Men's Free Program; Oct. 23 11:00 pm EST/9:00 pm where I am

[ImaginaryPogue]

... Noon in Japan, tomorrow

Warm-Up Group 1

1 Jeremy TEN 54.48
2 Kevin VAN DER PERREN 55.31
3 Adrian SCHULTHEISS 62.24
4 Takahito MURA 63.20
5 Jialiang WU 64.06
6 Ross MINER 64.85

Warm-Up Group 2

7 Denis TEN 68.74
8 Yuzuru HANYU 69.31
9 Florent AMODIO 70.01
10 Shawn SAWYER 70.15
11 Jeremy ABBOTT 74.62
12 Daisuke TAKAHASHI 78.04

 

[blue_idealist]

Go Shawn!!

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

First warm-up group on the ice.

 

[siberia82]

Is there a (free) live stream for this event?

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

If Jeremy Ten's performance is an indicator of how this night will go, I cannot wait. A messy landing on one jump, popped another, but he had some fire here. It's like he saw Diane Szmiett and said... "nope, not me." Lovely final spin.

He looked pleased and determined at the end.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Is there a (free) live stream for this event?

Skate buzz in Canada. The web TV thread has some links for other countries.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

122.00

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

van de Perren has alread landed a quad, a 3A and a 3-3-3.

 

[FTnoona]

Does anyone know if there were any changes for the rules in the men's FS?

 

[FTnoona]

van de Perren has alread landed a quad, a 3A and a 3-3-3.

Thank you soo much for the skate by skate

 

[siberia82]

The Skatebuzz stream can be found here: http://skatetv.cansportlive.com/

 

[PolymerBob]

Kevin kicked butt. 189.41

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

KVDP is VERY happy. Partial SO. Two minor errors (hand down on one jump, two-footed another) and he clearly has stamina issues but the power!!! If he ever gets over those stamina issues (unlikely, given his age) he'd be a podium contender.

My understanding is that they changed the rules for the step sequence. The second one is an "unleveled" one where the base value is 2.00 and you just get GOE.

His costume isn't great, though. Score: 134.10. His PCS was lower then Ten's, which is correct. Of course, his TES blew Ten's out of the water.

 

[siberia82]

Adrian Schultheiss is next.

 

[FTnoona]

So like how does that affect the score for the FS? Should I be thinking add 2-4 more points on TES to put it into perspective from last years scores?

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Also, van de Perren did a transition. That was unexpected.

Schlutheiss. Wierd costume, but it kinda suits him. A fall nearing the end. The program has a boring beginning, but it picks up with interersting choreography. Couple spin positions I don't think I've seen before. Shame about the fall on the last jump as it was quite a good skate. He seems quite disappointed with that. It'll be interesting to see where he stacks up. I'd have him behind KVDP but ahead of Ten.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

So like how does that affect the score for the FS? Should I be thinking add 2-4 more points on TES to put it into perspective from last years scores?

2-3 maybe? I'd have to double check. And not always, some skaters did low level step sequences so they're actually not hurt at all by this (KVDP, Joubert)

119.23, 2nd overall. Fair enough for Schlutheiss - he didn't do a 3-3, but I assume the popped jump would've hurt Ten.

 

[siberia82]

Takahito Mura on now.

 

[PolymerBob]

The men are really good tonight.

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Mura: He's fast. It's making his jumps a little wonky. Slow down, don't get Kostneritis!!!!! Landed everything. He's fast.