Worlds 2025 Women SP: “She Works Hard For The Mone (So You Better GOE Her Right)”

[petro]

I actually feel like the best thing for Kaori's skating next season would be not to win this year. For her to get her sense of abandon and attack back and hopefully come up with programs that are more her classic powerful style! I want to see her chasing and on the hunt to win again, it has felt like she's skating not to lose and of course the programs don't feel authentic to what makes her so special.

Maybe Alysa could repurpose her short into a long program for the Olympic season? It is the highlight program of this entire Olympic cycle for me so far, in any discipline!

 

[her grace]

After seeing her again live, I thought sadly that Isabeau could be a multi-year world champion if she’d been taught proper jump technique. In person the contrast between her jumps and everything else is so jarring.

Indeed.

Alysa skates like she’s out on a pond skating for herself out of love for movement and music. That can’t be taught. Some of the other skaters also inhabited their music -Mone loves that program no matter what anyone thinks - and to me it really differentiates between technical knowledge and a complete performance.

Agreed. There’s a joie de vivre there that can’t be taught.

Both Nina and Niina look better on TV.

That was a terrible skate for Niina, it didn’t look as good as she usually does on TV either.

I love Pinzarrone’s skating that I’ve seen in person (not the bitty jumps, but the musical expression and her calm attack). I do think her LP is a better fit for her, though—let me know what you think after the FS.

Kaori was just…businesslike. I miss her freedom and power and that aura of invincibility. Just not there this year.

She needs a good set of programs next year.

 

[jenny12]

I don’t really get the comments that Chiba skates junior. I think she looks young but she doesn’t skate young. I wasn’t there live so tough to judge speed and ice coverage but all the ingredients in her skating are high quality and I thought she sold the heck of out the program. Shoulder shimmy aside, she looked comfortable with that and was able to pull it off. Similarly to Alysa, I also think her free skate is the weaker program (I just find it boring), but I could see her winning this.

Thank you! I don’t get it either. Her skating skills are at the higher end of the competitors and she commits to her program as much as anyone else. I honestly think people see pink and a ponytail and automatically say “junior.”

 

[Rukia]

Thank you! I don’t get it either. Her skating skills are at the higher end of the competitors and she commits to her program as much as anyone else. I honestly think people see pink and a ponytail and automatically say “junior.”

no I just thought her ice coverage wasn't as good as i'd expect and her expression doesn't seem as good in the arena idk