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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Remember When: Skate America 2019 Ladies Short Program

Cheat sheet for the camera man to identify the skater.
In the US it's all about the Ladies even though lately our ladies haven't really been the most competitive of our team. Doesn't mean the powers that be don't continue to make them the headlining event of a competition (though US Nationals now closes out with Ice Dance). Skate America was buzzing with talk of the Russian Jumping Queens that were sure to show off on the ice. We watched the girls in both practice and warm up attack quad jump after quad jump. A lot of falls. A lot of grumpy looks from Coach Eteri. A lot of hype. 

Okay, not too much hype, they delivered. But so did Team USA as best they could without the quads and the triple axel. Japan also delivered and the Russian ladies quickly learned that it's not just about the jumps, because if you don't hit your tech you need to at least have some presentation marks to help hold you up. Not that they wiped the ice - far from it - but there was a glaring difference between the Japanese and US ladies vs Team Russia (though they did have one "mature" lady who does her best to have some semblance of artistry in her programs). 

I was excited to see some of the ladies I only ever see on TV, and they all made for some great photos. Just as I have with the other blog posts in today's series (Pairs Short, Mens Short, Short Dance) I'll keep to two photos per lady and you can view the rest in my Skate America photo gallery

Yi Christy LEUNG - Hong Kong
Yi Christy LEUNG - Hong Kong

Amber GLENN - USA

Amber GLENN - USA

Veronik MALLET - Canada

Veronik MALLET - Canada

Karen CHEN - USA

Karen CHEN - USA

Mako YAMASHITA - Japan

Mako YAMASHITA - Japan

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA - Russia

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA - Russia

Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA - Russia

Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA - Russia

Eunsoo LIM - South Korea

Eunsoo LIM - South Korea

Wakaba HIGUCHI - Japan

Wakaba HIGUCHI - Japan

Bradie TENNELL - USA

Bradie TENNELL - USA

Kaori SAKAMOTO - Japan

Kaori SAKAMOTO - Japan

Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA - Russia

Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA - Russia

Short Program Results

1 Bradie TENNELL         USA         75.10

2 Kaori SAKAMOTO         JPN         73.25

3 Wakaba HIGUCHI         JPN         71.76

4 Anna SHCHERBAKOVA         RUS 67.60

5 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS 67.28

6 Karen CHEN         USA         66.03

7 Amber GLENN         USA         64.71

8 Eunsoo LIM         KOR 63.96

9 Veronik MALLET         CAN 56.69

10 Yi Christy LEUNG         HKG 54.25

11 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA RUS 48.27

12 Mako YAMASHITA         JPN         46.21

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