Thank you! I hope he does decide to continue. I love his skating and I think he needs some sort of redemption song.
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Thank you! I hope he does decide to continue. I love his skating and I think he needs some sort of redemption song.
Hopefully people who do not appreciate Chan will be quiet now.
Well done, what a talent he is. How unfortunate for Takahashi though.
"I have to work really hard to compete against the younger skaters. I might not be able to stay on the top, but I will give it my best, thinking that it will be a good life experience for me."
Hi Guys:
I am so sad for Dai, But you know what? He said that he can not quit this way!!
Yes, Dai is skating to Sochi. I am so glad.
I started to think that this incident must be a divine intervention so that Dai will skate to gold in Sochi. He said that he checked his blades and tightened up the screws as usual before going to bed. What else can you think of ? It is god's work!
I always see god hands, when he skates, do you?
Anyway, so happy for Kozuka, perfect program at worlds. But his PCS should be higher than that. I saw him live and to my surprise, he seems to be levitating on ice just about quarter of an inch. So smooth and so beautiful. His skating skills is defensively as good as chan's. IMO.
He is only 21. if he works on his expression a bit more, I guess his future is really bright.
I don't know if his PCS should be that high but I don't see how Patrick isn't a musical skater and doesn't interpret his music. He is not the natural performer that Dai is or Lambiel and Yagudin were. But to me he certainly seems to feel his music and interpret it well. Personally, I thought he projected more than Kozuka today. (I know that Kozuka also isn't a masterful projector but just noting that because some people seemed to think the opposite.)
I don't find his Phantom LP the most masterful or original thing I've ever seen but there are intricacies there. Hopefully, he will have a program for the ages one of these days. Something truly memorable and distinctive.
The choreo and the music worked very well for Chan. I don't think anyone is saying that Chan is horrible at expressing the music, but it is an area where he doesn't have as much facility, however he has been working on that aspect of his skating. It is all a matter of opinion, perception and subjectivity. Being animated and making hand gestures doesn't mean you are projecting more than another skater who has a better facility with expressing the music. The feelings and emotions we get from watching skaters' performances are often difficult to describe. What works for one group of fans, may not work for all.
Totally random, but did anyone else notice that Takahiko Kozuka's TES (98+) was more than Patrick's (96+)? And his quad toe got +2.29 GOE vs. Patrick's +1.29 GOE. It's definitely Patrick's PCS (91+ vs Kozuka's 82+ and Daisuke's 82+) that sealed the deal for him.
What do you mean?
I think aftertherain was only talking about the Long Program. BTW, I believe Kozuka deserved to win the LP, but I actually would have put Chan a little bit ahead in PCS.
You didn't ask me but I think I have an explanation... According to the latest published ISU rulebook, lyrics in music is still a deduction outside of ice dancing. They could've made the rule change and issued it in a memo that I missed.
However, this is how a vocal music deduction would actually happen:
The entire judging panel including the referee must vote on whether there should be a deduction. A majority of them must agree on a deduction. Even if it's a 50:50 split, there is no deduction.
We don't see the results of that vote on the protocols, but it's possible enough of the judges/referee gave Amodio a pass here. If that's the case, there's no guarantee that the same music wouldn't get a deduction at a subsequent competition.
Who were the commentators on IN, Universal, CBC TV?
Anyone got copies of those on YouTube? I only have the taped of EuroSport.
Commentators for Universal Sports are Andrea Joyce and Peter Carruthers.
Any thanks those two are always solid, was hoping for some stars like Tara Lipinski X Johnny Weir again
Oohhhhh I hope they do bring back the lof that was hilarious!!
I think aftertherain was only talking about the Long Program. BTW, I believe Kozuka deserved to win the LP, but I actually would have put Chan a little bit ahead in PCS.
Ah, yes! My mistake! I meant in the free skate as I was only comparing free skate scores. Patrick definitely deserved to win overall; I won't discredit that!