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Men - short program

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
Gorgeous opening 4?/3 combo. by Contesti, but then he fell apart after that, came down on two feet on the 3A, doubled a planned triple, fell out of donut spin, etc. :(
 

seniorita

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Jun 3, 2008
Guys neither Kozuka nor Contesti did a 4-3, they did a 3lz-3t, dont excite me falsely!:biggrin:

So Kozuka has less ss skills than Chan and gets 77 for this...
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
OMG, I don't know what to say, this is almost as exciting as seeing Zhenya last year at COR via IN. :) Brian easily dominates, everything PERFECT, gorgeous 4T/3T, shakey landing on the 3A, but gorgeous comeback with the 3L jump!!!!!

It's like watching the movie "Once Upon A Time in America". This is my favorite program of ANY man this season. Oh how I wish he had used this last year during the Olympic Season (or better yet, Zhenya).

I LOVE , LOVE , LOVE THIS PIECE!!!!! *shaking, lol*
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
seniorita, thanks for the clarification, they go by so fast I wasn't sure. *blush*
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
Verner was a delight to watch, straight out of a musical, fall out on the 3A, but great comeback with a gorgeous 3L, and easy 3/3 combo. to open it all. :) Great job, Thomas! :)
 

seniorita

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Jun 3, 2008
Contesti was awful, he is not Bradley , this program was not humorous..
I like Brian's sp, I wish Plu had skated to this music.
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
I'm still in shock how Brian's gorgeous routine was put behind Kozuka by 3 pts? *baffled*

I honestly need an expert out there to explain it to me?????

I love both of them, but I feel Brian's routine was better, more natural.

C'est la vie, will await the LPs next! :)
 

Shaba22

Final Flight
Joined
Nov 22, 2008
Men - SP
1 Takahiko KOZUKA (JPN) 77.40
2 Brian JOUBERT (FRA) 74.80
3 Tomas VERNER (CZE) 70.31
4 Brandon MROZ (USA) 69.84
5 Sergei VORONOV (RUS) 68.70
6 Ross MINER (USA) 67.10
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA (JPN) 66.78
8 Jinlin GUAN (CHN) 64.95
9 Samuel CONTESTI (ITA)
10 Peter LIEBERS (GER) 59.78
11 Jialiang WU (CHN) 57.76
12 Peitong CHEN (CHN) 54.85
 

demarinis5

Gold for the Winter Prince!
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Jan 23, 2004
Low score for Brian, imo. Downgrades?

Congrats to Taka, Brian and Tomas. Loved all of their SP's. Also a shout out to Brandon and Ross 4th and 6th. They will be in the final flight.
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
I wish IN had instant replay so I could watch Brian & Takahiko's routines again, to see where the differences lie. Hmmm...
 

demarinis5

Gold for the Winter Prince!
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Jan 23, 2004
TES
1 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 41.3
4 Brandon MROZ USA 38.51
2 Brian JOUBERT FRA 37.79
6 Ross MINER USA 36.29
8 Jinlin GUAN CHN 36.16
5 Sergei VORONOV RUS 34.77
3 Tomas VERNER CZE 33.76
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 33.16
10 Peter LIEBERS GER 30.92
11 Jialiang WU CHN 30.04
12 Peitong CHEN CHN 28.75
9 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 27.14

PCS
2 Brian JOUBERT FRA 37.01
3 Tomas VERNER CZE 36.55
1 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 36.10
5 Sergei VORONOV RUS 33.93
7 Tatsuki MACHIDA JPN 33.62
9 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 33.46
4 Brandon MROZ USA 31.33
6 Ross MINER USA 30.81
10 Peter LIEBERS GER 29.86
8 Jinlin GUAN CHN 29.79
11 Jialiang WU CHN 27.72
12 Peitong CHEN CHN 26.10
 

Nadine

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Oct 3, 2003
Thanks for posting that, demarinis5! :) I see now that Brian must've got downgraded on his jumps. :( Still I feel his PCS could've been a little bit better. But this is only 1/2 over, they still need to skate their Lps. :)

What a great night of skating though, I had a BLAST! :)^D
 

euroskate

Final Flight
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Jan 25, 2010
must not only be downgrades - could easylie be higher levels in spins, since joubert is rather weak in spins. perhaps he also did´nt have all the features in the step sequence. we will see when the details are up after long program anyway
 
Joined
Jul 11, 2003
There was a lack of musicality in this competition except for the European men.

Kozuka - fine skate but bland
Joubert - Also fine. He's not Lambiel but the attempt at Spanish was passable
Werner - ok and there is life in him yet.
Contesti - his best skating is behind him.
Voronov - his best since Sweden Worlds, but oh, so ordinary.
Minor - coming along and not going the Carriere way
Mroz - needs a lot of exhibitions; the tech is in line with all the others
Liebers - underscored, as usual

Overall - just no WOWs.
I kind of see something in Peitong for the future. Also his 'a la seconde' spin was unique.
 
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