2024 World Championships Men's Free Skate

[anonymoose_au]

It was just 5 mins later that Midori landed her own 3Lz-3T in the same competition.

Oh no, poor Kristi Y!

Doesn't Midori still do adult competitions? She must really love to skate!

Anyway super fun competition! And it's not quite 1:30pm here in Aus, so I should probably get up off the couch and do something...

 

[thatdarncat]

Wow brilliant stuff, Ilia looks shell shocked now.

Many thanks for your company everyone, thank you Canada and all the skaters, have a great summer!

 

[Skating91]

Ilia’s camp is so smart
The combos:
-3T, eu 3F ( ), seq 3A ( ) are mouth watering to me

But, Yuma should be given a larger lead on PCS from Ilia.

However, all the medals at this Worlds were fair and deserved

Ilia skated a clean program. Yuma fell.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Terry did the backflip at the Olympics I believe Mark. He’s there, run ask him

There's a clip of him doing one at Worlds, too.

1976 Worlds - Terry Kubicka LP(Partial)

A short look at the close of his LP featuring the backflip. It was banned shortly after this event.

www.youtube.com

 

[4everchan]

Congrats to the winners. I am hitting the bars... Will post my report later for those who care to read

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Sorry for Shoma.. wasn't his best... and i'm not sure his best would've won here either.

I heard talks around the rink this week about Shoma Uno's new title as if were a garanteed acconplishment, which is another reason I had to come and watch the men's event even though it's not something I follow as I do with the ladies.
And I have to agree with you, even without the unfortunate mistakes, it is my opinion he would definitely not have beaten the winner, unless this winner made some devastating mistakes. The winner's skate is the standard/level the men skaters have to beat and Shoma Uno's skate is just sadly not up to this level. Let's see how they prepare for next season.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Congrats to the winners. I am hitting the bars... Will post my report later for those who care to read

Looking forward to it.

I see you have a new profile pic, is that Patrick from today?

 

[cheerknithanson]

Wow brilliant stuff, Ilia looks shell shocked now.

Many thanks for your company everyone, thank you Canada and all the skaters, have a great summer!

I would be shell shocked too.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Wait a second...was that the infamous commentator just then?

Merci beacoup to you too, sir

 

[labgoat]

Here we go with the arguments again. Happened when I first joined almost a decade ago. Still happening now. Some things don't change. Just like with my love of macaroni and cheese, Hanson, and sports.

See this is why I left dance early.

 

[lileychristie]

Does anyone else's stream freeze at "Pre/post unilateral ready France télévisions"?

 

[Skating91]

Figure skating is not dead.

Depends on which discipline. ISU men's and ice dance very strong.

 

[TontoK]

Well, it was a good event, but I'm still butthurt that Tiger Dude didn't make the cut for the free.

I love that guy. He entertains me.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Does anyone else's stream freeze at "Pre/post unilateral ready France télévisions"?

Yes! But I'm watching something else now.

I bet they're waiting to interview Adam SHF!

I wonder what the French is for "utterly amazing, crazypants performance" is?

 

[skatesofgold]

It was just 5 mins later that Midori landed her own 3Lz-3T in the same competition.

It just always looked to me in hindsight that women's figure skating went backwards from 1992 to 1994, and then again from 2002 to 2006. I've never been able to appreciate Oksana Baiul or Shizuka Arakawa as champions. It's possible because I'm a millennial and just have a different viewpoint that things that are objective should be weighed more highly than those that are subjective. I don't know.

 

[skatesofgold]

Very lucky to watch in an era of Valieva's free skate at the Rostelecom Cup in 2021 and now this. This is was on the biggest stage under enormous pressure no less.

I hope the ISU don't reduce the number of jump elements to 6 and repeating the same jump 3 times it would be total regression of the sport.

I don't want that either. Variety should be valued. It's fairly objective.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Well, it was a good event, but I'm still butthurt that Tiger Dude didn't make the cut for the free.

I love that guy. He entertains me.

Same! Vladimir L is so fun!

You kind of wish they all could have made it, but imagine 40 free skates!

 

[Jontor]

Jason did win PCS with almost a 94, so it's not like artistry isn't being rewarded.

But PCS is subjective, and somehow Jason does nothing for me.

 

[3dsushi]

Remember when Ilia was a bit of a shaky competitor just a couple years ago? Those days seem to be over.

Reminds me of Nathan Chen. Nathan was also a shaky competitor leading up to the 2018 Olympics.

 

[msteach3]

I have no words...what Ilia was able to pull off going last with tremendous pressure on his shoulders. What a feat! I hope his athleticism and moxy can light a spark for figure skating in the U.S.

My prediction for the top three... Ilia, Yuma and Adam, but thought for sure that was going down after Adam's disastrous short. What a comeback!!

The quality and depth in the men's field far outpaces the women. What a fun ride this event was!