2024 Grand Prix de France Men's Short Program

[DancingCactus]

Why are they all messing up their spins today!

 

[snowflake]

No no my sentimental favorite

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Oh no

 

[elektra blue]

oh Nik...

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Oh my Italian kitten cactus

 

[zebobes]

I guess I should be content that Torgashev is ahead of Shaidorov... but it galls that Torgashev got lower PCS because he skated so early.

 

[4everchan]

wow. i thought Frangi was the king of Italian cacti... not sure anymore.

 

[Warwick360]

Scariest looking Lutz. And the wonkiest sit spin.

But a marvellous Axel.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Oh wow, they really all want the cactus crown

 

[labgoat]

That sitspin went all kinds of wrong. I like Nikolaj's skating, but he is clearly not back to normal yet. He can be an exciting performer.

 

[jgg220]

What's really Mission Impossible (aside from a 4Z today) is Tom Cruise being half as tall as Memola or having a comparably luscious head or hair.

 

[Ichatdelune]

I winced more at the botched sit spin than at the tripled lutz

 

[museksk8r]

Yikes, what a messy men’s event!

 

[Dawn825]

Oh no

 

[4everchan]

Oh, that spin was awful!

which spin says the tech panel ? if it doesn't bring a score... it never existed.

 

[yuumagical]

I love that "Italians Skate it Better" banner in the audience.

 

[norwegianfairytale]

After Jason Brown’s, Lucas Broussard’s, and Maxim Naumov’s errors and struggles over the last 2 weeks, Andrew really needed a clean skate and aside from a non-element fluke fall, he achieved that. The fight for the 2nd and 3rd spots on the US men’s world team continues.

Starting to get really nervous for Adam now...

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Allergic reation to an insect bite took him out of training, Mark just said. Some people can't catch a breath

 

[elektra blue]

Oh wow, they really all want the cactus crown

as soon as they knew that the one true king was there they decided to challenge him

 

[Vemvane]

Nikolaj brings style and flair and drama, so so enjoyable. Lutzes and flying sit spins pale into insignificance beside his charisma as a performer. Really fun step sequence, with some lovely details, like the little pause on the toe picks of his skates.