2025 Cup of China Men's Free Skate

[elektra blue]

Misha, mama's heart and soul, we need to talk about your costume this year, no! don't go cheeky like your brother Matteo i won't have another one of you

 

[elektra blue]

A vin santo drinker. Cheers!

ps...i drank the communion wine once, when i was younger...it's cheap

 

[elektra blue]

triple flip SPOILER triple lutz chris

 

[museksk8r]

Tomoki is doing well on hitting most of his technical elements, but his basic skating appears small and doesn’t have a lot of ice coverage. Yikes, and that SLOW spin does not look good! This is such a generic song cover too and doesn’t make his program memorable.

 

[TallyT]

What the hell...? I have no words for my hatred of this cover. First a music box and then someone who needs permanent laryngitis. Utterly horrible.

 

[Sabsi]

Did we just watch a 99.75% clean skate?

 

[elektra blue]

Tomoki wants to go to Olys

 

[GGFan]

Happy for Tomoki. He seems to have much less frantic energy here. He just took his time and moved through the jumps. His Russian splits are always a highlight for me.

 

[readernick]

So, I think Tomoki is going to be the one skater who might challenge Andrew for the third spot on team USA this year. The judges like Andrew more ( fair because of SS, overall quality and performance level) but Tomoki's been uncharacteristically steady this year. Good competition for him. I can't remember when he's skated better.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

7. Tomoki HIWATASHI USA
FS: "Creep" by Vincint Cannady; choreo by Misha Ge

4T+3T
4T
3A
FCCoSp4
3S (holds on, tries to keep free leg off the ice)
3A+2A+SEQ
3Lz+1Eu+3Fq
3Lo
FSSp4
StSq4
ChSq1
CCoSp4

SP: 79.07 (6th)
FS: 166.64 (1st)
TOT: 245.71 (1st)
oh that's HUGE, the fight for the third spot for Team USA is soooo intense now

What a great skate! Tomoki has really improved so much by training in Japan, he's less chaotic and has really improved with holding his free leg on his jump landings. He brings such joy and energy to the ice, which you could really see in the steps. His spins are still a little rough, but he acknowledged that in the mixed zone and he got better levels in the free than in the short. I also love a bilingual king.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I'm not really watching but I saw Tomoki. Max Naumov and Andrew Torgashev need to watch out for him, he is coming for that third spot!

 

[cocteautwin]

Yass Tomoki! I knew his a good one to pick for my fantasy team.

 

[cathlen]

Not perfect, but by today's standards, I'll take it

 

[YuBluByMe]

Good skate from Hiwatashi. He looks good this season.

 

[TallyT]

Tomoki wants to go to Olys

Great. I am gonna need more earplugs.

 

[TT_Fin]

Has he ever been this clean? I was waiting to see his split jump, because there are not many men who can do it on that level and did not get disappointed.

 

[elektra blue]

Great. I am gonna need more earplugs.

don't we all?

 

[Jeanie19]

Tomoki. Nice outfit and program. Really good skate. Good quads.

 

[Kris135]

I think that he may just paved the road Milian. He just is proving that he can be consistent.

 

[elbkup]

Tomoki !!!