14 years of age from mount holly new jersey and the 2021 u.s junior champ and the numbers that she has posted extremely high they would challenge the top names here She has nothing to lose in this event but let me tell you she is putting the pressure on all the veterans she is the face of the future she is so good opening with a double axel look at that deep knee bend that extension on her landing Absolutely exquisite posture and line and watch her landings the way she bends deep in the knee into that degree even more of a spectacular finish such poise Last jumping past the most difficult triple lutz triple loop very difficult edge jump triple lutz triple loop the technical panel will go back and check the landing to review to make sure it had full rotation three revolutions in the air before that blade touches the ice Welcome to the senior level isabel levito she does not skate like a junior lady anymore she is absolutely stunning technically brilliant but artistically way beyond her young years everything is nuanced and detailed tremendous skating was almost like she was skating in a whisper we all leaned
In to hear more gorgeous it was a whisper of a standing o as well isabel lavito check out the knee bend on this triple flip beautiful wind up into the jump but there that incredible supple knee quality that’s kind of like a skater safety nut if you’ve got a soft
Knee you can save pretty much anything out there on the ice and here was the combination it was the last element jumping past the program so it received a 10 bonus but watch her foot right here where it hits the ice on the landing of this jump
It was called under rotated as you can see she finished the rotation on the ice so she’ll lose 20 percent of the base value and negative grade of execution so a costly little error there the program was soft and elegant graceful so was the standing ovation by
The crowd it was a different kind of standing out it matched her expression yes 38.86 for the technical side 32 in change then 71 and even 71 that’s the standard here in the women’s shore ismo told us several days ago that she was very very excited about
This first senior nationals you said you were thinking about it every day so what was it actually like out there for you it’s very fun um so i kind of expected myself to be like a little bit more nervous or like scared i don’t know just because it’s very new
You know it’s it’s very big it’s a big event like when i come here everything’s big everything’s extra so i i expected like to feel more like oh but actually i was i don’t know i felt very i’m very i don’t know i don’t know how to describe it it was just very
Good moment though so you’re too young to make the olympic team so you don’t have the pressure that a lot of the athletes have here how much did that impact your approach and your mental attitude about the competition well i mean to me it’s like i didn’t really have anything to lose
So it just kind of made the whole the whole program the whole trip i mean this week a lot easier for me mentally i i mean i just go on the ice and i’m really just having fun at this point you still have the free skate but uh your mom is from milan
Site of the next winter olympics that you would be eligible for in 2026. what goes through your mind when you think about that well um i don’t want to disappoint my grandmother because she lives very close to the arena so i think she’s counting on me to
Be there for that olympics and stay with her all right we’ll wait for that congratulations on a nice job tonight thank you terry andrea can we just talk to her for the next half hour or so is that great
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