2018 NHK Men's Short Program

[satine]

Old wives tale of figure skating holds true. When the women do well, the men bomb, and always vice versa.:gaah:

 

[sequinsgalore]

5 Yaroslav PANIOT (UKR)

Music: Romeo and Juliet Ouverture by P.I. Tchaikovski

Black outfit

3F - popped quad, hangs on
4T+3T
FCSp4
1A*
CSSp3
StSq3
CCoSp3

2 pops, the last one especially costly

SP: 34.16+34.43 = 68.59, 3/5

 

[kevinVchicago]

Terrible shame about the popped 3A. Even though I felt it coming from a mile away. He would have probably gone into 1st :/

 

[karne]

Yaroslav PANIOT (UKR)
Romeo and Juliet
in black top with mesh sleeves and criss-cross tie cutouts

3F whoa big
4T-3T very nice
FCSp
1A* oh no
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp
aaaand he dies

Ugh, that Axel!

 

[tabsy]

Cmon, Yaroslav, make like Ivan your countryman did yesterday and go clean

Ivan Shmuratko? I liked him on the JGP if that is who you mean. Where did he skate?

 

[kevinVchicago]

Yarik has an interesting entry into the 4T.

 

[twirlingblades]

2 pops, lost a loooooot of BV

 

[lavenderblossom]

Ivan Shmuratko? I liked him on the JGP if that is who you mean. Where did he skate?

At Volvo Open, I believe he was 1st after short with a score of 76.xx. Haven't checked if he's skated today yet.

 

[Noxchild]

Men's short already struggling and messy compared to ladies', sigh...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Ouch, a whole jump not counted plus wonky 3A. That's going to hurt.

Riverdance in a purple costume... Kazuki is wearing green, and Jason Brown the lord of Riverdance wore green. I think I'll need to watch Jason again come to think of it.

Personally, I can forgive Kevin for not wearing a green costume. Because I have a big lecture brewing in my head for the next time we see Kazuki, about him choosing the wrong shade of green!

It matters.

At least Kevin has the advantage of having an Ulsterman in his coaching team, who can explain these things. :agree:

CaroLiza_fan

 

[anonymoose_au]

OMG June looks just darling!

His little ascot!

 

[auser]

But the smile, the cheer and the clap were on point! And so many Canadian flags with 'C'mon Kevin Reynolds' poster/banner!

I enjoyed his skate and have always had a bit of an envy thing about his hair

 

[kevinVchicago]

I miss the little guy from South Korea who cut his hand and was bleeding all over the ice at 4CC last season. He's so good. Can he come skate next please?

 

[tabsy]

At Volvo Open, I believe he was 1st after short with a score of 76.xx. Haven't checked if he's skated today yet.

I'll keep an eye out! Thanks

 

[Interspectator]

Stop falling,
-oooh, final combo is a beauty! Thank you.

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Yeah, Empress easily beat this entire group

 

[draqq]

June Hyoung Lee

- Fall on the opening 3A, wild lean in the air (-5)
- Ouch, a fall on the 3Lo as well (-5)
- Struggle on the catchfoot in the camel spin but okay center (+1)
- Better 3F+3T (+2)
- Weak pop-over but fairly good positions (+0)
- Nice feeling and careful placement of the steps, good attention to the lyrics, Level 4! (+3)
- Fair speed and alright positions through the spin, stopping right with the music (+1)

I actually like his feeling and attention to this music. Just a shame on the first two jumps.

 

[sequinsgalore]

6 June Hyoung LEE (KOR)

Music: Eternally by Il Volo

Grey vest over white shirt, red tie, black pants

3A - fall
3Lo - fall
FCSp4
3F+3T
CSSp4
StSq4
CCoSp4

2 falls to start, sadly

FS: 33.69+34.47-2.00 = 66.16, 5/6

 

[karne]

June Hyoung LEE (KOR)
Eternally
in grey waistcoat over white shirt and dark red wide tie, bedazzled white lace detail across back of shoulders

3A fall
3Lo fall
FCSp
why is there lace across his shoulders. i don't understand.
3F-3T
CSSp
StSq
CCoSp

Nice recovery!

 

[Ichatdelune]

Oh dear, not the day for Junhyeong... I do love how passionate he is on the ice, he'll make a great choreographer when he retires (that is, if he decides to become one).

Major props to the Japanese announcers for being the most correct in Korean skaters' names, it's probably because we're close to Japan, but it's still nice to hear the skater being announced and not wince.