2018 Worlds Mens Free Skate

[DiamondDust]

So...in the last group we had how many falls?

I count 14 falls....in one group!

:curse:

 

[schizoanalyst]

I think he wanted on the record book of hopefully landing 6 quads in an event at world, because next year, the men only have 7 jump pass and it will make it very hard to do 6 quads then...

Prediction: We will see a +1Lo+4S before the 2022 Olympics and it will be hideous to look at.

 

[*~RussianBleux~*]

Next season, there will be one less jump and 30 sec reduction in music. So less total points

Is this only for the men or ladies also?

 

[Danny T]

Because the TES was higher. Yuzuru had 123, Nathan 128. Obviously Nathan didn't have the same PCS as Yuzuru, and got scored quite generously.

I think it says a lot Nathan had two quads more but only 5 points more in TES.

And he was already overscored on GOE... He is the epitome of quantity, not quality

 

[Matilda]

I think he wanted on the record book of hopefully landing 6 quads in an event at world, because next year, the men only have 7 jump pass and it will make it very hard to do 6 quads then...

Watch him go for a 4Lz-4T combo or something crazy like that

 

[shiroKJ]

WR for largest margin between 1st and 2nd? 47 pts
Yeah, Hanyu's WR for LP is 220ish

223 from WC2017. Nathan almost edged out Yuzu's GPF2015 record of 219.48 but missed it by .02

Nathan has the largest point margin in a championship event.

 

[SNAKSuyun]

No??!!! What?! Wang and Liu are breaking up?????:shocked:

Rumor has it that S/Z are pressuring them to break up because of some internal politics. Yan Han and W/L's tweets have been... quite disgruntled to say the least

 

[Kutien]

1	Nathan CHEN	USA	321.40	1	1	video
2	Shoma UNO	JPN	273.77	5	2	video
3	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	272.32	2	4	video
4	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	258.28	7	7	video
5	Kazuki TOMONO	JPN	256.11	11	3	video
6	Deniss VASILJEVS	LAT	254.86	9	5	video
7	Dmitri ALIEV	RUS	252.30	13	6	video
8	Keegan MESSING	CAN	252.30	6	11	video
9	Misha GE	UZB	249.57	8	9	video
10	Michal BREZINA	CZE	243.99	17	8	video
11	Max AARON	USA	241.49	15	10	video
12	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	237.79	10	13	video
13	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	236.66	14	12	video
14	Vincent ZHOU	USA	235.24	3	19	video
15	Paul FENTZ	GER	230.92	12	16	video
16	Romain PONSART	FRA	229.20	16	14	video
17	Matteo RIZZO	ITA	225.44	18	17	video
18	Brendan KERRY	AUS	223.85	19	15	video
19	Boyang JIN	CHN	223.41	4	23	video
20	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	214.01	20	18	video
21	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	209.03	21	20	video
22	Donovan CARRILLO	MEX	200.76	24	21	video
23	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	199.72	23	22	video
24	Phillip HARRIS	GBR	187.69	22	24	video

Winner interview https://youtu.be/r2nUHAxV_80
Victory Ceremony https://youtu.be/MH4hK0q8a7Q

 

[iorii]

Can't accept that Misha's PCS is so low while Nathan's is so high.

 

[Blondie12]

Many of the people who were a great at the olympics were a hot mess here, especially among the younger skaters. Osmond was the only one who wasn't and she is older. Skaters who had something to prove from the olympics did well - like Chen, ice dancers, as well as the Wabasha who was not chosen for the japanese olympics team.

The young kids can't handle both worlds and olympics back to back - Zagitova as well as Zhou are perfect examples of that. Chinese skater as well though I don't think he's that young. AZ and VZ are teenagers. It's too much.

I would add the German pairs did great as well - but AS and BM are in their 30s and she's a rock competitor. For many of the skaters especially the younger ones it's just too long a season and why men and pairs turned out ok, that women's result was odd.

 

[Alchamei]

223 from WC2017. Nathan almost edged out Yuzu's GPF2015 record of 219.48 but missed it by .02

Wait, so this skate nearly beat Seimei? The legendary Seimei?

I know scores accros different competitions can't be compared but this one is still recent and I can't believe Nathan got such PCS. Some GOE might be generous as well but blame the judges after the splats we got.

 

[yume]

If Chen went just a bit cleaner today and got +1 GOE on his two quads with bobbles, he would've narrowly beaten Hanyu's WR FS score. That's staggering (and I'll put out the prediction that next season, he will have the WR FS).

Crazy to think that Chen need six clean quads with 4 lz and 4F to beat Hanyu 4 quads programs. And Hanyu didn't even get any +3. They have almost the same TES.

 

[TerpsichoreFS]

It's not Shoma's fault when others splat. Yes, this was a bad skate from Shoma. But you know what he did? He kept his very hard layout when he knew he wouldn't be able to do it. He fell on the opening Quads. And he fell again. And then? He hit his quad and his 3A sequence and his last 3-3 combi. Fact is, he didn't fall apart after the worst start he had, well perhaps in years. And that made the difference. He is so strong, I only can look on in awe.

I wasn't making fun of him. He's the silver prince this year. I know he kept his layout and props to him. Although some skaters receive much less praise when they keep their layout while being injured but that's for another discussion.

 

[Barb]

omg, I am just waking up and reading Boyang had 6 falls, how? 6 falls?
My theory, he is a gentleman, and he wanted that ladies did not feel so bad, so he did it even worse :sad21:

 

[gerorin]

Wait, so this skate nearly beat Seimei? The legendary Seimei?

I know scores accros different competitions can't be compared but this one is still recent and I can't believe Nathan got such PCS. Some GOE might be generous as well but blame the judges after the splats we got.

Yeah, that's nuts. A jumping clinic is a jumping clinic.

 

[nickp91]

Nathan Chen must have worked really hard after the Olympics, he may have even improved his free program quite a lot?

 

[DiamondDust]

Can't accept that Misha's PCS is so low while Nathan's is so high.

Isn't this the direction of the sport though? High number of successfully landed jumps esp. quads = high PCS scores.

 

[eaglehelang]

Is this only for the men or ladies also?

Men of course. From 4 min 30 sec to 4 min. And one less jump, from 8 to 7.

 

[BillNeal]

Rumor has it that S/Z are pressuring them to break up because of some internal politics. Yan Han and W/L's tweets have been... quite disgruntled to say the least

If so, I hope they smash their personal best in the free dance today! No wonder they looked so determined yesterday in the SD.

 

[edenlover]

Actually I prefer his costumes to the weird stuff other men are wearing. I think his subtly reflect the content of his programs. And I'm not in reference to the programs being "boring" or empty. The simple costumes keep my eye on the skating.