CS US CLASSIC - PAIRS TOP 5:

 

RANK	SKATERS	SP SCORE	FS SCORE	TOTAL SCORE
1	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO (CAN)	65.76 (1)	123.00 (2)	188.76
2	Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM (USA)	61.32 (3)	124.76 (1)	186.08
3	Chelsea LIU / Brian JOHNSON (USA)	61.46 (2)	119.94 (3)	181.40
4	Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER (USA)	55.26 (7)	113.21 (4)	168.47
5	Paige CONNERS / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI (ISR)	57.92 (5)	107.46 (6)	165.38

 

SP PROTOCOLS

FS PROTOCOLS

 

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CS US CLASSIC - LADIES TOP 5:

RANK	SKATER	SP SCORE	FS SCORE	TOTAL SCORE
1	Marin HONDA (JPN)	66.90 (1)	131.52 (1)	198.42
2	Mirai NAGASU (USA)	63.81 (3)	119.73 (2)	183.54
3	Karen CHEN (USA)	66.18 (2)	116.14 (3)	182.32
4	Kaori SAKAMOTO (JPN)	56.82 (5)	112.30 (4)	169.12
5	Mariah BELL (USA)	60.68 (4)	107.98 (5)	168.66

 

SP PROTOCOLS

FS PROTOCOLS

 

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CS US CLASSIC - MEN TOP 5:

 

RANK	SKATER	SP SCORE	FS SCORE	TOTAL SCORE
1	Nathan CHEN (USA)	91.80 (1)	183.24 (1)	275.04
2	Max AARON (USA)	86.06 (2)	175.50 (2)	261.56
3	Liam FIRUS (CAN)	83.46 (3)	164.83 (3)	248.29
4	Yaroslav PANIOT (UKR)	77.20 (6)	155.96 (4)	233.16
5	Kazuki TOMONO (JPN)	69.88 (8)	155.42 (5)	225.30

 

SP PROTOCOLS

FS PROTOCOLS

 

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CS US CLASSIC - ICE DANCE TOP 5:

 

RANK	SKATERS	SD SCORE	FD SCORE	TOTAL SCORE
1	Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (USA)	71.15 (1)	107.65 (1)	178.80
2	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER (USA)	56.65 (3)	96.90 (2)	153.55
3	Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED (JPN)	60.00 (2)	91.45 (3)	151.45
4	Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN (DEN)	54.23 (4)	87.48 (4)	141.71
5	Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS (CAN)	52.16 (5)	85.27 (5)	137.43

 

SD PROTOCOLS

FD PROTOCOLS

 

VIDEOS TO BE ADDED ASAP

Beautiful medals! And Top 3 ladies had lovely dresses!! 

 

http://t.asahi.com/ntl2

2 часа назад, asiacheetah сказал:

Changing the discussion toward the Men field for a moment, is anyone else surprised that Nathan only did 2 quads in his free program? He has a Quad Loop now and it looks good! I like his SP this season and I think his LP has promise. I hope when he adds more quads it doesn't devolve into jump-a-thon like last year.

Not surprised cuz there were interviews that he will not do all the quads here.

 

1 час назад, kaeryth сказал:

 

Hmm... not really. It was discussed in the general skating chat re: strategy. The general thoughts are he starts of with less quads but better choreography + transitions to build up his PCS score and as the season progresses he can add more quads and even though the program will have more empty spaces and less transitions because of it, it won't decrease his PCS score  plus the added PCS boost of jumping quads as well.

 I think it's not only strategy. It was clear that right now he doesn't have stamina to jump too many quads, even some of the triples seemed tight in the second half.

Who's prediction came true? @ralucutzagy got 1st and 2nd right for both ladies and men!

 

	@xeyra	@ralucutzagy	Mine	Actual
Ladies	1. Karen CHEN 2. Mirai NAGASU 3. Marin HONDA	1. Marin Honda 2. Mirai Nagatsu 3. Kaori Sakamoto	1. K. Chen 2. M.Nagasu 3. M. Honda	1. Marin HONDA 2. Mirai NAGASU 3. Karen CHEN
Men	1. Nathan CHEN 2. Max AARON 3. Takahito MURA	1. Nathan Chen 2. Max Aaron 3. Takahito Mura	1. N. Chen 2. T. Mura 3. M. Aaron	1. Nathan CHEN 2. Max AARON 3. Liam FIRUS

 

17 minutes ago, kaeryth said:

Who's prediction came true? @ralucutzagy got 1st and 2nd right for both ladies and men!

 

	@xeyra	@ralucutzagy	Mine	Actual
Ladies	1. Karen CHEN 2. Mirai NAGASU 3. Marin HONDA	1. Marin Honda 2. Mirai Nagatsu 3. Kaori Sakamoto	1. K. Chen 2. M.Nagasu 3. M. Honda	1. Marin HONDA 2. Mirai NAGASU 3. Karen CHEN
Men	1. Nathan CHEN 2. Max AARON 3. Takahito MURA	1. Nathan Chen 2. Max Aaron 3. Takahito Mura	1. N. Chen 2. T. Mura 3. M. Aaron	1. Nathan CHEN 2. Max AARON 3. Liam FIRUS

 

 

Mura betrayed us all!

So I just saw Marin's programs! I loved both of them so much, I'm so happy for her winning her first Senior International competition (right?) 

 

And just to compare the two Turandots we've seen herre and in Lombardia... if I have to be honest... Marin's version touched my heart way more. 

 

 

On ‎9‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 2:16 AM, Lunna said:

Not surprised cuz there were interviews that he will not do all the quads here.

 

 I think it's not only strategy. It was clear that right now he doesn't have stamina to jump too many quads, even some of the triples seemed tight in the second half.

He seemed very out of steam by the second half that I was surprised. Then again, I don't follow FS that intensely other than for Yuzuru.

37 минут назад, asiacheetah сказал:

He seemed very out of steam by the second half that I was surprised. Then again, I don't follow FS that intensely other than for Yuzuru.

Maybe cuz it is early in the season. Last season he made a lot of mistakes at his first GP, the second GP already was much better.

NBC article on the results of the US International Classic 

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/09/15/nathan-chen-wins-us-international-classic-figure-skating/amp/

 

On the question of 7 quads in the FS, Nathan's reply: 

“That’s a little crazy talk, I think,” Chen said, according to the Deseret News. “I think that there’s a lot of potential with the programs that I have right now. Adding a bunch of quads is not really the main priority. It’s building back to where I was, and to keep on evolving the rest of the program.”

1 hour ago, katonice said:

NBC article on the results of the US International Classic 

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/09/15/nathan-chen-wins-us-international-classic-figure-skating/amp/

 

On the question of 7 quads in the FS, Nathan's reply: 

 

That's certainly refreshing to hear. (Though he'll still do 6, right? :P)

1 hour ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

That's certainly refreshing to hear. (Though he'll still do 6, right? :P)

Lol, yes quite possibly he'll still try to do 6.

But who knows what he's thinking really. I'm extremely suspicious of what everyone's saying about their strategies nowadays lol.

 

ETA: And when did I turn into Boobskirt rank? Guess it's quite fitting to start the season with that lol.

So this is where all those mentions of RuPaul on Twitter were all about.