November 25, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, ralucutzagy said: Wow, Kevin made it to the final😃. So happy to see this. And I really need to get back into pairs, we have two! in the final?!😳 How did this happen😅🙈....
November 26, 20232 yr Thoughts on some skaters: Mai Watched NHK most excited to see Mai, as she'd withdrawn from CoC due to injury. I wasn't expecting her to be back at her best since CoC was just two weeks ago. It seems like she still hasn't properly recovered her triples, and her stamina was lacking in the FP. Nevertheless, she really makes you want to root for her, no matter how she does on the ice. Her joy when skating is real. When I watched the SP, after she landed all her jumps, the audience was cheering for her really hard. I felt the same. And she received a standing ovation after both the SP and FS. In terms of layout, this time she adopted the strategy to add combos to any successfully performed jump in both the SP and FS, to make sure she got the combos in. I'm glad to see that her planned program content in the FS has a +2A sequence on a triple this season, which is what I've been saying she should do since last season as it would increase her BV and have lower risk of UR, as her +3T seemed to struggle with UR last season. In this comp, she struggled with rotations on almost all triples. I hope she manages to recover from her injury completely and restore her triples before Nats. She can also consider doing a +2A+2A sequence in the FS like Ava so she can do 7 triples without doing a +3T combo to minimize the risk of UR, though I think it's good to have at least one 3-3 in the FS as practising it as much as possible for the SP would be beneficial. Ava I've never watched her before, though IIRC she did something surprising last season too, can't remember what it was. A lot of the women had high tech scores after they finished their skate, which dropped drastically at the end, but on replay, you could see that her rotations were clean and the tech score would remain high. A very smart layout in the FS, as mentioned earlier. Wakaba Ah, such a costly mistake in the SP to go for a combo on the 3F and singling it. It would have been better if she just performed a 3F. Her PCS is getting ridiculous. It was 63 in the FS at her first GP, which I thought was a significant drop from what it used to be in the past, but 58 this time? For a performance that the audience enjoyed, and most of the jumps were visually clean. Her PCS should not be below 60. I normally don't say things like this, but I can't understand why judges hate her so much. Yelim The best 3-3 she's had all season, and she hits the boards. It was really funny when bits of the signage came off, and she looked down and it and was like, what's that? She really used the entire length of the rink for the 3-3, but she still hit the boards like the rink is too small for her A bit of adjustment next time, and she'll be fine. A pretty solid skate in the FS, despite some mistakes here and there. I hope she can recover her consistency with jumps especially the unstable Lutz axis, as her skating is nice and mature. Yuna Produced two visually clean skates. If she continues to be able to compete out there, her scores should go up. I can't remember, but was she the junior who found it easier to do +3Lo combos instead of +3T, and that's why her layout is so strange with 3Lz+3Lo and 2A+2T? Her layout seems a bit inefficient, but if she can gain some recognition and skate like this again, she should have more chances to compete. Shoma Shoma is, well, Shoma I guess. Skates nicely and reliably. When I saw his scores, I felt that they were pushing for Yuma to win. Shoma seldom gets so many calls, and this time he got a q on every quad except the 4F in the SP. Interesting. Yuma Seems like he is the new face of JSF. He does have nice looking quads and is pretty consistent on them too. Overall, it did seem like the tech panel was quite harsh at this comp. Of course, when there should be calls, if warranted, they should be called, but that is not the case at every comp, and it did feel like the tech panel was going hard on the tech calls this comp. I didn't check if all the calls here were warranted or if some warranted calls didn't get called, but most people got a bunch of them.
December 7, 20232 yr Just watched the mens short program. Overall, they all had a good skate, just two unfortunate combo mistakes. Tech scores, meh, no idea if it's right or wrong, but I think most of us can agree that Ilias component scores aren't in the same category as Adams. Yes, Ilia has improved his skating skills and components, but seeing a 44 for him and Adam getting a 44 as well....pretty sure that's not right (just my opinion). BUT, and that's the nice thing, I'm not overwhelmingly bothered by it since Yuzu is no longer skating. Is it fair? No. But it is how it is. (At least until Yuzu decides to take over the isu😎😜)
December 8, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, JennyYang said: That perfect 4A landed by Ilia got me high! It didn't got me "high", but it sure looked effortless. It's so fast in the rotation that it looked like a 3A to me.
December 9, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, rockstaryuzu said: I'm so far behind on skating. I'll catch up, I promise! And I'm all mixed up on the dates. I thought the pair free skate is saturday, but it already happened🤦🏼♀️. The german pair won gold and I'm incredible happy for them😃. And glad he made it through the four minutes. They clearly took speed out of their program, but they made it till the end. I hope this win will help them (and hopefully german skaters in general, but sadly not likely) getting sponsors and financial support. It's so sad to hear them maybe needing to give up on the sport cause the situation is so tight.
December 9, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, TokyoDream said: Gutted for Adam but there's still Europeans and Worlds! Just watching the replay and currently at Kevin....gosh, this was hard to watch, feel sorry for him. Adam also, sadly not his best....
December 9, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, Faithyu said: Just watching the replay and currently at Kevin....gosh, this was hard to watch, feel sorry for him. Adam also, sadly not his best.... Oh Kevin's was devastating to watch. He didn't seem to upset though which was nice.
December 9, 20232 yr It was like the ladies skated on different ice then the men. Not 100% sure, but I think there were only three major mistakes at the ladies! That was nice to watch, the men....not their day or the ice changed.
December 9, 20232 yr Author 23 hours ago, Faithyu said: And I'm all mixed up on the dates. I thought the pair free skate is saturday, but it already happened🤦🏼♀️. The german pair won gold and I'm incredible happy for them😃. And glad he made it through the four minutes. They clearly took speed out of their program, but they made it till the end. I hope this win will help them (and hopefully german skaters in general, but sadly not likely) getting sponsors and financial support. It's so sad to hear them maybe needing to give up on the sport cause the situation is so tight. I caught up on the pairs competition today. A really good one - the onky fall in the whole competition was poor Lia landing on her toepick out of the throw 3Lo in the short. Just top-notch skating all around. And now I'm excited for Worlds pairs.
December 10, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, Faithyu said: It was like the ladies skated on different ice then the men. Not 100% sure, but I think there were only three major mistakes at the ladies! That was nice to watch, the men....not their day or the ice changed. Ikr ... I'm so sorry for Adam ... I was so hopping for him to win ... the ladies, both junior and senior were a pleasure to watch.
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