Top 10 from last Worlds?
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I think Higuchi has a better overall impression than Sakamoto, particularly with regards to finishing moves, and anything above the ankle. I think they're pretty similar in terms of skating skills, and jump quality, so if they're both clean Highuchi finishes just ahead.
Wakaba's Lion King LP doesn't do anything for me. The program feels so empty and the performance is kind of bland. Her Adele's program when she won World silver medal was a much better vehicle for her.
You may consider yourself slaughtered.
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Aw, go on! If not now, when? And if not here, where?I've been on FSU for 19 years, and in all that time, I've almost always avoided actually expressing who I actually "like" or "dislike" among the competitors - that's to avoid all the slaughtering I would get
I’m still confused why this program gets all the raves… she literally skates through it until the step sequence?
I will say she skated that step sequence lights out in France! I loved that part too. But it was so slow and tense before that. The change was so abrupt, it was like someone flipped a light switch.
Like, yeah, fair enough... it's just that lots of people think she was HOSED on PCS in interpretation. Anyways, yeah, i rewatched her Bond program, and it's far better. but then I also don't like Lion King programs I suppose.
I agree that the Bond program is better, and maybe her PCS is correct, but its in comparison to the top 2 Russian skaters where I have an issue. Both Russians had falls, have less well constructed programs, and yet the judges are telling us that they're considerably better than Higuchi with their marks.
Well, her program didn't have many complex(?) transitions ( and longer jumps setups), and I thought a lot less one foot skating than Shcherbakova's program So I guess don't see too much of problem with her PCS in comparison to Anna except for skating skills. (edited; Aliona's program was also fairly empty but I haven't really compared with Wakaba's)
A lot of the women's costumes now are just too busy as well - the most money can buy rather than the best. In the "best dressed" thread I gave Korpi/Lepisto/Poykio and Akiko Suzuki as skaters who got it right in the past, and I'll also add Yuna Kim in her OGM season. I don't really see anyone who's up to that standard among current skaters.
I made a point to rewatch her FS to see how much one foot skating she does in the program, and if she has any turns/steps/MITF preceding her jumps…it wasn’t great TBH?. But yeah Poeta was not good at all.
