Gee, such an intense focus on Oda I only got to see a glimpse of Evgeni's Russian rival, Artur. Wish the camera would've focused on the others as well..
So this is the young Hanya everybody has been talking about. Yeah he got all the jumps completed, including the quad, but I personally find him nothing special.
I wish the men would take a chance and skate to something different, instead of the same old classical music with frou frou costumes.
Love love love Hanyu's program. Nice speed, beautiful transitions and a quad! Only "mistake" was doing just a 3-2 combo ...but I think he'll get into first with that!
ETA: Oh it was a 3-3, just looked tight! In that case, good job!
Yuzuru is so awesome and totally deserving of that new PB. I'm not loving this choice of music for him, but he is fierce and has fantastic jumps and very nice spins, really he's good across the board. Reminder: he's not yet 17!
Nadine, I have to now question your taste in both music and skaters. Thumbs down to Shostakovitch and Hanyu?
Hanyu is 16 Nadine, he is too young to be compared to Daisuke, but he is already pretty good and since you mention Evgeni he looks up to him and Weir as idols so something good will come out of it.
From what I remember of Nadine (welcome back BTW !), she seems to appreciate the "athletic" type skaters like Joubert more. I <3 Yuzuru and am glad he did well. But Daisuke sure is something different in that he has a more versatile style.