Mens' LP

museksk8r · Feb 6, 2009

Men - Free Skating

Starting Order

StN. Name Nation Rank Points

Warm-Up Group 1
1 PAO Charles Shou-San
TPE
23 34.45
2 FERNANDEZ Nicholas
AUS
21 37.64
3 CONTRERAS Humberto
MEX
20 39.87
4 PIETERSEN Justin
RSA
22 34.48
5 KIM Min-Seok
KOR
19 41.04
6 SHIH Wun-Chang
TPE
24 31.52

Warm-Up Group 2
7 RAKIMGALIEV Abzal
KAZ
14 53.65
8 WEBSTER Mark
AUS
17 43.93
9 GAO Song
CHN
13 58.74
10 McNAMARA Robert
AUS
18 41.59
11 HERNANDEZ Luis
MEX
15 44.66
12 ALVES Kevin
BRA
16 43.97

Warm-Up Group 3
13 TEN Denis
KAZ
10 61.32
14 TEN Jeremy
CAN
9 66.60
15 CHIPEUR Vaughn
CAN
7 68.00
16 LI Chengjiang
CHN
12 59.22
17 WU Jialiang
CHN
8 67.75
18 NANRI Yasuharu
JPN
11 59.44

Warm-Up Group 4
19 LYSACEK Evan
USA
2 81.65
20 MROZ Brandon
USA
5 75.05
21 KOZUKA Takahiko
JPN
3 76.61
22 CHAN Patrick
CAN
1 88.90
23 ABBOTT Jeremy
USA
4 75.67
24 ODA Nobunari
JPN
6 75.04

Let's hear it for the boys! Let's hear it for the men! :rock:

Medusa · Feb 6, 2009

I can't wait. And it's even to a decent time 7:45 p.m. GMT+1...

amateur · Feb 6, 2009

Question: I cant remember - at Worlds do they still do a random draw within the flights to determine LP skate order, like this, or do they go in ascending order of ranking now as in the Grand Prixs? (I prefer the random draw...)

museksk8r · Feb 6, 2009

amateur said:
Question: I cant remember - at Worlds do they still do a random draw within the flights to determine LP skate order, like this, or do they go in ascending order of ranking now as in the Grand Prixs? (I prefer the random draw...)

Well, I know Worlds last year was random draw because Joubert (6th after SP) skated right before Buttle (1st after SP) in the LP draw. The ascending order draw is specific to the Grand Prix events, thank goodness.

Tonichelle · Feb 6, 2009

oy. Evan skating first in the last group. wonderful. we're going to see a quad attempt outta him... *facepalm*

GiuliaPlum · Feb 6, 2009

And Jeremy is in a good position, isn't it? well he's right after King Chan, but I'm sure he can challenge for the bronze. In my opinion the quad is too risky both for Lysacek and little Takahiko.

Tonichelle · Feb 6, 2009

I agree that it's risky, and I'm not looking forward to a failed quad from Evan, but he went for it at nationals so I don't see him not attempting it here... he's going to feel he needs to go all out.

Spun Silver · Feb 6, 2009

Oda last again? That's tough. Hope he can stay fired up.

Buttercup · Feb 6, 2009

GiuliaPlum said:
And Jeremy is in a good position, isn't it? well he's right after King Chan, but I'm sure he can challenge for the bronze. In my opinion the quad is too risky both for Lysacek and little Takahiko.

I think Jeremy can challenge for the silver at the very least. He's only six points behind Lysacek, a gap that can be made up easily in the LP; and Jeremy has skated two excellent LPs already this season.

I can't imagine Chan will screw up badly enough to make the gold likely for anyone, but who knows? Of course, if Chan skates an amazing LP and Jeremy has to go out and skate after that, I don't envy him...

I agree about Kozuka and the quad. If he can't put it in without getting a UR, it's not worth the risk. I would like to see the other guys who can do quads give it a shot, however.

GiuliaPlum · Feb 6, 2009

Buttercup said:
I think Jeremy can challenge for the silver at the very least. He's only six points behind Lysacek, a gap that can be made up easily in the LP; and Jeremy has skated two excellent LPs already this season.

I read on his fan-club site that he has a cold. I do hope he can build up his stamina today.

Tonichelle · Feb 6, 2009

didn't Jeremy have a cold at nationals?

GiuliaPlum · Feb 6, 2009

Tonichelle said:
didn't Jeremy have a cold at nationals?

I remember he cought a couple of times.

shine · Feb 6, 2009

Jeremy would be put to real test if Chan skates another great performance at home and he would have to follow that immediately. It'll be interesting to see if he can hold up. I think he has seen himself at various positions as a competitor in one short season, starting as the underdog and spoiling a GP at the beginning, to a surprising contender at GPF, and now to be challenging for a championship medal as the US champ, it's expected that he's having to learn to adjust to these mentality changes in a very short time. But he needs to know the pressure and emotional challenges that one needs to handle as an elite medal contender. And the sooner, the better!

Dodhiyel · Feb 7, 2009

Sometimes a head cold can affect one's sense of balance; I hope that does not happen to Jeremy. It may take the edge off competition nerves, though.

GiuliaPlum · Feb 7, 2009

Dodhiyel said:
Sometimes a head cold can affect one's sense of balance; I hope that does not happen to Jeremy. It may take the edge off competition nerves, though.

I'm so nervous and can't wait to see him! Please, Radio Canada, be kind with me at least once.
QUADS CAN FLY!!

Joesitz (RIP) · Feb 7, 2009

Nice to see Justin Pietersen in the mix. This may be the beginning of RSA in future comps.

Nice to see again: Gao, Hernandez and Alves.

Another battle between the Tens, but more interesting will be Chipeur v. Wu and Nanri.

Group4 is the BIG one. Do you think Order of Skate affects the outcome?

Dodhiyel · Feb 7, 2009

Joesitz said:
....Group4 is the BIG one. Do you think Order of Skate affects the outcome?

Yes, I do.

beep_beep · Feb 7, 2009

It started.

Could anyone with a feed provide some impressions of the competition so far ?
No Radio-Canada yet...

Thanks

amateur · Feb 7, 2009

I've just tuned in, the RSA skater just finished, didn't see much... I'll try some PbP starting with the 2nd group

Tinymavy15 · Feb 7, 2009

where are you getting the feed from? Radio Canada has deserted us without warning

Mens' LP

museksk8r

Medusa

amateur

museksk8r

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll

GiuliaPlum

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll

Spun Silver

Buttercup

GiuliaPlum

Tonichelle

Idita-Rock-n-Roll

GiuliaPlum

shine

Dodhiyel

GiuliaPlum

Joesitz (RIP)

Dodhiyel

beep_beep

amateur

Tinymavy15

Sinnerman for the win

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