Daisuke TAKAHASHI (JPN)
Please, no meltdown...(crossing fingers)
Music: Invierno Porteno by Astor Piazzolla
4T - fall, definitely UR, maybe even DG<< ...oh no!
3A+2T
3Lo
FCCoSp
CiSt
3A
3Lz+3T - maybe flutz
FCUSp
3S
3F
3Lz+2T
ChSt
CCoSp
Apart from the fall, a great performance - I think this is enough for gold.
Score: 160.51, SB, total 244.00, SB, and into 1st
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCuaapOHxFw#t=33sOriginally Posted by shusterbutski
Adam RIPPON
2A/2T
3F
Rippon 3Lz (Both hands above head) great!
3A UR insecure landing/minor trip
3F/3T good
Tano 3Lz/Tano 2T/Tano 2Lp Nice!
3Lp
3S
Last edited by JeffyJosephNCA; 02-19-2011 at 08:33 AM.
Stopped watching after the second flub of the 3axel, which he obviously hasn't mastered yet.
Disappointing mens competition for me personally, tired of seeing the American men mess up, the best competitions are when everybody's skates their best and you win, that didn't happen here, unfortunately.
Adam was pretty good. That was a rough landing on the 3A though.
That was the worst kind of fall...BUT this dude NEVER slows down, the rest of the program was spectacular. What energy.
For some reason watching Adam skate, I'm getting an old image of John Curry. (Well, John Curry if he had to do COP.)
By turning that first 3A into a 2A, and bungling the 2nd 3A, I think he may not make it onto the podium. Beautiful skate otherwise though. In many ways I prefer this program to Jeremy's, and I do like Jeremy's very much.
The axels weren't there for Rippon at this competition, but the rest was great.
http://www.youtube.com/user/spfsd01#p/u/0/pJ68xLq16c8
Found Kozuka's FS and the Japanese ladies SP.
Adam RIPPON
TES:66.10
PCS:71.20
FS: 137.3
OVERALL TOTAL: 210.01
5th Place
Wow a beautiful one at that. Too bad he's struggling with it at this point in the season because I think he is going to need one to defend his title. Although after this competition it seems like Patrick will be his only real competition baring a melt down. Nice to see 2 strong skates from him here.
Adam RIPPON (USA)
Music: Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
1A+2T (or was it a double?)
3F
3Lz - 'Rippon'
CiSt
FSSp
3A - twofooted, looked DG <<
3F+3T
3Lz+2T+2Lo - 'Rippon'
3Lo
CCoSp
3S
FCCoSp
The triple axel is still giving him problems...He has to fix this if he wants to be a contender
Score: 137.30, total 210.01 and into 5th place
I made it! I'm going to go fall down for a few hours. Congrats to Dai, Yuzu and Jeremy, and to all a good night!
Interviews coming up.
My only consolation is that I know if Evan Lysacek had skated, he would have done so cleanly, and been at least second, if not 1st. Nobody beats his nice long clean lines, consistency, and passionate performance.
Here's hoping Evan comes back next season, along with Zhenya.
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