2022 Olympics: Men's Free Skate

[karne]

Urgh, I forgot how badly Semenenko collapses on landings and how much it bugs me lol

 

[CellarDweller]

Aww, Semenenko is off to a rough start on those jumps. Sad!

His position when he lands seems so low, I almost feel like he's about to fall each time he lands.

 

[Vlad Karigov]

Semenenko, you are the Trusova version in men, your PCs are tiny, you can not fail catastrophically your jumps in that way...

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Omg for a minute I thought Evgeni was doing a Batman Beyond piece and got excited

 

[Axel Rose]

Radio-Canada says Semenenko is studying medicine. Is he on break???

 

[sequinsgalore]

18 SEMENENKO Evgeni ROC

Music: The Master and Margarita (soundtrack) by Igor Korneliuk

Black jacket with red lapels, black pants

4T - hands down, stepout
4S
4T+3T
3F+2T - hangs on
CCoSp
3A+1Eu+3S
3A
StSq
ChSq
3Lo
CSSp
FCSp

Messy quad to start, but the rest was solid - he fistpumps

FS: 94.81+83.56 = 178.37 (PB), 274 (PB).13, 3/18

 

[museksk8r]

Semenenko needs a new choreographer, STAT!

 

[GGFan]

I’m glad Semenenko made the most of his opportunity to be here. Not as clean as the short but some great saves in there.

 

[ladykk]

I was actually inspired to read The Master and Margarita this fall because of Scherbakova's program, but I'm still not connecting at all with Semenenko here, especially with some messy jumps.

 

[satine]

EVGENI SEMENENKO -

 

[Haikush]

Oh my goodness. I've never been crazy about Yuzu but yeah, this was painful. I kinda hoped for a miracle. The second part was fantastic though and the entire program is gorg.

This probably is my favorite Yuzu program.....good for him for going after his dream....so close

 

[Tinymavy15]

Oh wow he did get hammered on the PCS, although there is more of an understandable reasoning for the dock than in the SP. Two falls=two major errors to start the program.

And he didn't really perform to his usual standard. A lot of details and chreo went by the wayside it seems. I'm not knocking it, the quad axel was the focus.

 

[4everchan]

that PCS kind of lower than i expected

95? It is still high for two falls. And like others have said, without the big crowd, Yuzuru didn't come alive as much as usually.

correction.. i saw wrong.. it was 90.44

 

[Zora]

So why does Anna's program need the cut to the horrible David Garrett Requiem version? Semenenko's music cut is so much more pleasant.

 

[skatesofgold]

Yes Evgeni! I'm here for that Master and Margarita soundtrack!

Me too!

 

[kmw227]

I love that program so much. Wasn’t even supposed to be here and he’ll end up being the highest scoring Russian man! Congrats on a great first Olympics, Zhenya!

 

[Jontor]

Well done Evgeni! Some mistakes, but a great skate!

I thought he was the weakest Russian card, but it turns out he was the best.

 

[Tinymavy15]

I'm confused...he took off forwards and seemed to land backwards...or can I not count

I thought he was close.

Oh shoot...grabs origami elf representing Zhenya S.

I believe!

Does anyone know if it was a full downgrade or?

 

[Hyena]

Not sure why Russia fell in love with this piece of music this season

I think it's a genuinely perfect piece for skating. Dramatic, rhythmic, emotional, fun. It's a big reason why I've enjoyed Semenenko this season.

 

[nickp91]

Can’t wait to see more from Evgeni in the future