I couldn't believe S/K team were placed higher than G/P of Canada. I re watched G/P and I didn't see any missteps. Katsalapov looked a little sloppy compared to his partner. G/P were quick and smooth as ever...oh well it's the Olympics Ice Dance. I wasn't crazy about H/D of USA either, but then again I'm not a Janet Jackson fan.
I love both, but Uno has this absolutely awesome ability to move to music, whatever music they play for him. Chen is an athlete out of this world. And, yup, I totally see how his back-loaded combo is scoring more, and should, but Uno was pure distilled joy.
you may try ISU link
)I agree to me they always look sloppy. I know H/D have great skills but I never really enjoy their skating. I don't know why but I am not a fan of H/D
I don't usually enjoy pairs as much as the other disciplines, but I loved Sui and Han and thought Knierim/Frazier were very good.
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Lots of new personal bests and great performances!
Nathan Chen climbed near Yuzuru Hanyu's record SP scored of 111.82 (111.71) - This is going to be exciting!
Sui and Han did fabulous! I'm hoping the rest of their performances will be just as good! Mishina and Galliamov got a new PB and Knierim/Frazier did a great job as did Miura/Kihara.
And DANCE
What are your thoughts of Day 1?
YAY
let's thank Canada for bombing then Thank you to our beloved Canadian athletes from 2022 ! Your counterperformance now shows how much greater the 2018 gold medal is worth to all these wonderful athletes who have now retired. This post is just from a very tired guy trying to laugh it all ! Sincerely, I think the team event is great and encourages all countries to develop more than just their singles programs.
Haha maybe
Shoma fans know and understand his failings. That being said, this type of prerotation is common among many men's skaters (probably everyone in this event with the exception of Nathan and Boyang) and all the ladies doing quads (a few of the junior ladies are better) so if they are going to punish Shoma, they should punish everyone who does it. Nathan already gets significantly higher GOE on his flip than Shoma does (which is correct). I don't think the Shoma vs Nathan PCS was a travesty. Just on this occasion, I would have had them tied or Shoma slightly ahead. Shoma has better posture and better SS and knee-bend, but he really doesn't do many TRs. His movements are more controlled and precise, but he lacks facial expressions. So, they both have their pros and cons. I do think Nathan and Shoma were the class of the field and the difference between them and their competitors wasn't fully rewarded in terms of PCS. Also, a few of the skaters in the first group like Brezina and Roman really deserve higher PCS than other skaters like Mark K., Grassl, or Morisi but they don't get it because, unfortunately, the judges link PCS to TES. However, this is nothing new.
...you can click "Forums" at upper left corner and there, in competition threads, you will find all the info you are looking for
I would ask why Kvitelashvili is getting lower PCS than Kondratiuk instead, tbh. I am sorry to say it - but Grassl is bad in PCS. His skating is on par with Fentz maybe.. well, Fentz is probably better - at least he glides on ice decently and can keep straight posture. Morisi is veteran skater with very light skating, great SS and transitions - who is constantly underscored. Daniel skates as junior - and getting his PCS just for the TES score and Italian federation push.
Kvitelashvili has much better SS than Kondratiuk and Grassl combined. You probably don't like him because you don't like his coach.
Nathan's 4F was the best I've ever seen it here though. While I do prefer Shoma's landings, Nathan was a lot less toepicky with the landings than he has been in the past, especially on the flip. It was nice to see him have a gorgeous clean jump like that to open up his Olympics.
Interesting young pairs from GEO, CZE and UKR with big potential for the future.To me , his jumps are not very aesthetic.They are well rotated and technically good but usually stiff lacking flow out.His 3A is pretty average .Yuzuru and Shoma have jumps with gorgeous flow that enhance their programs but Nathans are a vehicle to accrue the score . Nothing wrong with that.
the could put you know who's daughter team in They would beat the Japanese and maybe the Chinese. So third losing only a point or two.
