Gogolev:   Oh crumbs... didn't land anything ... fall and pops.  Ouch!  49.97

 

Orzel:  Mistake on the 4S, 4T OK.  Lots of arm waving in the STSQ 86.16  Into 2nd Place.

 

Circelli:  I love watching him skate.  Only a 2A but very nice set and so expressive.  Brian in kiss and cry clapping him. 75.73

 

Chiu:  Popped first jump and fell on his axel.  Spins are very nice.  Apparently feeling sick so possibly off form.  65.44

 

Sadovsky:  Hard watch.  Fell on 4S and 3Lz.  Axel pop.  Agggghhhh!  I could cry.  61.48

 

Messing:  (Nam cheering him on as he did for Corey). 

 

After the first jump 4T foot down on landing Keegan was determined to give a show and crikey the 3A was huger than huge.  Blast off!  3Lz plus 3T crowd going mad!  Great spins.  Crowd on their feet.  Me almost in tears. Gonna so miss him.  Into first 94.40

 

Must mention Matthew Newnham who went into 3rd with 79.75 Beautiful skate and well worth a watch.

 

 

 

Canadian Nationals

 

Keegan Messing wins his second Canadian Nationals with an FS of 163.38 and total score of 257.78.  Massive 4T at the start of his programme but then a flat fall when he tried it again for a combo.  Also fell on 3L.  Everything else fine.  Choreo sequence was a beauty spread eagles and his hydro.  He was overcome by emotion at the programme's end.  Crowd standing in appreciation.  Hugs from his parents and a fab back flip for the crowd.  

 

Silver went to Conrad Orzel who fought hard throughout his programme with determination to get on that podium.  FS of 151.30 Overall 237.46 

 

Didn't actually see the third podium place of Wesley Chiu so must rewatch.  However he had a massive climb up the leaderboard from 11th in the SP to 3rd overall and total points of 226.15.  

 

Stephen Gogolev also had a big leap up the board to fourth with 220.13 overall.  

 

Nice interview filled with love with Nam and Keegan following the competition. 

 

Must say I was very impressed with the commentary by Kevin Reynolds in the men's.  Knows his stuff and how to talk about it eloquently.

 

Hope all scores are correct.  Its extremely late here.  So late our road's family of foxes are out and about and barking.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason's body control in this SP was exquisite. This scoring system fails to recognise it. The fact that he got in Components only 3 points more than the next competitor proves that the overall quality of skating cannot be properly evaluated under the current rules.

I find it so funny that they literally broke the scoring in Men's SP and basically had to give Jason 50 PCS to try to reflect the difference in his skating in comparison to his competitor. Which they didn't, not even close

Well, I already knew for a year that Malinin is Nathan 2.0, he will never have to work on his not jump-related skills, that doesn't matter in his case

I was asking myself whatever am I doing spending my free evening on watching Men's at US Nats, but I already got my answer - Samuel Mindra (a skater I've never seen before) had a fantastic performance, I honestly don't care that he's not doing any quads, that is what real skating talent looks like. Skating skills and performance level WAY above current no. 1, even if it's never recognized, I'm glad I could see it.

 

But even at US Nats, the home of the overinflated, they couldn't manage to give that FS over 200... and you know they wanted to.

 

21 minutes ago, TallyT said:

But even at US Nats, the home of the overinflated, they couldn't manage to give that FS over 200... and you know they wanted to.

No skater has gotten above 200 on the free and 300 overall in this season afaik. 

The US Nats are barely a competition, the scores are always so rigged and make little sense. It's sad to see the state of this sport, these worlds are going to be... underwhelming... the men I care about won't stand a chance against all the overscored fed favorites. Japanese and Korean women are my only salvation at this point.

Jason is selected for Worlds. Will he be able to attend Notte stellata?

2 hours ago, Luminous said:

Jason is selected for Worlds. Will he be able to attend Notte stellata?

 

He's made a commitment to Yuzu, and at the time he made it he must have known there was a good chance for Worlds as well. They are both in Japan, so I think he'll honour it - and not just because his standing among Japanese fans would suffer! - and give it his all.