I actually wanted to add that to my sentence, that I wanted to forget his World Championship - but then a rare notion of diplomatic caution overcame me, and I left it neutral.or maybe judges want to forget that also.
Nobunari doesn't need quads to win this competition. If he lands all his triples the way he did in Paris, he'll have it.
As for Evan's SP, . . . His costume is so distracting and horrible. .
I presume because he feels he WILL need it by the Olympics. The goal is not being the big winner during the Grand Prix but stepping to the top of the podium in Vancouver. Kind of late to try it for the first time in the season there. So my question/comment still stands. Will he or won't he?
You hope, you hope! Don't forget, Lysacek is a World Champion now. That's a PCS-plus.
I didn't find Evan's costume distracting at all, but rather sleek, understated and, though somewhat of a departure for him, spot on for the program.
If you feel that way about his, I wonder how you felt about Oda's. Now THERE's distracting!
Different strokes for different folks.
Oda is the last to skate tomorrow, he'll know Evan Lysacek's score before taking the ice (btw, do you expect a quad from Evan?). So I think, Nobunari and his coach will adjust their plan accordingly, during Voronov's skate. Sergei will attempt a quad or two for sure, because in the absence of a 3Lz and with an 'e' call on his flip he doesn't have much choice.
If both Evan's 3 axels are ratified, and he receives world champion's PCS, it's one thing. If not, Nobunari might go for a different option. Oda will still have another two occasions to try a quad/ quad-triple-(-triple/ double?) combination: GPF and Japan Nationals, before the Olympics.
So this is my best try.
I thought Evan's costume was fine (classy actually) and the choice of music well-suited for his style of skating.
I like Oda's LP but please, his SP is is just strange.
It's not certain that Oda will skate clean for that matter. He's been known to fold and falter now and again. Not sure if he's put his "head" issues completely behind him.
Loved everything about Evan. Costume suited music and choreography, music and choreography suited Evan's style. He's an extroverted bravura skater and the program plays to his strengths.
I guess it's more that Lysacek isn't very popular with some posters and when you don't care for someone's skating you won't like what they come up with, even when it's a good showing for them.
I've never known Oda to make more than 1 mistake in a program, discounting the cases where he has done "too many jumps" and gets screwed by CoP.
He's very consistent.