2014 Cup of China Practice sessions?

lbc2138 · Nov 6, 2014

NMURA said:
TV Asahi reports

Hanyu tried the 4S six times, three of them were hand down or rotated falls
so he landed three times successfully?

Hmm, I remember him saying that whenever he has a bad practice for certain jumps he usually lands it during the competition, lets hope it holds through!

And I'm loving Han Yan's new FP, way better than last season's.

I wonder how Kovtun will do, he's always either a full on hit or miss (hopefully the former).

Good for Nam! Pretty good senior debut so far if you ask me.

silverfoxes · Nov 6, 2014

I saw this on Kovtun's VK page: Some Tweets from Asahi TV's Correspondent. https://twitter.com/figureskate5ch Kovtun is planning 5 quads total in his short and free. He landed 4T twice. He popped His 4S A few Times But Also Landed A few. He Landed A 4S-3T Beautifully. ________________________________________ Translations: Kovtun plans only 5 quads in the short and the long program, he sang -dy 2 4t, 4c several times with a landing, very nice performed 4c-3T!

I'm not really a fan of his, but I'm also extremely curious to see how he will do. He didn't skate at the Russian test skates or any competitions this season, and supposedly he had/has boot issues. Part of me would like to see him do well just because I'm afraid he may be the only chance for a Russian man in the GPF.

demarinis5 · Nov 6, 2014

Thanks for the reports. I am looking forward to seeing what Ricky Dornbush can do here, love his FP.

deedee1 · Nov 6, 2014

FSGMT said:
Anything about the girls?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ6ZyuqrCF0 From 5:27, you will see some girls at today's official practice.

Julia is a lady now. :yes:

adelia · Nov 6, 2014

gallavich said:
I saw this on Kovtun's VK page: Some Tweets from Asahi TV's Correspondent. https://twitter.com/figureskate5ch Kovtun is planning 5 quads total in his short and free. He landed 4T twice. He popped His 4S A few Times But Also Landed A few. He Landed A 4S-3T Beautifully. ________________________________________ Translations: Kovtun plans only 5 quads in the short and the long program, he sang -dy 2 4t, 4c several times with a landing, very nice performed 4c-3T!

I'm not really a fan of his, but I'm also extremely curious to see how he will do. He didn't skate at the Russian test skates or any competitions this season, and supposedly he had/has boot issues. Part of me would like to see him do well just because I'm afraid he may be the only chance for a Russian man in the GPF.

I don't like him. But I'm quite confident he will finish on the podium at this event. And I don't think he will even need to land all 5 quads to get a medal.

Sasha'sSpins · Nov 6, 2014

deedee1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ6ZyuqrCF0 From 5:27, you will see some girls at today's official practice. Julia is a lady now. :yes:

Thank you. A brief glimpse of the girls - I wish we could get more reports. I'd love to know how Polina's practice went.

samson · Nov 6, 2014

Did Yuzu do a triple axel, half loop, triple salchow?? :jaw:

HanDomi · Nov 6, 2014

samson said:
Did Yuzu do a triple axel, half loop, triple salchow??

Yes, and almost from no speed, very interesting transition connected with choreography

elif · Nov 6, 2014

SD practice of Ilinykh/Zhiganshin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwTGX6Pnaw&feature=youtu.be

Totentanz · Nov 6, 2014

elif said:
SD practice of Ilinykh/Zhiganshin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwTGX6Pnaw&feature=youtu.be

Amazing!!! :love:

Alba · Nov 6, 2014

This is Yulia's LP practice: http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:0036bb78ab4b03867d89f40b2623ad4e
Lower quality on dailymotion if you have problems with weibo: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29gty7_yulya-lipnitskaya-fs-practice-cup-of-china-2014_sport

Spiral: https://8chan.co/yulia/src/1415310050212-0.webm
StSeq: https://2ch.hk/sp/src/324056/14152885045400.webm

Kittosuni · Nov 6, 2014

That last part of I/Z sd program is pretty good

bramweld · Nov 6, 2014

Kittosuni said:
That last part of I/Z sd program is pretty good

Lovely choreography. They really capture the mood and feel of the music, a really, really vibrant paso doble.

Kittosuni · Nov 6, 2014

I want to reserve my judgement about I/Z dance but one thing really struck me is that they really got the spanish feel/flair. Yulia's always beautiful i just wish she holds her positions longer

MizukiS · Nov 6, 2014

Alba said:
This is Yulia's LP practice: http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034:0036bb78ab4b03867d89f40b2623ad4e
Lower quality on dailymotion if you have problems with weibo: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x29gty7_yulya-lipnitskaya-fs-practice-cup-of-china-2014_sport

Spiral: https://8chan.co/yulia/src/1415310050212-0.webm
StSeq: https://2ch.hk/sp/src/324056/14152885045400.webm

I love the music - 'A Time for Us'. I hope Yulia will have a good program w/ this. She looks good in practice. I'm just a bit bothered w/ other skaters skating so close to her in some area. Shouldn't they at least give her enough space since it's her music being played?

Alba · Nov 6, 2014

MizukiS said:
I love the music - 'A Time for Us'. I hope Yulia will have a good program w/ this. She looks good in practice. I'm just a bit bothered w/ other skaters skating so close to her in some area. Shouldn't they at least give her enough space since it's her music being played?

Yep, I was a bit bothered with them as well.
Anyway, I didn't know what to expect from her LP.
I had no idea about the music cut and how the choreo would look like. But like it very much, from that little I can see of course.
I hope she does well.

Icey · Nov 6, 2014

MizukiS said:
I love the music - 'A Time for Us'. I hope Yulia will have a good program w/ this. She looks good in practice. I'm just a bit bothered w/ other skaters skating so close to her in some area. Shouldn't they at least give her enough space since it's her music being played?

That always bothers me too. It is really surprising there aren't more collisions. Seems there ought to be some way to restrict the other skaters to a certain portion of the ice, maybe the outside edges.

flying camel · Nov 6, 2014

I was just saying that. She looked to be fighting for space at times. But I love that music also. Its so beautiful.

MizukiS · Nov 6, 2014

Alba said:
Yep, I was a bit bothered with them as well.
Anyway, I didn't know what to expect from her LP.
I had no idea about the music cut and how the choreo would look like. But like it very much, from that little I can see of course.
I hope she does well.

It's a cut from Romeo & Juliet OST. The program seems promising and with this type of music, it's easy for me to like it. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Gorgeous ina bauer too!

Alba · Nov 6, 2014

MizukiS said:
It's a cut from Romeo & Juliet OST. The program seems promising and with this type of music, it's easy for me to like it. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Gorgeous ina bauer too!

Yes, but it's not the same cut she used for her junior LP, if I'm not mistaken?
There were interruptions here so I'm not sure, but it looked different to me.

Icey said:
It is really surprising there aren't more collisions.

I was on the edge the whole time. :slink:

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