Nooooo! I can't watch any of them in Canada?
I'm not sure, but I live in Canada and it's working fine for me. Perhaps try a different browser, or perhaps a proxy server?
Nooooo! I can't watch any of them in Canada?
Lazukin has a smooth, pleasingly expressive style, but he struggled with his jumps, putting two hands down on the 3a, and just eking out both jumps in the combo; only his 3lo was clean with +GOE.
Genia by contrast gave a rather tentative performance, and he had jump problems as well. His 2a had a jerky landing, and he hesitated going into the flutz combo, and those landings were eked out; he double-footed the 3lo and got a UR. Then he fell in the footwork.
I don't see these two as the equals AlexRus indicated they were. Lazukin is by far the more polished skater, and that's likely because this is his second JGP season, while Genia is a newbie. However, they both could use more work in the jump department.
Yes, Brown was more 68-70 range when he wasn't doing 3a, but that was also before the 2nd half bonus was introduced for the SP. Plus I think Chen is even more impressive/has more "wow" factor just where he's skating like that at such a young age and as such a small boy. Brown was 16-17+ and pretty much full grown when he was putting out great performances lacking a 3a, and while he certainly grabs your attention, being one of the older and more mature guys at JGP events, it makes sense that his scores weren't quite as high as Nathan IMO, because he was less of a standout. I think Nathan also has better technique, Brown has a slight flutz that he sometimes gets called for which also could have impacted his scores.