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Encouraged by Ava's LP at Trialeti! -> 5 triples (one UR) and ending w/ LV 4 spins, quite better than her first outing. I hope she's at another level by Nationals and can at least be part of the conversation.

^It looks like doubling the axel at the beginning cost him more points later in the program, when he had to leave the 2A out of his sequence to avoid Zayaking, but it was still a decent October performance. Tomoki 3rd? That's great but I will be interested only if he replicates that elsewhere...

Random thoughts - Men - The JPN men aren't as dominant as they were just a few years ago; Gummenik will probably gain some ground on the field. Women - Like Gummenik, Petrossian willl likely gain ground on the field.

Jason seems quite fit early on in the season. I like the layout of the LP. It's more challenging. I wonder, if he's feeling adventurous, if he would move a 3A pass to the 2nd half, maybe repeat the Lutz instead of Flip. IDK. Squeeze out another couple of points ....

Good to know. Thanks. I understand it's a local competition, but her PB is from 2020 4CCs (?) where she scored 225. It would be great to see her around that level again and playing the spoiler by January. It would make Nationals really dramatic!

The revelation that it will be her final season and the ponderous music make watching this somewhat emotional. I am rooting for her. I hope she has those pre-pandemic performances at Nationals that she is so capable of.

BTW, it seems Starr didn't do so well at ONT because she had mistakes while being more ambitious with her jump content in the LP -> 3Z and 2 3Fs. Has she tried the lutz before?

WHEW. Sorry that she had a cramp, but I panicked when I saw that look on her face at the end of the LP

Me checking out US Women at Ondrej Nepela

Petr's participation in the Olympics does mean that all potential medalists will be competing, I think?

Hello all, Q - Not related to the team event, which men, women and teams have qualified to Milano? I have an idea, but wasn't 100% sure ETA - NM. AI gave me the info.

She probably will be able to do it in time. She just needs to skate with conviction, which should happen once she breaks in her boots ... I suppose

Kiss my Grits! RIP! One little known fact is that Polly coached Dustin Hoffman in 'Tootsie', or so I read.

Why would they come back then, if it's not competitive?

I will jump in here re Bradie. Yeah, it wasn't the best program. I didn't like the music cuts. It's so easy to make The Mission music build dramatically and her team is not doing that. Nevertheless, I noted that she is skating with confidence and more command, generally speaking, which...