Haien, and a number of other ladies are still in the running too. Isabeau has not been a favorite of mine, but I found her to be so lovely in this program. A great choice of music for Isabeau! Loena is deservedly ahead by a slight margin. If she brings it in the fp, Loena will give herself a great chance to prevail for her first World championship win!
Mark Hanretty and Tonia Kwiakowski are commentating on Peacock. Not too chatty during the performance and some good insights after.
So does the TS actually shout out the element? I thought it was all digital and judges/tech panel could see on their screen.
OKay... just a joke 
A good overview. My take...gonna need some heart meds and O2 mask and margarittas to make it through the FS.Already home...
my take on this :
Korean women outdid the Japanese. I don't think anyone saw that coming considering the prediction threads.
Levito did much better than I expected. Will never be a fan of her jumps, but the rest of her skating is very nice.
Loena brought the house down. Her skating is true, clear and powerful. To me, she is the clear winner of the SP.
Haein's performance though was my favourite. Gosh, her skating is beautiful.
Kaori is still the best skater in the world. Unmatched skating skills and flow. But you cannot make two mistakes in a SP that tightly contested.
Niina did well but I think the judges put her there and her score held on but I think her placement is a tad high.
Maddie : too nervous. You could see it in her eyes. This performance to me is important. She didn't collapse and made it to the LP. I hope she can redeem herself.
Gubanova crumbled.
Very happy for Young You. It was nice to see her so satisfied after a few tough years.
Amber... sigh. It was going so well.
Hana has a lot of energy. Her skating is dynamic and refreshing.
Sad for Mone.... Damn it. that was frustrating.
Mia skated really well and deserved to be skating her LP.
Nina Povey : too bad she is a few tenths away from the LP at 29 years old.
Crowd : amazing.
Food : crazy expensive for meh offerings and huge line-ups as expected so I am eating outside the venue. It's a lot more work but a lot more satisfying.
Staff/crew : no complaints. Everyone is so welcoming. I think they probably appreciate the very refined fans figure skating brings compared to the rowdy hockey drunken fans
gotta charge my phone now... and rest for tomorrow. Another long day ahead and I am not sure I will survive the pairs LP considering I got my Max and Deanna wish today... Can I get two wishes in row ? Which lamp do i need to rub ?
Kaori isn't normally sloppy, but she was today, that's why I said it. Her 2A was about the only thing she cleanly executed today. Her Lutz, her combo and her step sequence all had errors. It wasn't just a mistake. Lol
They're also on CBC stream. I expect that means Peacock and CBC are using the ISU feed.
they are because CBC will do their own TV broadcast later. At least, that's my guess.
She’s a lovely skater and it was clean; however, I was struck by how slow she seemed in person relative to everyone else in the last group.
Might have been Xue and Hongbo in the short program at the 2010 Olympics. They started first because they had been injured and hadn’t really competed all season or something like that and ended up first overall in the standings after the short ( so kill count of 19). They ended up winning the gold medal.
Sorry was confused not the TS, it would be strange that, lol
I mean a lapsus of confusion, lol So true. Right now there is no true artist and we don't exciting 3A and quads. USA might have a gold here or a medal. Amber still did well. Maddie looks like this is it. She doesn't have the tech or the heart. It's too bad Canada's ladies are so weak. Belgium, S. Korea and USA and a disappointing Japan still seem to dominate.
What ever she is doing now is working....I can still see her winning four conts 2023 in my brain.....I just with Team Korea wouldnt look at me like this! LOL!
Did the ISU channel have the same glitches ? Like R and R in the pairs short?
Well, Young was wonderful in the short but I am biased.....
Might be a dumb question, but what is a “kill count“. Thanks.
