2015 Russian Nationals Mens FS

[Alba]

Maksim:
Максим КОВТУН 173.38 82.68 90.70 9.07 8.82 9.14 9.11 9.21

only 9 point lower in TES than Voronov

Yep, only.

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

PCS basically gave Kovtun the win. Sigh.

I guess you could argue that if Voronov himself weren't inflated. Scores were ridiculously inflated (for both Kovtun and Voronov), but overall the judges got it correct. Could have gone either way, so a virtual tie makes sense. Seems like Kovtun's second quad in the SP did make a diff in the long run.

 

[Alba]

Where is TAT, with Kovtun? :sarcasm:

 

[Sandpiper]

Artur: Awesome quad salchow at beginning, awesome ending step sequence, but everything in between... And why is the Russian commentator rambling on about Kovtun/Voronov during Artur's skate? Let the guy skate!

So sad to see him try to put on a cheerful face in the K&C.

 

[Mrs. P]

I guess you could argue that if Voronov himself weren't inflated. Scores were ridiculously inflated (for both Kovtun and Voronov), but overall the judges got it correct. Could have gone either way, so a virtual tie makes sense. Seems like Kovtun's second quad in the SP did make a diff in the long run.

They're inflated, of course. But they're virtually the same to me in PCS. Both of them stalk their jumps. It's not like Kovtun has a ton of extra transitions.

 

[sabinfire]

Sloppy jumps to start.

 

[Crossover]

Gachinskiy's FP was beautiful but should've landed his jumps.

Voronov was beaten to Kovtun? hahaha

 

[HanDomi]

oopps Petrov bombing

 

[Poice]

Petrov...:hopelessness:

 

[karne]

So, is Kovtun going to complain about inflation in Japanese national again after this?

Probably. He's such an arrogant so-and-so he probably believe he beat Voronov fair and square.


Artur...

 

[Meoima]

Where is TAT, with Kovtun? :sarcasm:

Well... That might be it.

 

[Sandpiper]

My stream died just as Sasha missed the second axel. *sigh* This isn't even going to end on a high note?

 

[karne]

It's not fair. Artur is so much better than Kovtun that it's not funny.

 

[Alba]

Well... That might be it.

She was speaking about Kovtun, again, before the nationals. I wonder if she is coaching, mentoring Artur or not? Not a word about him.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

and here the disaster starts...

If you mean Russia's chances at Worlds, then yep.

I still can't forgive the Federation for losing all the extra slots because they insisted on sending Kovtun to Worlds in 2013 instead of Voronov or Menshov.

Kovtun just wasn't experienced enough at that stage to have all that reponsibility placed on him.

And if you mean this thread is going to turn into a disaster, then yep again!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[sabinfire]

My Sportbox.ru died, as well. But ESPN3 still up.

You aren't missing much. Petrov just took another big spill.

 

[Meoima]

So, is Kovtun going to complain about inflation in Japanese national again after this?

if Kovtun dare utter a single word about inflation in other Nationnals ever again...

 

[karne]

I guess you could argue that if Voronov himself weren't inflated. Scores were ridiculously inflated (for both Kovtun and Voronov), but overall the judges got it correct. Could have gone either way, so a virtual tie makes sense. Seems like Kovtun's second quad in the SP did make a diff in the long run.

Ha! Hypocrite! Yesterday I said that Plushenko deserved his marks because of how inflated Kovtun was, and you called me an idiot. Today, you're scrambling around saying that Kovtun deserved his marks because Voronov was inflated! How is that any different? It's not. At least the judges gave a fair result last year. This year's is anything but fair!

 

[sabinfire]

Petrov finished with about 60 TES. And he started dancing after his program ended.

 

[makaihime]

if Kovtun ever utters a word about inflation in other Nationnals...

Which has absolutely nothing to do with him at all to begin with...:scratch: lol Such a weird thing to complain about though.