2023 Grand Prix Final - Womens SP “Yawning”

[Karen-W]

Loena pulled that out after a sketchy start. SkAm was her best performance of this SP, but I still like it and appreciate the direction she's trying artistically.

 

[Ka3sha]

I loved Loena’s skating and package waaaay more when she was unsuccessfully competing against the Russians.
Like she didn’t got the scores she deserved back then while skating to some really great programs and here we are now ..

 

[Firedancer]

Not terrible for Loena. I was a little nervous after the first jump and with all that tape.

 

[skatingguy]

Replay of Hendrickx's 3Lz+3T combo

Mark: Good height, and length, and considered clean by the tech panel.

 

[Lana K]

Loena making tape and spray tan a whole look, bless her.

 

[skatingguy]

Isabeau Levito
Coach: J. Kuznetsova, O. Japaridze, E. Platov
Music: Yarning by Raul Ferrando

 

[leilaofpaper]

Nerves.

 

[airgelaal]

Girls are nervous

 

[Wyliefan]

OK, now I get the thread title.

 

[Ka3sha]

Isabo’s jumps are frightening

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh boy, she's having to save those jumps with the deep knee bend again.

 

[leilaofpaper]

Disaster skate for Isabeau

 

[Gris]

Isabeau is so tentative.

 

[Wyliefan]

Say what you will, this girl is a fighter.

 

[Karen-W]

Isabeau - oh no! 2z and barely held onto the landing of the 2a. Manages a 3f+2t to at least salvage a combo, but she's going to be lucky to not be in last place at the end of this segment.

 

[skatingguy]

Isabeau Levito
Coach: J. Kuznetsova, O. Japaridze, E. Platov
Music: Yarning by Raul Ferrando

2Lz!* - invalid element
2A - squat landing
Fly Camel Spin 4
3Fq+2T - really had to work for it
Ch Combo Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 4

Who is the favourite for US Nationals now? The event seems very open after the results of NHK, and this performance from Levito.

56.53 = 5th Place

 

[honey]

Isabeau is doing something weird with her arms in the air. On that 2T they were super open and up very high. She did the same thing on the warm up. Strange thing I’ve never seen her do before.

And she looks absolutely devastated and defeated.

 

[Kateri]

Worst I've ever seen Isabeau skate, everything was so much effort - often too much. Not to be all "skater X is done" after one bad performance, but if she's growing, has her technique reached it's limit?

 

[Firedancer]

Disaster skate for Isabeau

 

[Wyliefan]

Aww, she's wrecked. I wish I could give her a hug.

 

[Karen-W]

Say what you will, this girl is a fighter.

Agreed. I sense the same grit in Lindsay. Nats is going to be REALLY interesting.

 

[Lana K]

Wow, a rough outing for Isabeau. Hopefully she can bounce back tomorrow.

 

[skatingguy]

The jump technique was not working for her today - that flip+combo was painful to watch.

 

[Frau Muller]

Isabeau’s SP mirrors the fugly dress…very sad. So this is the USA’s great hope?

Ziegler, where art thou?

 

[PRlady]

I saw flubs in warmup. Really atypical for her. At least I hope so.

 

[airgelaal]

Let's be honest, many of us have been predicting these jumping problems for a long time.

 

[skatingguy]

Kaori Sakamoto
Coach: Sonoko Nakano, Mitsuko Graham, Sei Kawahara
Music: Baby, God Bless You by Orchestra Possible

 

[her grace]

The 2a has a super difficult entry, the lutz , though, that’s just bad technique catching up to Levito.

 

[Sarah]

While many of us have been concerned about her jumps, I’ve never seen her look so nervous and expressionless when she’s taken the ice. To me that’s more concerning.

 

[airgelaal]

Kaori!!!