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oh how the table has turned.
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Some really impressive skating here. Yuzu and Nathan, well done. Of course I'm biased towards Yuzu but I'll just watch his program on repeat several times and forget about placements. 
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That is what I said to my family. Hanyu had a mistake in the short and if he didn't have that he would have definitely been first.
no, skaters cannot forget any of the things you listed
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He definitely will be a contender!
Not to mention have the tech content to keep up with Yuzu, Shoma, Javi and Patrick. We haven't had an internationally competitive male skater since Evan Lysacek.
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I know right! They should have been no more than 5.
Let me guess, you think Hanyu and Chen are at least [insert exact number of points to give Hanyu the win] PCS differential.
That was an impressive show from the top three medalists. And yet again Chan and Jin are a hair apart!
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Oh say can you hear? US national anthem!
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They quite obviously can. If that gets PCS 88 then yes, they quite obviously can.
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Judges say otherwise, looking at the PCS they're giving out.
Man oh man. Those last two performances were intense!
When Hanyu came out, I could FEEL his determination. I think his SP is brilliant, his FS has been a snooze for me this season...but this time, I really thought he performed it, first half at least, with a kind of sensitivity that made me appreciate the music and performance more. I felt like he ran out of steam by the end--his 3A at the end was impressive.
Hanyu lost a HUGE amount of points by doubling that intended quad salchow combo. Rotating and falling gets you significantly more points than popping. Had he not popped either of the salchows in the SP and FS, he would be the winner overall. Or if he had turned them into triples at the very least. In this quad-heavy field, you just can't turn a quad into a double--twice.
Nathan wasn't quite as sharp as at US Nationals, too many messy landings, but he did enough, and I do like this program for him. After Hanyu delivered the performance that he did, I thought that we were really going to see what Nathan, skating after him, dead last, was made of. And after Nathan finished, before his scores, I thought that he showed that he has a champion's guts, even if he didn't win today. He didn't crumble. Awesome. Not easy to snatch victory from the reigning Olympic champion.
And he was very humble in the post-competition interview and was both appreciative and complimentary ("Everyone is beautiful...South Korea is beautiful!" -- laying it on a little thick, there, Nathan).
Amazing competition. Thought Uno skated really well, and I love Patrick's skating and program, even if he doesn't have the quad arsenal that the others do. Really glad that Patrick came back.
When Hanyu came out, I could FEEL his determination. I think his SP is brilliant, his FS has been a snooze for me this season...but this time, I really thought he performed it, first half at least, with a kind of sensitivity that made me appreciate the music and performance more. I felt like he ran out of steam by the end--his 3A at the end was impressive.
Hanyu lost a HUGE amount of points by doubling that intended quad salchow combo. Rotating and falling gets you significantly more points than popping. Had he not popped either of the salchows in the SP and FS, he would be the winner overall. Or if he had turned them into triples at the very least. In this quad-heavy field, you just can't turn a quad into a double--twice.
Nathan wasn't quite as sharp as at US Nationals, too many messy landings, but he did enough, and I do like this program for him. After Hanyu delivered the performance that he did, I thought that we were really going to see what Nathan, skating after him, dead last, was made of. And after Nathan finished, before his scores, I thought that he showed that he has a champion's guts, even if he didn't win today. He didn't crumble. Awesome. Not easy to snatch victory from the reigning Olympic champion.
And he was very humble in the post-competition interview and was both appreciative and complimentary ("Everyone is beautiful...South Korea is beautiful!" -- laying it on a little thick, there, Nathan).
Amazing competition. Thought Uno skated really well, and I love Patrick's skating and program, even if he doesn't have the quad arsenal that the others do. Really glad that Patrick came back.
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Welllllllll I see the drama has started.
Time for me to go to bed, then.
Time for me to go to bed, then.
And I think this is all that the judges were trying to accomplish. We might complain as diehard fans but to the casual fan this seems completely legitimate. I've given up on accuracy: I'm fine with these ordinals.
This kid is for real! In back to back competition he delivered. He has proven it wasn't just a lucky night at nationals.
He has what it takes to be an Olympic champ. Major congrats to US champ, Nathan Chen. He changed the play of the game; up the ante to FIVE QUADS. That's the men's GOLD STANDARD now.
He has what it takes to be an Olympic champ. Major congrats to US champ, Nathan Chen. He changed the play of the game; up the ante to FIVE QUADS. That's the men's GOLD STANDARD now.
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