It looks it was a night of good skating. I watched the highlights on the Eurosport this morning.

Joannie's performance left me in tears. Her strength and courage are inspirational. I hope she has a great skate on Thursday and grabs a medal. Wow. Just wow.

I keep fingers for Joannie it in unbelievable how strong she is!

Oh, poor Joannie, my heart goes to her.

I wake up at 3 to watch the girls short program. I did like the program of the australian girl...I think she is a promise for the future...at list I hope so!
My favourite was Mao, but Yu-Na was better than her!
I also liked Miki and Akiko...what a pity that they made mistakes(with all this I still believe that Akiko was underscored)!

I agree with Titi. Both Mao and Yu-Na were amazing but I'd put Mao first. Or at least there shouldn't be 4 points separating them. And I still like Mao a bit more

Results Ladies SP

1. KIM Yu-Na 78.50
2. ASADA Mao 73.78
3. ROCHETTE Joannie 71.36
4. ANDO Miki 64.76
5. FLATT Rachael 64.64
6. NAGASU Mirai 63.76
7. KOSTNER Carolina 63.02
8. LEONOVA Alena 62.14
9. GEDEVANISHVILI Elene 61.92
10. LEPISTO Laura 61.36
11. SUZUKI Akiko 61.02
12. MAKAROVA Ksenia 59.22
13. SEBESTYEN Julia 57.46
14. PHANEUF Cynthia 57.16
15. MEIER Sarah 56.70
16. KWAK Min-Jung 53.16
17. KORPI Kiira 52.96
18. LEE Cheltzie 52.16
19. LIU Yan 51.74
20. GLEBOVA Elena 50.80
21. KARADEMIR Tugba 50.74
22. LAFUENTE Sonia 49.74
23. HECKEN Sarah 49.04
24. GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia 49.02
25. PIEMAN Isabelle 46.10
26. ZIEGLER Miriam 43.84
27. POSTIC Teodora 43.80
28. REITMAYEROVA Ivana 41.94
29. McCORKELL Jenna 40.64
30. JURKIEWICZ Anna 36.10

Bravo Joannie

I think this OG have really brought to focus the problems with CoP, especailly the value for the big elements. Add Mao's amazing 3A combo trailing Kim by 4 points to the men's debate, and maybe there will be enough agitation in the ranks to push for a CoP revision.
Imagine if Mao lands both her 3As in the free and still loses to Kim (could very well happen)...
I am counting on the Russian Federation, who would be quite dissatisfied with the resulst so far, to push for changes. Let's see if Piseev is as powerful as he is said to be.

BTW, Asada and Chan are the same age. Who has the better 3A? ;-)

Lonnie

Are there any videos online yet?

Thanks, Manon!

Unfortunately I don't have access to this year's season on FSvids, yet ... I should start uploading videos

Mao was the first to land 3A in combination at the Olys. Midori Ito already landed 3A.

Ladies starting order LP

1 Turkey KARADEMIR Tugba 21 50.74
2 Spain LAFUENTE Sonia 22 49.74
3 China LIU Yan 19 51.74
4 Estonia GLEBOVA Elena 20 50.80
5 Uzbekistan GIMAZETDINOVA Anastasia 24 49.02
6 Germany HECKEN Sarah 23 49.04
7 Canada PHANEUF Cynthia 14 57.16
8 Finland KORPI Kiira 17 52.96
9 Australia LEE Cheltzie 18 52.16
10 Switzerland MEIER Sarah 15 56.70
11 Hungary SEBESTYEN Julia 13 57.46
12 Korea KWAK Min-Jung 16 53.16
13 Russian Federation LEONOVA Alena 8 62.14
14 Japan SUZUKI Akiko 11 61.02
15 Italy KOSTNER Carolina 7 63.02
16 Finland LEPISTO Laura 10 61.36
17 Russian Federation MAKAROVA Ksenia 12 59.22
18 Georgia GEDEVANISHVILI Elene 9 61.92
19 United States FLATT Rachael 5 64.64
20 Japan ANDO Miki 4 64.76
21 Korea KIM Yu-Na 1 78.50
22 Japan ASADA Mao 2 73.78
23 Canada ROCHETTE Joannie 3 71.36
24 United States NAGASU Mirai 6 63.76