This video doesn't do her performance justice. I was in the arena Sunday for this event and the energy was electrifying! For the last 20 seconds of her performance, from that final 3 Loop to the end the crowd was cheering so loud you couldn't hear the music anymore. As soon as she finished, we were all on our feet clapping and cheering for her! The sound editors turned down the audience reactions so the music could be heard on the broadcast. 😸
@@annaszpilarewicz2691They work hard, they are successful. But you can see on their faces that they do not enjoy skating because of being so overworked and having so much stress. There is also a lot of drama revolving around them now. They are amazing skaters, but personally I like watching skaters who smile and look like they enjoy their program.
This is the type of program that would get me back to watching skating regularly! Not a cheated quad in sight (but beautifully executed triples) and a well choreographed program highlighting great skating skills. It reminds me of previous eras and that is a very good thing!!!
Yeah, I hate to say it but the Ukraine war has improved ladies free skating b/c now we can see the rest of the skating world free from Russian oppression of doping, politics, and gaming the technical scores *sigh*
@@queenofqwerty I never thought I'd see a time when the men had more beautiful and choreographically interesting programs than the top ladies. (And it's not like there are a ton of those either. Once again it's mostly the Japanese and Canadian men with the occasional unicorn like Jason Brown.)
I am glad Kaori is still skating despite winning the World Championship last season. She probably remains under pressure since the ban of the Russian skaters since she has become the main favourite since then, but it seems she is dealing with that pretty good. Nice to see her experiencing with a new choreographer, although I liked more her collaboration with her previous choreographer (Benoit Richaud). She is still struggling with the jumps a little bit, but there is enough time until the next Worlds, where Kaori has great chances to win the title for the second time in a row. Wishing her good luck!
I am glad Kaori is still skating, she must be under pressure as the favorite. But she deals with it like a queen. I think she can win the Worlds title. There I fixed it for you. :)
If she doesn’t win gold at the next Olympics I’m throwing hands, the age needs to be increased to 18! Or even 21! To COMPLETELY STOP the BS that this sport has become
That’s the kind of jumps we deserve, with the flow of the choreo, almost like the skater did them without thinking, spontaneously, like and afterthought and not with long seconds of preparation and a bad crossover technique to do a mediocre jump with an elaborated exit to mask the awful technique and landing…
100%agree with you Eric and Val, stopped watching the “women’s” skating for a while now. That jerky skating by young girls that was seemingly admired by all was unwatchable.
@@erika6651 Yes! It reminds me so much of Michelle Kwan's grace and body shape. To me, she's the best of all time. I hope more skaters like Kaori emerge in this era.
Bravooooo Kaori😃..very beautiful and amazingly light jumps, she's like a feather, at the same time she's a stout figure skater. I'm excited about Kaori and good luck girl...❤🧡💛👍👍👍🙏
Can we talk about how she managed to hang on to the landing of that 2A+3T without stepping out?! If I were a judge, I'd honestly give that a +1 because not only did she make it look gorgeous somehow, but it's also an impressive show of her skating skills!!
Hard to believe Levito was scored a half point behind the obviously far superior Sakamoto...I guess being the darling of the US has its advantages. Some things never change.🇨🇦
Judges do weird things, especially if you look at how each judge scores individual skaters. I saw the FS protocol, and Judge 4 put Kaori and Isabeau at a virtual tie on PCS (in fact, scored Isabeau .25 higher than Kaori on Presentation). I guess home town advantages do exist in our sport.
Sakamoto is a far more advanced skater than Levito. She has much more experience and that comes through in her skating. That also comes through in her component scores. Technically Levito is very good. That’s where she does some catching up. Had she tried to land the quad jump and actually landed it (I believe that’s what it was called) Levito would have won or been very much closer to Sakamoto. Levito is a very graceful skater plus she has the jumps. Only thing lacking at this point is the experience but that will come too. Levito, like Sakamoto is a very beautiful skater but they have different styles. Both are beautiful.
So lovely seeing a woman’s body on here! There have been too many on-the-cusp-of-puberty skaters in recent years that I felt we were watching girls’ figure skating instead of women’s.
Каори прекрасна! Желаю ей и дальше радовать своих поклонников (в том числе и из России) великолепным скольжением и шикарными программами. Из России с любовью! 🤍💙❤
Не знаю.. что то грубоватое., угловатое. То ли дело наши девочки.. лиричные, пластичные, само изящество и элегантность.. Хотя технически Каори молодец..
@@vsirrmk Каори 22 года, нашим девочкам всего лишь 15-17 лет. Мы просто привыкли видеть на льду почти что детей, которые все легкие, воздушные, изящные, поэтому взрослые спортсменки кажутся "грубыми". Взгляните на Валиеву: не успела пройти Олимпиада, и спортсменка тоже выросла и огрубела/потяжелела, прыжки стали другими. Тело растет, меняется, потому и катание выглядит другим, это нормально.
This sport is so toxic, half the commenters complaining about this woman's figure or comparing her to imaginary performances by their favourites. Why is it so hard to be a very nice to athletes in this sport
I know Russians always win, but I never see anything unique or speciality in their performance. They always make everything perfectly, but the uniqueness is always missing. They trained well and probably very strict so the achieve, but I saw much more personality and energy in Kaori's performance.
@@fazekasagnes There is some truth in your words, but ''the uniqueness is always missing'' is the obvious axaggeration. What about Yulia Lipnitskay and Alena Kostornaya? Now a new ''stalet'' is rising in Russia - Veronika Yametova, though she isn't ''the very best'' in terms of scores and technique, but she has a talent and personality, energy and fire, Veronika loves skating, she is quick, agile, with some tricks of her own.
Very strong skater. Reminded me of seeing a martial artist take to the ice. Good discipline, strong execution of the jumps. Incredibly strong athlete. Much respect. Will be interesting to see this performance against the Russian female skaters.
her weakness is not beautiful but her skating is amazing. Her jumps, speed is top of the world. I like her skating...no tricks,no drug, Love her straight forward powerful skating skill !
las rusas se valen de tener muy bajo peso y tener un cuerpo que no haya sido transformado por la pubertad. Inician los saltos a medio giro y los aterrizajes no son de tan buena calidad. En realidad, los entrenadores de las rusas no enseñan técnica tan buena como la que tiene Kaori, y en dos años las atletas terminan explotadas, lesionadas, y no pueden seguir compitiendo. Me encanta ver a una MUJER con técnica verdadera, y que ha logrado competir por muchos años. Muy lejos de "aficionada"
@@lusmerlin Todo tiene que ver con fisiologia. El cambio fisico y cerebral que se produe al finalizar los 16 no solo le pasa a las rusas. Le pasa a todas las mujeres japonesas incluidas. Despues de eso ya nada es igual. Y no es igual no solo a las rusas, a todas las patinadoras, japonesas incluidas. Las rusas tienen un talento casi genetico en mover su cuerpo, por eso destacan no solo en patinaje artistico, en gimnasia ritmica, en balet, en nado artistico. No reconocer eso es pura mesquindad.
@@gerardobaltodano pero históricamente este es un deporte femenino donde quienes compiten tienen entre 16 y 22 años. Poner niñas de 14 a competir lo que hace es desvirtuar el deporte, es lo que han hecho los rusos recientemente.Este cambio nos hace creer que las demás no son igual de buenas... no, es que son mujeres que ahora tienen que competir con niñas. Objetivamente es distinto.
@@_V_G I don't follow it as much as this, but I got your point. I much rather there would be fair categories for young teen vs. late teen/young adult women.
Nice skating. But they can never beat Russian girls in score, she can hardly make more score than 217/220 - not only her, The Japanese and Korean girls included.
Because the Eteri technique only works for girls in puberty and not for adult women. In addition, they arrive at the age of 18 to 20 with osteoarthritis
@@mariacecilia-iv4yu Well, ok, everyday i hear that 24/7, there is even "skating lessons" concentrated totally 100% to that - all of their live youtube is for that only, in the beginning i have listened , now it become enormously boring - this, that and as if they do not merit all of the medals they received. But now what happen? all ISU grand prix become obsolete - with small and boring jumps, spins very very ugly - mediocre scores , mediocre dances blah blah blah --- people find all sorts of arguments to state "WOW OMG such a greatest choreography ever seen since 100000 years!" it is become so so boring and less people watch except Japanese for Japanese, Koreans for Koreans. They (The Russian girls) have worked hard!! methods might not be parfait, that's all. SO BORING!!
@@khinsushein4906 It’s scary how you find your own entertainment more important than the health of young girls, many of them still children. Only because you find some skaters boring they should starve and have chronic pain and injuries by the age of 19….tells me a lot about you as a person. i hope Eteri perishes forever, she did enough damage to this sport
@@darkflame3669 I am just audience, it is normal that i will watch only those with greatest performance. To be honest for me a skater does not need to reign for 10 or 20 years, it is boring, the methods, technologies are progressing day by day. Let new generation simply emerge in if their performance is much better. The rest i will put into those responsible hands with corresponding competence. I am not expert nor know much, i wont profess or accuse the people if i know only few retold by so called experts whom i also do not know much either.
@@khinsushein4906 The Russians also have a lot of edge problems, they pre-rotate a lot to do the "quads" and they don't get attention for that. Russians are beautiful as they do ballet and bring the grace of a ballerina to the ice, but as for their technique they cannot be seen as a textbook. And that the ISU itself has to define about their scoring system. What about Sherbakova's Lutz technique, it gets a huge score and it's never invalidated. Only Liza and Kostornaia had better techniques.
Really? Only one 3-3 combo, a flawed 2A-3T and a Flutz jump can already make the audience yelling like nutty fruitcakes? The level of competition has really sunken to the historic low.
