Adam Rippon
Opening with a smooth 2A. Well-landed 3F+3Lo, rare combo. Great 2A to follow into a balanced camel spin with nice positions. Soft and subtle footwork with attention to the hand movements. Squeaked out the 3A+2T+2Lo, might be < on the 2Lo. Stronger second 3A, also might be <. Solid 3F+3T combo. Clean 3S as well. Nice wallie into the 3Lz. Fast spins to end the program with that stunning layback spin.
I put Adam Rippon and Misha Ge in the same breath. Beautiful, soft skating that may be without the quad but is fantastic and effortless to experience. It won't reach the technical heights of his American counterparts, Zhou and Chen, but a fairly clean performance that he should be happy with to end his career. An artist, through and through. Thank you, Adam, for your skating and for unabashedly being yourself.