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His coach called him Harvey Wallbanger after that.
GPF Men SP! :)
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His coach called him Harvey Wallbanger after that.
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Patrick will win and I just hope Javier gets a medal.
Easily beatable by Zhenya, whom skates clean 99.9% of the time, ever since he hit the senior scene over a decade ago. The mark of a champion, not to mention a 3-time Olympic at that. 
Still, the black out continues. *sigh* Ooops, scratch that, it just came back on, but showing pairs????
ps: just took a look at the scores, ahhh, just think if Jeremy was clean with a quad...
Still, the black out continues. *sigh* Ooops, scratch that, it just came back on, but showing pairs????
ps: just took a look at the scores, ahhh, just think if Jeremy was clean with a quad...
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Chan has a habit of messing up in the most WTH of ways. Always entertaining.
wow...i dont' even know what to say! Best quad toe triple toe on record except for those darn boards! Jeremy looked fabulous....javi strikes me as a really renewed skater...this was fun! I feel for Dai. I thought he hit the quad and barely two footed it; but I guess I was wrong; and, I hate that he couldn't tack on at least a double just to have a combo.
So, I guess the true Dai/Chan and D/W-V/M show-downs will have to wait 'till worlds, but meanwhile, tomorrow (and Sunday) should be very exciting!
ETA Jan I totally agree, Chan is so fast it is almost crazy!
So, I guess the true Dai/Chan and D/W-V/M show-downs will have to wait 'till worlds, but meanwhile, tomorrow (and Sunday) should be very exciting!
ETA Jan I totally agree, Chan is so fast it is almost crazy!
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Protocol time.....
Chan's base value keeps him in the game. He had 5.5 points on Abbott to start with. Jeremy clawed some of that back on GOEs, the PCS were kept quite close (Abbott beat Chan on Interpretation and matched him on Performance, but Skating Skills, Transitions and Choreography went to Chan.)
Dai had the worst of it, of course - the ur, the negative GOE on the quad for two-footing, the combo-less lutz. The judges actually placed him behind Abbott in PCS, which is surprising (if fair).
Chan's base value keeps him in the game. He had 5.5 points on Abbott to start with. Jeremy clawed some of that back on GOEs, the PCS were kept quite close (Abbott beat Chan on Interpretation and matched him on Performance, but Skating Skills, Transitions and Choreography went to Chan.)
Dai had the worst of it, of course - the ur, the negative GOE on the quad for two-footing, the combo-less lutz. The judges actually placed him behind Abbott in PCS, which is surprising (if fair).
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Very happy for Jeremy his short program was just wonderful. Not much that I can say about my favorite
Dai other than I hope he does better in the FS.
Dai other than I hope he does better in the FS.
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They say you can't judge speed well on video, but I can see Chan's. Whenever they turned the camera to him in the warmup you can see the boards just whizzing by.
I also thought Dai's quad was fully rotated. I'm beginning to see I suck at spotting URs.
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LOL! Never saw that before.
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Seriously, it's ridiculous how much better at blade-to-ice Chan is then the rest of the group. I don't mean to besmirch them, but his speed is obscene. He was thundering down the rink to that quad, and even then, he was doing it so effortlessly. I really don't see how a judge can give 7.5 for that in SS.
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Well, keep in mind, he did fall, which many have argued before should reflect in his skating skills scores.
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People are whining about Judge #5's marks for Chan, but are overlooking Judge #1 who gave him 9.75 on SS and 9.5 on everything else. Not to mention the fact that the same judge gave him +3 GOE on four elements and only a -1 for the boards fiasco. The point is that, yes, some judges scores are often questionable, but it works both ways.
