I just noticed the audience have a strange way of clapping with those folded fans. Is it a Finnish thing?

Oh wow, this must be the cleanest program so far since I tuned in. 

10 minutes ago, katonice said:

I just noticed the audience have a strange way of clapping with those folded fans. Is it a Finnish thing?

I've also seen the folded fans for clapping at Table Tennis competitions in Germany...

1 minute ago, katonice said:

Oh wow, this must be the cleanest program so far since I tuned in. 

 

What a nice skate it was!

A little step out from the 4T but he landed it. I loved the axel and the combo, too.

He seems to have enjoyed this performance. It's an unusual cover of Wonderwall, but it's nice!

Well done, Paul!

Good job Paul, that was a good performance    

A new personal best for him by about 4 points! He looked happy in the k&c. Congratulations!

Now to go watch what I can of the junior ladies free 

Men Short Program results:

 

 

 

Top 12 videos:

 

Mikhail Kolyada

Boyang Jin

Adam Rippon

Paul Fentz

Michal Brezina

Vincent Zhou

Ross Miner

Andrei Lazukin

Tangxu Li

Kevin Reynolds

Alexander Petrov

Roman Sadovsky

 

The scoring in this event is actually fair and reasonable so far.  Hopefully its carry onto GPs series.

Adam has the highest pcs, seem ok to me. Didn't know he went back to last year's program. I still dont like this SP, too much posing and empty IMO. But he's stayed on his feet, even though his jumps really off. 

Boyang's SP is better than he skated in test event, the 1st half is a bit empty,  and alot of recycle move from Spiderman, but overall its an ok program. He looks really cautious, quite understandable. I'm looking forward to see how he improve this program. 

Vincent's SP is not a cup of my tea, may be I don't like cheesy pop/rock song in general. His jumps are a bit off today, UR in both his quads, his score is fair. 

Mika's SP is very nice in 1st half, until they decide to throw tango into it  Its great to see he land all his jumps tho. 

 

 

LADIES SP

 

Warm-Up Group 1

 

1. Yuna SHIRAIWA - JPN

2. Joshi HELGESSON - SWE

3. Maral-Erdene GANSUKH - MGL

4. Yu Jin CHOI - KOR

5. Tina LEUENBERGER - SUI

 

Warm-Up Group 2

 

6. Carolina KOSTNER - ITA

7. Karly ROBERTSON - GBR

8. Angela WANG - USA

9. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA - RUS

10. Anna LITVINENKO - GBR

 

Warm-Up Group 3

 

11. Annely VAHI - EST

12. Ziquan ZHAO - CHN

13. Dabin CHOI - KOR

14. Viveca LINDFORS - FIN

15. Alena LEONOVA - RUS

 

Warm-Up Group 4

 

16. Maria SOTSKOVA - RUS

17. Natalie KLOTZ - AUT

18. Brooklee HAN - AUS

19. Amelia Scarlett JACKSON - AUS

20. Marika STEWARD - AUT

21. Emmi PELTONEN - FIN

 

Warm-Up Group 5

 

22. Gabrielle DALEMAN - CAN

23. Seoyoung YOON - KOR

24. Jelizaveta LEONOVA - EST

25. Polina EDMUNDS - USA

26. Alisson Krystle PERTICHETO- PHI

27. Danielle HARRISON - GBR

I spot a yeallow dress - La la land?

2 minutes ago, axelnojutsu said:

I spot a yeallow dress - La la land?

Yep. The  girl from Switzerland ...

They use the same music during the introduction of the skaters that they used at Worlds last year. Oh the nostalgia

3 minutes ago, axelnojutsu said:

I spot a yeallow dress - La la land?

 

Yep, from Tina LEUENBERGER.

Here for the ladies. I think I'll focus on Finlandia first before shifting to the Gdansk ladies. I feel a bit harried juggling between two streams.