2024 Cup of China Men's Short Program

[cocteautwin]

Very decent skate as well. Great start by chinese guys. Salchow looked good..

 

[lileychristie]

Wooo another strong skate from Yudong! Small step out on the axel but clean otherwise. Keep it going boys!!

Love the ice-scope(?) thing. We should really have these cameras quantifying speed and jump height as part of the scores.

 

[Karoltyna]

Decent skate

 

[labgoat]

CoC uses special dishes to pick up the noises from the ice and so you can hear who drags their toe picks on the ice rather than letting their edges build speed.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

chinese men are here to deliver today

They are indeed! Two great skates from the first two!

Now the question is - what is Boyang going to do later in the group?

Yudong goes into 2nd position.

What on Earth are those things he is holding?! They're creepy!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[labgoat]

US Guys please pay attention to this event...

 

[lileychristie]

Hmmm, judges seem keen to ding Hyungyeom's jumps (and spins) straightaway....

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

4. Hyungyeom KIM
"Amuse Bouche" by Colin Stetson from The Menu, choreo by Stéphane Lambiel

4T<
3Aq (holds on slightly)
FCSp4 (a bit slow, bobbles slightly on butterfly entry)
3Lz!+3Tq
CSSp3
StSq3
CCoSp4

SP: 67.76 (3rd)

A The Menu program? This is such a quirky choice, but I love it! It's a dark comedy/horror film about chefs going psycho and murdering people, very Lara Naki Gutmann of Hyungyeom but I love that for him! The jumps were solid - not his best quality but landed. Those levels and spin GOE, along with all the calls, will really hurt him, though

 

[anonymoose_au]

Haha Mark's like "Another clean program? In men's figure skating?!"

 

[Jeanie19]

Hyungyeom. Great shirt. Good program and good skate.

 

[lileychristie]

I wonder if the speed & performances of the Chinese guys before him is what made Hyungyeom's GOEs so low...

I love his shirt though, so nice and elegant. Other men, please take notes!

 

[Sabsi]

Boyang!!!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Haha Mark's like "Another clean program? In men's figure skating?!"

He's just saying out loud what we're all thinking!

I can't believe how good the first three skaters have been.

Is it too much to ask for it to continue like this for the rest of the competition?

CaroLiza_fan

 

[cocteautwin]

Fingers crossed now

 

[labgoat]

This SP really works for Boyang - he seems to really connect with this music. The 3T of the combo did look under rotated to me

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

5. Boyang JIN
"Fought & Lost" (featuring Brian May) by Sam Ryder, Brian May, choreo by Joey Russell

4T (holds on)
3A
FCSp4
3Lz+3T<< (turns out, never got the height for the 3T)
CCoSp4
StSq4
CSSp4

SP: 83.66 (1st)

Ahhhh, Boyang! I love the 4T on the "congratulations"... it's like the opposite of having "fall" in your music! He really has worked a lot on his PCS, he seems much more connected to this music, and there are some really lovely choreographic movements in the step sequence in particular.

STUFFIE RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[elektra blue]

he fought for every landing but he survived

 

[Idiote]

Awww

 

[anonymoose_au]

Give our Boyand all the points!!

A stuffielanche!!! It lives again!!!!

 

[cocteautwin]

Good job Boyang, that was solid enough. Not sold by this program and costume, but always have a soft spot for him.