Yay Japan cable is broadcasting the Men event right now. Just caught Alex's performance. He and the team is so happy and I'm so happy for him.

53 minutes ago, swanbeau said:

i thought you're not supposed to get deep inside edge for flip.... nathan's edge was fine. i think you can see the trace/trajectory of the left blade to know if its inside or not

 

anyway, i heard that a lot of ppl blame kolyada n generally seems pretty harsh to him  i hate olympics. also i wish us media leave nathan alone and let him concentrate.

 

Yeah, his flip was fine. My tired brain remembered the replay angle as the live angle. 

 

My heart is breaking for Kolyada. People are vicious. I hope he gets a chance to redeem himself in singles and shut everyone up.

 

I wish they'd leave Nathan alone, too. They've turned on him so quickly, I feel sick about it.  

9 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

Yeah, his flip was fine. My tired brain remembered the replay angle as the live angle. 

 

My heart is breaking for Kolyada. People are vicious. I hope he gets a chance to redeem himself in singles and shut everyone up.

 

I wish they'd leave Nathan alone, too. They've turned on him so quickly, I feel sick about it.  

They just broadcasted Kolyada's performance and it's bad. Really really bad. I feel so bad for him.

2 minutes ago, asiacheetah said:

They just broadcasted Kolyada's performance and it's bad. Really really bad. I feel so bad for him.

 

So sad. I really love that program, too. The end is so, so beautiful. I'm glad he at least made it through. He seems to let mistakes affect him mentally but I think he's slowly improving in that regard. 

Oh dear, what a can of worms I opened, probably all because I suck at taking screenshots of the right frame. The angle Alice had on her blog looks a clear inside edge and it's obviously the right one. I just suck at screenshots, guys. It was probably the wrong angle and the way his leg looked that made me wonder if it was a lip, and I posted the screenshot mostly because I couldn't tell and I've literally NO figure skating fan friends to check with, so this forum is it as far as technical calls are concerned. I didn't post it to start an inquisition. I couldn't remember having a doubt about Nathan's edge before this season, so it made me wonder when I did.

 

I definitely did not mean to get anybody (not here, people are kind here) to start bashing Nathan! His jumps except the 3A are usually great.

 

ETA: I didn't say anything about Shoma's Flip because, well, we all know already. This was just new and unlikely and I wanted to check if my eyes were right. They were not, and gosh, I'm sorry!

6 minutes ago, WinForPooh said:

Oh dear, what a can of worms I opened, probably all because I suck at taking screenshots of the right frame. The angle Alice had on her blog looks a clear inside edge and it's obviously the right one. I just suck at screenshots, guys. It was probably the wrong angle and the way his leg looked that made me wonder if it was a lip, and I posted the screenshot mostly because I couldn't tell and I've literally NO figure skating fan friends to check with, so this forum is it as far as technical calls are concerned. I didn't post it to start an inquisition. I couldn't remember having a doubt about Nathan's edge before this season, so it made me wonder when I did.

 

I definitely did not mean to get anybody (not here, people are kind here) to start bashing Nathan! His jumps except the 3A are usually great.

 

I don't think it's really a big deal. Nothing got the slightest bit mean. And who doesn't love worms, amirite? Also, I'm guiltier than you.

2 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

I don't think it's really a big deal. Nothing got the slightest bit mean. And who doesn't love worms, amirite? Also, I'm guiltier than you.

I guess if they're earthworms, they're welcome in my tomato and brinjal pots.

 

Though now you've reminded me of the eating worms song.

 

Better than what poor Misha is being fed right now. Poor lad, I hope he's getting the right encouragement from his team and he's not reading anything being published. He needs a Brian in his corner.

Just now, WinForPooh said:

Better than what poor Misha is being fed right now. Poor lad, I hope he's getting the right encouragement from his team and he's not reading anything being published. He needs a Brian in his corner.

 

He needs about 10 Coach Fluffies, is what he needs. 

oh? no patrick?  

 

2 hours ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

He needs about 10 Coach Fluffies, is what he needs. 

And to do someting abt that 4Lz ... he land it just once all season ... do something that he's confy with ... better then the splatfest ! Poor Mika, anyway, the russian media can be harsh  too ...

Kolyada needed to go slower. He upped his difficulty this year to be more competitive, the only problem is he never got consistent with his old content. He seems like the kind of personality who needs incremental successes to build up his confidence. Unfortunately, I’m not so sure he’ll bounce back. Fed pressure on him was counterproductive.

1 hour ago, beki said:

Kolyada needed to go slower. He upped his difficulty this year to be more competitive, the only problem is he never got consistent with his old content. He seems like the kind of personality who needs incremental successes to build up his confidence. Unfortunately, I’m not so sure he’ll bounce back. Fed pressure on him was counterproductive.

 

The true sadness of this entire story is that it wasn't Mika or his team who forced the Lz to happen, it was the Fed insisting. At that time, it was around 50-50 at practice so including it was madness, especially for a jump of that difficulty. But they pushed anyway. I don't know, I would have refused and to hell with it all. Sal as well but at least that seemed out though he was practicing it again right now. Overall, the practice was not good. I feel so sorry for the guy because he could blow mentally and never truly recover, nor reach his full potential, which is considerable.

A Russian forum is churning off page after page after the men’s team SP. Some 60 pages of agonizing. 

 

5 minutes ago, Fay said:

A Russian forum is churning off page after page after the men’s team SP. Some 60 pages of agonizing. 

 

 

Ouch. I ran into some comments on a couple of Russian pages I visited after the SP and it all ended with 

Just now, Yatagarasu said:

 

Ouch. I ran into some comments on a couple of Russian pages I visited after the SP and it all ended with 

Definitely. People putting him down with glee or fury. Very little support, I have to say...