Artur was very, very robbed!!!!! Russian judges have no shame to award Plushenko's programs, worst he ever had, those marks.
Why did Evgeni drop Zhulin's program, it was great!!!!!???????? :disapp:
Stamina issues probably.
With all due respect Plushenko was gifted. Jump landings ok. Rotation good. No edges in his crossovers and nothing between elements except showboating. I don't understand that the russian federation are encouraging this type of skating by their men ??? Plushy needs to work on PCS. It is more important this season than ever.
The program was a bit empty but the music had some nice accents.
His 3A is as good as it can get. Nobody does it better than him
Plushenko's program was totally empty. Basic choreography, no transitions, skated right through the music.
His jump technique is incredible and he can still land his stuff but as far as PCS go, this is even less of an effort than his Vancouver programs.
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exactly, same goes for any country with its comeback icons/stars
but I agree, Zhenya needs more time and improvement for PCS , but given its his first competition
maybe he opt not to have everything yet, he did say he is still needs to work on improvements and has a lot of catching up to do with the young ones. lol
Fernandez has been getting LP scores in the 160s though, and isn't that the equivalent of about 190 at Russian Nats? Whether he can handle the pressure as a (the?) favorite is another matter.He won't have much competition at Euros though, given how inconsistent Joubert and Amodio have been of late (well in case of Joubert, before his injury, he's only competed once this season).