There's a slight chance that that was me...:Haha. Speaking of his arms, when I went to watch Skate America back in October and he was skating there, two girls behind me kept commenting on that his arms are so small.
There's a slight chance that that was me...:Haha. Speaking of his arms, when I went to watch Skate America back in October and he was skating there, two girls behind me kept commenting on that his arms are so small.
Just watched Nathan Chen's skate online...it was a bit hard to get through. Is it just me or has his posture deteriorated? I'm only a casual juniors observer but I remember him being the NEXT BIG THING. Is he just having a rough season?
Just watched Nathan Chen's skate online...it was a bit hard to get through. Is it just me or has his posture deteriorated? I'm only a casual juniors observer but I remember him being the NEXT BIG THING. Is he just having a rough season?
There's a slight chance that that was me...:
Adian's lutz is amazing and it was underscored. I think he has all the chances for a quad lutz in the future.
What about the champs - it hurts me he willn't be able to compete for the gold because of the judging (too). Of course, Shoma has REALLY great skating skills, but the difference between him and Adian (and other skaters) isn't so big as judges's think. His GOE's are just crazy. He has 47 TES WITHOUT a quad. This is just unbelievable. I have no idea who else can get something like this in the whole world. This competition does not make a sense because the winner of this is known in advance. Even if Boyang will land all his quads, he has NO CHANCES to win. And a year later, no one will have a chance to beat him in seniors already, well maybe just 2-3 top skaters like Fernandez, Ten... It's a strange fashion on male japanese skaters: any Japanese skater who reach good level will receive comparable scores.
me 2, I hope Boyang and Nathan, nail their 3 quad LP and He Zhang(big white) nail his quad and 3A as well
I think Nathan is still not recover form his injure. I think he should retire from this competition.
I am super tired but I will post some little comments anyway(have to leave my impression from arena somewhere)
- Shoma UNO - great flow, nice axel(though overscore IMO) but... his other jumps are sooo low...
- Adian PITKEEV - jumps were great! amazing height. but he lacks attack and looked a bit tired towards the end...
- Alexander PETROV - I looved his performance and for me it was on par with Shoma... but again, other than axel his jumps are low. and by low I mean really low...
- Boyang JIN - I am sorry, but he did nothing for me, like nothing. You want to get at least some emotion from a skater and here was none...
Adian's lutz is amazing and it was underscored. I think he has all the chances for a quad lutz in the future.
What about the champs - it hurts me he willn't be able to compete for the gold because of the judging (too). Of course, Shoma has REALLY great skating skills, but the difference between him and Adian (and other skaters) isn't so big as judges's think. His GOE's are just crazy. He has 47 TES WITHOUT a quad. This is just unbelievable. I have no idea who else can get something like this in the whole world. This competition does not make a sense because the winner of this is known in advance. Even if Boyang will land all his quads, he has NO CHANCES to win. And a year later, no one will have a chance to beat him in seniors already, well maybe just 2-3 top skaters like Fernandez, Ten... It's a strange fashion on male japanese skaters: any japanese skater who reach good level will receive comparable scores.
Honestly, I wish he hadn't come to Tallinn at all if not fully healed. But he seems to be one of those stubborn guys who refuses to quit no matter what.
I get that Shomas 3A is overscored, but if you read through some of this posts, you'd feel he was an untalented little rapscallion that only leads because his oh-so-powerful federation (lol) spent all their money on getting the judges some new cars (or whatever floats their boats). There's some "he's good at that... " thrown in, but it looks as if it's only used to make the "but" afterwards seem more reasonable. Ugh.
And for this specific post... nobody will have a chance to beat Shoma in seniors next year? Give me a break... DTen beat him by 8,7 points in the SP at 4CC (while Shoma had a 4T in his SP too), he's not going to 'maybe' beat Shoma next year if he skates well.
but it looks as if it's only used to make the "but" afterwards seem more reasonable. Ugh
Sorry, I was at work and managed to come after he has skated. I will tell after the FSHonestly, I wish he hadn't come to Tallinn at all if not fully healed. But he seems to be one of those stubborn guys who refuses to quit no matter what.
Thank you for sharing, very interesting. I would also like to know what you thought about Deniss, if you don't mind.
I get that Shomas 3A is overscored, but if you read through some of this posts, you'd feel he was an untalented little rapscallion that only leads because his oh-so-powerful federation (lol) spent all their money on getting the judges some new cars (or whatever floats their boats). There's some "he's good at that... " thrown in, but it looks as if it's only used to make the "but" afterwards seem more reasonable. Ugh.
And is it ok for people to do that to Russian ladies? They seem to get it 10x worse, from what I've observed. I mean, they all get picked apart over tenths of points whenever someone else's fave is "robbed." I can't bring myself to care that much or I wouldn't enjoy this sport at all.
I thought this was the men's SP thread, not the Ladies??