Worlds 2025 Women’s Free: “Make Amber Great A-Glenn”

[ilovepaydays]

Maddie needs to work on those claws I mean hand movements.

OMG. Now I can’t unsee it! Those fingers!

 

[skatingguy]

Madeline SCHIZAS
Rank after SP 6
Coach: Nancy Lemaire, Alison Purkiss, Derek Schmidt
Music: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto

2Lz+3T - 3-turn between the jumps
3F
3Lo
3S
Change Foot Combo Spin 3
3T+2T - poor quality landing
3Lo+2A+2T+SEQ
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 4 (3 after review)
Choreo Sequence
2A
Layback Spin 4

Had to fight through it, but kept her cool, and performed pretty well.

121.61 = 6th Place
190.79 = 6th Place

 

[marbri]

What a time for my power to fail!! Going on battery & back-up for modem for now...

Just got mine back as well and missed Maddie.

 

[floridaice]

I hope she keeps this program for next season -- it's so lovely.

 

[Wyliefan]

Lots of fight in that girl!

 

[Colonel Green]

Solid effort, though the program itself is (as they've said) a work in progress. The middle part I think needs more choreography.

Not going to be enough for top ten, but that was always a reach.

 

[Karen-W]

Wellllll... She stayed upright, but I think she's just given Lara Naki a spot in the top 12 if that TES is accurate.

 

[Braulio]

So Canada will keep one spot for next year Olympics right?

 

[peibeck]

Schizas wasn't bad... just not good either. Energy really dropped after 3t/2t combo.

 

[miffy]

I’m glad for Canadians that someone has done well in the women at last, but I have to say I didn’t think much of that. Maybe just not my kind of style or skating.

 

[Jay42]

I hope she keeps this program for next season -- it's so lovely.

That is the plan from what I've heard

 

[JoannaLouise]

I need to see a replay of the first 2lz3t, because it came up as 2lz + COMBO on the tracker. Did she put her foot down in between? ==

 

[fan]

oh how I wish schizas went to orser 4 years ago…

 

[danafan]

wait if they gave the triple toe on review she might have a chance....

 

[MacMadame]

Maddie always makes me think she mainlines Disney movies.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I hope she keeps this program for next season -- it's so lovely.

She’s planning on keeping it for the Olympics. At Canadian nationals, I could tell that she loves the program and the music.

 

[Wyliefan]

I hope she keeps this program for next season -- it's so lovely.

Keep the program, change the costume.

 

[susieB129]

None of this suits her at all.

 

[Jay42]

oh how I wish schizas went to orser 4 years ago…

I wanted her to go to Ravi Walia but I would have taken Orser too

 

[tangerine dream]

Some of Maddie's jumps are really beautiful. She still needs a lot of work on performance and expression and I wish she would style herself differently, but all things considered she held up pretty well under the pressure.

 

[overedge]

Well TBH I was expecting her to have a meltdown because of the pressure of being in the last group but now I'm relieved. I don't like the program though.

 

[fan]

Her team has no idea how to package her. Fugly dress.

 

[MacMadame]

I need to see a replay of the first 2lz3t, because it came up as 2lz + COMBO on the tracker. Did she put her foot down in between? ==

KMT says no

 

[Jarrett]

OMG. Now I can’t unsee it! Those fingers!

Yes I was picturing Lu Chens hands and even Karen Chens. Those claws at the beginning were frightening.

 

[Kaz7714]

Not feeling this dress, too fussy/girly.

Much too junior looking.

 

[Lilia A]

Into 6th with 5 to go

 

[tony]

Schizas furious she’s likely 11th

 

[skatingguy]

20 Kaori SAKAMOTO

Age: 24
Personal Best: 155.77
Season Best: 152.95
Current Rank: 5
Music: All That Jazz ("Chicago") performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger
Coach: Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham, Sei Kawahara, Masahiro Kawagoe

2024, 2023 & 2022 World Champion. 2022 Olympic bronze medalist. 2018 Four Continents Champion. Five-time & reigning National champion. 2017 World Junior bronze medallist. Ranked 6th at 2018 OWG. Came 6th at 2021 WCh & 5th in her debut at 2019 WCh. Won her two GP events and ranked 3rd at GP Final 2024. Asian Winter Games silver medalist 2025.

 

[miffy]

The red jacket with the pink dress we’ve had too much of that today!

 

[Karen-W]

Aw, she thought, for a second, she'd stayed in the Top 10.