2018 NHK Ladies Free Skate

[anonymoose_au]

Aww poor Maria I still like her though!

Angela Wang looks very pretty and Michelle Kwan like in that dress.

...is she sending in the clowns?

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Dear Lofd Maria S, you look like Tattoo Lady from the Circus.

Ugh.

Oi! That's my youngest wife you're talking about!

Although, like quite a few people here, I wasn't fussed on this FS programme.

Awwww. She was near crying when the scores came up. I don't like it when any skater cries, but even less when it's one of my favourites.



CaroLiza_fan

 

[Pippuripihvi]

This piece of music should be banned. I'm forever traumatized by it already

 

[brens78]

I can't but think of Yuna with this music! Is this a retirement year for Angela?

 

[Mrs. P]

Buianova needs to get her skaters together man (well, except Uncle Sergei )

Sergei always makes whatever coach he goes to look good...Sergei was arguably Eteri's most successful man (we'll see how Erekov ends up) and he is making Buianova look pretty good since everyone else is MIA (though Maxim looks pretty good out of sight)

 

[largeman]

This song is really beautiful.
Stephen Sondheim is a genius.

 

[Mrs. P]

This piece of music should be banned. I'm forever traumatized by it already

Agree. Also clowns are SCARY. And these lyrics are just asking for trouble.

 

[Metis]

Poor Maria is going to the butcher of the technical panel....She's like the Vincent Zhou of the ladies competition.

Lambs to the slaughter, by which I mean “numerous errors visible in real time,” so... eep.

Their TES is being shorn for the greater good.

 

[oly2018]

I can't but think of Yuna with this music! Is this a retirement year for Angela?

She just switched coaches, so I don't think so. Anything is possible though

 

[Pippuripihvi]

Agree. Also clowns are SCARY. And these lyrics are just asking for trouble.

I hate clowns. They should be banned too. As well as any mention of them

 

[largeman]

This piece of music should be banned. I'm forever traumatized by it already

Agree. Also clowns are SCARY. And these lyrics are just asking for trouble.

:sad21:

 

[GGFan]

Angela is so ridiculously talented. Best skating skills of the American skaters (and I can include the men in that). Yet she never puts it together and it's so sad and upsetting! :sad4:

 

[Lester]

Bg commentator: "Although it wasn't good, it was a little bit better than last week."
Shade

 

[Danny T]

Angela's performance, choreography, and skating skills are not bad at all, but those jumps are a big no. And yikes, she didn't realise she needed to add a combo to the second toeloop to avoid REP

 

[Metis]

That’s men’s SP TES for a bad skate... oh man.

 

[sequinsgalore]

6 Angela WANG (USA)

Music: Send In the Clowns performed by Barbara Streisand

Pink ombre dress

3F - twofoot, stepout, looked <
2Lz
3T - hand down, maybe <
2A+2T
FCCoSp4
ChSq
CCoSp4
3F+REP - fall
3T+REP - ok, but no combo
3S
StSq3
FCSp4

Yikes, another shaky skate from Wang

FS: 42.79+56.75-1.00 = 98.54, 159.36, 5/6

 

[frida80]

I need some Ted commentary.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Messy jumps, ouch. And no, SITC is my favorite short program ever done by the Queen, I will always miss her and cry when a skater skates to it.

 

[draqq]

Angela Wang

- Hard step-out on the 3F, heavy on the toe-pick to slow it down, looks < (-3)
- Only a 2Lz, just not aggressive (+1)
- Hand-down on the 3T (-2)
- Better 2A+2T (+1)
- Good speed through the flying combo spin, nice platter (+3)
- Lovely series of spread eagle and held moves in the choreo (+3)
- Smooth transitions in the second spin, could have stronger transitions (+2)
- Ouch, a fall on the 3F after trying to catch herself and REP (-5)
- Fine 3T, REP (+1)
- Better 3S (+1)
- Wonderful sensitivity to the lyrics and quiet edgework (+3)
- Good layover position in flying camel spin (+2)

I like this music for her but it also slows her movement and attack. I don't really like that 3F entry for her anymore, it's just too wild for her to control at this point. And that's usually her bread-and-butter jump so she can do the +3T on it.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Agree. Also clowns are SCARY. And these lyrics are just asking for trouble.

What do you mean?

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late
in my career.

Uhm, you may be onto something!