Pinoy Skaters to seek spots in 2010 Olys In the US, if you’re a triple spinner, you’re already the talk of the town. Past champions were also quadro spinners
Holy what the hell?
Quadro spinner? WTF? It is my understanding that a spin needs to have more than three revolutions for the position to be given a level, I may be wrong. Our skaters must really be that bad if they can't even spin for more than four revolutions.
Maybe he meant jump? Because triple jumps are a requirement in senior level skating and quads are almost a must (it's not the be all and end all though). And that's what I notice is lacking in Filipino skaters, the ability to land triples well. I saw the 4CCs protocols and the Filipinas who skated there didn't have a full set of triples.
Either way, I'm excited for them at Worlds. I'm not quite sure how high they should place to allow the Philippines at least one slot for the Olys. I know that they have to place in the top 10 to qualify a second person in the next Worlds though.
So for Gracielle Tan (I thought it was Elizabeth Stern who would representing RP because of her win in Philippine Nationals? Maybe Gracielle's good performance at 4CC earned her LA) and Micheal Dimalanta, good luck!