2018 Olympic Figure Skating Mens SP

[Roast Toast]

That TES is not salvageable. Yikes.

 

[yelyoh]

i'm sorry but this is raf's fault. Nathan needed to be as comfortable as possible and this constant jump layout switching made sure that would never happen. It should've been 4lz+3t, 4f from september (unless there are medical issues i'm unaware of).

ita!!!

 

[GGFan]

I feel so bad for Mikhail. Wonderful skater but bad mistakes :sad4:

 

[EdgeCall]

This is a good opportunity for Nathan and Misha to meet in a bar and get tanked up together.

 

[Hikaru]

I always assumed Nathan would underperform but not like this. I really just want to tell him he has another OWG in him if he wants to go for it and not to push his body until it breaks, but... yeah.

That's what worries me, with the number of quads he does I wonder if his body will hold for 4 more years. It's cool that he can land them but I wish he would hold back o the quads a bit.

 

[BabblingBrook]

Egads. Are we going to end up with Yuzu being the only one to bring it in the final group?

Oh don't even say that. I need a clean Javi and Shoma or I'll have a mental breakdown

 

[s_parks]

Just when I was having my doubts about both Patrick(and no, he didn't skate great) and Hanyu... the olympics are a different beast.

 

[ssminnow]

Can someone explain to me why Chen got credit for two solo jumps?

 

[Blades of Passion]

Jason Brown would have scored better than ALL of the US Skaters here. #Justsayin

Doubtful with a messy 3Axel.

Ross Miner should have been here.

 

[mermaidfestavol3]

Will nathan make the free skate? Isn't it only the top 16? Maybe if Koloyda goes lower?

It's the top 24. He's in but is currently in 13th.

 

[nolangoh]

Honestly I'd rather see him doing a huge 3Lz with a difficult entry and delay rather than seeing him fall on a 4Lz.

 

[SnowWhite]

I'm sorry but this is Raf's fault. Nathan needed to be as comfortable as possible and this constant jump layout switching made sure that would never happen. It should've been 4Lz+3T, 4F from September (unless there are medical issues I'm unaware of).

They didn't talk about it publicly, but it did seem like there might have been some injury issues from comments Raf made. And I heard he was sick before Nationals, so he may not have wanted to risk the 4Lz after what happened to Yuzuru.

 

[eaglehelang]

OMG, what happened to Nathan? Is he injured? He's been off from Team event

 

[kimganos]

Wow. Nathan out of medal contention.

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Way too much hype for Nathan and skating right after Yuzu did not help!

 

[Dr. Jenn]

Another rough skate by Kolyada... He has such good basics and nice jumps, when they're on, but he's so inconsistent. I also don't find him an engaging performer at all - very similar to T/M - good skaters, poor performers (regardless of the type of music).

 

[Blondie12]

What is a “not valid element”?

Tara said it had to be in combination. since it was not he got 0 points for the faulty quad. Seems like an odd rule - these getting no points stuff seems ridiculous.

 

[mermaidfestavol3]

Can someone explain to me why Chen got credit for two solo jumps?

IIRC you get credit for both but take a 30% deduction for one of the jumps (+COMBO on protocols)

 

[Mista Ekko]

If this keeps happening Rippon will make the Final group

 

[cheerknithanson]

Will nathan make the free skate? Isn't it only the top 16? Maybe if Koloyda goes lower?

That's for pairs. For men's and ladies, it's the top 24.

 

[readernick]

OMG, My dream might come true!! Hanyu, Shoma and Javier podium.

That is my dream too but don't count your chickens before they hatch. (Did you just see the last two skaters)