2021 Skate Canada: Men's Free Skate

[anonymoose_au]

Just a note.. Canada takes our Covid rules pretty seriously. Raf made what sounds like an honest mistake but mistakes have consequences.

Indeed, same here in Aussieland.

Poor Raf though, hope he doesn't feel too bad. I'm sure Nathan will be fine.

That was a good ending from Keiji!

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Keiji... lowest TES of the event methinks

 

[karne]

Keiji TANAKA (JPN)
Whiplash
in an absolute abomination of a orange/blue diagonal patterned shirt, suspenders, and orange-brown high-waisted pants. It is absolutely as bad as it sounds.

2S NOT an elegant pop
4S< fall
3A-2T
2Lz! big hesitation while he thought about a combo
FCSp
StSq
3A-1Eu-2S barely hung onto the axel
3F
3Lo
CSSp
ChSq
CCoSp

Ooof, a bit all over the place.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Just a note.. Canada takes our Covid rules pretty seriously. Raf made what sounds like an honest mistake but mistakes have consequences.

Definitely an honest mistake, since I read that they put up a sign afterward so no one else would make the same mistake Raf did.

 

[Supernovaimplosion]

Oh my god Morisi

 

[DonnaR]

International Figures Skating just posted this on Facebook:
"An unfortunate situation occurred for Nathan Chen's coach Rafael Arutyunyan last night after he stepped outside the restricted Skate Canada bubble area, which ended with his credential being revoked.

Arutyunyan, who went into the spectator stands to watch the ice dance competition, said event organizers forgot to mark the boundaries of the "bubble," something they later admitted. But as he had left the bubble it was not possible for him to re-enter it."

 

[YuBluByMe]

Never liked Tanaka (and he should’ve been in the last group instead of Yamamoto). But that was by far the best skating skills we’ve seen so far. It wasn’t even close.

 

[LadyB]

Only thing missing is the shag carpet.

Not sure what to make of this

 

[LiamV426]

For what it's worth I enjoyed Keiji's choreo sequence! Whiplash is an interesting choice of music, not easy to skate to cause it's so fast paced.

 

[auser]

Dynamic skate from Keiji..enjoyed the st sq.

 

[Weathergal]

I thought he was her jump coach and Massimo & Jeremy did edges and choreo

No, that's Lorenzo Magri, who coaches Daniel Grassl.

 

[mrrice]

what is stupid??? that he is not allowed on site or that he broke the bubble?

Fortunately, Nathan is used to training on his own and I think he'll be fine.

 

[Tinymavy15]

Out of curiosity--do the same "bubble" rules exist for all GP events or was this a Canada-specific requirement?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

in an absolute abomination of a orange/blue diagonal patterned shirt, suspenders, and orange-brown high-waisted pants. It is absolutely as bad as it sounds.

Which is worse?

 

[labgoat]

Just a note.. Canada takes our Covid rules pretty seriously. Raf made what sounds like an honest mistake but mistakes have consequences.

I am glad Canada is being very careful. I have family I love there.

 

[Ichatdelune]

Which is worse?

Are we doing a turd vs barf contest here

 

[anonymoose_au]

I'm starting to be amused by Simon's Moris stanning. I think he just likes saying the last name

Moris is cool though, so I will allow it

 

[3T3T]

This is a tough competition to watch. So many falls and errors. Can Morisi podium? Go Georgia

 

[el henry]

Out of curiosity--do the same "bubble" rules exist for all GP events or was this a Canada-specific requirement?

British Columbia, I believe.

 

[moonvine]

I'm on the "I just want my favorites to skate clean and if they get a medal that's fantastic" train. Makes watching them skate stressful, but means I can also enjoy other skaters as well.

I want everyone to skate their best and for my peeps to win every time. Surely that’s not too much to ask?