It's okay to be hopeful to see Leonova on the GP. I'm still holding out hope for Fumie Suguri to still be on the GP. Poor Fumie.....Indeed! Solid OES field.
I admit I held out a sliver of hope Leonova would get another random NHK assignment.
Right?!!?!? Some would cheer!!! (Allergic to nothing except people without intelligence and wit, and a sliver of humor...) Or maybe it's the people that are thoroughly lacking in those qualities are allergic to me? Who knows. Skatefans are abnormal and crazy in their own way, me included!!!Oh my god, this is so insensitive. What if ErikWilliam is allergic to peanuts??
It's very distracting when she's referred to as Aliona, I keep thinking it's Savchenko reconsidering her choices.
Yep.
I worked as a Russian-English translator for many years and we had to adhere to an official government transliteration chart for names. Alena is how we would transliterate this name from Russian.
Tweeted by Skate Canada yesterday in response to more than one fan: https://twitter.com/SkateCanada/status/1410009991210323975The Ladies field at SC is making me seriously want to trek out to the other end of the country and hit up Vancouver!
For those interested, Skate Canada's volunteer application deadline for SCI is September 27, 2021.
I don't think we should feel bound by particular transliterations of names written in Cyrillic, especially since this board has users from many different countries with their own conventions from transliterating into the Latin alphabet, variously translating "Елена" as "Elena" or "Yelena," for example.
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Like who? There is still a SKAM TBD spot anyways.
), including for future consideration, that host nations weigh against protecting their own skaters at their host events.
Friendly reminder that there is behind-the-scenes "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine' horsetrading among host nations, and even some non-host nations, who have non-GP things to trade (
Absolutely.
I posted this in another thread, but my theory is that they did something like a combined 2019-2021 SB list. I have no idea if that's right, but it fits really well with most of the assignments if you go by Worlds top 10/12, WS top 24, combined SB top 24, then down the combined SB list after that. Or just used the 2019-20 SB list - it's not hugely different in general from a combined list.
Did you also take into consideration if Mariah misses? IMO, Mariah has done nothing to over take Karen for a shot at the Olympics if she places below her at Nationals. The only way she’d deserve a spot is if Karen totally bombs the GP series and Mariah qualifies for the GPF but even then it would depend on how both skate at Nationals and how behind Mariah is.
I was a little confused - dementia setting in. I forgot Amber was silver medalist from last year. Makes perfect sence US would pick her. Also didn't realize it's the other host-countries who have some/all say in who gets assigned their site. So Karen and Amber getting 2nd assignments is not up to USFS. (Do countries sometime pick lower-ranked skaters to increase chances of their skaters medaling?)
Karen was guaranteed two spots and is a seeded skater since she was 4th at Worlds.
Thank you!
I am very hesitant to get on the Karen Chen Express. I really thought when she first burst onto the Nationals scene and won a bronze that she would be HUGE and competitive with the Russians. Then she was on the way with her fourth place at Worlds leading up to the Olympics and I thought she'd be a threat for a medal. And THEN..... excuses, poor performances, more excuses. I love her skating, but I made my mistake the first time. I don't or can't have any confidence in Karen. Sadly.
