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news
she was a star before she was a teenager and when she turned
thirteen she won the first of two U. S. national
championships now sixteen years of age
from Richmond California
here is a list so
Lou in fourth place after the short program little less than
nine points
off the lead
she has a triple Axel plans
what queen Alexander trees of the withdrew from this event
and that opens the door a bit for someone like Alyssa Alyssa
school today would be to go clean landed this triple Axel
and hope to bump up a placement to get on that podium
and grab a metal
this will set the tone right here
opening with the triple Axel
hangs on to it
that's a big deal the triple Axel she's done a quad before
last year grew about three inches had pain in her hips and
her back didn't do the triple Axel
or the quiet nationals
it's a huge deal Terry I'd say that puts her in such a good
position that I'd say she's a shoreline for the Olympic team
being the only U. S. woman executing it at this point
when there
triple Lutz
triple flip
last three elements of the program beginning at ten
percent bonus
%HESITATION
the two time U. S. champion making a statement at
the highest level Alyssa Lou
definitely is statement Terry this is the kind of speeding
she needs to be laying down at this point in the season and
she's the only U. S. women having a really strong season
so far
the triple Axel in the program she tried it in the short program
it did not happen
it happened in the free skate
she stood up about it here but watch where her blade hits
the ice you want that three and a half rotations to happen in
the air
not on the I. she received a quarter
which means it was just a quarter
loss of rotation she didn't receive an under rotation which
is a deduction
but there were many of these jobs under review the technical
panel goes back and looks at the landing to make sure there
are no under rotations she has a bit of a reputation
of getting lots of rotation on her troubles and you never want
to have that reputation
Terry don't want to put too much importance on one
John but
in many ways it is that important that triple Axel just
having that because you the project to head to the Olympics
with all the young Russian women they have the triple Axel
they have the quiet if you're gonna be competitive
you need it at the Olympics really need it and she had
a quad Lutz but that's been missing since last season
so again the question about making the Olympic team isn't
at play here it's now how can she be competitive with
the best in the world
I eat the Russian women
yes and that's with a clean triple Axel and a quad or
multiple plots
there's still a lot of make up work for her to do
and now finally age eligible
to compete internationally at the senior level to sixteen
years of age now in so many years spent
doing great thanks on the national level
the junior level internationally one
junior bronze medal at the world championships in twenty
twenty but now
against the best in the world in the free skate the women are
looking for the benchmark
for up to one fifty plus that's the best in the world
good things are you outside
two old two point nine
zero
and solidly into the lane which brings
currently in the first place