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Well, at least he got the SP right. And 253 is not bad comparatively speaking. Only Voronov has an SB higher than that.
Protocols are up. Pops should be the 2S in the beginning, 1A in 2nd half.
Fall on 3Loop, which also had UR call.
Stsq lvl 3, but this comp only Samohin got level 4 on that.
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I mean comparatively speaking.I expected it (you always kind of have to), but it’s still depressing.
And he didn’t get the SP right. It was on the verge of disaster with every jump (except for the lutz), but luckily he fought through it
His 3Lo has never been a big jump, it's way down the list. He usually doubles it rather than UR and falls though.I haven't watched his programs, but the UR calls on this jump and that one 4S he fell on in Helsinki seem odd. Not exactly a problem with rotations for him with the size he gets.
I am not seeing three Russian guys who are better at this point, which is what matters for Nationals.Well, I don't know what you guys expected. He went for the 3 quads, 2 3A layout like I said. It wasn't succesful, but it's probably what he's going to do at Nats. And he's back over 250+, which is a decent score in my book. I'd have wanted him to rotate the jumps and fall rather than pop quads into doubles, but what can we do.
I haven't watched his programs, but the UR calls on this jump and that one 4S he fell on in Helsinki seem odd. Not exactly a problem with rotations for him with the size he gets.
I am not seeing three Russian guys who are better at this point, which is what matters for Nationals.
I wish he would stop doing that this season! I was amazed when he landed it at CoR after that long set-up. He seems to stalk it in practices as well.The 2S looked intentional cos he was setting up, going, going round..... till he made a half moon circle he still havent jumped. - jump, not jump, jump, not jump,the hesitation. Then, oh drats..go.
Exactly my thoughts. If the guys show up and Misha don't, I can see him off the podium no problem, but if things go the way they are right now I don't see much of a change.
I wish he would stop doing that this season!
It isn’t Nationals that worries me so much as this continuous cycle of underperformance and disappointment. How much can a person take? Especially somebody like Misha who seems to internalize everything so deeply
What I don't like is that he has no energy for jumps in the second half of the FS. It seems that he can either jump and not do the program or do the program while missing half the jumps. People keep talking about Nepela as if he has some sort of great form there but the jump content in the FS was pretty weak and he still didn't get it right.
His 3Lo has never been a big jump, it's way down the list. He usually doubles it rather than UR and falls though.
He tried not to double it at any cost this time and got an UR and fall seems the most likely explanation. I can't remember him falling on a 3Lo since like junior days, he generally just pops it into a double (edit: or a single, that also happened a few times).But it's not particularly small... I wonder what's up. It's clear he's a perfectionist and gets rattled by the any mistake he makes. A friend told me about the media hate he got, and I do think it's affecting him, now, too.
You would be stressed in you were in Sasha's and Misha's position. The Fed is watching and both have things to prove.If its any consolation to you, his team mate Alexander Samarin was equally disappointed with himself - having a fall on 4 Lutz & 1 pop.
The Russian men looked the most stressed among the last 2 groups
I wish he would stop doing that this season!
Scoring-wise, yes, he should still be considered #1 in Russia. It isn’t Nationals that worries me so much as this continuous cycle of underperformance and disappointment. How much can a person take? Especially somebody like Misha who seems to internalize everything so deeply