2014 Olympics Mens Short Program

[gmyers]

Ha all the doubters who don't understand the system. Brown is in the final group and guaranteed bronze or higher.

 

[Tesla]

Awesome! Two battles tomorrow night: Battle for Gold and Battle for Bronze. Man, the Battle for Bronze is going to be brutal!

 

[imisscohen]

Get pumped.

It's happening, guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61k2XjRryM

 

[Chemistry66]

So how many will be in the Royal Rumble?

Given how wonky the SP was, I'd imagine anyone from Verner on up has a chance since there's only a 6 point spread from 3rd to 13th

 

[Mrs. P]

HOLY. WHOA. JASON. SIXTH. FINAL. FLIGHT.

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdpnvlMH6j1rjrn49o1_500.gif

HOLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is crazy. Man I was Sooo wrong. Got to stop underestimating my favorite skaters

 

[Chemistry66]

Ha all the doubters who don't understand the system. Brown is in the final group and guaranteed bronze or higher.

Final group, yes. Potential bronze, yes. higher? um...

 

[Violet Bliss]

I think the 3.93 gap between Patrick Chan and Yuzuru Hanyu is fair. After all, Chan's landing on his 3A was sloppy; if he had landed that right then he would have been only 1-2 points behind, perhaps even less.

Chan also lacks some COP points by not backloading his program and the difficulty of 4/3 combo is not recognized by COP.

That said, I hope whoever wins gold tomorrow does not fall in the long, because the reputation of figure skating will take another nose dive if he does. Regular and non-regular observers of the sport alike always seem to forget about the lead in the short program. Case in point: yesterday's pair skating bronze.

True. The audience, even skating fans, seem to go mainly by the Free and by the most visible errors instead of total merits.

 

[lavender]

LOL. Johnny Weir is ticked off and not responding to Tara and Terry.

What happened?

 

[Florencito]

Oh Javier, can't believe he's finished the sp in third! He shouldn't have, I know.
Seems like they want you to medal so please skate lights out tomorrow!

 

[FlattFan]

Of the 10 skaters who are battling for bronze, here are some that have good enough PCS to keep them up

1. Javier 43.11
2. Dai 44.65
3. Denis 41.57
4. Tatsuki 42.50

One of these will get the bronze. There's no way the others can keep up in the LP.

 

[MaiKatze]

Daisuke is still in it! So happy - I'm sorry I doubted! And congrats to Peter Liebers! What a night!!! Yay!

 

[pangtongfan]

Machida really got slapped in the face for that, perhaps a bit too much all things considered.

He just isnt a spectacular skater. Not much personality and no huge speed or power on jumps. So he has to skate clean to score big, and mistakes hurt him more than others. It is why he also lost the Team Event LP to Plushenko when he made mistakes.

 

[Becki]

Ha all the doubters who don't understand the system. Brown is in the final group and guaranteed bronze or higher.

How is he guaranteed bronze or higher O_O you really think he'll beat both Yuzu and Patrick?

 

[Violet Bliss]

Ha all the doubters who don't understand the system. Brown is in the final group and guaranteed bronze or higher.

Whose guarantee?

 

[chloepoco]

Of the 10 skaters who are battling for bronze, here are some that have good enough PCS to keep them up

1. Javier 43.11
2. Dai 44.65
3. Denis 41.57
4. Tatsuki 42.50

One of these will get the bronze. There's no way the others can keep up in the LP.

I think Machida was a little low-balled here....

 

[dorispulaski]

So happy for Jason to be in the final flight!!! I would have been thrilled with top ten for him; as he might say, omigosh, surreal!

 

[jenaj]

Only 44 for Dai on second mark; average below 9. How did that happen?

 

[Matilda]

Wow! The free skate promises to be very exciting!!! Can't wait! :yay:

 

[Butterscotch17]

Daisuke wasn't perfect, but he did skate well and his program is so beautiful! Gold and silver are pretty much yet for Chan and Yuzu, but I want Dai to repeat bronze so much It was a good skate, and he made me proud

 

[sequinsgalore]

Only 3.50 pts separates 3rd to 11th!