That said, the short programs happened, and it is possible the final result will be that of the short program.
Gracie Gold won the short program, and maybe the event. Gracie had a clean short in Bordeaux, which was a little surprising but it was nice to see her skate well. Her short is not my favourite, but it's working a whole lot better than last year's for her. Every element in her short got a positive GOE and her PCSs were strong.
Conversely, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva did not skate well here. She was 5th in the short, and doesn't have the chance to make up the lost points, if the information we have so far is true. The triple axel was underrotated and the triple lutz was downgraded. Her combo also received a negative GOE. Her program almost entirely fell apart after the mistake on the triple axel. Without the amazing, consistent jumps, there is nothing left to her short program. Her costume is also horrendous. What possessed her to wear nothing but flesh coloured fabric on half her dress I will never understand. She has gone from the matronly mumu to this sexy in the worst way dress.
Yulia Lipnitskia got lucky here that she only had to power through a short program. She can fake her way through her bad technique for three jumps, but I really don't think she can manage that often in the freeskate. She's doing better this season, but that doesn't mean she has better technique. She is landing these jumps through pure force of will.
Roberta Rodeghiero had a surprisingly good skate here. She finished in third after the short. She's not one we see often, especially not with this much success. If she can pull off two skates like her one here, she may be able to make at least an alternate position for the grand prix final, assuming these results stand for the final, which, who knows what's going to happen with that.
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