2021 Gran Premio d'Italia: Men's Free Skate

[anonymoose_au]

Simon jinxing the Russian men, one promising skater at a time

I knoooow what the Hell, man?

Goooo Yudong! Already loving the music.

 

[Beckaboomer]

Awwww I gotta miss the next few bc dinner is here. Good luck to Yuma and Yudong!

 

[el henry]

We love Russian coaches who know how to wear masks.

Well done, tall Gladiator. Mistakes, but fierce!

 

[elektra blue]

what are you looking for, Yudong? men consistency? i'm sorry my dear but it's nowhere to be found

 

[lariko]

Chen gets my vote for choice of music. I loooove that movie so much!

 

[Amei]

the first two quads looked really good! Also lutz loop and spins that weren't horrible, you have to appreciate it. Liked the program, too. And I'm beginning to realise that there are way too many good Russian men as well - I think I have about four I want to make the team as of right now.

Yes, but sadly they all seem to struggle with consistency and competition nerves. Like Aliev and Kolyada have the goods to be challenging Nathan/Yuzuru/Shoma for the top spot at events but their competition nerves always comes up to bite them

 

[Lutzedge]

Yaaaaaaassss! Petr!

Simon...don't make me come over there! Don't put so much pressure on Petr.

What did Simon say? I watch on Peacock, which has no commentary.

 

[Seven Sisters]

lovely spartacus... last time i heard this music was at ACI ... weaver and poje... they ditched the program after that event..

https://youtu.be/dlEfcC30mFA?t=4775

Also loved Tuktamysheva’s short to it last year—which she also ditched. To my regret

 

[Ichatdelune]

Dog barking sounds??

Burn more sage and light up more candles I'm getting the incense

Uh why is the TES box showing a 3A as a 2A

 

[anonymoose_au]

What did Simon say? I watch on Peacock, which has no commentary.

Oh just that Petr could be the next star of Russian men's skating. Which is a compliment I guess? But it always seems to be a jinx when it comes to Russian men these days.

 

[snowflake]

nono

 

[LadyB]

For a sec I thought he was wearing Boyang's top from yesterday!

 

[Ichatdelune]

Sorry @elektra blue but I am House Daineko from this day until the last of my days. Where is she anyway? My coach-in-law should I say?

My fave from the Veronika Daineko team is Andrei Kutovoy and I have been missing him quite a bit

 

[elektra blue]

oh dear...what a disaster...

 

[lariko]

Welcome to the club!

Yes, we have jackets and buttons.

 

[labgoat]

Some folk dancing! Yay fun!

 

[gsk8]

#PetrGumennik #GPItaly FS (149.95/226.76) "My performance was a little bit bad and I think that the problem is that I spent a lot of time to learn and improve my jumps. Now I think that I should use more time to skate both my programs all the way through as I feel tired afterwards."

 

[ladykk]

Another messy skate! Hopefully Yuma can save this group.

 

[Fluture]

this is...not going well. Poor guy

 

[anonymoose_au]

Also loved Tuktamysheva’s short to it last year—which she also ditched. To my regret

I knoooow that was so sad! And they replaced it with Billie Eilish (which now appears as a suggestion on my phone when I type it ), but at least it was the song of hers I like.

Yudong having a rough time here, still I'm enjoying his work.