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2018 NHK Men's Short Program

Ichatdelune

Long live the Queen and her successors
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I am sure I didn't drink anything but I don't feel sober. What in the world just happened with the men here...
 

CaroLiza_fan

MINIOL ALATMI REKRIS · EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA
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Oct 25, 2012
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Today goes to the silver foxes!

Japan loves the veteran competitors. Their own silver foxes stuck around for years (e.g. Takahashi, Oda, etc.) and, now that they are not here, it is the Russian silver foxes that are getting all the love (Voronov, Leonova, dare I say Tuktamysheva :eek: )

Glad to see it! :biggrin:

Because a skater is for life, not just for the Olympics. :agree:

CaroLiza_fan
 

LadyB

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I have absolutely nothing against Shoma, but this is... taking the ultimate biscuit!!! A round of new specs for the judges, please!!! :furious:
 

Interspectator

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Dec 25, 2012
Today goes to the silver foxes!

Japan loves the veteran competitors. Their own silver foxes stuck around for years (e.g. Takahashi, Oda, etc.) and, now that they are not here, it is the Russian silver foxes that are getting all the love (Voronov, Leonova, dare I say Tuktamysheva :eek: )

Glad to see it! :biggrin:

Because a skater is for life, not just for the Olympics. :agree:

CaroLiza_fan

Leonova too. A great and supportive crowd.
 

tabsy

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United-Kingdom
So ... predictions on when we'll see Shoma do a fully clean short? Because it has so much potential
 

TallyT

Unblushingly Biased
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Apr 23, 2018
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Australia
But anyway, tough day guys. Shoma will slay the FS.

Actually I'm worried for him, he seems to have been having serious and exhausting problems with the time change and I thought he'd build up in the short as a cushion. He doesn't have that now...

I hope he and Voronov do great tomorrow, I love them both.
 

CaroLiza_fan

MINIOL ALATMI REKRIS · EZETTIE LATUASV IVAKMHA
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Leonova too. A great and supportive crowd.

Erm, I did include her in my post! ;) :biggrin:

Japanese crowds are always great. I love the way that they support everybody, not just their own competitors.

And that goes for every sport that I watch. :agree: :bow: :clap: :points:

CaroLiza_fan
 

NoNameFace

GS given name - Beatrice
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Nov 12, 2012
Today goes to the silver foxes!

Japan loves the veteran competitors. Their own silver foxes stuck around for years (e.g. Takahashi, Oda, etc.) and, now that they are not here, it is the Russian silver foxes that are getting all the love (Voronov, Leonova, dare I say Tuktamysheva :eek: )

Glad to see it! :biggrin:

Because a skater is for life, not just for the Olympics. :agree:

CaroLiza_fan

I feel that Liza belongs to that group maybe not strictly by age, but by the experience of lows and ups, being back in the competition after rocky season, trying to raise again. I love revival of all these skaters!
 

Baron Vladimir

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Dec 18, 2014
Well, in this instance I would say it's not so much Japan, and quite a bit more Shoma ...

Well, prior to this they basically gave Satoko the same score Liza (with clean 3A) got, put Mihara in 3rd (over clean Eunsoon) and Kihira in 5th (over clean Leonova), so :biggrin:
 

twirlingblades

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Apr 2, 2016
I'm not usually a stickler for GOE stuff, but Shoma's Flip getting a 2.2??? It was under, for one thing, but that landing... definitely generous on that jump.
 

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!
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Dec 27, 2009
A second U.S. technical specialist who nails Vincent's TES. The irony is palpable.
 
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