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2022 U.S. Nationals: Senior Men's Free Skate

Terrible way to express this. Also, it wouldn't be right for the USFS not to follow it's own guidelines. By those guidelines, Vincent had to be selected.
Sorry if you’re offended by my opinion. Every Olympic cycle the criteria changes and enlight of the pandemic having a huge impact on what skaters have been allowed or not allowed to participate in I believe outcomes have been affected. If a skater going into nationals has absolutely no chance at making the Olympic team they should be told ahead of time. Giving false hope to these athletes is awful!
 
Well Vincent is screwed, get ready for the hate parade... Seriously the Twitterati are going to make him wish he never put on a pair of skates. :( Hide Vincent, hide!

Meanwhile I'm watching Artur D because the Olympic Channel isn't showing the Gala. That was one impressive 4A attempt!
I really hope Vincent avoids Twitter. I know the reasons people dislike him, they’re just stupid reason.
 
He's great .. but not ready based upon all the USFS selection criteria.
At least not, since they had another skater that was.

I know what my eyes saw, He would've beaten Jason Brown and Vincent Zhou no matter which continent this competition was held at and which panel was judging, And we're less than a month away from the money time

He's ready
 
Well Vincent is screwed, get ready for the hate parade... Seriously the Twitterati are going to make him wish he never put on a pair of skates. :( Hide Vincent, hide!

Meanwhile I'm watching Artur D because the Olympic Channel isn't showing the Gala. That was one impressive 4A attempt!
It just went live!
 
But, the JN federations decision was also totally expected. They go by Nationals every year unless a huge star couldn't perform at Nationals.
They robbed Nakano twice and Oda/Kozuka when the chosen ones underperformed. When the podium is their chosen ones things are easy.
 
Honestly Jason does so well because he is American.
There are only so many who can do quads.
If it's graceful movements, there are many many dancer around the world who focus on perfecting artistry.

Ilia has noticeable gotten better this year, I don't understand why one new guy who was 2nd place, with clean performances and 4 quads, is said to be underserving of going to Olympics.

This is stagnation. It's like using 6.0 system in low level competitions.

So much love and attention is given to older skater. They are more artistic. They are more deserving. When they lose, the PCS should have been higher.
 
Tough call, I think I would say Zhou should be 1st alternate based on his performance at last World's and today. If Chen would have faltered, Ilia could have won.
According to the criteria published they did not have that option. I do think they may have changed the criteria.
 
I would think that Jason, Nathan and perhaps Vincent will retire. So Llia most likely has the next 4 years to himself.

Yes because what we've learned in the past couple of years is that we can definitely plan ahead super far,
So why take advantage of opportunities as they are presented so clearly

To all the fortune tellers who are popping up here :laugh:
 
I'm deciding to look at this as win-win. Ilia has had an amazing nationals after not even being able to compete at last year's due to injury/covid situation, won a silver medal at his senior nats debut, and proven he can deliver under pressure. And Jason gets to show off his beautiful programs on the huge stage of the Olympics (I cannot wait to see Sinnerman on Olympic ice!), hopefully en route to a team medal.
 
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