2021 Skate Canada: Men's Short Program

[elektra blue]

boys got to be boys and splat all over the ice with a few remarkable exceptions. but it's 01:07 am here and i'm calling it a night. see you tomorrow in Kazakhstan. love you all!

 

[ladyjane]

Good for Nathan! Back on track. He skated well. I can't but help liking Jason's skate more but Nathan doesn't only have quads (though those are superb when he's on as he was now) but has a lot of other excellent parts in his skating too. Fierce today, and that's good.

 

[Arriba627]

Welcome back Nathan. We knew you never left! Quite a different skate than what we saw at Sk Amer. Controversial probably, but I STILL like Nemesis.

 

[Lutzedge]

A great rebound for Nathan to be in 1st place! Nice fight back.

 

[ana]

Nathan and Jason

 

[Jammers]

Some tight landings on the quads but he fought and landed them this is a good start to his Olympic journey.

 

[soccerjc77]

Jason Brown and Alexandra Trusova need to mix their gene and it will create a amazing athlete !

 

[readernick]

(also, salty fan warning - does every WC get a PCS bonus except for S/H???)

Pairs judging tends to be more fair. You don't get the same PCS inflation. I like the way pairs is judged ( Usually) but indeed it is sad for S/H.

 

[Ichatdelune]

So what do I do with this one hour, I'm too caffeinated to take a nap gaah

 

[TontoK]

Welcome back Nathan. We knew you never left! Quite a different skate than what we saw at Sk Amer. Controversial probably, but I STILL like Nemesis.

I don't mind the Nemesis cut at the end. But that opening... that's really awful skating music.

 

[Lutzedge]

The amount of cheers for Keegan gave me shivers!

 

[rollerblade]

Good to see Jason win on PCS, barely but he did win it.

Jason is missing the not-so-hidden Quad Component Score.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Thanks heavens, although this means NBC will now reinstate their policy that all skating coverage must include the words "Nathan" and "quad" no fewer than fifteen times per hour.

Oh that is the worst For some reason in Aus we get a lot of US focus at the Olympics. I felt so awful for Nathan after the SP in Korea. I was so happy when he roared back in the FS!

But yeah Aussie and US broadcasters have that in common..they go waaaaay overboard with coverage, the pressure is too much.

Or do all countries do that? Please advise.

Now see 12 points is too big a lead although Nathan did bring the quads and the step sequence was good, Jason's overall presentation was leaps ahead.

Petition for separate TES and PCS judging panels!

 

[YuBluByMe]

Good competition; it was definitely better than the hot mess SP that was Skate America. Ignatov surprised me. That 4Lo was on point and I think his score should be a 2-3 points higher. I thought it’ll break 90, but his PCS was too low. Semeneko’s score, on the other hand, should be a bit lower. He was skating in mud. But he’s definitely trying to improve on everything else. I noticed his spins look better than they did at Worlds.

 

[LiamV426]

Welcome back Nathan. We knew you never left! Quite a different skate than what we saw at Sk Amer. Controversial probably, but I STILL like Nemesis.

I still love Nemesis! It's that first song that ruins the overall effect for me.

 

[soccerjc77]

Makar mark was underscore to me. I would have put him much closer to Keegan.

 

[Jontor]

Jason Brown and Alexandra Trusova need to mix their gene and it will create a amazing athlete !

I don't think they are each others types

 

[florin]

I wonder what Ignatov needs to do to get the same GOE for his awesome 4Lo as Brown gets for his 3F? How do we say - "to give birth to a child on ice"?

 

[yume]

So the only ones who were clean are Nathan and Makar. Brown too with the lowest jump difficulty. Not a very good competition but not a splatfest either.
I would have put Makar in the 90 zone.

 

[LadyB]

That was quite a finale! Looking forward to FS.
Now I'm hoping to stay awake for Ice Dance, as I want to get all emotional for Piper and Paul!