2025 Skate to Milano Men's Free Skate

[elektra blue]

is it ? you know how much me likey these dune programs

his was one of the few good ones.

 

[labgoat]

 

[4everchan]

My lad won silver, Donovan managed bronze, both got their ticket. My stomach hurts after all the cramps but I will be in a good mood for the rest of the day

you make yourself suffer for nothing

 

[labgoat]

 

[FlossieH]

Well I wonder how many people had Yu-Hsiang Li in their predictions...?!

 

[readernick]

Well I wonder how many people had Yu-Hsiang Li in their predictions...?!

I wanted to put him in my predictions. But, I thought I should try to be a bit realistic. I am so happy I was wrong. His skate was the higlight of the competition for me.

 

[Ichatdelune]

why should it be eye-van?

Because English decided to go through a Great Vowel Shift and be weird, mono-anglophones may not know this but they actually still have the usual sound for I in the langauge, they just default to the long sound of /ai/ because they're used to their language being weird.

 

[4everchan]

the sun is rising on me. skating is going to kill me one day

 

[AlexBreeze]

I think Vlad would be a good choice as well, with his more modern style and powerful skating.

I'm scared for his PCS, to be honest.

But on the tech side, he wouldn't get call, yes.

The problem is that both skaters who would probably be scored better internationally wouldn't be cleared by ISU.

 

[elektra blue]

i scored 45 but i'll see Petya at olys so yay! (and Donovan!)

 

[flanker]

Petr has it. I've solved anxiety by preparing a meal.

 

[lariko]

I always though it was Peter, but with a super short second 'e' so it's basically Petr, but don't trust me! I'm still confused as to why Ivan is e-van and not eye-van...

Keep it together man! Although I think he's got it! How he'll go at the actual games with Ilia, Adam, Yuma etc is a question!

Are the neutral athletes allowed in the Grand Prix? Or will we not see Petr again internationally until the Olympics?

There is no second 'e' in Russian spelling of Petr's name, and it is not exactly 'e'. Pyotr is closer, but the use of y when trying to render Cyrillics into Latin is frowned upon.

As for Ivan, Russian has both vowels and semivowels, so Russian letter rendered in Latin as i is never pronounced as 'ai'. It's always 'eee'. Russian 'e' is 'ye'. There is also yo, like in Pyotr's name.

 

[4everchan]

I wanted to put him in my predictions. But, I thought I should try to be a bit realistic. I am so happy I was wrong. His skate was the higlight of the competition for me.

i agree. That's the skate I enjoyed the most.

 

[katymay]

I liked Peter's program much better last year, this program...left me 'meh'. No way this beats Yuma. (No one is beating Ilya, even with a great program)

 

[labgoat]

Well I wonder how many people had Yu-Hsiang Li in their predictions...?!

Not me - but so happy for him

 

[Ichatdelune]

you make yourself suffer for nothing

I know, but my default defense mechanism is prepare for the worst

the sun is rising on me. skating is going to kill me one day

I have died a hundred times over because of figure skating, to partially quote the famous poet Benjamin Clementine: as I held my breath on skaters I died a million times

 

[anonymoose_au]

OK the Jigsaw people are still going - they're interviewing a Mexico team right now! Not sure where they finished up, but they finished two 1000 piece puzzles in less than 2.5 hours. Man, it takes me that long to get all the edge pieces out

 

[Isk]

I liked Peter's program much better last year, this program...left me 'meh'. No way this beats Yuma. (No one is beating Ilya, even with a great program)

This was his last year's free program.

 

[lariko]

I liked Peter's program much better last year, this program...left me 'meh'. No way this beats Yuma. (No one is beating Ilya, even with a great program)

This is his last year's program.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

So, it's Petr, KOR (2nd spot), Donovan, UKR (probably Kyrylo) & Yu-Hsiang to round out the Olympic men's field.

I can't think of any country that might give up its spot (Maybe the 2nd Latvian spot? But they'll probably get him citizenship in time), but if one did, it would go to Davide, then FRA (3rd spot), then CZE (is there anyone else but Georgii?).