Men's Short Program

[Mrs. P]

in a way, I find that greater because he did world record thanks to TES, and PCS are even a bit lower (commentator said he has mid 8s...while in GP he got also 9s and 10s with polemics...) (hope I explained myself quite good...)

I'm guessing they held out on the 9s because he would have been near 100 if that happend.

[skatingfan04]

KVDP is still a great jumper, but his artistry hasn't improved as much as I hoped it would :(

[Blades of Passion]

So the judges basically just gave Chan +2 across the board on every element, with some +3's thrown in for good measure, didn't they.

[SAYACAT]

Wow. Good for Patrick!
I missed his face when the scores were given. Darn computer froze!

Go Taka!

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[demarinis5]

I am popping in to say that Patrick was Chantastic, Florent and Taka fabulous. Go Dai, Tomas and Artur!!!!

[SkateFiguring]

I sent a cosmic request for Patrick to break 90 and he surpassed that!

Too bad about Koz though. I'm somewhat shocked he's below Amodio. Well, one brought it and one under-performed. Bring it tomorrow, Taka!

[ImaginaryPogue]

My problem with using World records is the fact that scoring changes. That Patrick's sp score is the season's best thus far for anyone is enough of an achievement. We don't need to muddy the waters anymore.

[blue_idealist]

That fall on the quad for Kevin is really unfortunate, because quads are the best thing he has..

[kiz_4Ever]

I like Kevin, but after Patrick and Taka he seemed so painfully slow... :(
sad for his quad, he did so much of them in practice!

[draqq]

Skating to Romeo & Juliet, Kevin van der Perren reminds me more and more of Timothy Goebel - a strong jumper but lackluster in presentation. A fall on the attempted 4T, but solid 3A and 3F+3T. Improved spins and footwork. Despite his lack of overall artistry, I still respect him as one of those workhorses in skating who fights for everything... though he always seems hard on himself when he misses one thing.

SP: 68.34

[Spun Silver]

? Not in the short program.

Good point. Oops! Coffee time!

[stickle]

Go Patrick Go!!!
It's so sweet that he beats the world record holder on his home turf and he's right there watching the record got shattered!

When Patrick is on, he makes everything looks so EASY!

Exactly. The skaters after him look slow and almost gawky. What an amazing performance from Patrick. I'm so glad I stayed up to watch it.

[sequinsgalore]

Kevin VAN DER PERREN (BEL)

Music: Art of War (based on Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev) performed by Vanessa Mae
SB: 73.61

4T - fall, maybe UR
3A
3F+3T
CCoSp
CCSp
SlSt
FSSp

Score: 68.34 and into 10th

[JeffyJosephNCA]

Agh I'm starting to doze off, can't believe it's almost 6am here

[Mrs. P]

My problem with using World records is the fact that scoring changes. That Patrick's sp score is the season's best thus far for anyone is enough of an achievement. We don't need to muddy the waters anymore.

Huh? What waters are being muddled? I think it speaks to an impressive perfromance. If he brought had brought that to the Olympics...man!