Men's Short Program

Murakami still holding up in first place. It is looking like the SP order would be what I expected for the whole event.

Brezina now in first with 79+

1 Michal BREZINA CZE 79.08 42.05 37.03 7.50 7.14 7.57 7.32 7.50 0.00 #9

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not Kozuka's best try, but I love the program. It has potential. And I'm glad he went for the quad.

JimboC518 said:

1 Michal BREZINA CZE 79.08 42.05 37.03 7.50 7.14 7.57 7.32 7.50 0.00 #9

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Excellent!!

Kozuka
Ur 4T fall
3A hand down close to the boards
3F3T ok

So Koz went for the quad? I was wondering. Guess his mind is on Worlds.

How did Kozuka manage to beat Dornbush? Not that the difference matters muxh. There are a bunch of guys at 70. something.

Silver and Bronze should be quite a battle

Florent Amodio FRA
Summertime by George Gershwin
Vile outfit, but at least not tiger stripes. short sleeved shirt (sleeves set to look rolled up),grey gloves with little white bows at the wrist, grey sequinned pants, pinkish trimmed vest lapels and little pink fake pocket tops.
nice light 3F
3a ok, leg swingy on exit
camel spin in layout, camel on other foot, donut
drums f/w into lutz and slipped/no combination
really labored sit spin
very busy footwork, which he is enjoying
holding his toe in a sit spin
wipes his head to end
27.32 35.14 total 62.46 into 5th


Kevin van der Perren BEL
Quidam (from "Cirque du Soleil")
one blue glove, one black glove, black onesie, top in silver/white and blue with sequins and illusion fabric cutouts
It says Quidam but sounds like TFB to start; then changes
Huge 3A
steps
3F3t
steps into 3loop nice
butt spin into camel (slow), sideways leaning upright
camel sideways pos, change camel man is he squeaking out the rotations slow
footwork, kind of clunky
flying sit, into x spin not as bad
He's happy
37.76 32.33 total 70.09 into 2nd

Samuel Contesti ITA
Hungarian March by Hector Berlioz
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) by Gioacchino Rossini
1812 Ouverture by Petr I. Tchaikovski
black bow tie, formal outfit with pocket square and tails.
more conductor motions. 3lz falls
3a step out
footwork with little spread eaglish moves into 2f?
sit spin change of position and short of revs on the change
lots of little jumps to the cannon shots in the 1812 overture
final spin. very slow camel. and another spin into a cannonball sit, upright
He looks tired.
24.27 32.25 -1 total 55.52 into 8th & last



Michal Brezina CZE
Best of Kodo
black shirt with a fancy dragon bedazzled on the back and another on the front, white sash, black pants. white stripes about wrists
oriental arm movements
3a was nice
3f3t
steps into a high 3lz
high flying sit with a tuck going in
camel not as good change camel donut
footwork
camel spin sit spin tuck spin upright spin kind of blew the foot change to the other side of the spin
42.05 37.03 total 79.08 into 1st convincingly

Tahiko Kozuka JPN
Inner Urge
red pants with think black belt, black shirt with big red rectangle on the back, red epaulet-like rectangles, and red ring stripes on the arm (rather ski sweater-like, but with a mandarin collar)
walley into underrotated & two footed 4t
footwork into 3a with wide leg, maybe hand down
spread eagle flying sit changes of position
3lz3t and it wasn't perfect
camel change camel with kind of odd 2nd position
footwork nice and light
final spin camel sit, butt camel sit, upright
34.33 37.36 -1 Total 70.69, into 2nd

.66 between 2nd and 5th, the LP will be quite the showdown!!!

1 Michal BREZINA CZE 79.08 42.05 37.03 7.50 7.14 7.57 7.32 7.50 0.00 #9
2 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN 70.69 34.33 37.36 7.79 7.43 7.25 7.43 7.46 1.00 #10
3 Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN 70.67 39.91 30.76 6.57 5.86 6.18 6.11 6.04 0.00 #2
4 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 70.09 37.76 32.33 6.61 6.18 6.46 6.54 6.54 0.00 #7
5 Richard DORNBUSH USA 70.03 35.74 34.29 6.89 6.64 6.93 6.79 7.04 0.00 #5
6 Denis TEN KAZ 67.38 35.11 33.27 6.71 6.39 6.64 6.64 6.89 1.00 #3
7 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH USA 64.54 33.72 30.82 6.25 5.93 6.21 6.14 6.29 0.00 #4
8 Florent AMODIO FRA 62.46 27.32 35.14 7.07 6.75 6.93 7.07 7.32 0.00 #6
9 Douglas RAZZANO USA 60.69 30.62 30.07 6.07 5.71 6.04 6.07 6.18 0.00 #1
10 Samuel CONTESTI ITA 55.52 24.27 32.25 6.57 6.14 6.36 6.43 6.75 1.00 #8

Spun Silver said:

How did Kozuka manage to beat Dornbush? Not that the difference matters muxh. There are a bunch of guys at 70. something.

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PCS really helped him here. He got 1st there.

1 Michal BREZINA (CZE) 79.081
2 Takahiko KOZUKA (JPN) 70.67
3 Daisuke MURAKAMI (JPN) 70.67
4 Kevin VAN DER PERREN (BEL) 70.09
5 Richard DORNBUSH (USA) 70.03
6 Denis TEN (KAZ) 67.38
7 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH (USA) 64.54
8 Florent AMODIO (FRA) 62.46
9 Douglas RAZZANO (USA) 60.69
10 Samuel CONTESTI (ITA) 55.52

JimboC518 said:

Silver and Bronze should be quite a battle

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What do you mean?

I don't see Koz battling with anyone but Brezina.

The Bronze though, is up for graps. The scenario hasn't changed.

JDLutz said:

.66 between 2nd and 5th, the LP will be quite the showdown!!!

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Thank god NBC will be showing the FS so I can watch it in HD

SkateFiguring said:

What do you mean?

I don't see Koz battling with anyone but Brezina.

The Bronze though, is up for graps. The scenario hasn't changed.

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I can see Kozuka with a grasp on silver but yes everybody else will be battling for bronze

SkateFiguring said:

What do you mean?

I don't see Koz battling with anyone but Brezina.

The Bronze though, is up for graps. The scenario hasn't changed.

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Well there is only .66 between 2nd and 5th. I think Kozuka will come back for silver or even gold, but if he makes as many mistakes in the FS as he did today, someone could sneak in there for silver.

Happy for Brezina. Sad for Contesti.
Thanks for the pbp everyone.