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Speaking of Alysa, I have watched her LP a few more times. I am disappointed in one thing - that it cuts off just as I am about to trill along with Donna Summer .. 'I recall a yelloooww cotton dressss' :)

I also believe that the absence of Russia's huge shadow over the world of Euros has allowed all of us to see and appreciate several OES women skaters that we may not have seen so in depth. In the lead-up to Beijing, it was 3 Eteri-bots at Euros, maybe Tuk, then Louna. The rest of the Euro women...

True, the biggest obstacles will be Kaori: For better or for worse, she is consistently JPN #1 on the biggest stage, and whomever the RUS neutral athlete is. No one knows anything really but per the guidelines, is Adeliya Petrossian a possibility ?

I am thinking both have scoring potential between 225-230 internationally when they execute? Bradie has scored around 220 prior to YKW and Isabeau is probably around 215. Seriously. An abundance of riches.

WOW. Alysa and Amber scored 150 and 148 respectively in the LPs at the WTT! Unbelievable! The US women are really back and I haven't felt like this in a while, but I'm really looking forward to Nationals next year.

Just a random Q - Outside of Ilia and Jason, who would FSU rate as the most dependable: Torgy, Jimmy or Camden?

By the way, I have listened to her podcast and can't believe what I've been missing. Great, broken-down reviews of the skaters or teams at 2025 Worlds by event. So superior and nore grounded compared to the gossipy TSL

I am a little surprised. Tomoki looks faster on TV. I remember when I first started to notice him after his Junior Worlds title, after Vincent and Nathan, and I imagined at the time he was going to be part of a 'conveyor belt' of US men's champions for the next decade.

I hope some wisdom is eventually imparted on Tomoki. SIGH

I ponder the invasion of the Ukraine and the suspicion of doping in Camp Eteri as well as the 2 cases of ordinal trading that I know of and I wonder if Russia’s participation is worth it

Since my notifications bell was red for a post in the Vincent Zhou thread, I thought I would come here and read that he was coming back to competitive skating for the Olympic year. LOL :) The US men sure would need something like that right now.

But when you consider Karen's power and height on jumps, it was weird that she had UR problems and ended up abandoning 3-3s

I don't have an answer for this but just curious, is Tammy Gambill a good coach for Elyce? I remember how well Ricky Dornbush skated over a decade ago, but then I think of Karen Chen's chronic problems with URs and don't know if Tammy is a 'fixer' of technique or is a big plus to stabilize up...

Skaters are brought up that I hadn't figured in, but nonetheless I will speculate on - Did Vikki de Vries have a triple jump in her career? I don't remember her following the crowd with triple jumps and Kat / Roz were planning 4 triples in the LP that year, Tiffany and Elaine were planning 5...

I always liked her. I am glad she had redemptive skates at 93 and 94 Worlds. I remember thinking that I wished Kat had not returned so that Marina could have had a clear path to skate at Lillehammer in 94. I just thought that Marina was more tech with 3T-3T and 3F, and was more representative of...