I'm predicting Kazuki for bronze right now. Majorov, frankly, I have a hard time imagining not dropping down the ordinals a few places; I don't think he'll be able to keep it competitive in the free.And I'm still smiling over Kazuki, but feeling for Keegan and Mikhail. Will hope they and the other guys who splatted will do better in the free. I do think Keegan has steadier nerves than most (could be wrong) so he may pull up. But I would love Kazuki to keep - or better - his 4th place, so.....
OMG! Yes, Yuzuru was fantastic but what struck me like a thunder was Artur Dimitriev's combination. I still don't understand how is it possible to jump 3Lz3F.
Assuming Keegan can have a half-decent skate, I don't think getting to fourth place is particularly implausible for him, looking at some of the people he'd need to leapfrog to do that. That's the benefit of banking a silver medal at your first event.
Quick question for the mods, I have a link to a news article that is about Yuzu but has some lovely pictures of Kazuki, can I link it in his fan fest as well?
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/...with-riveting-short-program.html?photo=219667
It’s actually not that great a trick, as landing the 3Lz forces a landing on the wrong edge, which is a mandatory negative GOE bullet (offset against any positive ones). Not sure what the point of including it in the short is — if you want to style in the free, sure, but you’re better off locking up every point you possibly can in the short.
The EuroSport guys said that you need to land the Lz on the other leg (it makes no sense for me, as changing the foot gives a different jump). Anyway landing uses the outside edge and flip inside, but about which leg is used to land or for the starting of the Flip. Normally the Flip can be done after an Euler, but that's not possible in the SP. Still the combination exists and is highly rewarded.
OMG! Yes, Yuzuru was fantastic but what struck me like a thunder was Artur Dimitriev's combination. I still don't understand how is it possible to jump 3Lz3F.
I wish people would stop treating Yuzuru like a God. It is almost scare how people worship him. Yes, he is a great skater but he hasn't solved cancer or famine or brought world peace (I know someone might disagree lol). Yes he is in a class of his own but let's not deify him.