2015 Four Continents Men's Free Skate Feb 13 Seoul Time

The men's free skate will take place 17:30 ( 5:30 p.m.) to 21:35 ( 9:35 p.m.) on February 14 in Korea Standard Time (+9 UST) (Time Zone Converter)
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Starting order

Warm-up Group 1

1. Jui-Shu CHEN TPE
FS La Forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi; choreo by Yusuke Hayashi and Rie Arikawa

1. Julian Zhi Jie YEE MAS
FS Peter Gunn (soundtrack) by Henry Mancini, Fever by John Davenport, Oye Negra by Eddie Cooley and Terry Snyder ; choreo by Christa Grossard, Elvin Wong

2. Se Jong BYUN KOR
FS Godfather (soundtrack) by Nino Rota; choreo by Chris Conte


3. Yuhang GUAN CHN
FS Mi Mancherai from "Il Postino" by Luis Bacalov, performed by Josh Groban ; choreo by Elvin Wong


4. Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ
FS Once Upon a Time in America (soundtrack); choreo by Nikolai Morozov

5. Harry Hau Yin LEE HKG
FS Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn; choreo by Phyllis Lee

6. Chih-I TSAO TPE
FS Romeo and Juliet performed by Edvin Marton ; choreo by Justin Dillon and Phillip Mills


Warm-up Group 2
7. Nam NGUYEN CAN
FS La Strada by Nino Rota; choreo by David Wilson

8. Jin Seo KIM KOR
FS Legends of the Fall (soundtrack) by James Horner; choreo by David Wilson

9. Ronald LAM HKG
FS Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber; choreo by Mark Pillay

10. Denis MARGALIK ARG
FS Lee Loos' Tune performed by Maksim Mrvica; choreo by Lori Nichol, Andrei Berezintsev

11. Brendan KERRY AUS
FS Amelie (soundtrack) by Yann Tiersen, Micmacs (soundtrack) by Raphael Beau, Iris (soundtrack) by Danny Elfman; choreo by Mark Pillay and Justin Dillon

12. June Hyoung LEE KOR
FS Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber; choreo by Cindy Stuart


Warm-Up Group 3
13. Jason BROWN USA
FS Tristan and Isolde by Maxime Rodriguez ; choreo by Rohene Ward

14. Adam RIPPON USA
FS Piano Concerto No. 1 by Franz Liszt ; choreo by Adam Rippon

15. Misha GE UZB
FS Umbrellas of Cherbourg (soundtrack) by Michel Legrand ; choreo by Larisa Ge and Frank Carroll

16. Jeremy TEN CAN
FS Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley; choreo by Joanne McLeod & Megan Wing

17. Liam FIRUS CAN
FS Moulin Rouge (soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong; choreo by Mark Pillay

18. Yi WANG CHN
FS An American in Paris by George Gershwin ; choreo by Pasquale Camerlengo

Warm-up Group 4

19. Han YAN CHN
FS Fly Me to the Moon by Bart Howard; choreo by Lori Nichol

20. Takahito MURA JPN
FS The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; choreo by Jamie Isley, Tom Dickson

21. Joshua FARRIS USA
FS Schindler's List (soundtrack) by John Williams ; choreo by Jeff Buttle, Damon Allen, and Joshua Farris

22. Denis TEN KAZ
FS Ambush from Ten Sides for Pipa, Sheng, Guitar, Cello and Orchestra (from "New Impossibilties") performed by Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble,
Vocussion (from "New Impossibilties") by Sandeep Das, Joseph Gramley, Dong-Won Kim, Shane Shanahan, Mark Suter ; choreo by Lori Nichol

23. Shoma UNO JPN
FS Don Juan de Marco ; choreo by Mihoko Higuchi

24. Daisuke MURAKAMI JPN
FS Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov; choreo by Phillip Mills and Jonathan Cassar

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Mrs. P said:

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I see it now.

SeJong Byun's FS program is chreographed by Chris Conte, same to SP. Eun Hee Lee is his former coach.

Copying the starting order and time schedule here in case the ISU results page goes down again:

TIME SCHEDULE
MEN FREE SKATING
Saturday, 14 February, 2015

17:30:00 - 17:37:00 Warm-up Group 1

18:27:30 - 18:34:30 Warm-up Group 2

19:25:00 - 19:40:00 Ice Resurfacing

19:40:00 - 19:47:00 Warm-up Group 3

20:37:30 - 20:44:30 Warm-up Group 4

Resurfacing: 00:15:00 Warm-up: 00:06:00 Duration of Skating: 00:04:30 Judging First: 00:03:20 Judging Last: 00:03:20 Introduction: 00:01:00

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Oh NO! Poor Murakami is last. He was last to skate at nationals and that did NOT go well for him. Stay strong!

*angry face* Two. Skaters.

Just. Two. Skaters.

They could have easily kept everyone. But no. They had to be mean and nasty and cruel and cut just two skaters.

karne said:

*angry face* Two. Skaters.

Just. Two. Skaters.

They could have easily kept everyone. But no. They had to be mean and nasty and cruel and cut just two skaters.

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I am in complete agreement. As I said on another thread, making it to a major ISU championship is a big deal. I'm sure these skaters are learning a ton from the experience. Even if they're not permitted to receive marks for their FS, where is the harm in letting them do it as an exhibition before the FS starts. Absolutely no harm done, and even more learning and goodwill towards developing skaters.

Sport can be tough, but there is no point not being supportive when it impacts no other competitor. And besides... it's not like there would be a dozen exhibition skates to deal with.

And I just realized that these two men are the only competitors in the entire 4CC who will not be able to present their Free Program.

All the ladies, pairs, and dancers advanced.

C'mon, ISU. Have a heart.

TontoK said:

I am in complete agreement. As I said on another thread, making it to a major ISU championship is a big deal. I'm sure these skaters are learning a ton from the experience. Even if they're not permitted to receive marks for their FS, where is the harm in letting them do it as an exhibition before the FS starts. Absolutely no harm done, and even more learning and goodwill towards developing skaters.

Sport can be tough, but there is no point not being supportive when it impacts no other competitor. And besides... it's not like there would be a dozen exhibition skates to deal with.

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They could warm up the crowd

TontoK said:

And I just realized that these two men are the only competitors in the entire 4CC who will not be able to present their Free Program.

All the ladies, pairs, and dancers advanced.

C'mon, ISU. Have a heart.

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Not even near Valentine's Day it seems... :no:

TontoK said:

.... As I said on another thread, making it to a major ISU championship is a big deal. I'm sure these skaters are learning a ton from the experience. Even if they're not permitted to receive marks for their FS, where is the harm in letting them do it as an exhibition before the FS starts. Absolutely no harm done, and even more learning and goodwill towards developing skaters.

Sport can be tough, but there is no point not being supportive when it impacts no other competitor. And besides... it's not like there would be a dozen exhibition skates to deal with.

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I feel for the two men, but I can understand why the ISU has refrained from bending the rules, which would be a slippery slope and a can of worms (sorry for mixing metaphors).

Re sheer practicality:
If the two men were to perform their free skates as exhibitions (before the qualifiers compete), they should have a full-warm up period as well. And an extra ice resurfacing would be necessary to keep everything by the book for those actually competing, I believe.
We're talking on the order of thirty extra minutes: six for warm-up + two 4:30 programs + fifteen for the Zamboni.
If I am reading the schedule correctly, the Victory Ceremony for Pairs ends at 17:00. And the Men's FS begins at 17:30. Would be cutting it very close.
(The Men's Victory Ceremony doesn't end until 22:00. And Exhibition Practice begins the next morning at 9:40.)

Other issues:
Should IN and other media have the discretion whether or not to stream the extra two skates? If they chose not to, would even more griping from fans ensue?
What if, heaven forbid, one of the skaters injured himself performing his freeskate exhibition? The idea wouldn't seem like such a good one in that case.
Etc., etc.

Or keep it simple: in events where a cut would result in four or fewer skaters being cut, there will be no cut.

hope their camerawork will improve

I went to watch the men's practice this afternoon, and my thought is, it is still an open game. No one is particularly outstandingly good or horribly bad, everyone was kind of normal. So I think the Free Skate is still unpredictable.

I am saying it because I knew Denis was going to nail the SP after watching his practice the day before. He was literally killing every single element, and performed with musicality and artistry (even though it was only practice). Similar to GPF, after watching Hanyu's extraordinary practice I knew he was going to kill it. So I am predicting from how the practice went, and I predict nothing

pandaatlarge said:

I went to watch the men's practice this afternoon, and my thought is, it is still an open game. No one is particularly outstandingly good or horribly bad, everyone was kind of normal. So I think the Free Skate is still unpredictable.

I am saying it because I knew Denis was going to nail the SP after watching his practice the day before. He was literally killing every single element, and performed with musicality and artistry (even though it was only practice). Similar to GPF, after watching Hanyu's extraordinary practice I knew he was going to kill it. So I am predicting from how the practice went, and I predict nothing

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Can't wait. -And thanks for your report, ambiguous though it was.

I love D10's LP from the practice run-through. Best wishes for his best showing with his Asian music performing in his ancestral land.

I hope those who showed us what they were fully capable of in the SP will do the same in the LP performances.

Also wishing for redemption by those thrown off by their SP quad debut.

satine94 said:

They could warm up the crowd

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Along those lines, they could also be invited to the exhibition. That might be a gesture that some places may want to think about. I don't care they came in the last two places, I would totally watch their exhibition and give them love if they were invited!


As for the why. . . well if anyone is interested you can find the rules regarding how many skaters in each group, and when warm ups are, etc. on pages 93 and 94 of this massive PDF which i think is they they just always do the cut. Keeping two skaters would juggle the schedule. . . I think it would be worth it, but hey what do i know?

At any rate, I thought some of you might be interested in reading the rules, even if we don't agree with them.

StitchMonkey said:

Along those lines, they could also be invited to the exhibition. That might be a gesture that some places may want to think about. I don't care they came in the last two places, I would totally watch their exhibition and give them love if they were invited!

As for the why. . . well if anyone is interested you can find the rules regarding how many skaters in each group, and when warm ups are, etc. on pages 93 and 94 of this massive PDF which i think is they they just always do the cut. Keeping two skaters would juggle the schedule. . . I think it would be worth it, but hey what do i know?

At any rate, I thought some of you might be interested in reading the rules, even if we don't agree with them.

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Thx for looking up the ISU document, Stitch. (Title: Special Regulations & Technical Rules, Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2014, as accepted by the 55th Ordinary Congress June 2014.)
In the section for "ISU Championships – Special Technical Rules," it says (on p. 87):

And again, I for one don't blame the ISU for sticking to its rule that applies across the board to all ISU championships.
The skaters know that they have to place in the top twenty-four in the SP to qualify for the FS.
It really is no more cruel (IMO) to adhere to the rule in this case than at any another competition that has more than twenty-four entries.

And I cannot agree with the idea of those who do not qualify for the FS receiving invitations to perform in the gala.
Although it would be a supportive gesture to them, it also would be a slap in the face (IMO) to the many who placed higher than them in the segment, but who are not given the same gala opportunity.

This another 3 a.m o'clock meeting...My favourites are far behind. The first and my number 1 is Jason, and I also enjoy and respect the new kid on the block, Nam. I also hope Jeremy 10 has a wonderful program, like he had in the nationals, or even better. He said it is his last year in competition, but I think this could end up as the best year as a senior skater for him. I will miss him if he keeps his promise.