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鉴于SP的表现不佳,KIMMIE可能在LP中做3axel.
下面是有关KIMMIE的一些报道:
Make no mistake, Kimmie Meissner would rather be skating an exhibition tonight than sitting in some fancy restaurant or indulging in a rare chocolate treat.
Being on the ice means she finished in the top four this afternoon at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Being elsewhere means she did not.
The reigning world and national champion is in sixth place after a short program that was the mirror opposite of her performance last month at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She was low when she should have been high in the air and high when she should have been low to the ice.
But even though this event means little on her resume and even less in preparing to defend her international title, the fierce competitor in Meissner still wants to be on the podium this afternoon.
"It wasn't my best," is how she summed up the short program, her face clearly showing exasperation with her own shortcomings.
The grade of execution on the first three of Meissner's elements - a triple-double combination jump, a triple flip and a layback spin - were all below zero. Although she recovered with high-quality spirals, spins and footwork, it was not enough.
Until her breakthrough at nationals in which she won the short program by a shade more than three points, Meissner usually has relied on a powerful, jump-packed four-minute presentation that is the most difficult of any of the competitors.
"The long is my favorite, definitely. There's a lot more I can do with that," she said.
Today, Meissner doesn't have a lot of ground to make up. Only a total of 3.11 points separates her from the leader, Joannie Rochette, the Canadian champion.
And she has a jump no other woman in this competition has landed: the 3 1/2 -revolution triple axel.
But Meissner hasn't landed one in competition since her bronze-medal performance at the 2005 national championships. A bad back last year put the jump on the shelf, and this year it was considered too inconsistent.
"If you take the risk and miss it, you take out a lot of points and it messes up the rest of the program," Meissner explained. "It's one of those jumps that if you put it in, the whole flow of the program is different, whether I land it or I don't land it."
Coach Pam Gregory insists that Meissner land five clean jumps before she'll consider including it. The skater was doing just that in practice at the University of Delaware rink, and she dusted them off here Thursday and yesterday
"Pam's the ultimate decider. I don't know how she's leaning. I haven't asked her," Meissner said.
As at nationals in 2005, where she was fourth before the long program, Meissner finds herself pondering a similar gamble.
"I would like to try it," she said. "I mean, I've got nothing to lose."
好妹妹,不要过于自责了,我相信你的LP一定会有好的表现!
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Kimmie Meissner, the World champion and favorite for the U.S. title, told journalists, including the Baltimore Examiner and the Associated Press , on December 28, that she will enroll in the University of Delaware in the fall. Meissner expects to graduate in the spring from Fallston High School , where she is currently a senior. Meissner will not immediately declare a major because she expects to take classes on a part time basis due to her commitment to skating. She said she hopes to eventually earn a degree in “something along the lines of physical therapy or exercise science. 
