now this makes my day - my whole year in fact! Woot-woot!
Patrick Chan World Champion!!
DAMN that sounds good.
For those who can't handle it...Too bad!!
A skater's skater has won again (Dai is another one of those IMO) which is an excellent thing for the sport.
Okay now...Russian Members, you're not going to like this, so you're warned....
That Medal Ceremony was wonderful. That is until it was time for the playing of Oh Canada. I don't care who made that bush league decision to play a shortened version of Oh Canada, in fact it could have been any Gold Medalist's Anthem other than a Russian skater, and I'll get to that in a minute, because no one who wins a World Title in any sport deserves that!!
If you talk to any Athlete, what do they look forward to the most? What do they dream of? Standing on that top spot w/their Anthem playing and singing along w/it. Patrick did not get that. However, I'm betting that if Artur had pulled off one hell of an upset, we would have heard the complete Russian National Anthem in all it's glory.
That was disgusting and I was so impressed by how Moscow was pulling these Championships off too. It really did look like they'd pulled of a wonderful and classy event. Up to the Medal Ceremony that is.
As I said before...I'm sorry Russian Members, but that really was a disgusting move to make.
The Americans have a lot to do to catch up with Chan and the Japanese, even Amodio and Brezina.
I am for sure Lysacek has moved on (like Kwan, Cohen before him he is keeping himslef in the public eye to rake the money in, that why he has not officially announced retirement)
Weir has the IT factor and is raking the money in (good for him) and the last we will see of him too!!
so yes its down to the likes of Dornbush, Rippon to move it forward
Abbott has it all, but mentally has not got it and time is running out for him (sorry Jeremy!!)
I'm still puzzled by the high PCS for Gachinski, he got more for choreography than Amodio (7.93 vs. 7.64), can anyone justify this?
haha, same here!
Sikharulidze just said he liked Kozuka best.
Yes, excessive posing on the ice means his ice coverage was substandard. Given that ice coverage is a criterion of CH, and the amount of standing he did was more than acceptable, I would take off a full point on his CH component. For example, if everything being equal, he should receive 7.5 for CH, the actual mark given will be 6.5
Similar penalty can also be applied on SS and TR, both are significantly affected by the excessive posing and standing / non-skating movement on ice.
I did not realise Oda lost 12 points (Ouch!!)
I feel that we are never going to get away from Political judging in this sport, Gachinski was good but hey a BRONZE Crazy!! More back handers, and money taking from certain officials to enflate scores.
Ciniquatta needs to go!!!! (He has ruined this sport)
To all you who are outraged at Gachinsky's bronze, did you actually see his performance? I've outright disliked his skating before, but he was great here. He performed the hell out of the piece, as well as landing every jump in one of the most difficult jump layouts of the night. And it's time to stop calling him a Plushenko-clone. Plushenko never did a program with so many transitions and intricate skating in between elements. Gachinsky's score was spot on. The only advantage he got was a supportive home country crowd that buoyed him psychologically and made him skate better. And skating in front of an expectant home crowd is as much pressure as it is support, so all credit to Artur for living up to it.
And there was no collusion to give him the bronze, unless you seriously think Oda was somehow tricked/pressured into making a silly Zayak mistake. Had Oda doubled the 3t on his 3a/3t, he'd have the bronze.
The americans REALLY have to master the quad to be competitive for the podium. Gone are the days when you win in in Evan's quadless style. That is why I think neither Evan, nor Johnny will come back to skate in the amateur arena. To get the quad under their belt at their age will be too much of an effort to ask.
The 2 American lads brought it because there was no pressure on them, without podium expectaion. Bradley, OTOH, could feel it. His programs will never get him the hardware he wanted no matter how he skated. No transitions, no edges, no upper body movements, no speed.............no decent PCS.
I mentioned before he felt motivated seeing Patrick doing quads in training so he focused so much on his quads, doing 15 to 18 in a day sometimes. So his quads and other jumps look like practice jumps instead of program elements. Somehow he was never inspired by Patrick's intricate footwork into his jumps.
Fighting for the 2 spots will be intense for the Americans next season.
The 2 American lads brought it because there was no pressure on them, without podium expectaion. Bradley, OTOH, could feel it. His programs will never get him the hardware he wanted no matter how he skated. No transitions, no edges, no upper body movements, no speed.............no decent PCS.
I mentioned before he felt motivated seeing Patrick doing quads in training so he focused so much on his quads, doing 15 to 18 in a day sometimes. So his quads and other jumps look like practice jumps instead of program elements. Somehow he was never inspired by Patrick's intricate footwork into his jumps.
Fighting for the 2 spots will be intense for the Americans next season.
Artur's pcs are too high. They are close to Kozuka and that is so wrong.
I have a question for you: can you explain the no deduction for Amodio's program music? Did the ISU recently repeal the ban on music with lyrics?