Yes. The order is:
During the one hour break, "Guess what Nathan! We got you an extra practice session with a full run-through to do. But it's a public session so don't mess up too much. Ok, thanks!"
No. I edited my post to include when the Men's event itself is. Both the US and JPN will absolutely split their Men in the TE, and this is 100% the right decision for both countries.During the one hour break, "Guess what Nathan! We got you an extra practice session with a full run-through to do. But it's a public session so don't mess up too much. Ok, thanks!"
They may not. Canada didn't split every event they could have, much to the chagrin of Weaver/Poje to ensure a gold medal.
Different situation and different schedule and expectations. I don't think the USFS and USOPC are going to do anything to damage either Nathan or Vincent's chances at individual medals. It would be one thing is the rest of the schedule was the same as it has been for decades with Pairs up first followed by Men.
They did that for 1993 Nationals, and people often complain to this day about how they just went with the top three instead of putting Tonya on the team. I guess part of their point was that they felt Tonya was underscored at Nationals aka the results weren't right...which still happens these days.
Tonya was criminally screwed at that Nationals and the USFS was stupid to have not sent her to Prague for Worlds but instead relying on Nancy to get the job done and secure three spots.
But hey, they used Worlds to give Ervin and Kwiakowski experience and went with the top 3 placers rather than a skater who shown to have blown it multiple times in her career and came to Nationals out of shape and in no condition to medal. The argument is sounding familiar.
Are they able to adjust the entries that late in the game, or are they required to state who will complete all the SP/FP at the time of the SP draw? IIRC weren't WeaPo kept off the team event because it wasn't known early enough that Canada was guaranteed gold?
I get really confused about that. I heard they finalize the LP entries after the SP portion is complete, but I also heard other things as well. And there's only an hour in-between the Women TE SP and the Mens TE LP.
I actually agree with this. I'm leaning towards the idea that BOW should really only be reserved from those who are medal threats or real spoilers (top 5 scorers not just placement). Those who are close to or just outside of that need to bring it at Nationals.
In the case of the US, if Nationals is officially designated as Olympic Trials, then the US has to give a portion of the revenue from the event to the IOC. USFS can’t afford to do that.
I do sort of see the point when all are competing on Senior Circuit and apples to apples can be compared.
Weaver/Poje were never going to be included in the Team Event in 2018. It had been decided before the games started that only the Ladies would be substituted between the Short & the Free. As it turned out they didn't even need to do that because the event was clinched after the Free Dance.
Are they going to be used in the team event?
There is no way they won't be used for at least one segment of the TE, maybe both. Here's a comparison of J/R and M-T/M's scores over the course of the season.
I am all for that with a few exceptions. Such as someone who is out of Nationals due to a medical bye who was a clear lock for a top 3 placement. (And presumed to be well by the time the Olympics roll around.)
Yep. I see it as USFS would be stupid not to send Nathan if, say, he'd had to withdraw from Nationals due to a negative C0vid test. But does it really matter if they send Jason or Ilia? I expect both will do well enough so why not reward skating well at your most prestigious competition of the year?
That works for me.
It does a little I find Allyssa’s body of work questionable. But I would put her on the team cuz she is the only us girl with a semblance of content that is competitive.
Also, excellent grammar and syntax needs to be a criterion. ?
Did you read the article? It says she shouldn't have had to do it, either, and that USFSA had other options. Of course that’s just part of it, but the large argument seemed to be that no one benefitted from the closed-door method.
Yes*, and by her not having to do it, the author certainly didn't mean just naming her on the team either. He wanted her to compete at 4CC or do a public session for the public to see for themselves (unofficially) as well. From what I remember, Kwan suggested her nomination on the team be conditioned on officials ascertaining her readiness to compete.
First off, Kwan did have jumps and athleticism. Sure she wasn't Tonya, but Kwan set a high standard of clean and "complete" programs that her competitors had trouble keeping up with. Whether or not you thought she should have placed lower, and no matter how you can criticize her for the fact that she could have been better prepared and not thrown so many points away with better element construction, she did place 4th at her first ever IJS - beating the eventual Olympic champion who placed 9th.
Because your first (limited) reply had the tone that it was said she wasn't a real Olympian- not in 1998, not in 2002, and not in 2006. That's all you said, so how should I know?
I didn't get that vibe and wondered if/how you did from the article. Which you then gave this:Well, she didn't exactly do 'well' in the one COP competition she had at 2005 Worlds, and she had not done the Grand Prix in 2003, 2004, or 2005. I do think people were a little too gung-ho on flexibility back in the early days of the system, and I said in another thread recently that I vaguely remember Kwan saying in the QR at Worlds that she didn't know she needed to hold her (final) spiral for 3 seconds. Whether or not that happened, I didn't find anything on a quick search when that discussion came up.
