Recent content by Zazy

Well, I think a 10-point gap in the highest scores achieved at summer competitions, combined with Orzel struggling at nationals and Schizas finishing second, is more than enough to be named to the JGP. It's frustrating to see that nationals placement simply doesn't matter for Skate Canada (I...

I guess Skate Canada only sent Schizas to get her minimums in case Bausback didn't get hers. In all likelihood the decision was made after the short program. SC needs to pay more attention to the late bloomers when handing out assignments. It's madness that they sent Orzel and Gran to the JGP...

Congrats to Madeline on two strong competitions in a row. She actually beat Pineault's Four Continents score by about two points here. Senior B scores tend to be inflated, but these are still good scores. It would be strange if both singles national champions didn't make it to worlds - has that...

I think she's at least being considered. If she was only in the running for junior worlds, why have her train and compete senior programs instead of preparing for juniors? That seemed to be the original plan when she competed as a junior at her previous event. Then Bausback/Schumacher...

Nam is more consistent but he lacks the quality of Keegan. I personally think Keegan has a bit of a buffer on him (in addition to the sp lead). I wonder what Roman's skate would have looked like if he had already been named to worlds - clearly the pressure got to him. He's by far my favourite...

I agree top 10 is a best-case scenario but if everything falls into place I think it's possible - there are always skaters who underperform. Keeping the two spots is maybe a more realistic goal. Madeline is finally starting to land her flip in competition so hopefully once it's more consistent...

Thank you for all the videos you put on youtube! It's much appreciated. Assuming they send Madeline and Kaiya to junior worlds, I wonder where they could realistically place? I feel they're both capable of placing top 10.

Exactly. I get that nationals results isn't the only deciding factor and if Joseph Phan had somehow won nationals in a landslide it would be perfectly understandable not to immediately name him to the team. But call me old-fashioned, I do think nationals should mean something.

Decisions like these take a lot of the prestige away from nationals then - it's basically Challenge but with more of the top skaters, just one more competition. As long as whoever Skate Canada wants to send doesn't completely bomb, they'll get another chance to qualify. Even if they've already...

My guess is that they'll do a skate-off at Four Continents. If Roman hadn't done so well at NHK, then I'd get it, but he just showed he can deliver internationally - this isn't a Liam Firus situation. BTW, it was bizarre how the tv broadcast was all about Nam and Keegan, and mostly ignored...

False rumours do happen all the time, and can damage a person's reputation. But this is an official complaint being investigated by SafeSport and the police, not some story in the National Enquirer. What exactly is the point in comparing the two? I'm not saying everything that's alleged in the...

This summer, Cotop was doing flip, loop, 2axel-3salchow sequence and even landed a 3flip-3toe. It's kind of sad that she almost won Challenge when she was clearly undertrained (and with watered-down content) but that's not her fault. She's been injured for much of the past two years which has...

I really want the individual Russian athletes to get to compete, it would be crushing to have to miss maybe their one chance at an Olympics because of some bonehead decisions made from on-high. But at the same time, if the IOC doesn't punish Russia harshly, they'll lose any credibility they...

If that happens long-term, my fear is that many (more) skaters will try to starve themselves to have a pre-pubescent girl's body. Obviously eating disorders are already a big problem in the sport but we've seen women win worlds in recent years while not being stick figures. What if the need for...

I was impressed with Aissa in the FD. I don't know if it was anger at himself for the twizzle error but that was definitely the best I've seen him skate.