2022 Olympics: Men's Short Program

[msteach3]

Mark looking a little tired to me. Understandable.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

That said, I'm always down for male belly dancers

 

[kmw227]

Not a disaster for Mark but not his best either. At least he’s got the power of Jesus to help him in the free skate

 

[Alchamei]

Aaaand compared to TE Mark looks off. I guess the Fed kinda sacrifised him.

 

[Hyena]

Going straight into the individual event from having to be on TWICE for the team event has to be tough. The step sequence lacked its usual fire and precision.

 

[4everchan]

I'm confused, if Mark is skating to Turkish music why does he have an Egyptian themed costume???

only a ruffed grouse would ask this so essential question

 

[EdgeCall]

Not the same level as the team performance. He looked tired.

 

[draqq]

KONDRATIUK Mark (ROC)

A mixed outing for him today. Maybe the exhaustion is getting to him now. Had to have a very scratchy landing on the 4T and was only able to get a 4S+2T with a three-turn. Very strong 3A and much better spins than the team short program's, though. His timing is great, just wish his edges were a bit deeper.

 

[anonymoose_au]

How... how did he land that 4T? Does Mark just not obey the rules of gravity?

Many of them don't...or maybe all of them don't! How do they even jump that high?!

Still nothing will top Zhenya S's attempted save in Russian Nats, that was gold!

 

[cheerknithanson]

I hope that this isn't a sign what might happen to Kamila. Good thing there's a week in between.

 

[Tinymavy15]

Going straight into the individual event from having to be on TWICE for the team event has to be tough. The step sequence lacked its usual fire and precision.

Not to mention the early morning competition times, jet lag...covid isolation. This event seems rough all around.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Kondratiuk gets a pass from me. He’s tired and rightfully so.

 

[4everchan]

interesting debate... to me adam is better because yes, one bad element,... all the rest was stellar... mark was ok but stiff throughout.

 

[Amei]

Umm, Johnny you should have mentioned he needed tack that 2T on the salchow to get the required combination in

 

[Alchamei]

Just tu ed in, what the hell happened to Březina?

But Jin delivered I guess!

 

[Weathergal]

Something special about him - I really like him and his skating. Wish he could have skated as well as he did in the team event. But he didn't give up, and hopefully he'll have a great FS.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Aight, Semenenko!

 

[anonymoose_au]

At what point will someone tell the Eurosport guy he's saying Mark's last name wrong?

Hearing "Kondriatuk" that many times in one week is starting to piss me off

How DO you say it? Is there a silent letter in there.

Go Zhenya S, go!!!

 

[lariko]

Happy Kondratyuk qualified! Had a couple of scares there

 

[moonvine]

It's just too bad. I was wondering if there was any way he could have just made a clean slate emotionally, and simply reset himself! Team event is over and Canada wasn't really going to do much better than 4th considering. I don't think Roman skating better or Keegan being in the TE would have gotten Canada in third over Japan, would it?

Anyway, Roman could have tried to compartmentalize those emotions, or simply try for a fresh start and just don't do a quad in sp. Reset and think triples, and just get some positive affirmations and visualizations going to simply skate clean w/o worrying about quads. With a clean skate, Roman's PCS coulda kicked in.

Now, heck, Roman will have the toughest time in the world coming back from this, especially re all the outside perceptions. I feel for him. He's so talented and such a beautiful skater, with an engaging personality. This is sad.

Keegan could have finished second. I’ve no idea if that would have won them a bronze.