2025 Four Continents Women's Short Program

[lariko]

I like C. Kim more than M. Chiba by far, so nothing to huff about there for me.

 

[4everchan]

i managed to watch the whole event yay! see you tomorrow, love you all

i slept and so happy i did
clean sara-maude should be higher though.. the judges should start knowing that this is her event and reward her for it.

 

[elbkup]

are Sarah and BRadie available for Saint Patrick?

Both must have Worlds ambitions … March 25 in Boston. If they both go I cannot wait for the comments

 

[throw_triple_flip]

Interesting what Chris Howarth had to say about the difference in scoring between the top 2.
I think that not reviewing Kim's jumps (particularly when both skaters have had issues with rotating their jumps in the past) is a bit curious. But from where the panel are sat maybe that was a justifiable decision and I think she deserves to be first in the short.

I find it pathetic how certain "fans" who were portraying her as some sort of victim are now turning against her because she's successful.

 

[skylark]

If I was USFS, I would say if Sarah Everhardt podium in 4CC send her instead of Isabeau Levito.

that is not the way the USFS system works; the protocols are laid out in advance, and USFS doesn't use 4CC as a skate-off.

 

[Skater Boy]

If I was USFS, I would say if Sarah Everhardt podium in 4CC send her instead of Isabeau Levito.

I think that's too late. They offered the spot to Levito already unless she is not ready which one would think she "is" if she went to the olympic test skates.

 

[moonvine]

The man and his (presumed) wife talked during Mlle. M-S. I could not concentrate. Kill me.

Can you just move? There seem to be a plethora of empty seats.

 

[moonvine]

tell them that 40yo lady from Poland backs you and wants them to shut up too

double post

 

[moonvine]

tell them that 40yo lady from Poland backs you and wants them to shut up too

And 58 year old lady from America who gives no effs.

 

[moonvine]

Sofia is super cute - What a great attitude and smile! Too bad that the flip was a struggle. I do find that she is quite slow, and she needs to work on her spins.

She's adorable and I love her. She does need to work on spins....her mother is a sweetheart. Such a nice family. I was insta famous in the Philippines when they put a picture of me and Sofia and the flag on their IG.

 

[moonvine]

Alysa Liu has made Donna Summer popular again.

This is actually a previous year's short for Sofia, they brought it back as the one she was doing wasn't working well for her.

 

[moonvine]

Is that Jeremy Abbott?!

It is! I didn't know he was a coach now, good for him, he's rocking that turtleneck!

He's on the Road 2 Gold coaches list too!

 

[moonvine]

Oh, drat. It is!

That is what I would dread if I was to go to an skating event.

Unless my main skating crush just happened to be sitting next to me.

CaroLiza_fan

Come to a US event. You will get content like Andrew T picking his nose on a video call. USFS, keeping it classy.

 

[moonvine]

that is not the way the USFS system works; the protocols are laid out in advance, and USFS doesn't use 4CC as a skate-off.

Exactly.

 

[rabidline]

I find it pathetic how certain "fans" who were portraying her as some sort of victim are now turning against her because she's successful.

It's because she ends up above their meow meow little sister Mone.

 

[fehervari]

Oh, this is a pet hate of mine too.

balazh nagi or balazch najs... but Balázs is there, he can tell. otherwise, it is not easy for a native English speaker to pronounce. (they also struggle with French names as well)
I don't know this Eurosport - ISU deal. however, they use it well in short track, at least with the Asian athletes. (I note that this month in Harbin, Hungarians, Kazakhs, etc. were pronounced well, in fact, even the pronunciation was quite good. that's why I don't understand the whole "system")

 

[Joekaz]

I like C. Kim more than M. Chiba by far, so nothing to huff about there for me.

I don't really care which one of those leads, but it was pretty apparent that the judges were very strict on rotation calls except for Kim. Oddly they seemed to ignore edge calls, which many girls got away with.

 

[TallyT]

It's because she ends up above their meow meow little sister Mone.

Is it really necessary to be so catty?

 

[fehervari]

On the subject of Hungarian names, I hope a Hungarian gets in contact with Chris and tells him how to pronounce Balazs Nagy's name properly. Because I've come across other people with that surname, and Chris was no-where near right. I was really cringing at the way he was "Naggy-ing" yesterday.

(okay, I admit, with pronouncing Asian names I have problems, because most of the time I see them transliterated into English, and, well... if I were to address someone, I'm not sure they'd recognize her/himself)

 

[readernick]

Just finished watching the event. The judges were definitely more generous with PCS scores than they usually are at 4CC. It was actually quite a strong event . There were a lot of " clean" skates. Enjoyed it..

Chaeyeon winning is fine but I do think her 3T should have been given a q. It could be an angle issue. I prefer her skating to Mone's. But, realistically she's not performing very much.

Mone's 3F probably deserved an under rotation call so the q was generous. Her combo was also correctly called q but I agree it's not fair for her to get the call and Chaeyeon not to. They are both skaters who are small efficient jumpers and always on the border of UR.

The American women are closely matched. Bradie highest PCS and lowest TES. Likely because she's just fast and she does perform even though the choreo is wanting. Alysa in the middle. Great program. And, Sarah with the highest TES but lowest PCS. Sarah's combo should probably also have been called so I actually think her score should be a few points lower. But, they are close. Let's see what happens in the free skate.

I also enjoyed Sara Maude. I like her more than the judges do. Hope she has a good free skate.

Wakaba not doing well really upset me . Hope she gets in the podium in the free. Rino should be getting higher SS marks. I understand the low marks in the other categories. The program is meh, she wasn't in it today, and there were mistakes, but her SS are truly incredible. How isn't she getting a 9? Give her two low sevens and one nine judges, you are supposed to differentiate between the different marks.