I think he can deliver it. His lack of experience might hurt him, but his GPF and Olympic scores should give him confidence. After all, he won both freeskates with a fall and with 2 falls, and with Chan skating against him who none of the other guys can compare to.
I really want him to succeed... he has a lot to prove after Sochi, and the SP must have been a shot to his confidence... but if he's landing 4S, he simply needs to get it together and do one better than what he's already done at the GPF earlier this year.
If Machida skates clean or close though, he's screwed... it's home ice inflation for both of them. If Javier lands all 3 quads, he's also screwed.
I would love for Javier to win, actually -- I mean, that's history right there!!!
If it's home inflation then Machida would likely score 190 if he went clean.
I don't wish for that to happen because, seriously, his free bird program performance at Sochi was so lackluster (and his costume, just my opinion). Nevertheless, he is on fire and I think he can hit the 180 mark which will help him secure his position.
None of the current top skater has a program that worths the mark 200. That's why I don't hope for another home inflation for world record. :sarcasm: Give the skater enough score to win, don't give them unreasonable score just to show it off to the world. Frankly, Even Hanyu at GPF did not worth that 193 mark either, how the hell they gave him 92 PCS for that performance? 188 would be more than enough for him to win that time.
Hanyu is under big big pressure now I don't think he can climb up to the gold. Silver is good enough for Hanyu, or even just a bronze, that would help him stay hunger for next year. He is still a teenager who is forced to reach his peak too early, such high expectation not just from his homeland but also from the skating worlds, no wonder he broke at that quad toe. Japanese people seem to forgot that he hasn't reached his peak yet. He need one or two years more to become more of a stable skater.
Frankly it's true that PCS has gone wild these days I don't know who worths which score anymore. Machida's SP today is truly epic, but I am not sure about the world record remark from Eurosport.
What if Daisuke and PChan competed and did their best? The PCS would hit the roof top, huh?
would Machia got such score if Dai and Pchan were there? The judges gotta save some scores for these 2. Don't they?
Anyways, I am rooting for Javi, please land all the quads and get that world title. Because you are the only one that has a decent looking costume in FS.
sorry for being shallow, sometimes I root for the skaters base on their costumes.
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