Shout out to the men's discipline! Clearly, practically everyone is hugely talented. This can be noted in the fact that everyone except the last place finisher, scored over 200 pts (albeit that the sp scores trended upward for a few guys simply because the judges were obviously trying to protect particular guys from the chopping block). Aside from a few notable exceptions, the men's field is interesting and entertaining. Also, it's obvious that the sport does not know how to manage this wealth of talent. More on this aspect later.
Overall, a good event. However, I disagree so much with the scoring, in many instances. It also left a very sour feeling for me the way TPTB felt it crucial to cut 10 guys!!! If they were going to cut, with this wealth of talent, they should have cut only six, leaving the fp field at 28. They could have had 5 fp groupings of five, five, six, six, six. It would have been much fairer, under the circumstances. I know Conrad Orzel had a pop on a jump in the sp and thus he missed points. But Conrad had a good season vs Morisi K, who was heavily protected and padded on PCS in both programs, so unfairly. Give good skaters in their Worlds debut a friggin' chance to compete the entire event!! More on this aspect later.
Of the final result, quite a number of guys are unfairly lowballed on PCS, especially Deniss Vasiljevs! Maybe if Deniss considered cutting his hair and presenting himself with a neater, more pulled together look? Would that help with the judges, I wonder. I thought Deniss should have finished at least two spots higher.
Best performances in the fp: back-to-back Jason Brown and Kevin Aymoz, then later, Junhwan Cha!!! Too bad that couldn't have been the podium result.
There was so much energy in the arena after Jason and Kevin. I thought Keegan might ride the wave, but it was probably hard for him to contain and manage all the energy, in addition to his own high adrenalin and emotions. Still, he did okay in his final Worlds comp. Kudos to Keegan! He will be missed. But I'm happy for him that he finished with a bang and will now have more time to spend with his family. Canada fortunately still has two spots for men due to Keegan. And the U.S. still has three spots for men, largely thanks to Jason Brown.
IMO, Ilia Malinin should have placed 4th, Shomo Uno 2nd, Kevin Aymoz 3rd, and Junhwan Cha deserved to win!!!
Overall, a good event. However, I disagree so much with the scoring, in many instances. It also left a very sour feeling for me the way TPTB felt it crucial to cut 10 guys!!! If they were going to cut, with this wealth of talent, they should have cut only six, leaving the fp field at 28. They could have had 5 fp groupings of five, five, six, six, six. It would have been much fairer, under the circumstances. I know Conrad Orzel had a pop on a jump in the sp and thus he missed points. But Conrad had a good season vs Morisi K, who was heavily protected and padded on PCS in both programs, so unfairly. Give good skaters in their Worlds debut a friggin' chance to compete the entire event!! More on this aspect later.
Of the final result, quite a number of guys are unfairly lowballed on PCS, especially Deniss Vasiljevs! Maybe if Deniss considered cutting his hair and presenting himself with a neater, more pulled together look? Would that help with the judges, I wonder. I thought Deniss should have finished at least two spots higher.
Best performances in the fp: back-to-back Jason Brown and Kevin Aymoz, then later, Junhwan Cha!!! Too bad that couldn't have been the podium result.
There was so much energy in the arena after Jason and Kevin. I thought Keegan might ride the wave, but it was probably hard for him to contain and manage all the energy, in addition to his own high adrenalin and emotions. Still, he did okay in his final Worlds comp. Kudos to Keegan! He will be missed. But I'm happy for him that he finished with a bang and will now have more time to spend with his family. Canada fortunately still has two spots for men due to Keegan. And the U.S. still has three spots for men, largely thanks to Jason Brown.
IMO, Ilia Malinin should have placed 4th, Shomo Uno 2nd, Kevin Aymoz 3rd, and Junhwan Cha deserved to win!!!