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But we've seen it before by others. I agree though that Angela had so much potential -> I think it was at 2000 NHK (?) where she and Sarah Hughes competed against one another and the international judges placed Angela w/ a doubled jump ahead of a clean Sarah in the SP. I hope I am not...

The number of US women who could shoulda woulda from 2007 to say 2021 is legion! And while she had an Olympic / World medal count, we can back up a bit to include Sasha from 2003-06, who splatted at horribly inopportune moments thus never standing atop the podium. I had never been so frustrated...

IMO - Based on likelihood, Petrosian will be in the top 5 after the SP, and Mone will have an issue in the SP or Ami will whiff on the 3A. But, it will be close.

Me neither, but after watching him a couple of times, I kinda figured :)

Actually, this type of diversion probably helps keep them distracted from the drumbeat of medalling, etc.

Ironically, the tension and the drama of this Olympics will still be high quality without them.

Ilia -> D-uh, but I see Yuma and Petr Gummenik who is landing a 5-quad LP on the podium. I wish I could say Adam would win a medal. Sigh!

I think Beaudry / Cizeron, Chock / Bates and Guignard / Fabbri for the bronze in front of a home crowd. I really don't know who will win.

I think the top 6 after the SP will be Kaori, Amber, Alysa, Adelya, Mone and Ami, and I think Kaori, Alysa and Amber are the most likely to medal, but I am not writing off Petrosian yet. She did a clean SP recently in Russia, but one of the most fascinating aspects of the event will be how the...

Any word on the 3A? I was hoping that going back to Donna Summer, it would allow her time to concentrate on that

Based on what I saw recently at Russian comps, Gummenik does 5 quads normally right now and I think Moskvina had a hand in choreographing his program(s)? She's at the boards when he skates and I would say that he is a podium threat at the Olympics.

I thought I heard a snark in agreement come from Tara when their non-rivalry was brought up and JW mentioned that it didn't used to be like that among the women. I immediately thought of MK and it made me wonder why, if indeed she did snark ...

I admire your enthusiasm, but no - The JPN women will have something to say about that, as may Adelya Petrosyan .... ETA - My spidey senses tell me that if everyone skates par for the course, the final group is likely to be Amber, Kaori, Adelya, Alysa, Ami and Mone. I would say Isabeau and Jia...

Over on skating scores, the mean scores internationally this season are - #9 - Jason Brown 247 #22-Tomoki Hiwatashi 230 #24-Andrew Torgashev 228 #30- Maxim Naumov 224 - I don't think this includes Ice Challenge (?) Nothing to take from here that would help the USFSA make the decision which...

Wow! I hereby deem the 2026 Women's SP 'Before and After Josephine Lee'