Another lady without 3rd combo. Please ladies, find another Yuzu thing to follow 

Go Rika!!! 

Pray for Rika now. They will kill her rotation I know

She's obviously disappointed. Low scores

Karen is a lovely skater but I'm not sure this new FS is any better for her than Carmen. 

 

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Rika, that 3Lo was almost a 3Lo-boards.....

R Hongo

 

Go Rika!!!

 

She looks so much like Kahlo in this costume, it's a bit unsettling. But I really like her look.

 

3F3T

3S_tano

3F (based on what the Russian commentator said, cz the stream froze)

2A3T2Lo_tano

3Lo (almost to the board)

Didn't catch that - choppy stream. I only know that's a 2 jump combo with a tano

2A_tano

 

That was good! Choppy stream and all.

Rika Hongo 

3F3T

3S tano 

3Lz tano so 

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2A3T

3Lo ur? 

3F2T

2A 

She did land her jumps, but they did look tight and.. forced. 

Julia liked her. 

Rika did great! I'm happy to see her smile!

love the dress

 

---so much tano---

Very good program, Rika! I'm so happy to see her with good programs again! 

2 minutes ago, xeyra said:

Karen is a lovely skater but I'm not sure this new FS is any better for her than Carmen. 

Carmen is my least favorite of the warhorses, so one less Carmen is a good thing to me. 

Seriously though, I think Carmen just requires a certain "presence" or "carriage" -a smoldering type of intensity, otherwise it can fall flat. I can buy Gabby's Carmen, I can buy Katerina Witt's Carmen, and I could see Kaitlyn Osmond carrying Carmen well. But Karen, for one reason or another, just doesn't quite strike me as having it yet to carry Carmen. 

I really like Rika's music and this LP. She always has some special energy that I love. At least 3 UR. Oh my ....

oops, missed 3F3T2T

Yep, they killed her rotations. Rotate your jumps, Rika!!

she's lower than Marin..