Not exactly live, but close enough!
Alissa Czisny - Triple lutz+Double toe DEEP outside edge, triple flip possible edge change, spiral, double axel, once again off a deep outside edge. Now we can relax - beautiful flying camel with attractive catch-foot positions, footwork went well with the music, very fast combo spin, ends with a well centered and fast layback, but I noticed she wasn't completely flat in the original layback position. Overall a great performance, the only scary jump being the double axel. 62.50
Looking at the protocol, she changed edge on the flip. PCS were WAY too low.
Christina Gao - HUGE triple flip-triple toe, nice triple lutz - edge looked pretty good, but didn't see a replay so I'm not sure. Flying sit spin and laybacks OK, but the positions could be stretched more. VERY scary double axel - it looked like she slipped off the edge, OK footwork and combo spin. Good performance, but her axel really scares me. 58.43
Appropriate scoring on the protocol.
Agnes Zawadzki - once again a HUGE triple toe-triple toe followed by a big triple lutz. I then got distracted by her awful dress and hair style. There was too much going on in the front, and not enough on the back AND it included a tail. I am confused. I saw a good layback, OK footwork, flying sit spin, good double axel and good combo spin. The dress needs to go. It is awful. 61.54
Still not over her costume after looking at the protocol.... but her PCS were all over the place (Judge 1).
Caroline Zhang - Oh scary fall on the triple flip - I saw that coming she tapped WAY too far to the inside. Good recovery on the triple loop-double toe. Improved speed on spins and going into the double axel, and the return of the pearl spin! She looks like she's in MUCH better shape, so maybe this change is a good idea. Ok footwork, better speed on combo spin. 48.48
Appropriate judging on the protocol, but I think her PCS were a little low.
Mirai Nagasu - Ok triple lutz-double toe - lost some speed on the takeoff, slight flutz. Okay triple flip but it looked a little sideways in the air - she seems slow today. Good footwork and combo spin, big double axel, nice flying sit spin, and great layback. She did some weird stuff getting into her starting position...still confused. 63.35
Apparently the lutz was fine, but the flip got an edge call...? Interesting. Appropriate and fairly consistent PCS throughout the judges.
Vanessa Lam - Nice ina bauers into her double axel, small but fast rotations on both her triple lutz-double loop and triple flip, good layback and combo spins, expressive footwork, and nice flying sit spin to end the program. The crowd was really into it. 57.61
Not much GOE on her jumps. She needs to work on making them higher in case she's not growing, which is definitely possible, seeing as she is only 15. Good PCS for a relative unknown making her senior debut.
Ashley Wagner - Looks nervous at the boards. Steps out of triple flip, does the combo on the lutz, which actually didn't seem to change edge in the slo-mo. Fast flying sit spin, expressive footwork, OK combo spin, nice transitions into her double axel, but she didn't get the height. Good layback to end. You could tell the flu really affected her performance, and she was not happy. 54.63
No edge calls - I saw right. I guess that is one good thing from this performance. Honestly, I thought her transitions and interpretation marks should have been higher, and her performance/execution marks should have been lower. Weird PCS from judges.
Rachael Flatt - Easy triple flip-double toe, but you could tell she wanted a triple toe, swinging edge into the lutz, which seemed slightly under-rotated. Flying camel and layback spins not great, good double axel. Nice ina bauer! Why can't she stretch her back like that in her spins? It makes no sense. Frantic, flailing footwork - shades of Plushenko. Final combo spin OK. Less cringe-worthy than her old program, if you close your eyes during the footwork. 62.32
Looking at her protocol, I am very upset she got +3s for her footwork. Mao doesn't even get that at her own nationals, and there is NO comparison as to who has the better footwork. Also, PCS were higher than Alissa's, which is just WRONG. I am very upset. On the bright side, they judged her layback correctly and awarded her with a level 1.
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