Women - Olympic Qualifying - May/June Edition

[Karen-W]

So, now that we know that both Petrosian and Safonova are in as AINs...

 

[caseyedwards]

I will believe a Russian will qualify when they are warming up in Italy!

 

[zigzig]

LoLo, Goob and Adelia seem like locks but the rest are all wildcards.

 

[jägerbomb]

I'm not convinced Hendrickx will even be here, due to ongoing injuries.

Manifesting a spot for Kiibus.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm not convinced Hendrickx will even be here, due to ongoing injuries.

Manifesting a spot for Kiibus.

Yeah, I'm anxious to see her start posting that she's back on the ice. She's still in rehab mode - lots of biking, running, weight-training right now. Haven't seen her in the rink yet, though.

 

[farahfan]

I wish they could give one women's spot to pairs

 

[nlloyd]

I wish they could give one women's spot to pairs

Nooooo! ?

 

[skateblessing]

Yeah, I'm anxious to see her start posting that she's back on the ice. She's still in rehab mode - lots of biking, running, weight-training right now. Haven't seen her in the rink yet, though.

Yeah I have thought about this several times, that people seems a bit too sure she will be ready for Beijing qualifier. It seems obvious she is still not back on the ice and instead doing all other light activities. I don´t think she even has put her skates on to just feel the ice, she is posting very frequently about her daily activities on her story, and I don´t think she would have left that part out.

I don´t think she will be ready unless she starts to skate again very soon - it feels like the next couple of weeks is going to decide. I think she needs to be back on the ice early June to be able to go to the qualifier - I assume they must know by the end of August who they are going to submit, and she probably needs about 1,5-2 months after she starts training again on the ice to regain some of her triples. And if she does make it, I don´t think we can expect her to do a triple triple in Beijing at this rate. At the very best it will probably be a watered down content. And it takes time to regain stamina for a long program.

Oh, and I also forgot about making new programs. That takes time as well. Maybe she just ends up recycle programs, at least for Beijing qualifier. There is no way there is enough time to both regain her triples and make new programs before Beijing now.

 

[jägerbomb]

Oh, and I also forgot about making new programs. That takes time as well. Maybe she just ends up recycle programs, at least for Beijing qualifier. There is no way there is enough time to both regain her triples and make new programs before Beijing now.

Yes...if she is able to make it to the qualifier, let's hope she recycles anything other than her two most recent programs. She really deserves better choreography than the tacky slop Adam Solya provides. Talk about diminishing returns.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I’m going to plop this here as well, Miss Loena has stepped back onto the ice

https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/s/UXsnNkGBpb

 

[farahfan]

I’m going to plop this here as well, Miss Loena has stepped back onto the ice

https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/s/UXsnNkGBpb

missed her energy!!

 

[barbk]

Laughing at how "Chinese Nebelhorn" has made it to Reddit.

 

[skateblessing]

Just saw a clip of Loena jumping 3S combo. First clip I have seen of her jumping again. Seems she first stepped on the ice about a month ago. I guess this is the progress we could expect after the injury. Typically salchow seems like one of the first triples jumps skaters restore after a long injury.

A lot can still happen in the next 2 months, and we don´t know yet how much training she is allowed to do or if she is feeling any issues so far, but from the looks of it - I thinks she will probably go to Beijing and try secure a 2nd spot but with easier content. Even without stable flip and lutz I think she a chance to secure a spot based on the component mark and spins along with some easier jump. But we will probably not se her do a 3Lz-3T anytime soon. At best we will see 3Lz-2T in Beijing. But again - this is just assumptions... We don´t know really how her training is going or how much she is training.

On another note - Safanovas IG seems very quiet. I tried to find any footage of her recently but there is not much to find. Seems she did some shows in April. Has anyone seen anything - maybe she posted something on story that I missed recenetly? There were some talk about her perhaps being injured this spring. I´m starting to wonder if we will see her in Beijing.