2013 Europeans Men - Short Program

[pangtongfan]

If he competes next season it would certainly make less than no sense to stop at euros?

True I suppose. To be honest I dont think he will compete at all next season now but we will see.

[ciocio]

Hmm...I wonder what injury this is? Or perhaps the injury is more psychological more than anything else since he was landing his 3A in practice with no difficulty.

Plushenko is not "injured", his back is a complete mess, he didn't recover after the surgeries he had. He pushed himself too much to get in shape for competitions and he didn't respect doctor's advise.

[SkateFiguring]

Plushenko is not "injured", his back is a complete mess, he didn't recover after the surgeries he had. He pushed himself too much to get in shape for competitions and he didn't respect doctor's advise.

That's what he gets for not listening to his wife and his mother.

[ciocio]

That's what he gets for not listening to his wife and his mother.

True!

[Mathman]

But seeing a 4-3 combo is more exciting and I can only assume it's harder to do a 4-3 and a solo 3 jump than a 3-3 and a solo 4 jump. I know point wise it's better to have a solo 4T but I prefer to see a great 4-3 like Kovtun did today, it gives a bit more excitement to the program IMO

I completely agree. I think gmyers' point was that the CoP discourages skaters from trying the hardest combos and jumps, and deserves to be criticized for that feature.

[LRK]

I completely agree. I think gmyers' point was that the CoP discourages skaters from trying the hardest combos and jumps, and deserves to be criticized for that feature.

Surely the value of a combination should not just be the jumps added, but also depend on the difficulty of the jumps in combination?

[Mao88]

MEN'S SHORT PROGRAM - VIDEOS & RESULT (Updated)

1. Florent AMODIO (FRA) - 89.82 Short Program, 2nd Copy
2. Javier FERNANDEZ (ESP) - 88.80 Short Program, 2nd Copy
3. Brian JOUBERT (FRA) - 83.93 Short Program, 2nd Copy
4. Michal BREZINA (CZE) - 79.84 Short Program, 2nd Copy
5. Sergei VORONOV (RUS) - 78.38 Short Program, 2nd Copy
6. Evgeni PLUSHENKO (RUS) - 74.82 Short Program, 2nd Copy
7. Maxim KOVTUN (RUS) - 74.46 Short Program, 2nd Copy
8. Alexander MAJOROV (SWE) - 74.29 Short Program, 2nd Copy
9. Tomas VERNER (CZE) - 68.99 Short Program
10. Viktor PFEIFER (AUT) - 67.34 Short Program
11. Chafik BESSEGHIER (FRA) - 66.93 Short Program
12. Kim LUCINE (MON) - 63.27 Short Program
13. Viktor ROMANENKOV (EST) - 59.66 Short Program, 2nd Copy
14. Pavel IGNATENKO (BLR) - 58.38 Short Program
15. Yakov GODOROZHA (UKR) - 57.44 Short Program
16. Zoltan KELEMEN (ROU) - 57.44 Short Program
17. Peter LIEBERS (GER) - 56.67 Short Program
18. Alexei BYCHENKO (ISR) 56.42 Short Program
19. Javier RAYA (ESP) - 54.21 Short Program
20. Pavel KASKA (CZE) - 53.76 Short Program
21. Manol ATANASSOV (BUL) - 53.58 Short Program
22. Justus STRID (DEN) - 53.14 Short Program
23. Maciej CIEPLUCHA (POL) - 52.84 Short Program
24. Stephane WALKER (SUI) - 50.93 Short Program
25. Paolo BACCHINI (ITA) - 50.68 Short Program
26. Valtter VIRTANEN (FIN) - 48.41 Short Program
27. Harry MATTICK (GBR) - 48.08 Short Program
28. Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS (LTU) - 43.85 Short Program
29. Ali DEMIRBOGA (TUR) - 43.47 Short Program
30. Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON (ITA) - 40.35 Short Program

[noidont]

Even though I'm the only one, I have always loved that program of Amodio's, last year and this. I don't really know why people hate it. It has a style and quality no one else can do, and he is absolutely into it, nothing like Fernandez and Brezina's generic programs year after year. Brezina hardly had any choreography and still scored among the top on PCS. Lots of other skaters stop and sexy pose all the time and no one seems to mind...(cough plushy cough).
Very happy for Amodio and Joubert. Kovtun looked fluttered. Poor kid isn't ready. Voronov seems underscored?

[luckyguy]

But seeing a 4-3 combo is more exciting and I can only assume it's harder to do a 4-3 and a solo 3 jump than a 3-3 and a solo 4 jump. I know point wise it's better to have a solo 4T but I prefer to see a great 4-3 like Kovtun did today, it gives a bit more excitement to the program IMO

The problem is that the experts of the ISU think the content 4T+3T and 3 Lz is not more difficult than 4S and 3Lz+3T.

4T+3T and 3 Lz: 14,40 + 6 = 20,40
4S and 3Lz+3T: 10,50 + 10,10 = 20,60

I think it is a mistake in the regulations.

[plushyfan]

OMG! I just saw the results, I couldn't see the competition. But I think I won't watch it a couple of days. :(( Plushy love you!

[LRK]

OMG! I just saw the results, I couldn't see the competition. But I think I won't watch it a couple of days. :(( Plushy love you!

I was heartbroken about it - but Plushy is still Plushy. It's easier to watch if you're prepared, I think.

[gmyers]

But seeing a 4-3 combo is more exciting and I can only assume it's harder to do a 4-3 and a solo 3 jump than a 3-3 and a solo 4 jump. I know point wise it's better to have a solo 4T but I prefer to see a great 4-3 like Kovtun did today, it gives a bit more excitement to the program IMO

I agree and like it was written above I think it would be nice to see something in IJS that says 4/3 combo gets a little more and not be equal to quad solo and 3/3toe.

[Blades of Passion]

The huge GOE for Javi's 4S is just laughable.

Huh? He has the best Quad Salchow in the World.

Amodio should have received at least -2 GOE for his 4S in this SP, btw. There were NO preceding movements before it and that is required in the SP for the solo jump.

[sky_fly20]

poor Zhenya but withdrawal was his best option
a speedy recovery

[sky_fly20]

Kovtun was soo not ready, flashbacks of WTT here
looks like Menshov is laughing now....