Yuzuru and Dai were the class of the field.)))Yuzuru for gold in Sochi
Phillipines skater surprised me!Martinez if I remember it right
Way high on component score for Yan. He's a great jumper but he doesn't have everything yet. Judges are blinded by the jumps, apparently.
Is there mandatory -3 deduction for Lutz?
Wow at the score!
You are right that singling a jump in the SP combination is penalized, However, the combination is still valid; it's not a Zayak violation. He did lose the BV of a single vs. a triple, and the mistake incurs a mandatory -3 GOE.Yes, since it was a single. If he did at least a 2Lz-3T combo it would have been valid. And probably scored over 90
No point to argue with you. I was just amused by your freaking depth. That is all.
Out of interest, who would you have in first place? Very few have been clean this competition.
(Fingers crossed for Hanyu!)
Way high on component score for Yan. He's a great jumper but he doesn't have everything yet. Judges are blinded by the jumps, apparently.
Best Short Program "Performance" of the night goes to Michael Martinez of PHI in my opinion!
He was consistently awarded strong component scores on the junior circuit. Unlike, Chinese skaters historically, he has strong skating skills: incredible speed, ice coverage and strong edges. He floats across the ice. I think the component scores are appropriate for this performance.
I can understand why it's been done. To not burden him with too much choreo and let him execute his elements cleanly. That is Morozov's trademark, after all.
Yes, I do concede Han's good on SS and he has enormous potential. He does float over the ice (Chan is his idol). But in this performance, Han was over-scored on CH and IN.
Moonlight should have been saved for another year. It's too late in the year to be changing to another SP Even Dai's spins were lacking. In the last one, he travelled badly. He was gifted to be as high up as he is.
If that was the intention then it clearly didn't work at all.
IMO, han yan's goe was underscored
3lz-3t +0.1
4T +0.57
3A +2.29
yuzuru hanyu
4T +2
3A +2.71