Who do you see as sasha's biggest competition for the 2005 worlds?

iceangel15 · #1 01-02-2005, 04:33 PM

There's alot of great skaters that appears in the past year. Who do you see as sasha's biggest competition for the worlds?

I think MK's time is over. She won't be able to beat Sasha if she doesn't have 3/3 combination.

Irina is back in the skating world. I didn't see her program yet but i know she might win worlds

Shizuka is a great technitian and her artistry is getting better. But with the new system artistry is very important and i think it's her weakness. I think sasha can beat her at worlds (if she's doing 3/3).

Joanie Rochette is getting better and better. She placed higher then Miki Ando (4th at last year worlds) at the GPF. I don't think she can beat a clean Sasha.

Miki Ando- Great technician but a lack of maturity. No presentation.

Cynthia phaneuf- Great presentation and good techinician but not enough consistent to win a medal at worlds. Maybe at the olympics.

Carolina Kostner- She's becoming a great skater, i really like her style. Great jumper but weak spinner. She will be a contender for olympic gold but not for 2005 world gold medal. (maybe bronze??)

figureskater272 · #2 01-02-2005, 05:25 PM

Michelle. No doubt. The judges love her (who can blame them). I think Michelle does have a 3/3.

iceskater72102 · #3 01-24-2005, 06:56 PM

I think Michelle and Irina are her toughest competition, though Shizuka has beat her this year and Miki and Joannie could potentially challenge.

**IceAlisa** · #4 01-24-2005, 07:07 PM

I don't know what Michelle got up her sleeve but judging by her Nats performance and lack of experience with CoP, I wouldn't worry too much about her.

I would consider Irina who kicked some major butt during the GP series and Rochette, given she can deliver the same quality performance as her Nats, a much bigger threat. Shiz doesn't seem to be doing well this season. Miki's prez is just too inferior.

M4oboe · #5 01-24-2005, 07:26 PM

I think Michelle definitely and probably also Joannie, Shizuka, and Irina.

hillwilliam · #6 01-25-2005, 05:21 AM

Irina has the home court advantage so I think she is the biggest threat.

I wouldn't be surprised if Shiz cracks under the pressure of defending her title. I think she is a podium threat but probably not a gold threat.

While Nats Bolero didn't give me confidence that Michelle is ready for Cop, I am not counting her out. Every time I wrote her off in the past, she has proved me wrong.

I'm not expecting the Canadians to be a gold medal threat this year.

Sasha4gold · #7 01-25-2005, 11:28 AM

Michelle will be the biggest competition.
Shizuka will be big too.
Miki Ando has huge awesome jumps but lacks artistry.
Irina has made a huge comeback this year. VERY BIG COMPETITION!
I have never seen Joanie

jobelle · #8 01-25-2005, 08:40 PM

Michelle...her jumps look bigger this season (despite the missing loop) and reports say that she has been practicing a 3/3, wouldn't put it past her to try it at Worlds. Her spins at nationals also looked faster than earlier this season.
Irina...has been AMAZING and beautiful this year. She has improved her artistry a lot and is skating with amazing passion. She has also been skating under COP all year and has really worked out a good program for her ( for example she is in a bielmann position on her spiral sequence which looks great for her and also racks up the points)
Shizuka...probably not a major threat to defend her title, has had a tough year with illness and injury and I don't feel like she has connected with her music this year. She also has not beat Irina this year.
Joannie...if she skates like she did at nationals could be a surprise contender, I wouldn't count her out but in order for her to beat the above skaters she will need to be close to perfect and they will probably need to make a few mistakes because she isn't as good in other elements of her skating.
Cynthia...has had problems this year with nerves and fear. She has seemed really intimidated skating with the top senior level skaters and this has really affected her skating. Even at Canadian Nationals (which she won last year) she was a mess. I give her one more year of experience before I think she'll be able to contend.
Miki...has good jumps but not good enough artistry and shaky spirals. It would be an upset if she were to win.

The interesting thing about COP is that it somewhat takes away the surprise factor. For the skaters who have already skated under it this year we already have an idea of the range they will probably score in. An upset will probably only happen if there are major falls from the top ladies which will open the door for other girls who may skate clean programs.
I really hate to make predictions...but that's my two cents worth

Helen · #9 01-26-2005, 12:17 AM

I don't why people are counting off Michelle. I mean she may be not be technically as strong as some of the other skaters, but she is usually consistent and the judges will give her very high component marks and that will itself help her. ( not that I'm a fan of her artistry but she has the reputation.)

**Ashley** · #10 01-26-2005, 12:39 AM

Honestly, it's herself. Sasha honestly has no bigger competition than herself. If she could keep herself together for one competition, she'd be amazing, and definately a force to be reckoned with.

Other than that, I would say Irina.

luvsasha2 · #11 01-27-2005, 09:28 AM

i think that sasha's biggest competion is:

Michelle (she's a great artist and athlete and is super good)
Irina (she is having a wonderful season and has won a zillion gold medals this year)
Shizuka (she won worlds last year)
Joannie (i really like her skating. It is gorgeous and fun to watch. She is a artistic and technical)

I do agree that in some ways Sasha is her own competion!

Aprilrain · #12 02-02-2005, 06:17 PM

I suppose the main Sasha's competition is herself.

If she would be confident enough to show her best at Worlds, no one will beat her. But 3/3 combo is really needed for that

xSashaSpinx · #13 02-22-2005, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ashley

Honestly, it's herself. Sasha honestly has no bigger competition than herself. If she could keep herself together for one competition, she'd be amazing, and definately a force to be reckoned with.

Other than that, I would say Irina.

You are totally right. If Sasha can overcome herself and skate clean there is no way she won't win. Her technique, artistry, and technical are all very high and very good. I'm not sure how much of a competition Irina will be this year, yes she has done awesome at all the GP events but, that wasn't against Michelle or Sasha. She has had a lack of good competition and has trained so , so early this season. - She may have peaked to early and will be tired for Worlds. Michelle is not the best skater for high technical points but, she only got bronze last year. She can't handle doing that badly, she is really going to put forth every effort to win this year. Shizuka has been doing badly all year, she wasn't the best skater last year, if you ask me, she can do a 3/3 and thats about it. The pressure has gotten to her and i don't see how its going to change for this competition.

Leonie · #14 02-23-2005, 09:23 AM

Her biggest competitions are definitely Irina, Shizuka and Michelle, but I can't say who her biggest competition is...we'll see....