2012 GPF Men's Free Skate LP

[FSGMT]

Yes, it is! I guess Morozov's vodka did the trick again. Hanyu should have won, IMO.

[Icey]

Chan barely held on to the bronze. Hanyu's bauer is as good and better than quite a few of the ones done by the women.
Wish they would outlaw sequins and lace.

[draqq]

Wow, Javi won the free!!

When was the last time Patrick came in 3rd?

Skate America 2007-2008. Yep, it's been a while.

[yuki]

Dai's first GPF win.

Isn't he also the first Japanese man to win GPF?

[Mao88]

MEN'S FREE SKATE - VIDEOS & RESULT

1. Daisuke TAKAHASHI (JPN) - 269.40 Free Skate
2. Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) - 264.29 Free Skate
3. Patrick CHAN (CAN) - 258.66 Free Skate
4. Javier FERNANDEZ (ESP) - 258.62 Free Skate
5. Takahiko KOZUKA (JPN) - 253.27 Free Skate
6. Tatsuki MACHIDA (JPN) - 198.63 Free Skate

[pangtongfan]

If Evan Lysacek was watching this event by any chance one can bet good money he will put his comeback thoughts on ice for good now, lol! He will get embarassed against these guys, even if he regained his 2010 level.

[starryxskies]

CAN WE CHEER FOR DAI'S NEW COSTUME???? THANK YOU SKATING GODS!!!

I'm so happy for Daisuke. Although his program is still blehh to me I'm still really happy for him. Finally got that GPF gold!!! Tbh, this program was 1000x better to me already with this new black ensemble. But I hope the costume is a work in progress because it's a little...plain atm =/

[FSGMT]

If Evan Lysacek was watching this event by any chance one can bet good money he will put his comeback thoughts on ice for good now, lol! He will get embarassed against these guys, even if he regained his 2010 level.

[museksk8r]

When was the last time Patrick came in 3rd?

Not sure, but the last time he came in 6th was October of this year at the Japan Open.

[bixby]

Zhang Min, Tomothy Goebel, Takeshi Honda, Brian Joubert. Until now Joubert was the only one to have done it under the IJS - with the kind of scoring we have now, he too could have gotten a 170+ score, but in 2006 marks were generally lower so he had to make do with a low 160.something. AFAIK neither Honda nor Joubert were able to repeat this feat, no idea about Goebel or Zhang.

Tim did it under Olympic pressure as I remember Salt Lake.

[yuki]

It is tragic that the judges prefer this to Blues for Klook.....sadly this will probably compel Daisuke to stay with Morozov.

Yes, I'd much rather Blues for Klook got this kind of PCS (and it really should have), but still, very happy for Daisuke!

[mylastduchess]

Congrats to Takahashi for winning the GP final for the first time ever! Well deserved and long overdue. Chan's PCS and podium finish above Fernandez were a true joke, and Hanyu was also grossly overscored.

Wow you don't hate Chan at all now do you? Takahashi made the same amount of mistakes as Chan yet his pcs is well deserved? Clearly not hypocrite!

[pangtongfan]

I had previously thought Takahashi had NO chance vs a clean Chan or Hanyu but perhaps that isnt the case. If he can get close to 180 with all those mistakes he probably can go over 190 in the FS going clean, which wouldnt be easy for even a clean Chan or Hanyu to get. Good to see Takahashi getting the scores he deserves after being the most wuzrobbed skater by far in any discipline last year.

[museksk8r]

Wow you don't hate Chan at all now do you? Takahashi made the same amount of mistakes as Chan yet his pcs is well deserved? Clearly not hypocrite!

Takahashi did not Zayak or Oda though; that is what really hurt Chan's placement here to have a jumping pass be completely voided due to the illegal 4th combo rules. That's a huge error!

[pitterpatter]

Man, that was a really good event. Top 5 FS scores with a less than 12 pt spread! Congrats Dai! Kinda iffy on the PCS as well, but I don't think it matters too much due to his SP lead. SO PROUD of Yuzuru for that skate