curious why you have Gracie beating Sotnikova. IMO they would be quite close in the points with fair scoring, but I imagine Sotnikova just nips ahead. She was a bit cleaner, she had a stumble and a jump combo that should have been called < but Gracie had a fall and a couple other shaky landings in the long program. In the short Sotnikova was super clean while Gold barely held onto a couple of her jumps, but had a much harder jump combo. It would be close, especialy since Gold deserves higher PCS than Sotnikova, but Sotnikova would probably nip the bronze on higher TES here.
And yet, fans judging never determines the outcomes. Strange how that happens that fans are so much better than the people who actually judge events.I am actually unbiased and here is how I scored the ladies
1. Carolina
2. Yuna
3. GRACIE
4. Sotnikova
I also think Carolina should have won gold at Sochi. But Adelina deserves higher than Gracie.I am actually unbiased and here is how I scored the ladies
1. Carolina
2. Yuna
3. GRACIE
4. Sotnikova