2021 World Team Trophy - Day 2

[Moment]

Another day, another win for Nathan.

 

[rollerblade]

Pretty good skate by Nathan, but not a single clean FS tonight.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Russia remains at the top!

Looking good going into tomorrow.

Poor Canada though.

 

[Andrea82]

Summing together SP and FS, it looks like

Chen	109,65​	203,24​	312,89​
Hanyu	107,12​	193,76​	300,88​
Kolyada	93,42​	180,72​	274,14​
Aymoz	94,69​	169,13​	263,82​
Brown	94,86​	160,33​	255,19​
Semenenko	88,86​	166,33​	255,19​
Uno	77,46​	164,96​	242,42​
Siao	78,28​	152,64​	230,92​	PB
Grassl	67,32​	161,56​	228,88​
Sadovsky	89,61​	134,8​	224,41​
Nguyen	66,89​	133,04​	199,93​

 

[anonymoose_au]

Pretty good skate by Nathan, but not a single clean FS tonight.

I think Zhenya S was clean?

 

[Seven Sisters]

Pretty impressive, as always, but it wasn't quite as exciting as Worlds. It should be more than enough though.

The ferocity with which he attacked this program at Worlds, was just astonishing. I’ve never enjoyed Nathan’s skating as much as I did that day.

 

[LadyB]

That's real big!
Misha in third and Zhenya in fifth!

Is Skate Canada feeling the repercussions of their overly strict Covid-rules that allowed only for a minimum of training and only saw few competitions staged. The US had an enormous Covid-related death rate, but they still managed their sports. Kudos.

 

[Jontor]

So the Russians quite unexpectedly gained another point over the US here. It's looking good for the Russians.

 

[Andrea82]

Ice Dance totals should be

S/K	86,66​	130,15​	216,81​
G/F	82,93​	124,75​	207,68​	PB
H/B	76,79​	110,16​	186,95​
G/T	70,34​	106,58​	176,92​	PB
K/K	66,42​	100,82​	167,24​
S/F	65,06​	97,86​	162,92​

 

[rollerblade]

Did Nathan yolo that 3A at the end?

I'm always under the impression he only does one 3A usually???

That ending 3A was always planned I think? He didn't do 4Lz today, so he repeats the 3A to maximize BV.

 

[Mariiiiskate]

France over took Italy by 3 points but tomorrow Italy can easily turn that around with pairs and ladies which is good for Italy, Daniel did great considering there no 2nd man! who takes 4th is the actual battle of tomorrow.

Canada is fixed last at this point I dont know what they would need to close the 11 point gap with Italy or 14 with France.

us vs Russia will continue to tomorrow but the Russian men have done their best to widen the gap. If Us ladies have a meltdown I can see Japan closing down the 5 point gap they have with the US team and snatching the silver. I feel like at the very least pairs will make sure that Japan cant make up the 13 point difference and catch Russia even if the ladies falter but we will see that tomorrow.

 

[el henry]

That's real big!
Misha in third and Zhenya in fifth!

Is Skate Canada feeling the repercussions of their overly strict Covid-rules that allowed only for a minimum of training and only saw few competitions staged. The US had an enormous Covid-related death rate, but they still managed their sports. Kudos.

“Overly” strict by whose standards? with no skaters that I know of coming down with COVID? I like that overly strict and of course American skaters at IAM appear to have no repercussions?

WTT is a fun semi cheesefest, that’s all. Half the Americans have no coaches here.

but I enjoy it for what it is, and I did like seeing the boys again

 

[Seven Sisters]

“Overly” strict by whose standards? with no skaters that I know of coming down with COVID? I like that overly strict and of course American skaters at IAM appear to have no repercussions?

WTT is a fun semi cheesefest, that’s all. Half the Americans have no coaches here.

but I enjoy it for what it is, and I did like seeing the boys again

I think what Lady B means is that the Canadian skaters here all looked undertrained and at a competitive disadvantage, which is not surprising given that rink closures and other pandemic related issues meant that they could not train properly or have the usual opportunities to compete. i would agree with that, though of course I understand that the Canadian authorities made the decisions they did out of concern for public safety and that this is the responsible thing to do.

 

[LadyB]

I think what Lady B means is that the Canadian skaters here all looked undertrained and at a competitive disadvantage, which is not surprising given that rink closures and other pandemic related issues meant that they could not train properly or have the usual opportunities to compete. i would agree with that, though of course I understand that the Canadian authorities made the decisions they did out of concern for public safety and that this is the responsible thing to do.

You got it, babe!

 

[el henry]

I think what Lady B means is that the Canadian skaters here all looked undertrained and at a competitive disadvantage, which is not surprising given that rink closures and other pandemic related issues meant that they could not train properly or have the usual opportunities to compete. i would agree with that, though of course I understand that the Canadian authorities made the decisions they did out of concern for public safety.

I agree that the inability to compete has hurt the Canadian skaters’ ability to prepare and compete.

So I was misunderstanding “overly” strict, because actually I am pretty impressed by Canada’s seriousness in its response to the pandemic. I mean this is WTT, fun, cute costumes, good for PBs if you can get them, and skating. And that‘s coming from someone who likes the comp.

and I happened to be awake and saw the last four skaters, which is highly unusual for me. I think it’s better for Jason when I sleep,

 

[LadyB]

I mean this is WTT, fun, cute costumes, good for PBs if you can get them, and skating.

And a bit of dosh involved... or did they scrap that this time?

 

[Paulipau]

Damn I really wish that Kolyada would have tried 4S

 

[el henry]

And a bit of dosh involved... or did they scrap that this time?

AFAIK, it’s still a good payday for the skaters, which is always nice. And it’s a good payday ( less, but good) even if you don’t medal, which is even nicer. All skaters work so hard.

God bless Japanese sponsors

and I’m glad for you your Russian boys did well, I know you must be happy.

 

[labgoat]

Shaky skate Jason! And as much as I love his short, I can't stand this long program The music is uninspired and feels like something from a bad musical from the 50s, and the whole program does nothing to show off Jason's strengths.

I think that Slaughter requires more quickness without the difficulty of Sinnerman. It may be a choice to subtlely acclimate Jason for the quick snap he needs for the quad in the program. Knowing how much he likes the jumps to be well timed musically, the music may help him time the edges, takeoff and rotation for the quad.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

It's looking good for the Russians.

Oh, everyone and their mother knew Russia would win this. They sent their A-team... 3 reigning world champions in dance/pairs/ladies (and the reigning World silver medalist in ladies) competing. And two top 8 men. They didn’t leave any room for the other countries to take the top spot.

I don’t think it’s unexpected either that Russia gained points over Brown given they both had two quads and Brown had several costly errors (especially the fall on the series) and was likely to be dinged for his quad.