I did.Originally Posted by NatachaHatawa
I did.
Tomas atleast looked healthy today and showed some spark.Cheer up K! A semidecent skate today means a better one for Tomas on Thursday! At least history tells us so! Whereas Ponsero looks doomed for the LP!
Now - if he can only learn the "finger" his pcs will go up
Just a bad skate for Voronov. Hopefully he'll snap back strongly for the Free.
Tomas' 4T was stepped out and UR'ed (close call for me), he tried to put 3T at the end of 3z but his landing of the lutz was pretty bad, hung on for dear life.. His spark was better here than at GPF but still not near of what he had shown in TEB.. I have a very strong feeling he'll be better in the LP.. Hopefully so!Yaaaay!If Brian does a 4-3 at the Olys he will beat Plush! Wooohooo!!
Ok, know that's done, here's for some "serious" analysis.
Technically Plush was amazing, that quad was huge. Artisticaly it's the same problem as usual: I can't help feeling I've already seen this program loads of times.
I'm not all that keen on Stéphane's SP. I think he has done far much better in the past.
Did anybody understand Tomas's low marks?
My God, the Euro guys rock!
Steph is like a delicate flower, if you pour to much or too little water, it/he never blossoms.. I don't think this SP is doing any favours for him but he fought and he tried despite his lack of 3A! I applaud his efforts.. He has a silver under his belt anyway so he's proven himself..
Last edited by schiele; 01-20-2010 at 10:43 AM.
Lol- he really is a flower
Plushenko SP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdT_2eE9gfw
Finally had the chance to see it for myself.. Hmmm, he was great on the jumps, untouchable..Spins are definetely not slow, they're ok. Unfortunetely this programme definetely lacks the spark he had on many previous programmes. It's purely desgined to win under the COP. I just love Plushy so much, I;'ll try to ignore this..
Last edited by schiele; 01-20-2010 at 10:59 AM.
Ren Faire reject Lambiel minces in between botching jumps :
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...PX7TW/x610.jpg
Grease monkey Samuel Contesti hoists an invisible engine block:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...Vh3C9/x610.jpg
Kevin VDP's costume is a metaphor for his skating career:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...RDctF/x610.jpg
Oh god, another LARPer:
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/...ar893/x610.jpg
Blades of Glory has nothing on the real thing.
Last edited by DesertRoad; 01-20-2010 at 10:56 AM.
So grateful for descriptions and comments here. I totally messed up on my schedule (don't ask lol). Also very grateful for the ISU Result site.
It's nice to see the placements of my favorites in this contest. This is a very exciting event.
Voronov will probably do better in the FS. Generally, if he does very well in the SP, he bombs in the FS, but when he is in trouble after the SP, he seems to come into the FS with major determination. I won't go into my ancient "heart of a champion" speech lol, but it is something that Voronov just does not seem to have, sorry. He, like Gryazev before him, seems able to do well enough in his national championship, but is just not a great international competitor, which Plyushchenko is.
Keep it coming, guys, keep it coming! I loooooooove men's singles! Keep it tough! Keep it beautiful! Keep it nearly impossible!
He still doesn't skate to music, he still has flailing arms, but who cares? I have to say that Bravo Plushenko, you are still the King!
Euro guys rock!
He did skate to music in the past so that "still" is a bit unfair.He still doesn't skate to music, he still has flailing arms, but who cares? I have to say that Bravo Plushenko, you are still the King!
Euro guys rock!
But he skated like a king for sure. I just wish he had some flavour from the old Plushy in that programme..
Anyhow, the battle on Thursday will be great..
Thank you *so much* for this URL, schiele. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I am delighted with his performance. This is a mature Yevgeny; he has worked very hard, that is clear.
Now, if someone will please post a video of Brian's SP, I shall be so grateful!
Just watched Plushenko. Jumps were great as usual, but other than that not much there. What was with the footwork sequences?? Why is he flailing around so much when he is skating to slow music? Subpar choreography and interpretation.
The starting order for the free skate is now up. Lambiel will skate last.
StN. Name Nation Rank Points
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 19 58.70
2 Zoltan KELEMEN ROU 18 59.40
3 Paolo BACCHINI ITA 16 60.90
4 Sergei VORONOV RUS 17 60.27
5 Gregor URBAS SLO 20 56.90
Warm-Up Group 2
6 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 11 67.72
7 Viktor PFEIFER AUT 15 63.42
8 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 14 65.20
9 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 13 66.50
10 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 12 66.55
Warm-Up Group 3
11 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 7 75.90
12 Alban PREAUBERT FRA 6 76.37
13 Stefan LINDEMANN GER 9 70.19
14 Tomas VERNER CZE 8 72.75
15 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 10 69.20
Warm-Up Group 4
16 Yannick PONSERO FRA 3 82.40
17 Brian JOUBERT FRA 2 88.55
18 Evgeni PLUSHENKO RUS 1 91.30
19 Michal BREZINA CZE 4 79.60
20 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 5 77.75
Yay for the starting order!! Brian has to bring his A-game, because fetching out his calculator and calculating what he has to do - just won't do it this time, because the big guns skate after him.
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