FERNANDEZ YOU FOOL! He would have had the bronze medal, had he done a 2axel instead of a second 3salchow at the end. AAAAAARGH this is so frustrating! Did they not go over scenarios like this where he triples a quad?
I can't believe Ten is third. I mean good for him to have skated so decently but I'd have probably had him 5th overall because of how empty his program was and some smaller mistakes that the judges didn't deduct him for.
Machida was really undermarked on the PCS. The way he used his whole upper body throughout his program and all the choreographic detail he had plus everything being delivered with good flow - he didn't get enough credit for it.
Hanyu's choreography was subpar and the lack of busy upper body movement only made his issues with posture and lines more apparent. PCS-wise, Chan should have destroyed him. What was absolutely remarkable about Chan's program was the unusual layout and constant transitions. He didn't need to skate all the way around the ice rink into a big element and whilst doing so, he would constantly perform some footwork and turn changing direction because he builds speed so easily, he doesn't need to just do cross-overs.
In the FS at least, I would have probably placed them:
1. Chan
2. Hanyu
3. Machida
4. Ten
5. Fernandez (only a little behind Ten and ahead of him overall)
2. Will people now talk about increasing the penalty for faulty quads? How 4 years changes everything...
This is why you don't make hasty, emotional decisions without considering both pros and cons. They should have never increased the values of quads as much as they did.
downgrade caused a Zayak? commentator said he got zero for one of his combinations)
Downgrades don't cause Zayaks. And the commentator was wrong.
I have a question about the figure skating competitions. When the skater finishes their routine and takes a seat to be shown their scores, they usually sit with the coach. I've noticed some people sitting with two people, both are coaches? Like Michal Brezina of the Czech Republic for instance, he was sitting with Victor Petrenko but there also this woman sitting next to him. Who is she and what does she do if she isn't a coach?
Sometimes they are coaches, sometimes they are choreographers, sometimes they are team leaders.
Nina Petrenko was with Brezina. She's Viktor's wife and a choreographer (but she didn't do Brezina's programs).
And... everyone is ok with this? Because it sounds incredibly stupid when you're new to the sport. And, sorry, but that is totally the CoP. The message here is "go for the big skill, even if you can't land it".
Rotating a 4salchow is something very few skaters are capable of. Landing a 3salchow is something you will see many skaters doing.
I thought Fernandez should have won the bronze. I know he had alot of mistakes but there was no reason for his PCS to be lower than Takahashi and with the same PCS as Takahashi he would have stayed ahead of Ten.
There were plenty of reasons.
Takahashi obviously deserves very high PCS. The problem was Ten was overmarked.
Ten's PCS were lower than Jason Browns. I thought Ten was robbed in PCS
Jason Brown's program was far far more complex than Ten's.
