2024 Grand Prix de France Men's Free Skate

[museksk8r]

Where is the program in this program; all I see is a jump drill.

 

[readernick]

Yes, I feel that Adam serves more face and personality when he skates. I feel nothing watching Ilia, but do admire and respect him as a jumper; his technical prowess is incredible and groundbreaking for the sport. Malinin is seriously overrated in PCS though, but I know he is getting that boost due to being reigning world champ, due to his consistency, and because of the great difficulty he executes in his programs. As long as Adam continues to blow his SP, the judges will never allow his marks to compete with Ilia. The judges really reward consistency!

Oh I agree that Ilya is definitely over scored, but I personally don't respond to Adam's skating either. So, higher SS scores, yes, but not the other PCS categories imho

Lots of men in the field who I find vastly superior performers and skaters to both of them. They are , however, among the best jumpers for sure.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Was his quad flip so on the outside edge that the TP thought it was another quad lutz

Oh it seems he used up all his clean jumps in the first half

 

[labgoat]

That's the technical proficiency I was expecting from Shaidorov. Not sure why the change in music - its a mystery to me.

 

[4everchan]

omy no... how can someone mess up two of my loves in one go... beethoven and a-ha

no

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

7. Mikhail SHAIDOROV
Moonlight Sonata, Take On Me, choreo by Ivan Righini

4Lz
3A+4T (first person to EVER do a quad as the second half of a combination!)
4F
3Lo
FCSp3
CSSp3
3T<< (bails out midway)
3A (stepout, it will be valid, scorebox incorrectly called his 4F as a 4Lz so it's considered a zayak (two 3T, two 4Lz, two 3A) will be fixed after review)
3Lz+1Eu+3S
StSq2
ChSq1 +0.67
CCoSp4

SP: 79.89 (6th)
FS: 151.97 (3rd)
TOT: 231.86 (2nd)

erm... that TES score doesn't see right

I have not seen this program, and I am so excited! Moonlight Sonata (epic version) and A-Ha? It sounds deliciously bad! Is he doing a lot of crossovers around the rink? Yes. But he does have some really gorgeous quads when they're on - I prefer his landing position over Ilia's imo. His performance seems better, but the spins and skating skills are really hurting his TES and PCS scores. But he just made history, so congratulations! His TES score is going to go up by like 20 points bc of scorebox issues lol.

after the program, not a huge fan, not epically bad nor amazingly good

 

[elektra blue]

work those spins, Misha, and your stamina needs some work too

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Tech score should go up? they called the 4F a 4Lz, which made the second 3A invalid....

 

[jgg220]

If Beethoven were alive today, he'd be thanking the heavens for being deaf so he couldn't hear this desecration of his music.

 

[CellarDweller]

Well, it goes without saying that the dying on ice—or whatever that was, I haven’t seen the movie—is my favorite part. Wild!

 

[el henry]

Mikhail has beautiful jumps in the beginning of his program, but I wish he would do something other than dramatically point his arms in between them.

And that version of Moonlight Sonata is not good for someone who needs to improve transitions or choreo or performance. He should do techno Take on Me throughout the entire skate.

 

[Warwick360]

Beautiful 4Lz. But that music edit is atrocious.

Never would I predict Moonlight sonata transitioning to Take on Me.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

oh, it was 3A-4T

 

[elektra blue]

3A+4T guys...

 

[museksk8r]

Oh I agree that Ilya is definitely over scored, but I personally don't respond to Adam's skating either. So, higher SS mark for sure but not the other PCS categories imho

Lots of men in the field who I find vastly superior performers and skaters to both of them. They are , however, among the best jumpers for sure.

No one currently beats Yuma Kagiyama and Jason Brown in PCS; well, no one except Ilia on the judges’ scorecards, and that is wrong on so many levels! Ilia should be getting 6s in PCS if they are giving 9s to Yuma and Jason.

 

[lariko]

3A 4T then? I am confused if he did Zayak or not?

 

[cailuj365]

OMG, it was a 3A-4T! I also thought it was 4T!!! But the computer was wrong! WHOO!

 

[Jeanie19]

Mikhail. Good outfit and program. Great 4 lutz. A few mistakes but still a good skate.

 

[Warwick360]

Wondering if Ilia is at home thinking about throwing in 4T-4T to one up this.

 

[museksk8r]

3A+4T guys...

Wow, and because he bores me so, I missed it. I’ll have to catch it on replay.