2018 Internationaux de France Men's Free Skate

[Ravyn Rant]

I agree. Except I don't have coffee, just a cat who meowed to wake me up at 4:49, which is either awesome or an incredibly unnerving sign of higher cat intelligence.

That's great that your cat knows how to tell time. Our Starlett O'Hairbag woke us up at 3.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Work finished, what did I miss?

 

[Interspectator]

Man with the best vest!
Goooo Keiji!

 

[satine]

Everyone gather round for Keiji, who will shatter my heart and break my soul once again today :disagree:

 

[century2009]

Work finished, what did I miss?

Daniel being Daniel unfortunately

 

[DSQ]

Why do people skate so close to the boards?

 

[Interspectator]

Beautiful 3A and spirited stepsequence. Mandatory pop.

-Quite messy on the landings today.

Keiji has good skating skills and upper body movement, but I don't think he has an innate sense of rhythm so even though he's doing the right things, it's not syncing up with the music. JMO.

 

[sk8ath]

Keiji.... = =

 

[Mrs. P]

I like Keiji, but this program just makes me miss Nobu and his bid adorable grin when he did the step sequence.
#UNRETIRENOBU

 

[brens78]

oh dear! is Internationaux de France trying to outdo NHK with the Mens?

 

[DSQ]

Everyone gather round for Keiji, who will shatter my heart and break my soul once again today :disagree:

He’s much more loose than in Helsinki. Although music choice...

 

[rachno2]

That first 3A was gorgeous. Hopefully the rink monster will take pity on the rest of the men
The music feels a little too big for him

 

[karne]

Keiji TANAKA (JPN)
William Tell Overture
in cream blouse with leather ties at wrists, and black waistcoat over the top with gold appliques and red sides, gold collar detail

aaaaaaaaaaaand my stream glitches again
have to reload
3S-2T
CSSp
StSq
3A step out + REP
3Lz step out into the boards
3F-3T
FCSp
3Lo very on the toe
ChSq
CCoSp

oooh dear again

 

[cathlen]

If anyone needs stream, I watch here: https://ok.ru/live/1361532296723

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Thank God mens competition is first on the meni. Their usual splatfest is not a good choice for a desert

 

[NoNameFace]

Keiji was enjoyable, shame about mistakes, but I really like step sequence in this program.

 

[satine]

Ok, Keiji had 54 TES and 126 TSS for his FS in Helsinki. Today, it was an improvement- 62 TES and 136 TSS

 

[DSQ]

The quality of the camera that’s trained on the skaters feet is the best quality it’s been all season.

 

[champagnerain]

I actually considered that very successful for Keiji, because even though so many of his landings were messy, at least he didn't pop half his jumps into singles and doubles. I grade Keiji on a sliding scale.

 

[Ichatdelune]

So did Tanaka Keiji pop his jumps again? Is IdF trying to outdo NHK and Rostelecom?