Finlandia Trophy 04 -06.10. 2013

[mirai4life]

Mirai, come on, girl

 

[Ilvskating]

GO Mirai!

 

[sequinsgalore]

Mirai NAGASU (USA)

Music: James Bond medley

Black sparkly halter dress. Silver strap down open back

3F+2T+2T - last jump looked <
2A+3T - 3T looked <<
3Lz
StSq
3Lo+2T
CCoSp
3F - twofooted, <
3Lo
FCSp
ChSq - finally some attitude
2A
LSp - very nice

Definitely saw some UR's, will have to check replay. Bit of dead face througout.

Score: 53.46+57.04=110.50, 164.51 and into 4th

 

[mirai4life]

yes Mirai

wait so many < ?

 

[Icey]

Great skate, Mirai. And guys you got your Smiles!!!!

 

[bigsisjiejie]

YEEESSSSS! Mirai pretty clean, spotted one 2-foot and who knows how the judges see UR's. Really hope this puts her on the podium. ETA: Agree this needs more expression and performance quality, she saved it all until the end.

ETA: She looks really disappointed with the scores.

 

[Dots]

Nice effort from Mirai!

I only wish she'd shown more expression to sell the program a bit better. You can clearly see her thinking as she's about to jump. It's like she almost pauses.

 

[mirai4life]

.-.

 

[Dots]

I hope her Presentation scores were better than Liza's, otherwise...

 

[gmyers]

Lipnitskaia is amazing. Liza needs sp lessons. I just see Julia crushing everyone else eligible for the Russian title and it won't be close among eligibles and Julia is the best and not by a little.

 

[yuki]

I hope her Presentation scores were better than Liza's, otherwise...

http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/1314/FT2013/SEG006.HTM
They weren't.

 

[sky_fly20]

Lipnitskaia is amazing. Liza needs sp lessons. I just see Julia crushing everyone else eligible for the Russian title and it won't be close among eligibles and Julia is the best and not by a little.

Tuk is really a good FS, her SP though probably less than 5% clean

Mirai was on, but low TES maybe UR ? PCS in 57+

 

[SaraM]

Julia is actually realu realy good, and despite her young age unlike radionova, she dosent look like a kid out there. She really improved PCSs too! She deserves to go to sochi over both sotnikova and tuk

 

[Icey]

Mirai had 3 urs and 1 downgraded jump

 

[Mao88]

MEN'S FREE SKATE - RESULT & VIDEOS

1. Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) - 265.59 Free Skate, 2nd Copy
2. Sergei VORONOV (RUS) - 241.37 Free Skate, 2nd Copy
3. Artur GACHINSKI (RUS) - 212.90 Free Skate,
4. Richard DORNBUSH (USA) - 206.71 Free Skate, 2nd Copy
5. Jorik HENDRICKX (BEL) - 199.75 Free Skate, 2nd Copy
6. Douglas RAZZANO (USA) - 199.31 Free Skate
7. Maciej CIEPLUCHA (POL) - 197.51
8. Kento NAKAMURA (JPN) - 192.53 Free Skate

LADIES FREE SKATE - RESULT & VIDEOS

1. Julia LIPNITSKAIA (RUS) - 191.31 Free Skate
2. Akiko SUZUKI (JPN) - 180.54 Free Skate
3. Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA (RUS) - 173.45 Free Skate, 2nd Copy
4. Mirai NAGASU (USA) - 164.51 Free Skate
5. Vanessa LAM (USA) - 152.28
6. Isabelle OLSSON (SWE) - 150.45 Free Skate
7. Juulia TURKKILA (FIN) - 129.73 Free Skate
8. Risa SHOJI (JPN) - 124.90 Free Skate, 2nd Copy

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Protocols are up. (Ladies FS: http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/1314/FT2013/FT2013_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf)
Mirai got 3 UR and 1 DG...
And Julias score is so low due to non-existent GOE on her jumps.

And Artur looks happy during the medal ceremony. So great to see after last season!

 

[Icey]

and julia had two edge calls on the lutz

 

[tulosai]

Does anyone think there is any hope for Mirai's URs at this point? I want to have hope, but it is so hard.

 

[sky_fly20]

Protocols are up. (Ladies FS: http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/1314/FT2013/FT2013_Ladies_FS_Scores.pdf)
Mirai got 3 UR and 1 DG...
And Julias score is so low due to non-existent GOE on her jumps.

And Artur looks happy during the medal ceremony. So great to see after last season!

some of he jumps were a bit clunky but its still early in the season
what Julia gets mistakes on her jumps she makes up for it with level 4 spin with +GOEs

not surprised by Mirai's UR but she looked really disappointed

 

[Icey]

Does anyone think there is any hope for Mirai's URs at this point? I want to have hope, but it is so hard.

I really can't believe this problem is not solvable, but she and her team evidently need to do something different. Work with Krall for awhile???? I really don't know.