Recent content by florencewind

I did not see the Junior Worlds but I assumed Asada had an off event, especialy seeing how low her scores were, very low for her. I think her showings in the Senior events are a better indicator to her Olympic chances, and she had been dominant in her Senior outings, going a combined 5-1 vs...

I think she definitely has a shot. If she hits cold she probably gets that other spot I refer to. I just don't have faith in her to do that now. She seems increasingly inconsistent. Last year showed she won't get away with making mistakes anymore.

The way I see the U .S team is sure to made up of Biles, Lee, and a vault/floor specialist who also does AA (Skinner or Carey probably). So Hernandez would have to fill the other spot.

Even with proper PCS there would be nobody who could catch with the Russian girls TES gap except maybe a perfect Rika. And the least TES gap is Alena who legitimately has the strongest PCS of the Russian girls.

Well she should have never been ruled out by age and she was pretty much always going to win there. That would be true even if the favorites had all skated their best she would be the likely winner, but with the way it was skated it would be a cakewalk the way she went that season. The...

I think it is more people not being a fan of the Eteri approach to the sport and how it is playing out and seemingly will continue to. Young girls taught technique that works only on children, winning big for a year or two, then struggling and being usurped in their own rink and leaving the...

God no. Then we get situations like the 2006 Olympics where the person who should have won (Asada) did not get to compete.

Congrats to their first National title. They really didn't skate their best though. The scores they got without being really on is a sign of confidence the CSA has in them now.

There is also more to pairs than side by side jumps. If it were just side by side jumps then Petrova & Tikhonov should have won all the major events they were in they didn't mess up in. Yamaguchi & Galindo did not have a huge or impressive twist like the Soviets or Brasseur & Eisler who...

I think Jean-Francois passing away ends any chances of Bruno wanting to return. If he had stayed alive then it was possible.