Men's LP Ice Network broadcast Sat. Nov. 7, 1:55 a.m EST

[Spun Silver]

Brian was good. Gold, of course.

Nobody did his best tonight. Amazing. I thought with this field it would be a night of incredible skating (worth staying up to 4 am for).

But for Johnny to get silver in this field - what a vindication.

I'm also glad for Brezina. A bit of an upset there. He deserved it.

 

[life684]

only program i actiually like was Brezina puppies. Joubert did well, enough to win but he watered down his program. he could have mad a statement with it

 

[evangeline]

1) Joubert
2) Weir
3) Brezina



Hm, definitely not the results I expected. But I quite like this podium anyways

Hopefully, with these placements, Joubert and Weir can get their momentum going....

 

[Nadine]

And he blows the field away, as it should be!

 

[Phoenix347]

Just glad Johnny got silver. Maybe he'll sneak into the GPF.

 

[Medusa]

only program i actiually like was Brezina puppies. Joubert did well, enough to win but he watered down his program. he could have mad a statement with it

As I said, he only came in 4th at TEB. His participation in the GPF was on the line. This could have gone awfully wrong for him. He will meet Oda at the GPF, that will be a great test.

 

[Hsuhs]

Congrats to the winners :agree::

1. Brian (nice comeback)
2. Johnny (nice comeback)
3. Michal (wow! I gotta pay attention here from now on)

 

[Spun Silver]

only program i actiually like was Brezina puppies.

:scratch:

 

[Nadine]

Somehow, I think Joubert would rather be compared to Alexei Yagudin (well, a boy can dream...)

Lol, no, I know how much Brian Joubert respects & admires Elvis, and I agree with him. We are both Elvis Fans!

 

[Hsuhs]

:scratch:

It did sound dirty!

 

[Medusa]

Europe and Johnny kicking *** big time.

Brian says that he played it safe, that he landed 4S in training this morning, but he needed to make sure that he wins and qualify for the GPF.

He says that he will need 2 or 3 Quads at the GPF.

He thanks the Japanese audience, says that they were fantastic and gave him strength.

 

[Spun Silver]

Yes, congratulations to everyone!

 

[life684]

:scratch:

Medusa ca explain it better.

 

[Medusa]

Medusa ca explain it better.

I call the little one puppies. Rippon-puppy. Brezina-puppy. Taka-puppy. Artem-puppy. It's completely innocent, I assure you.

 

[Nadine]

Last note before I close down for the night.

I was rather disappointed in the LPs of the men, it was nothing like the SPs. I love competitions wherein everybody skates their best & the best one wins! One for the ages, like the SPs. I hope to God at the Olympics everybody lands everything in their programs & let the chips fall where they may. That's the best feeling, to know that you skated your best, as did everyone else, and y-o-u win. You truly are the best of the best.

 

[evangeline]

Last note before I close down for the night.

I was rather disappointed in the LPs of the men, it was nothing like the SPs. I love competitions wherein everybody skates their best & the best one wins! One for the ages, like the SPs. I hope to God at the Olympics everybody lands everything in their programs & let the chips fall where they may. That's the best feeling, to know that you skated your best, as did everyone else, and y-o-u win. You truly are the best of the best.

I would love a squeaky-clean Olympics too, but somehow I think that we'll be seeing a repeat of Torino-level screwups, especially given the number of headcases in the field at the moment....

 

[Engwaciriel]

only program i actiually like was Brezina puppies. Joubert did well, enough to win but he watered down his program. he could have mad a statement with it

he said in the interview that he'd landed the quadruple salchow in the morning, but because his opponents did quite poorly he chose to leave it out..

 

[Danale]

Aww, at least Jeremy's optimistic, he said "At least I didn't peak at my first competition"

Brian Joubert (please no meltdown!)
New costume?

Yes, and I don't like it. More shimmering gold on black

And he won the first freeskate since Euros 2007! Yeah!

:agree:
Ans thanks, Medusa, for the translation of the short interview

Congratulations to Brian!

 

[newvie]

I'm so happy that Joubert won!

and Weir for the silver! one of my favorite skaters

A bit sad for Abott, but congrats to Brezina for the bronze

 

[Medusa]

I am happy that Joubert's jumps looked so very solid this time, except for the 3A. His 3S looks ridiculously easy. I am torn on this one though, on the one hand I think he should just go for two Quad Toeloops, because he is solid with that jump (I also think his Quad Toe is prettier than Plushenko, despite the fact that Brian has less height on his - but it seems more fluid, and he doesn't let his back drop 10m when he is landing it). But then - his 3S looks so easy, so he maybe he should continue doing 4S. Truth is though, that he only landed it once, and that was underrotated (before 07/08 though, so it counted).

Heartbroken for Abbott.

Happy for Brezina. That is where solid jumping gets you. And it should.