MEN - Short Program

[Nadine]

Nice sentiment, Nadine, and I see you mean it sincerely, but it sounds a little bit patronizing too, especially in the way of your phrasing. I would have to say, "Great skate, Christopher Caluzza! You deserved better in the scoring, but be proud and remember all you can do is keep improving and doing your best out there, and learning. You can't control what the judges do, but if you concentrate on yourself and always do your best, the better marks will come. But don't ever let what the judges decide get you down."

Patronizing, nope, in no way/shape/form did I mean it in a patronizing way. Just to be clear. And I stand by my words.

[skatinginbc]

I just checked Misha's profile on wikipedia and was surprised to discover that he can speak Chinese and is partially of Chinese descent.

[yousunny]

Adam's skating skill is much better than the previous skaters.

[SkateFiguring]

Misha also grew up in NE China.

[yousunny]

Actually Misha Ge's family name is a typical Chinese name

[SkateFiguring]

Actually Misha Ge's family name is a typical Chinese name

But he likes to pronounce it like jee or the letter "g".

[icemusings]

Ice Musings says 2A.

I am on lots of cold medicine so I could be wrong about some of these jumps

[skatinginbc]

Actually Misha Ge's family name is a typical Chinese name

Can you give me the Chinese character for it? Thanks.

[Nadine]

Darn, the whole time I was wondering if Adam was going to do the Rippon Lutz or play it safe with a Tano Lutz or regular lutz, but then he went for it and fell down afterwards. Still, should easily go into 1st place, he's miles ahead of the guys that have already skated.

Btw, IIRC Mao was having trouble with her 3A/Tano 2T and instead changed it to 3A/2T during the Olympic Year, I think Adam should do so as well for his Rippon Lutz just to be safe. Jmho.

[yousunny]

Adam fell on his tano 3Lz
His 3-3 combination and 3A seem OK, but may under rotated

[Spun Silver]

I hate it when Adam falls on the Rippon lutz! At least he pulled himself right back together. He's a much better competitor this season.

[yousunny]

Adam
74.92

[demarinis5]

For me Misha had the best skate of the night so far, Loved it. Christopher Caluza's program was fabulous.

[Gymfan15]

Wow, I totally did not know that Ross Miner skated to Para Ti! Love that piece.

[evangeline]

Sounds like an interesting competition so far, especially to see some of the lower-ranked skaters.

I only wish I could actually watch it :(