2018 Olympic Figure Skating Team Event Day 3

[cheerknithanson]

Are they going to resurface the ice after this?

Also I'm hoping SO hard that Mirai NAILS it.

 

[Amei]

My mom is watching with me and is baffled the people who fell are ahead of Adam and Matteo.

Well the NBC commentators have been good about explaining that it's better to fall on more difficult jumps vs. cleanly landing easier jumps

 

[twirlingblades]

So Adam has this "UR" that no one here saw and gets 172 for an exquisite and engaging performance
Patrick, meanwhile, has 4 errors: stepout on 4T, those 3A, and hand on 3Lo and gets 179 for a disengaged and rather bland "performance". Okay, judges. You do you.
Jason would've SLAYED here...

Eh.... Jason can’t really consistently jump anymore, even triples. I don’t think he could’ve done better than Adam here.

 

[da96103]

Ah well Keiji, this isn't that important anyway. Just do it like a practice.

 

[silverfoxes]

I knew the men's winner would win with a sloppy skate since there were only 5 and well...this is the new normal. I figured it would be Kolyada though.

 

[chopinskate]

What a terrible men's event.

 

[Mista Ekko]

Canand is 7 points ahead of Russia now

And it will be ahead in Ice dance, And Ladies can only be a 4 point difference

So it is now mathematically impossible for them to lose

(Unless Virtue and Moir fall 3 times , But honestly even then)

 

[Yatagarasu]

Live Yuzudaughter Commentary: “Is that Yuzuru? No. Another guy who isn’t Yuzuru? Ok I’m going to bed, I’m bored now.”

I love your child. Tell her tomorrow, if someone films his first practice!

 

[casken]

I love Rippon, but that performance was uncomfortably slow at times, and like someone else said, almost devoid of transitions.

He's going to need a quad, and a way faster and more confident performance to have any shot at a medal.

 

[ks777]

Tanaka didn't help the US at all... a horrible skate.

 

[rain]

10 points for Chan! I'm so thrilled for him. Totally deserved. Nobody skates like he does, no matter how many quads they can do. That footwork sequence, in a perfect world, would have the same value as 2 quads.

 

[sequinsgalore]

5 TANAKA Keiji (JPN)

Music: Amarcord by Nino Rota
Le Notti di Cabiria by Nino Rota
La Paaserella di Otto e Mezzo by Nino Rota

Blue jacket, black pants

2S - pop
2S - pop
3A
CSSp
StSq
4T - fall
3A+2T+1Lo
3F+3T
FCSp
3Lo
3Lz
ChSq
CCoSp

Really costly mistakes on his quads, he takes to his head

FS: 72.02+77.34-1.00 = 148.36, 5/5

 

[icybear]

Twitter is confused why Rippon was scored below Kolyada. This sport must look bonkers to the casual viewers

 

[da96103]

Well the NBC commentators have been good about explaining that it's better to fall on more difficult jumps vs. cleanly landing easier jumps

That doesn't sound very encouraging for people to watch figure skating.

 

[GGFan]

Keiji program and music felt a bit superficial after the last three programs. Hopefully he skates better in the individual

 

[Bluediamonds09]

It has been all season. Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe he’s landed that first quad once.

But nothing will change unless some big and important people express outrage. I want Kwan and Cohen and Hamilton and Oprah and Prince Harry to make a statement!!!!!

 

[kevinVchicago]

Too bad for Keiji :/
Hopefully he'll peak in the real event.

 

[kresslia]

What a terrible men's event.

They always are. The difficulty is just too much.

Either you get clean, easy skates, or difficult, messy skates.

 

[rlopen]

I've never seen a great Nina Rota-based program. I don't think his music is right for skating. Even the artistic god Daisuke Takahashi couldn't make La Strada work for me entirely =/

Marin Honda's Romeo and Juliet!!!!!

 

[Roast Toast]

Rizzo only one placement behind Adam. Italy is still in this, it all hangs on Caro and Mirai.