Comments on Skate America

**Joesitz** · 10-25-2004, 11:12 PM

I don't know if they showed the SP for the Men on TV. If they did you could very agree with me that the most musical skater out there was Roman Serov. I had him in lst place after the Short. He reminds me of Sasha Abt. I am looking forward to seeing him skate in the future.

Joe

**qoo** · 10-26-2004, 07:59 AM

I thought Cynthia's TCS scores are way overmarked.
Below is a comparison of two events she attended this year. Somehow I must think that geographic location where the events took place affected scores a great deal. I would like to see how she will be judged outside North America.. but Alas... her only other entry is Skate Canada......

Nebelhorn-Trophy 81.86 40.56 43.30 5.39 5.21 5.46 5.46 5.54
Skate America 94.20 43.08 51.12 6.35 6.15 6.50 6.30 6.65

**Grgranny** · 10-27-2004, 01:03 AM

From what I gather, Sunday on ABC must be a rerun of pairs and dance. I hope so, since I goofed up so badly on taping it. And also, those that don't get ESPN's can get it too.

**hrmsk8ngnutt** · 10-27-2004, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Grgranny

From what I gather, Sunday on ABC must be a rerun of pairs and dance. I hope so, since I goofed up so badly on taping it. And also, those that don't get ESPN's can get it too.

I don't know if you have cable, but ESPN2 is going to rebroadcast pairs (short and free) and dance (OD) on Wednesday 10/27 at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT. ABC will show the Free Dance on Sunday 10/31. Here are some links:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvl...?date=20041027 (Wed. Schedule)
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvl...031&network=30 (Sunday Schedule - ABC Sports)

Remember to double-check your local listings. I hope you can tape it.

Herm (sk8ngnutt)

**Mathman** · 10-27-2004, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by qoo

I thought Cynthia's TCS scores are way overmarked.
Below is a comparison of two events she attended this year. Somehow I must think that geographic location where the events took place affected scores a great deal. I would like to see how she will be judged outside North America.. but Alas... her only other entry is Skate Canada......

Nebelhorn-Trophy 81.86 40.56 43.30 5.39 5.21 5.46 5.46 5.54
Skate America 94.20 43.08 51.12 6.35 6.15 6.50 6.30 6.65

I agree that these 6's were way too high for the Skate America performance. I didn't see the Nebelhorn event, so I can't comment there.

I don't know whether or not Canadian skaters generally get a "home court advantage" when skating in the U.S. It has seemed to me that Canadian judges are often the harshest when grading U.S. skaters (as most recently for instance at Campbells.)

Mathman