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Not bad Jason! Surely he must've had nerves being his debut performance.

That second 3A was < as was the 3S he fell on and he got level 3 on the step sequence that he usually gets level 4 on.

Anyway a good start and something to build on for the men's even later this week.

Robin Cousins and the BBC crew were a lot nicer! They noted the UR in the 3A and other errors but praised him for his performance and choreography.

 

TCAngel18

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Ok, Kevin is laying it DOWN! 3 quads landed, whew!

 

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Huh. I really underestimated Reynolds. Good for him.

 

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Great performance from Kevin. Wasn't sure how he do. That should score well with a high TES.

 

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BTW here's the right ISU results page. The one in the first post is the one for the individuals.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2014/SEG010.HTM

 

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Chemistry66 said:

Kevin should audition to play Peter Pan on next years NBC Live musical.

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He should! Too bad he left some points on the table. He missed the 2L and turned a 3T to a 2T at the end of the 3S.

However... 3 quads!

And I agree with everyone. Tara was a little harsh but I prefer her than Sandra any day!

 

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Apparently Plushenko told Jason at practice that he liked his skating and Jason had a typical Jason reaction (excitement, can't believe it, etc). If only they had that on video.

 

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@MichelleWKwan

1 mistake for @jasonbskates but I think he deserves a few extra points because of that smile.
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. @jasonbskates is now trending! #Olympics2014
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Chemistry66

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"The GS forum has exceeded the amount of users"

...what?

 

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Chemistry66 said:

"The GS forum has exceeded the amount of users"

...what?

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I know, right? At least it isn't hanging when it goes to the crash pages.

 

ARipp42014

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If that is ahead of Reynolds... I dunno! Plushenko is showing his age!

 

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Tesla said:

I know, right? At least it isn't hanging when it goes to the crash pages.

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I'd almost rather it do that than lock me out when I'm trying to post something!

 

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Ughh I can hardly watch him... It looks like he landed three squads that were spread out.. they have been horribly stingy with his components scores though..

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Huh. I really underestimated Reynolds. Good for him.

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Chemistry66 said:

BTW here's the right ISU results page. The one in the first post is the one for the individuals.

http://www.isuresults.com/results/owg2014/SEG010.HTM

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Thank you for correcting my incorrect link

 

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Plushenko...168.20
Reynolds..167.92
Brown..153.67

 

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I can't believe Reynolds did land three quads but still got 89 TES. Of course he fell but Hanyu and Chan can fall on their quads too and still got 95+ TES. I don't watch mens normally so I don't know scoring but this is strange. His personal best TES is 92 too. I thought quads are important now.

 

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The blatant overscoring has made this competition difficult to take seriously.

 

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As I said elsewhere:
Pluschenko gets held up more often than a bank in a bad neighborhood.
Why bother to change the whole scoring system if he can go out there and do the same 1998 program over and over: Land a quad, double a couple jumps [I almost wrote "junks" - Freudian slip], do elementary footwork, a shoulder roll and a Nijinsky pose that's an insult to Adam Rippon - and get hugely overmarked.
(As I also said elsewhere, I think that ridiculous opening shoulder roll was a secret signal to the judges re: how high they should overscore him today.)
I was so meh at the SkatingWhileRussian bias here I first forgot about, then just decided not to watch the remaining disciplines. (Maybe I'll catch them later.)
Oh, but good for Jason for acquitting himself well at his first Olympic event.

 

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The scoring system makes me sick. Plushy was great considering how bad he was one month ago. Still, he doesn't deserve to lead the pack. It is true, Reynolds could have won with a better Axel and definitely outside Russia.

 

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I can't believe I'm saying this, but I thought Reynolds should have won this segment. I thought Plushenko's PCS were too high for what he did.