Ah..i watched some of competition again on tv last night, I skipped some performances but overall
Kozuka is my new fav, it was the best skate of the night for me. He is aetherial even when he falls. I ll try not to invest emotionally in any skater again and it was mostly what I did with the ones I grew up with and most were from 6.0 era, so now all are retiring so now I grew up and if I see fs men again which I m not sure when that will be (sorry I try but still a little sad
) it will be with a new mindset not caring about results , at least I ll try to watch Worlds that way.
I dont like what Plush speaks now but he has same age as me so maybe I would do the same, it now shows he is not as confident or villain as it looks, he has too many experiences packed in not so old age, he just takes out his frustration in wrong way. I take his comments as fever after losing, he will grow up and be happy about it eventually. Judges pampered him with higher marks all year long and he has not learnt to lose that often and unfortnately so have his fans.
Stephan was not in his usual self, nevertheless a great program, I wish he had brought the arena now.
It showed me that even oldies in Olys with experience and all are human and have a heart that beats, Evgeni Stephane and Brian all looked extremely nervous to me, more than Europeans, so I guess Oly fever got them.
Plush didnt sell his program as in Europeans, I dont think it would made a difference anyway. He was more relaxed at least comparing to 2006. Too tight though and it has been long since I saw him off axis so much. About the forgotten loop, now I saw again, in the first combo he was with no flow out after 3t so he wouldnt do it, same after 3lutz-2toe, only place where he would have added it and I dont know why he didnt is after the axel combo. Dont blame him that he thought he won right after, Eurosport and greek tv commentators thought the same. It was too close and I m puzzled for Mishin still and his plan. And he should have gone for a second quad in any case.
I had many ifs last day about medals, like if he had done the 2loop, or a 2nd quad, if Evans 2nd axel was penalized, if Plush had more margin after sp and / or better music, if Weir was marked better, If Stephane had half point more he would be on podium. I think Plush lost it from short program anyway. But biggest if is the If Takahashi had landed the quad he would have beaten both deservily so, so I abandonned ifs.
More enjoyble programs for me that I would rewatch Amodio, Schultheiss, Kozuka, Weir, Borodulin, Javier, Ten, Chan, Abott, Stephane and Takahashi - and probably Evgeni's with a grain of salt this one.
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