Lajoie Lagha finished 2nd with 141.20, and Stairs Royer 3rd with 136.20. So 2 medals for Canada!
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Lajoie Lagha finished 2nd with 141.20, and Stairs Royer 3rd with 136.20. So 2 medals for Canada!
No video of Yanovskaya and Lucaks?
In the flawless short consisting of four triples, the 19 years old from Québec, skated to "For me" and I was really impressed how much grace he had in his program, how creative the spins were and in general, how different he skated to so many others around his age, when quite often the programs have strong jumps, but the actual choreography´s can lack a little bit behind.
Not so here, however, as it was a calm and thoughtful skate, yet with lot´s of speed, while he skated a totally different program to Elvis in the Free, showing how versatile this young Canadian actually is.
A young men, that If we look back a few months, was out due to an ankle injury, that he picked up while attempting a quad toe, making him miss the whole JGP season and you would think that it could show, but it absolutely didn´t.
While he skipped the quad loop at Oberstdorf, he was so fun to watch, as seen with the transition to "that´s all right", when he breaks down accordingly to the music only to instantly get up and party his butt off with us in the crowd!
He has all these little pictures, those moments in his programs, things that you will always remember, like the hand going through his hair, the slower passages during "through troubled water" and he can really fill a whole venue with his presence, speeding up and slowing down accordingly to the music - which is so much harder to do than just going full throttle all the time and where this guy takes the energy from, for that last minute is unbelievable!
There was no fatigue or lack of power in the entire program, he sold every part of it and might could have gone on with the show, for another minute. Said show, however, still continued as we had a Canadian Sweep in the junior men, with Conrad Orzel coming second and Joseph Phan third, both with a quad toe in the Free!
Wow, this is an excellent article, Alex D! :clapper: It's so detailed that I almost feel like I'm at the competition. Your insight on these skaters is very valuable considering that only a small number of performances from this competition were uploaded on YouTube.
Out of curiosity, is your column published online elsewhere (even if it's not in English)? I want to share it with one of my Facebook friends who's not on the GS forum, so I was wondering if it's also available on another website, blog, etc.
Is it alright that I correct the minor errors in this section and then post it in Nicolas Nadeau's Fan Fest thread? I'll obviously add a link to your original article and mention that I had reworded it slightly.
Yes sure, you can do that. I am curious about the corrections too! as I always try to improve my own language skills.
Thanks for your permission. I'm almost done, but there's one part where I need your clarification. When you say, "when he breaks down accordingly to the music", do you mean that Nic fell exactly on the beat of the music?
Hallo Alex , Thanks for your excellent Column:thumbsup: , next Time, hope you will take a cup of coffee , can you give me please your web site , I can send you more about Dora. Best Regards
Hehe, I actually noticed that "breaks down", might sound a bit strange! He did not fall, but he took a break in his performance (we in music refer to that as a breakdown), to then start with those dance moves, he has done this prior to the Lutz, but also later between the final spins, which I would refer to as a choreographed sequence.
Overall, he understood very well, when to take the foot of the gas, while going full throttle at other times. The music was always present in his skating.
I need to edit this later, thanks for pointing it out!